OET interlinear 2PET 2:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-condition-fact

καὶ

and

Here, and indicates the beginning of the third condition in a conditional sentence that extends from 2:4 to 2:10. Peter is speaking as if this were a hypothetical possibility, but he means that it is actually true. If your language does not state something as a condition if it is certain or true, and if your readers might think that what Peter is saying is not certain, then you could translate his words as an affirmative statement. Alternate translation: “Since”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

καὶ πόλεις Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόρρας τεφρώσας καταστροφῇ κατέκρινεν

and /the/_cities ˱of˲_Sodom and Gomorrah /having/_reduced_to_ashes (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ πόλεις Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόρρας τεφρώσας κατέκρινεν ὑπόδειγμα μελλόντων ἀσεβεῖν τεθεικώς)

If it would be natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases. Alternate translation: “and he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, having reduced them to ashes”

πόλεις Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόρρας τεφρώσας

/the/_cities ˱of˲_Sodom and Gomorrah /having/_reduced_to_ashes

This phrase indicates the means by which God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Alternate translation: “by means of reducing the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes”

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

καταστροφῇ κατέκρινεν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ πόλεις Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόρρας τεφρώσας κατέκρινεν ὑπόδειγμα μελλόντων ἀσεβεῖν τεθεικώς)

Here, he refers to God. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “God condemned them to destruction”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

καταστροφῇ κατέκρινεν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ πόλεις Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόρρας τεφρώσας κατέκρινεν ὑπόδειγμα μελλόντων ἀσεβεῖν τεθεικώς)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the abstract noun destruction by translating the idea behind it with an verb, such as “destroy.” Alternate translation: “he condemned them to be destroyed”

Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ὑπόδειγμα μελλόντων ἀσεβέσιν τεθεικώς

/an/_example ˱of˲_going (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ πόλεις Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόρρας τεφρώσας κατέκρινεν ὑπόδειγμα μελλόντων ἀσεβεῖν τεθεικώς)

This clause indicates the result of what happened in the previous clauses of the verse. God’s destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah resulted in them being an example and a warning of what happens to others who disobey God. Alternate translation: “with the result that God set them as an example of the things that will happen to the ungodly”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

ἀσεβέσιν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ πόλεις Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόρρας τεφρώσας κατέκρινεν ὑπόδειγμα μελλόντων ἀσεβεῖν τεθεικώς)

Here, ungodly refers to wicked people in general, not to one specific wicked person. Alternate translation: “to an ungodly person” or “to ungodly people”