OET interlinear 1 PET 3:20

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἀπειθήσασίν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀπειθήσασιν ποτέ ὅτε ἀπεξεδέχετο ἡ τοῦ Θεοῦ μακροθυμία ἐν ἡμέραις Νῶε κατασκευαζομένης κιβωτοῦ εἰς ἥν ὀλίγοι τοῦτʼ ἐστίν ὀκτώ ψυχαί διεσώθησαν διʼ ὕδατος)

Peter is leaving out a word that a clause would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply the word from the context. Alternate translation: [having disobeyed God]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἡ τοῦ Θεοῦ μακροθυμία

the ¬the ˱of˲_God patience

Peter uses patience of God to refer to God himself. If your readers would not understand this, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [God himself]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἐν ἡμέραις Νῶε

in ˓the˒_days ˱of˲_Noah

Here Peter uses days of Noah to refer to the time period when Noah was alive. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [in the time of Noah]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

κατασκευαζομένης κιβωτοῦ

˓being˒_prepared ˓the˒_ark

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: [when Noah was constructing an ark]