OET interlinear HEB 8:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ὅτι

because

Here, the word For introduces the basis on which God establishes this new covenant. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable word or phrase that introduces the basis for a claim. Alternate translation: [In making this new covenant,]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

ἵλεως ἔσομαι ταῖς ἀδικίαις αὐτῶν, καὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν οὐ μὴ μνησθῶ ἔτι

merciful ˱I˲_will_be ˱to˲_the unrighteousness ˱of˲_them and ˱of˲_the sins ˱of˲_them by_no_means not ˱I˲_/may_be/_reminded more

Here the quotation includes two statements that mean almost the same thing. This was considered good poetry in the author’s culture. If this would not be good poetry in your culture, and if the repetition would be confusing, you could combine the two statements. Alternate translation: [I will mercifully forgive their sins and unrighteousness] or [I will never remember their unrighteousness and their sins]

ἵλεως ἔσομαι ταῖς ἀδικίαις αὐτῶν

merciful ˱I˲_will_be ˱to˲_the unrighteousness ˱of˲_them

Alternate translation: [I will mercifully deal with their unrighteousness]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ταῖς ἀδικίαις αὐτῶν

˱to˲_the unrighteousness ˱of˲_them

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind unrighteousness, you could express the idea by using an adjective such as “unrighteous” or an adverb such as “unrighteously.” Alternate translation: [toward the unrighteous things they have done] or [toward how they have acted unrighteously]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

οὐ μὴ μνησθῶ

by_no_means not ˱I˲_/may_be/_reminded

Here, the phrase I will certainly not remember refers to how God chooses not to bring up or act on their sins. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea with a word or phrase that makes this idea explicit. Alternate translation: [I will certainly not act on] or [I will certainly not consider]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives

οὐ μὴ

by_no_means not

The words translated certainly not are two negative words. In the author’s culture, two negative words made the statement even more negative. English speakers would think that the two negatives form a positive, so the ULT expresses the idea with one strong negative. If your language can use two negatives as the author’s culture did, you could use a double negative here. If your language does not use two negatives in this way, you could translate with one strong negative as the ULT does. Alternate translation: [by no means]