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OET (OET-LV) Therefore be_remembering how you_have_received and heard, and be_keeping it and repent.
Therefore if not you_may_watch, I_will_be_coming like a_thief, and by_no_means not you_may_know what hour I_will_be_coming on you.
OET (OET-RV) Remember how you first listened to and internalised God’s message, and how you obeyed it and repented. If you don’t wake up soon, I’ll come unexpectedly—you’ll certainly not know in advance when I’ll be coming.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys
πῶς εἴληφας καὶ ἤκουσας
how ˱you˲_/have/_received and heard
This phrase expresses a single idea by using two words connected with and. The word heard tells by what means the believers in Sardis learned the things about Jesus that they received (that is, believed). If it would be more natural in your language, you could express this meaning with an equivalent phrase that does not use “and.” Alternate translation: [how you received the things that you heard]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
πῶς εἴληφας καὶ ἤκουσας
how ˱you˲_/have/_received and heard
Jesus means implicitly the things that the believers in Sardis heard and received (believed) about him. You can indicate this in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [how you believed the teaching about me when you heard it]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
τήρει καὶ μετανόησον
/be/_keeping_‹it› and repent
The believers in Sardis first need to repent before they can be keeping (that is, obeying) the things that they received when they first heard about Jesus, so it might be more natural to put the word “repent” before the word “keeping.” Alternate translation: [repent and be obedient]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἐὰν & μὴ γρηγορήσῃς
if & not ˱you˲_/may/_watch
As in the previous verse, Jesus is speaking as if the believers in Sardis were asleep and needed to wake up. Once again he means that they are complacent and need to become concerned about their spiritual state. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [if you do not become concerned about your spiritual state]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
ἥξω ὡς κλέπτης
˱I˲_/will_be/_coming like /a/_thief
The point of this comparison is that just as a thief comes unexpectedly, so Jesus will come unexpectedly. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [I will come unexpectedly like a thief]
3:1-6 The letter to the church in Sardis warns Christians who are reputed to be spiritually alive (when actually dead) that without genuine transformation they face God’s judgment.
OET (OET-LV) Therefore be_remembering how you_have_received and heard, and be_keeping it and repent.
Therefore if not you_may_watch, I_will_be_coming like a_thief, and by_no_means not you_may_know what hour I_will_be_coming on you.
OET (OET-RV) Remember how you first listened to and internalised God’s message, and how you obeyed it and repented. If you don’t wake up soon, I’ll come unexpectedly—you’ll certainly not know in advance when I’ll be coming.
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.