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OET (OET-LV) and came_out the seven messengers which having the seven plagues out_of of_the temple, having_dressed_in stone pure shining, and having_been_girded_about around their chests belts golden.
OET (OET-RV) and the seven messengers holding the seven plagues came out of the temple. They were dressed in clean, bright linen, with golden sashes wrapped around their chests.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
οἱ ἔχοντες τὰς ἑπτὰ πληγὰς
the ¬which having the seven plagues
See how you translated the similar expression in 15:1. Alternate translation: “who would be responsible for administering the seven plagues”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἐνδεδυμένοι λίθον καθαρὸν λαμπρὸν, καὶ περιεζωσμένοι περὶ τὰ στήθη ζώνας χρυσᾶς
/having/_dressed_in stone pure shining and /having_been/_girded_about around their chests belts golden
If your language does not use these passive forms, you could express the ideas in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “They were wearing clean, bright linen clothes and they had wrapped golden sashes around their chests”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
λίθον
stone
John is referring to linen clothes by association with the linen from which this clothing is made. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “linen clothes”
Note 4 topic: translate-unknown
λίθον
stone
The word linen is the name for a fine, expensive cloth that people make from the strong fibers of the inner bark of the flax plant. If your readers would not be familiar with what linen is, you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: “clothes made from fine, expensive fabric”
15:1–16:21 The third and final cycle of seven judgments (see study note on 6:1–16:21) is introduced with a vision of God’s victorious people singing a hymn of praise (15:2-4). Then a scene of the Temple is presented (15:5-8), from which angels emerge bearing the bowls of God’s judgment upon the earth (16:1-21).
OET (OET-LV) and came_out the seven messengers which having the seven plagues out_of of_the temple, having_dressed_in stone pure shining, and having_been_girded_about around their chests belts golden.
OET (OET-RV) and the seven messengers holding the seven plagues came out of the temple. They were dressed in clean, bright linen, with golden sashes wrapped around their chests.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.