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OET (OET-LV) And were_untied/released the four messengers, which having_been_prepared for the hour, and day, and month, and year, in_order_that they_may_kill_off the third of_ the _mankind.
OET (OET-RV) So the four messengers who had been prepared for this exact time were released to kill a third of humankind.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἐλύθησαν οἱ τέσσαρες ἄγγελοι, οἱ ἡτοιμασμένοι εἰς τὴν ὥραν, καὶ ἡμέραν, καὶ μῆνα, καὶ ἐνιαυτόν
/were/_loosed the four angels ¬which /having_been/_prepared for the hour and day and month and year
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: “the sixth angel released the four angels whom God had prepared for the hour and day and month and year”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
τὴν ὥραν, καὶ ἡμέραν, καὶ μῆνα, καὶ ἐνιαυτόν
the hour and day and month and year
These words all refer to specific periods of time. John is using them together to emphasize that this is a very specific time. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “that specific time”
Note 3 topic: translate-fraction
τὸ τρίτον τῶν ἀνθρώπων
the third ¬the ˱of˲_mankind
A third means one part out of three equal parts. Alternate translation: “one out of every three men”
9:15 hour and day and month and year: The fourfold time designation for releasing the four angels confirms that even evil forces must observe God’s timing.
OET (OET-LV) And were_untied/released the four messengers, which having_been_prepared for the hour, and day, and month, and year, in_order_that they_may_kill_off the third of_ the _mankind.
OET (OET-RV) So the four messengers who had been prepared for this exact time were released to kill a third of humankind.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.