OET interlinear REV 21:19

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

οἱ θεμέλιοι τοῦ τείχους τῆς πόλεως & κεκοσμημένοι

the foundations ˱of˲_the wall ˱of˲_the city & /having_been/_adorned

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. If you need to say who did the action, the context suggests that it was God. Alternate translation: “God had adorned the foundations of the wall of the city”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

παντὶ λίθῳ τιμίῳ

˱with˲_every stone precious

John says every here as a generalization for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: “with many different precious stones”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ὁ δεύτερος σάπφειρος, ὁ τρίτος χαλκηδών, ὁ τέταρτος σμάραγδος

the the the second sapphire the third chalcedony the fourth emerald

John 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 clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “the second foundation was sapphire, the third foundation was chalcedony, the fourth foundation was emerald”

Note 4 topic: translate-ordinal

ὁ θεμέλιος ὁ πρῶτος ἴασπις, ὁ δεύτερος σάπφειρος, ὁ τρίτος χαλκηδών, ὁ τέταρτος σμάραγδος

the foundation the first_‹was› jasper the second sapphire the third chalcedony the fourth emerald

If your language does not use ordinal numbers, you could use cardinal numbers here or equivalent expressions. Alternate translation: “Foundation number one was jasper, foundation number two was sapphire, foundation number three was chalcedony, foundation number four was emerald”

Note 5 topic: translate-transliterate

ἴασπις & σάπφειρος & χαλκηδών & σμάραγδος

jasper & sapphire & chalcedony & emerald

As the General Notes to this chapter discuss, in some cases it is not certain what precious stones the names in this verse and the next verse describe. When the reference of a name is uncertain, ULT spells out the name using English letters. If your readers would not be familiar with some of the precious stones listed here, in your translation you can spell their names the way they sound in your language.