OET interlinear REV 14:13

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

φωνῆς ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ λεγούσης

˱of˲_/a/_voice out_of ¬the heaven saying

John is referring to someone speaking by association with the voice that the person is using to speak. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation, as in UST: “I heard someone speaking from heaven and saying”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

λεγούσης, γράψον, μακάριοι οἱ νεκροὶ οἱ ἐν Κυρίῳ ἀποθνῄσκοντες ἀπ’ ἄρτι

saying write blessed_‹are› the dead ¬which in /the/_Lord dying_off from now

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “that told me to write, ‘Blessed are the dead dying in the Lord from now on’”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

οἱ νεκροὶ & ἀποθνῄσκοντες

the dead & dying_off

The person speaking is using the adjective dead as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “people who die if they die”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

οἱ ἐν Κυρίῳ ἀποθνῄσκοντες ἀπ’ ἄρτι

the ¬which in /the/_Lord dying_off from now

The expression dying in the Lord means to die while still maintaining faith in Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “who die from now on while still maintaining their faith in Jesus”

Note 5 topic: writing-politeness

ἐν Κυρίῳ

in /the/_Lord

The person speaking is referring to Jesus by a respectful title. Use a form for addressing someone respectfully in your language. Alternate translation: “in the Lord Jesus”

Note 6 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ἵνα

in_order_that

The word translated so introduces a result of the action that the previous sentence describes. If it would be helpful in your language, you could refer back to that action. Alternate translation: “because they are blessed as a result of dying in the Lord,”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

τὰ & ἔργα αὐτῶν ἀκολουθεῖ μετ’ αὐτῶν

the & works ˱of˲_them /is/_following with them

John is speaking of the deeds of these people who have died in the Lord as if those deeds could follow the people as they come into the presence of God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “God will acknowledge as they come into his presence that they have served him diligently”