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OET (OET-LV) And answering the messenger said to_him:
I am Gabriaʸl/(Gaⱱrīʼēl), the one having_stood_by before the god, and I_was_sent_out to_speak to you, and to_good_message_preach these things to_you.
OET (OET-RV) Now the messenger rebuked him, “I am Gabriel who stood right in front of God and was commanded to come here and talk to you, and to tell all of this to you.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys
ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ ἄγγελος εἶπεν
answering the angel said
Together the words answering and said mean that the angel responded to the question that Zechariah asked. Alternate translation: “the angel responded”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / declarative
ἐγώ εἰμι Γαβριὴλ, ὁ παρεστηκὼς ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ
I am Gabriel the_‹one› /having/_stood_by before ¬the God
Gabriel says this in the form of a statement, but he means it as a rebuke to Zechariah. The presence of an angel coming directly from God should be enough proof for him. Alternate translation: “You should have believed me, Gabriel, coming to you straight from God!”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ὁ παρεστηκὼς ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ
the the_‹one› /having/_stood_by before ¬the God
To stand before or “in front of” a master, that is, in the presence of that master, means to be available to serve them at all times in any capacity. Alternate translation: “I serve God personally”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἀπεστάλην λαλῆσαι πρὸς σὲ
˱I˲_/was/_sent_out /to/_speak to you
If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state who did the action. Alternate translation: “God sent me to speak to you”
1:19 I am Gabriel! Two angels are named in Scripture: Gabriel (Dan 8:16; 9:21) and Michael (Dan 10:13; 12:1; Jude 1:9; Rev 12:7).
OET (OET-LV) And answering the messenger said to_him:
I am Gabriaʸl/(Gaⱱrīʼēl), the one having_stood_by before the god, and I_was_sent_out to_speak to you, and to_good_message_preach these things to_you.
OET (OET-RV) Now the messenger rebuked him, “I am Gabriel who stood right in front of God and was commanded to come here and talk to you, and to tell all of this to you.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.