OET interlinear REV 18:10

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

διὰ τὸν φόβον τοῦ βασανισμοῦ αὐτῆς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀπό μακρόθεν ἑστηκότες διά τόν φόβον τοῦ βασανισμοῦ αὐτῆς λέγοντες Οὐαί οὐαί ἡ πόλις ἡ μεγάλη Βαβυλών ἡ πόλις ἡ ἰσχυρά Ὅτι μιᾷ ὥρᾳ ἦλθεν ἡ κρίσις σοῦ)

John is referring to the fire that is burning up and tormenting Babylon by association with the torment itself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [because they are afraid of the fire that is tormenting her]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication

οὐαὶ, οὐαί

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀπό μακρόθεν ἑστηκότες διά τόν φόβον τοῦ βασανισμοῦ αὐτῆς λέγοντες Οὐαί οὐαί ἡ πόλις ἡ μεγάλη Βαβυλών ἡ πόλις ἡ ἰσχυρά Ὅτι μιᾷ ὥρᾳ ἦλθεν ἡ κρίσις σοῦ)

As the General Notes to this chapter discuss, the speakers are repeating the word woe for emphasis. If it would not be natural in your language to repeat a word like that, you could express the emphasis in another way, for example, by using a different expression and including the word “very,” as the UST does.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / apostrophe

ὅτι μιᾷ ὥρᾳ ἦλθεν ἡ κρίσις σου

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀπό μακρόθεν ἑστηκότες διά τόν φόβον τοῦ βασανισμοῦ αὐτῆς λέγοντες Οὐαί οὐαί ἡ πόλις ἡ μεγάλη Βαβυλών ἡ πόλις ἡ ἰσχυρά Ὅτι μιᾷ ὥρᾳ ἦλθεν ἡ κρίσις σοῦ)

The kings are speaking directly to the city of Babylon even though they know that the city cannot hear them. They are doing this to show in a very strong way to the people who can hear them, their fellow kings, how they feel about what is happening to Babylon. If someone speaking your language would not do this, you could translate this as the merchants speaking to one another about Babylon rather than to Babylon. Alternate translation: [For in one hour her judgment has come]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

μιᾷ ὥρᾳ

˱in˲_one hour

As the General Notes to this chapter discuss, in the ancient world, an hour was the shortest time span that people envisioned. In contexts such as this one, the term does not mean a literal hour of sixty minutes. It means the shortest time imaginable. Alternate translation: [in such a short time]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἦλθεν ἡ κρίσις σου

came the judgment (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀπό μακρόθεν ἑστηκότες διά τόν φόβον τοῦ βασανισμοῦ αὐτῆς λέγοντες Οὐαί οὐαί ἡ πόλις ἡ μεγάλη Βαβυλών ἡ πόλις ἡ ἰσχυρά Ὅτι μιᾷ ὥρᾳ ἦλθεν ἡ κρίσις σοῦ)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of judgment, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [God has judged you]