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Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Euphrates
OET-LV saying to_the sixth messenger, which having the trumpet:
Release the four messengers, which having_been_bound at the river the great Eufrataʸs.
OET (OET-RV) that was telling the sixth messenger (with the trumpet), “Release the four messengers that are tied up by the large Perat (Euphrates) River.”
In this section, the blowing of each trumpet signaled a disaster. God would send these disasters upon the people of the earth. Some of the disasters were hail, fire, and poisoned water.
Other examples of headings for this section are:
The Seven Angels and Trumpets (NCV)
The Seven Trumpets (NRSV)
saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet,
The voice said to the sixth angel with a trumpet,
The being/speaker said to the sixth angel holding the trumpet,
“Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”
“Set free the four angels who are held at the great river Euphrates.”
“Allow the four restrained/confined angels/demons at the great river Euphrates to go.”
Release: This word probably means “set free” here. The four angels were in some way restrained, but now they were allowed to go. For example:
Free (NCV)
the four angels who are bound: The word bound refers to being tied or prevented from moving freely. These angels were prevented from leaving their place at the Euphrates river. They were prevented from leaving there long ago, before John heard about them. God caused them to remain there.
Translate bound with a word that refers generally to being prevented from moving freely. The angels were probably not tied with earthly things like rope.
The clause who are bound is passive. Some languages must use an active clause. For example:
the four angels whom God caused to remain there
the four angels: These are probably four demons.Beale, Aune, Osbourne, Kistemaker, and Smalley. In some languages the translation of angel only refers to beings that obey God. If that is true in your language, use a word or phrase that refers to demons or evil spirits. For example:
the four demons
the great river Euphrates: The word great probably means both “big” and “important” here.
Note 1 topic: translate-ordinal
τῷ ἕκτῳ ἀγγέλῳ
˱to˲_the sixth angel
If your language does not use ordinal numbers, you can use a cardinal number here or an equivalent expression. Alternate translation: [to angel number six]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
τοὺς δεδεμένους
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: λέγοντα τῷ ἕκτῳ ἀγγέλῳ ὁ ἔχων τήν σάλπιγγα Λῦσον τούς τέσσαρας ἀγγέλους τούς δεδεμένους ἐπί τῷ ποταμῷ τῷ μεγάλῳ Εὐφράτῃ)
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. The text does not say who bound these four angels, but it implies that God did it or commanded his own angels to do it. Alternate translation: [whom God had bound] or [whom God had commanded his own angels to bind]
Note 3 topic: translate-names
Εὐφράτῃ
Euphrates
The word Euphrates is the name of a river.
OET-LV saying to_the sixth messenger, which having the trumpet:
Release the four messengers, which having_been_bound at the river the great Eufrataʸs.
OET (OET-RV) that was telling the sixth messenger (with the trumpet), “Release the four messengers that are tied up by the large Perat (Euphrates) River.”
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 CNTR.
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