OET interlinear REV 20:5

uW Translation Notes:

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”