OET interlinear 2 PET 2:22

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

συμβέβηκεν αὐτοῖς τὸ τῆς ἀληθοῦς παροιμίας

˓has˒_happened ˱to˲_them (Some words not found in SR-GNT: συμβέβηκεν αὐτοῖς τό τῆς ἀληθοῦς παροιμίας Κύων ἐπιστρέψας ἐπί τό ἴδιον ἐξέραμα καί Ὗς λουσαμένη εἰς κυλισμόν βορβόρου)

Here, This refers to the proverb Peter states later in this verse. It does not refer back to a statement from the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: [What this true proverb says has happened to them] or [This true proverb describes what happened to them]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

αὐτοῖς

˱to˲_them

Here, the pronoun them refers to the false teachers introduced in [2:1](../02/01.md). If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this explicitly. Alternate translation: [to these false teachers]

Note 3 topic: writing-proverbs

κύων ἐπιστρέψας ἐπὶ τὸ ἴδιον ἐξέραμα, καί, ὗς λουσαμένη, εἰς κυλισμὸν βορβόρου

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: συμβέβηκεν αὐτοῖς τό τῆς ἀληθοῦς παροιμίας Κύων ἐπιστρέψας ἐπί τό ἴδιον ἐξέραμα καί Ὗς λουσαμένη εἰς κυλισμόν βορβόρου)

Peter uses two proverbs to illustrate what the false teachers have done. These proverbs make a figurative comparison: Just as a dog returns to eat its own vomit and a washed pig rolls in the mud again, so these false teachers, who once stopped living a sinful life, have now gone back to living sinfully. Although they knew “the way of righteousness,” they went back to doing the things that defile them morally and spiritually. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning by translating these proverbs as similes. Alternate translation: [They are like dogs that eat their own vomit or like clean pigs that go back to rolling in the mud.]

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

κύων

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: συμβέβηκεν αὐτοῖς τό τῆς ἀληθοῦς παροιμίας Κύων ἐπιστρέψας ἐπί τό ἴδιον ἐξέραμα καί Ὗς λουσαμένη εἰς κυλισμόν βορβόρου)

A dog is an animal that is considered to be unclean and disgusting by Jews and many cultures of the Ancient Near East. Therefore, calling someone a dog was an insult. If dogs are unfamiliar to your culture and you have a different animal that is considered unclean and disgusting or whose name is used as an insult, you could use the name of this animal instead.

Note 5 topic: translate-unknown

ὗς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: συμβέβηκεν αὐτοῖς τό τῆς ἀληθοῦς παροιμίας Κύων ἐπιστρέψας ἐπί τό ἴδιον ἐξέραμα καί Ὗς λουσαμένη εἰς κυλισμόν βορβόρου)

A pig is an animal that is considered to be unclean and disgusting by Jews and many cultures of the Ancient Near East. Therefore, calling someone a pig was an insult. If pigs are unfamiliar to your culture and you have a different animal that is considered unclean and disgusting or whose name is used as an insult, you could use the name of this animal instead.