OET interlinear ROM 10:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

ἀλλὰ

but

The word But introduces a contrast. Here, But indicates that what follows is in contrast to what Paul said in the previous verse. Use a natural way in your language for introducing a contrast. Alternate translation: “By contrast”

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

λέγω

˱I˲_/am/_asking

The pronoun I here refers to Paul. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “I, Paul, say”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

μὴ οὐκ ἤκουσαν

not not ˱they˲_heard

Here Paul is quoting himself. 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 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

μὴ οὐκ ἤκουσαν?

not not ˱they˲_heard

Paul is not asking for information, but is using the question form 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 an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “They most surely heard!”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἤκουσαν

˱they˲_heard

See how you translated they in the previous verse.

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives

μὴ οὐκ

not not

The phrase certainly not translates two negative words in Greek. Paul uses them together to emphasize what he is saying. If your language can use two negatives together for emphasis without them canceling each other to create a positive meaning, it would be appropriate to use that construction here.

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

μὴ οὐκ ἤκουσαν

not not ˱they˲_heard

See how you translated hear in 10:14.

Note 8 topic: writing-quotations

εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν; καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης, τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν

into all the earth came_out the voice ˱of˲_them and to the ends ˱of˲_the inhabited_world the words ˱of˲_them

This sentence is a quotation from an Old Testament book (Psalm 19:4). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that indicates that Paul is quoting from an important text. Alternate translation: “David says in the Scriptures,”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν; καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης, τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν

into all the earth came_out the voice ˱of˲_them and to the ends ˱of˲_the inhabited_world the words ˱of˲_them

In this sentence Paul quotes Psalm 19:4. 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 10 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν; καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης, τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν

into all the earth came_out the voice ˱of˲_them and to the ends ˱of˲_the inhabited_world the words ˱of˲_them

These two clauses mean the same thing. Paul quotes David saying the same thing twice, in slightly different ways, to emphasize the truth of what he is saying. If it would be helpful in your language, you could combine the phrases into one. Alternate translation: “What they said went everywhere in the whole world”

Note 11 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν; καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης, τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν

into all the earth came_out the voice ˱of˲_them and to the ends ˱of˲_the inhabited_world the words ˱of˲_them

In this sentence, both Their and their refer to the sun, moon, and stars as if they were people who could make a sound or speak words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “The sun, moon, and the stars are proof that went out into all the earth, and they are proof to the ends of the world.”

Note 12 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης

the ends ˱of˲_the inhabited_world

The phrase the ends of the world is an idiom that refers to every place on the earth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “everywhere on the earth”