OET interlinear HEB 2:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

πῶς ἡμεῖς ἐκφευξόμεθα τηλικαύτης ἀμελήσαντες σωτηρίας?

how we /will_be/_escaping ˱of˲_so_great /having/_neglected /a/_salvation

The author does not ask this question because he is looking for information. Rather, he asks it to involve the audience in what he is arguing. The question assumes that the answer is “we will not.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea with a strong negation. Alternate translation: “we will definitely not escape, having neglected so great a salvation.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἡμεῖς ἐκφευξόμεθα

we /will_be/_escaping

Here the author implies that we will not escape what those under the law experienced when they broke that law, a “just penalty” (2:2). So, he does not include what we escape because he stated it in the last verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “will we escape the penalty” or “will we escape just punishment”

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical

ἡμεῖς ἐκφευξόμεθα τηλικαύτης ἀμελήσαντες σωτηρίας

we /will_be/_escaping ˱of˲_so_great /having/_neglected /a/_salvation

Here, the phrase having neglected introduces a hypothetical possibility. The author is not claiming that he or his audience have neglected or will “neglect” the salvation. Instead, he is asking the question about what we would happen if he or his audience did “neglect” the salvation. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a form that introduces a possibility. Alternate translation: “will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τηλικαύτης & σωτηρίας? ἥτις

˱of˲_so_great & /a/_salvation which

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of salvation, you could express the idea by using a verb such as “save.” Alternate translation: “the amazing way in which God saves us? This way in which God saves us”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τηλικαύτης & σωτηρίας? ἥτις

˱of˲_so_great & /a/_salvation which

Here, the word salvation refers to the “message” about salvation. The author makes this clear in the second half of the verse, when he refers to how the salvation is spoken. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea by referring to a “message” or “proclamation” about salvation. Alternate translation: “the proclamation about so great a salvation? Which proclamation about salvation”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἀρχὴν λαβοῦσα, λαλεῖσθαι διὰ τοῦ Κυρίου

/a/_beginning /having/_received /to_be_being/_spoken by the Lord

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. The author uses the passive form here to focus on what was chosen and spoken rather than on the person doing the choosing and speaking. If you must state who did the action, the author implies that “God” did the choosing and the Lord did the speaking. Alternate translation: “God having chosen the Lord to speak it first”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ὑπὸ τῶν ἀκουσάντων εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐβεβαιώθη

by the_‹ones› /having/_heard to us /was/_confirmed

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. The author uses the passive form here to focus on what was confirmed rather than on the people doing the confirming. Alternate translation: “those who heard confirmed to us”