OET interlinear GAL 3:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

ἐξ ἔργων νόμου τὸ Πνεῦμα ἐλάβετε, ἢ ἐξ ἀκοῆς πίστεως

by works ˱of˲_law the Spirit ˱you_all˲_received or by hearing ˱with˲_faith

Paul is not asking for information, but is using the question form to rebuke the Galatian believers. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “You received the Spirit not by doing what the law says, but by believing what you heard.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ἐξ ἔργων νόμου

by works ˱of˲_law

See how you translated the phrase by works of the law in 2:16, where it occurs three times.

Note 3 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

νόμου

˱of˲_law

See how you translated the phrase the law in 2:16.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ἐξ ἀκοῆς πίστεως

by by hearing ˱with˲_faith

Paul is using the possessive form here to describe the response that the Galatians had when they heard the preaching of the gospel. The Galatians had respond to the preaching of the gospel with faith. If this is not clear in your language, you could clarify the relationship for your readers. Alternate translation: “by believing what you heard” or “by hearing with faith” or “by trusting in the Messiah when you heard the message about him”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

πίστεως

˱with˲_faith

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of faith, you could express the same idea with a verb such as “believing” or you could express the meaning in some other way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “and believing”