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OET (OET-LV) And I_heard of_a_voice great out_of the throne saying:
Behold, the tent of_ the _god is with the humans, and he_will_be_sheltering with them, and they the_peoples of_him will_be, and himself the god will_be with them,
OET (OET-RV) and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Listen, God will now live here with the people—he’ll live with them and they’ll be his people, and God himself will be with them.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
ἡ σκηνὴ τοῦ Θεοῦ μετὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ σκηνώσει μετ’ αὐτῶν
the tabernacle ¬the ˱of˲_God_‹is› with ¬the humans and ˱he˲_/will_be/_sheltering with them
These two phrases mean similar things. John is using repetition to emphasize the idea that the phrases express. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine them. Alternate translation: [God will now tabernacle right in the midst of men]
Note 2 topic: writing-poetry
ἡ σκηνὴ τοῦ Θεοῦ μετὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ σκηνώσει μετ’ αὐτῶν
the tabernacle ¬the ˱of˲_God_‹is› with ¬the humans and ˱he˲_/will_be/_sheltering with them
John is using a noun and a verb from the same root together for emphasis. You may be able to do the same thing in your own language. Alternate translation: [The house of God is with men, and he will house with them]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
τῶν ἀνθρώπων
¬the humans
Although the term men is masculine, John is using the word in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use a term in your language that is clearly inclusive of both men and women. Alternate translation: [people]
Note 4 topic: translate-textvariants
αὐτὸς ὁ Θεὸς ἔσται μετ’ αὐτῶν
himself ¬the God will_be with them
Some ancient manuscripts read, God himself will be with them. ULT follows that reading. Other ancient manuscripts add “as their God.” If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, you may wish to use the reading that it uses. If a translation of the Bible does not exist in your region, you may wish to use the reading of ULT.
21:3 God’s home is now among his people! Old and New Testament expectations are fully and finally realized. Ever since humanity sinned (Gen 3), separation from God has been humanity’s greatest problem (Gen 3:23). God has repeatedly called his people to himself through the prophets, through Jesus his Son, and through the presence of the Spirit (see Gen 17:8; Exod 29:45-46; Pss 46:4-5; 95:7; Jer 7:23; 31:33; Ezek 34:14; 37:27; Zech 8:8; John 14:2-3; 17:24). In the new heaven and new earth, God’s people will finally experience ultimate and everlasting fellowship with God.
OET (OET-LV) And I_heard of_a_voice great out_of the throne saying:
Behold, the tent of_ the _god is with the humans, and he_will_be_sheltering with them, and they the_peoples of_him will_be, and himself the god will_be with them,
OET (OET-RV) and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Listen, God will now live here with the people—he’ll live with them and they’ll be his people, and God himself will be with them.
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.