OET interlinear 2PET 3:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

καὶ λέγοντες

and saying

Consider natural ways of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: “and they will say”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ ἐπαγγελία τῆς παρουσίας αὐτοῦ?

where is the promise ˱of˲_the coming ˱of˲_him

The mockers ask this rhetorical question to emphasize that they do not believe that Jesus will return. Alternate translation: “There is no promise of his coming!” or “The promise of his coming is not true!”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ ἐπαγγελία τῆς παρουσίας αὐτοῦ?

where is the promise ˱of˲_the coming ˱of˲_him

Here, Where is used to ask what has happened to the promise. The mockers are not asking for the location of something. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this idiom by translating this plainly. Alternate translation: “What happened to the promise of his coming?” or “What has come about regarding the promise of his coming?”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ ἐπαγγελία τῆς παρουσίας αὐτοῦ

where is the promise ˱of˲_the coming ˱of˲_him

Here, promise refers to the fulfillment of the promise that Jesus will return. Alternate translation: “Where is the fulfillment of the promise of his coming?”

Note 5 topic: writing-pronouns

ἡ ἐπαγγελία τῆς παρουσίας αὐτοῦ

the promise ˱of˲_the coming ˱of˲_him

Here, the pronoun his refers to Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this explicitly. Alternate translation: “the promise of Jesus’ coming”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τῆς παρουσίας αὐτοῦ

˱of˲_the coming ˱of˲_him

Here, his coming refers to the return of the Lord Jesus to earth. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could express this explicitly. Alternate translation: “the return of Jesus to earth”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀφ’ ἧς γὰρ οἱ πατέρες ἐκοιμήθησαν

from that_‹time› for the fathers /were/_fallen_asleep

Here, the fathers is used. It could refer to: (1) the Old Testament ancestors of the Israelites, often called “the patriarchs.” Alternate translation: “For since Israel’s patriarchs fell asleep” (2) those leaders of the first generation of Christians who had died by the time Peter wrote this letter. Alternate translation: “For since the first Christian leaders fell asleep”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

οἱ πατέρες ἐκοιμήθησαν

the fathers /were/_fallen_asleep

Here, fell asleep is a euphemism meaning they died. You could either use a similar euphemism for death in your language or say this plainly. Alternate translation: “the fathers died”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

πάντα οὕτως διαμένει ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς κτίσεως

all_‹things› thus /is/_continuing from /the/_beginning ˱of˲_creation

Here, all things is an exaggeration the mockers use to argue that nothing in the world has ever changed, so it cannot be true that Jesus will return.

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς κτίσεως

from /the/_beginning ˱of˲_creation

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun creation with a verbal phrase. Alternate translation: “since God created the world”