OET interlinear ROM 10:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

πῶς δὲ κηρύξωσιν ἐὰν μὴ ἀποσταλῶσιν

how and ˱they˲_/may/_proclaim if not ˱they˲_/may_be/_sent_out

Paul is not asking for information, but is using a rhetorical question here to emphasize the truth of what he is saying. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “And surely they would not preach unless they would be sent!”

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

κηρύξωσιν & ἀποσταλῶσιν

˱they˲_/may/_proclaim & ˱they˲_/may_be/_sent_out

In this verse they refers to the people who preach, as mentioned at the end of the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “would those who preach be able to preach … those preachers would be sent”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἀποσταλῶσιν

˱they˲_/may_be/_sent_out

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “someone sent them”

Note 4 topic: writing-quotations

καθὼς γέγραπται

as ˱it˲_/has_been/_written

See how you translated this phrase in 1:17.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

καθὼς γέγραπται

as ˱it˲_/has_been/_written

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Isaiah wrote this quotation. Alternate translation: “Just as Isaiah wrote”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

ὡς ὡραῖοι οἱ πόδες τῶν εὐαγγελιζομένων τὰ ἀγαθά!

how beautiful_‹are› the feet ˱of˲_the_‹ones› gospel_preaching (Some words not found in SR-GNT: πῶς δὲ κηρύξωσιν ἐὰν μὴ ἀποσταλῶσιν καθὼς γέγραπται ὡς ὡραῖοι οἱ πόδες τῶν εὐαγγελιζομένων ἀγαθά)

This sentence is a quotation of Isaiah 52:7. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this by setting off all of this material with quotation marks or with whatever punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation.

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ὡς ὡραῖοι οἱ πόδες

how beautiful_‹are› the feet

Here, feet refers to the action of going to other people and telling them the good news. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “How beautiful is the going and preaching”