OET interlinear 2PET 2:19

uW Translation Notes:

ἐλευθερίαν αὐτοῖς ἐπαγγελλόμενοι

freedom ˱to˲_them promising

This clause refers to another means by which the false teachers enticed their followers, continuing from the previous verse. Alternate translation: “They also entice them by promising freedom to them”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐλευθερίαν αὐτοῖς ἐπαγγελλόμενοι

freedom ˱to˲_them promising

Here, freedom is a metaphor for the ability to live exactly as one wants. Alternate translation: “promising to give them the ability to live exactly as they want to live”

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

ἐλευθερίαν αὐτοῖς ἐπαγγελλόμενοι

freedom ˱to˲_them promising

Here, the pronoun them refers to those people who are deceived by the false teachers. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this explicitly. Alternate translation: “promising freedom to those whom they deceive”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns

αὐτοὶ δοῦλοι ὑπάρχοντες τῆς φθορᾶς;

they ˱to˲_slaves being ¬the ˱of˲_corruption

Peter uses the word themselves here to emphasize the irony of spiritually enslaved people promising spiritual freedom to others. Alternate translation: “while they themselves are slaves of destruction”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

δοῦλοι

˱to˲_slaves

Peter speaks of people who live sinfully as if they were slaves to sin who need to escape from their captivity. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this metaphor as a simile. Alternate translation: “like slaves”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

δοῦλοι & τῆς φθορᾶς

˱to˲_slaves & ¬the ˱of˲_corruption

Peter is using the possessive form to describe slaves that are characterized by destruction. Alternate translation: “slaves that will be destroyed”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ᾧ γάρ τις ἥττηται, τούτῳ δεδούλωται

˱by˲_what for anyone /has/_been_overcome ˱by˲_this_‹one› ˱he˲_/has_been/_enslaved

Peter speaks of a person as being enslaved when anything has control over that person, he speaks of that thing as the master of that person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this metaphor by translating this plainly or as a simile. Alternate translation: “For if a person is overpowered by something, that person becomes controlled by that thing” or “For if a person is overpowered by something, that person becomes like a slave to that thing”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ᾧ γάρ τις ἥττηται, τούτῳ δεδούλωται

˱by˲_what for anyone /has/_been_overcome ˱by˲_this_‹one› ˱he˲_/has_been/_enslaved

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this passive sentence with an active form. Alternate translation: “For if something overpowers a person, that thing enslaves that person”