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OET (OET-LV) The rest of_the dead not lived, until may_be_finished the thousand years.
This is the resurrection the first.
OET (OET-RV) The rest of the dead didn’t come back to life until the thousand years were up. That’s the first resurrection.
Note 1 topic: writing-background
οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν νεκρῶν οὐκ ἔζησαν, ἄχρι τελεσθῇ τὰ χίλια ἔτη
the rest ˱of˲_the dead not lived until /may_be/_finished the thousand years
With this sentence, John is providing background information that will help readers understand what happens next in the story. ULT puts the sentence in parentheses to show that. In your translation, present this information in a way that would be natural in your own language and culture.
οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν νεκρῶν οὐκ ἔζησαν, ἄχρι τελεσθῇ τὰ χίλια ἔτη
the rest ˱of˲_the dead not lived until /may_be/_finished the thousand years
It may be more natural in your language to state this positively. Alternate translation: “The rest of the dead only lived again once the thousand years had ended”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
τῶν νεκρῶν
˱of˲_the dead
John 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: “the people who had died”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἄχρι τελεσθῇ τὰ χίλια ἔτη
until /may_be/_finished the thousand years
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “until the thousand years had ended”
Note 4 topic: translate-ordinal
ἡ ἀνάστασις ἡ πρώτη
the resurrection ¬the first
If your language does not use ordinal numbers, you could use a cardinal number here or an equivalent expression. Alternate translation: “resurrection number one”
20:1-10 There are three parts to this passage: the binding of Satan (20:1-3), the reign of God’s holy people (20:4-6), and the release of Satan for his final attempt at a battle (20:7-10). Four themes emerge: (1) Satan’s war is futile—he cannot withstand even an angel; (2) God’s holy people will be vindicated and glorified; (3) God will have the final victory; and (4) even when sinful and depraved human beings experience Christ’s good purposes in the world, they still flock after Satan when he gains even a small amount of freedom to act.
OET (OET-LV) The rest of_the dead not lived, until may_be_finished the thousand years.
This is the resurrection the first.
OET (OET-RV) The rest of the dead didn’t come back to life until the thousand years were up. That’s the first resurrection.
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.