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OET (OET-LV) The seven mystery of_the stars, which you_saw on the right hand of_me, and the seven lampstands the golden:
the seven stars, seven the_messengers of_the assemblies are, and the seven lampstands the_seven assemblies are.
OET (OET-RV) This is the meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lamp holders: The seven stars represent God’s messengers watching over those seven groups of believers, and the seven lamp holders represent those groups of believers.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
τὸ μυστήριον
the mystery
Jesus is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be helpful in your language. Alternate translation: [I will explain the mystery]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἄγγελοι τῶν ἑπτὰ ἐκκλησιῶν
/the/_angels ˱of˲_the seven assemblies
In chapters 2 and 3, Jesus will dictate a letter to each of the angels of the seven churches as if those angels were the churches themselves. So in this vision in chapter 1, these angels, symbolized by the stars in Jesus’ right hand, seem to personify the churches. That is, the angels represent the churches as if the churches were people. These angels could be: (1) actual angels, that is, spiritual beings. Alternate translation: [angels who represent the seven churches] (2) leaders of the churches, whom Jesus is describing as angels. Alternate translation: [leaders of the seven churches] (3) messengers bringing news of the churches to John and carrying John’s letters back to the churches. Alternate translation: [messengers of the seven churches]
1:20 John is to record what he sees because Revelation is an instructive word for the churches.
• The angels (or messengers; Greek angelos) of the seven churches could be (1) the guardian angels of these churches (cp. Matt 18:10; Acts 12:15); (2) the leading officials of the churches (cp. Matt 11:10, where “messenger” is angelos); or (3) a personification of the ethos of the church. The best understanding is probably a combination of 1 and 3.
OET (OET-LV) The seven mystery of_the stars, which you_saw on the right hand of_me, and the seven lampstands the golden:
the seven stars, seven the_messengers of_the assemblies are, and the seven lampstands the_seven assemblies are.
OET (OET-RV) This is the meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lamp holders: The seven stars represent God’s messengers watching over those seven groups of believers, and the seven lamp holders represent those groups of believers.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.