OET interlinear 2PET 2:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχοντες μεστοὺς μοιχαλίδος

eyes having full ˱of˲_adulteress

Here, eyes refers to a person’s desires, and eyes full means that a person constantly desires one thing. Alternate translation: [constantly desiring an adulteress]

ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχοντες μεστοὺς μοιχαλίδος

eyes having full ˱of˲_adulteress

This clause could mean: (1) the false teachers constantly desired to have immoral sexual relations with any woman they saw, thereby viewing every women as a potential adulteress. Alternate translation: [constantly desiring women with whom to commit adultery] (2) the false teachers were constantly looking for immoral women with whom to have immoral sexual relations. Alternate translation: [constantly seeking sexually immoral women]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

δελεάζοντες ψυχὰς ἀστηρίκτους

enticing souls unstable

This clause refers to the actions of the false teachers Peter introduced in 2:1. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this explicitly. Alternate translation: [these false teachers entice unstable souls]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

δελεάζοντες ψυχὰς ἀστηρίκτους

enticing souls unstable

Here, souls refers to persons. Alternate translation: [enticing unstable people]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

καρδίαν γεγυμνασμένην πλεονεξίας ἔχοντες

/a/_heart /having_been/_trained ˱in˲_greediness having

This clause refers to the actions of the false teachers Peter introduced in 2:1. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this explicitly. Alternate translation: [they have hearts trained in covetousness]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

καρδίαν γεγυμνασμένην πλεονεξίας ἔχοντες

/a/_heart /having_been/_trained ˱in˲_greediness having

If your language does not use this passive form, you can express this with an active form, and you can state who did the action. Alternate translation: [they trained their hearts to be covetous]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

καρδίαν γεγυμνασμένην πλεονεξίας ἔχοντες

/a/_heart /having_been/_trained ˱in˲_greediness having

Peter is using hearts to refer to whole persons, including their thoughts, desires, and emotions. The term can thus be translated here with the reflexive pronoun “themselves.” Alternate translation: [having trained themselves to covet]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

καρδίαν γεγυμνασμένην πλεονεξίας ἔχοντες

/a/_heart /having_been/_trained ˱in˲_greediness having

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun covetousness with a verb. Alternate translation: [having training their hearts to covet]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

κατάρας τέκνα

˱of˲_/a/_curse children

Peter is using a Hebrew idiom in which a person is said to be a “child” of the thing that characterizes that person. Here, children of cursing refers to people who are cursed by God. He is not speaking of people who curse others. Alternate translation: [accursed people]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

κατάρας τέκνα

˱of˲_/a/_curse children

These words are an exclamation that emphasizes the wickedness of the false teachers. Alternate translation: [They are such cursed children!] or [What cursed children they are!]