OET interlinear 1PET 2:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

γένος ἐκλεκτόν, βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα, ἔθνος ἅγιον, λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν

/a/_race chosen /a/_royal priesthood /a/_nation holy /a/_people for /his/_procuring

All four of these phrases are quotations from the Old Testament. The phrase a chosen people is from Isaiah 43:20, a royal priesthood and a holy nation are from Exodus 19:6, and a people for possession is from Isaiah 43:21. It may be helpful for your readers to indicate these quotations with quotation marks or with whatever punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate quotations.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

γένος ἐκλεκτόν

/a/_race chosen

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “a family whom God has chosen”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα

/a/_royal priesthood

This could refer to: (1) members of a priesthood who are also members of the king’s family. Alternate translation: “a kingly priesthood” (2) a priesthood which serves the king. Alternate translation: “a priesthood which serves the king”

Note 4 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα

/a/_royal priesthood

The word priesthood is a singular noun that refers to a group of priests. If your language does not use singular nouns in that way, you can use a different expression. Alternate translation: “a group of royal priests”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν

/a/_people for /his/_procuring

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of possession, you can express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “a people for God to possess”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τοῦ ἐκ σκότους ὑμᾶς καλέσαντος, εἰς τὸ θαυμαστὸν αὐτοῦ φῶς

˱of˲_the_‹one› out_of darkness you_all /having/_called to the marvelous ˱of˲_him light

This clause refers to God. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning explicitly. Alternate translation: “of God, who called you from darkness into his marvelous light”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐκ σκότους & εἰς τὸ θαυμαστὸν αὐτοῦ φῶς

out_of darkness & to the marvelous ˱of˲_him light

Here, darkness refers to the condition of people who do not know God and are sinful, and light refers to the condition of people who know God and are righteous. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly or use similes. Alternate translation: “from a life of sin and ignorance of God to a life of knowing and pleasing him”