OET interlinear 1PET 3:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐκκλινάτω & ἀπὸ κακοῦ

˱him˲_/let/_turn_away & from evil

Here, turn away from is a metaphor that means to avoid doing something. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “let him avoid doing evil”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

ζητησάτω εἰρήνην καὶ διωξάτω αὐτήν

˱him˲_/let/_seek peace and ˱him˲_/let/_pursue it

The phrases seek peace and pursue it mean basically the same thing. The repetition is used to emphasize the importance of living peacefully with other people. If your language does not use repetition to do this, you can use one phrase and provide emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “Let him earnestly pursue peace”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ζητησάτω εἰρήνην

˱him˲_/let/_seek peace

Here, peace refers to peaceful relationships between people. If it might be helpful to your readers, you could express this explicitly. Alternate translation: “Let him seek to live peacefully with others”