OET interlinear REV 6:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-unknown

χιλίαρχοι

commanders

The word chiliarchs describes officers in the Roman army who were in charge of groups of 1,000 soldiers. If your readers would not recognize this term, in your translation you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: [military officers]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

οἱ πλούσιοι, καὶ οἱ ἰσχυροὶ

the the the the rich the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς καί οἱ μεγιστᾶνες καί οἱ χιλίαρχοι καί οἱ πλούσιοι καί οἱ ἰσχυροί καί πᾶς δοῦλος καί ἐλεύθερος ἔκρυψαν ἑαυτούς εἰς τά σπήλαια καί εἰς τάς πέτρας τῶν ὀρέων)

John is using the adjectives rich and powerful as nouns to mean certain kinds of people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate these words with equivalent phrases. Alternate translation: [rich people and powerful people]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

καὶ πᾶς δοῦλος καὶ ἐλεύθερος

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς καί οἱ μεγιστᾶνες καί οἱ χιλίαρχοι καί οἱ πλούσιοι καί οἱ ἰσχυροί καί πᾶς δοῦλος καί ἐλεύθερος ἔκρυψαν ἑαυτούς εἰς τά σπήλαια καί εἰς τάς πέτρας τῶν ὀρέων)

John may not be mentioning people who were slave and free in addition to all of the preceding people on this list. Instead, he may be using the two main civil statuses in his culture, slave and free, to mean all people. So this would be a summary of everyone on the list. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this in plain language. Alternate translation, preceded by a comma: [indeed, all people, regardless of their status,]