OET interlinear REV 5:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐσφάγης, καὶ ἠγόρασας τῷ Θεῷ ἐν τῷ αἵματί σου

˱you˲_˓were˒_slain (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ᾄδουσιν ᾠδήν καινήν λέγοντες Ἄξιος εἶ λαβεῖν τό βιβλίον καί ἀνοῖξαι τάς σφραγῖδας αὐτοῦ ὅτι ἐσφάγης καί ἠγόρασας τῷ Θεῷ ἡμάς ἐν τῷ αἵματι σοῦ ἐκ πάσης φυλῆς καί γλώσσης καί λαοῦ καί ἔθνους)

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: [you allowed people to slaughter you so that with your blood you could buy people for God]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἐν τῷ αἵματί σου

by the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ᾄδουσιν ᾠδήν καινήν λέγοντες Ἄξιος εἶ λαβεῖν τό βιβλίον καί ἀνοῖξαι τάς σφραγῖδας αὐτοῦ ὅτι ἐσφάγης καί ἠγόρασας τῷ Θεῷ ἡμάς ἐν τῷ αἵματι σοῦ ἐκ πάσης φυλῆς καί γλώσσης καί λαοῦ καί ἔθνους)

This could mean: (1) the actual blood that Jesus offered as a sacrifice for sin. In that case, you could use the word for “blood” in your language with literal meaning and say “with your blood” as the ULT does. (2) the sacrificial death of Jesus, by association with the blood that Jesus shed when he died. Alternate translation: [through your sacrificial death]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἠγόρασας

bought

The living creatures and elders are speaking as if the Lamb literally bought people for God. They mean that through his sacrificial death, the Lamb saved them by setting them free from the guilt and power of sin. Your language may have a term that you can use in your translation that describes someone paying a price or making a sacrifice to set someone else free. Alternate translation: [you redeemed people]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

ἐκ πάσης φυλῆς, καὶ γλώσσης, καὶ λαοῦ, καὶ ἔθνους

out_of every tribe (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ᾄδουσιν ᾠδήν καινήν λέγοντες Ἄξιος εἶ λαβεῖν τό βιβλίον καί ἀνοῖξαι τάς σφραγῖδας αὐτοῦ ὅτι ἐσφάγης καί ἠγόρασας τῷ Θεῷ ἡμάς ἐν τῷ αἵματι σοῦ ἐκ πάσης φυλῆς καί γλώσσης καί λαοῦ καί ἔθνους)

The terms tribe, language, people, and nation mean similar things. John is using the four terms together to make a comprehensive statement. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [from every different people group]