OET interlinear ROM 16:25

uW Translation Notes:

16:25–27 are one long sentence. If you divide this sentence into shorter sentences, then you will need to repeat part of 16:27 in 16:25, as the UST does.

(Occurrence 0) δὲ

and

Now here marks the closing section of the letter. If you have a way of doing this in your language, you could use it here.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τῷ & δυναμένῳ ὑμᾶς στηρίξαι

˱to˲_the_‹one› & being_able you_all /to/_strengthen

Here, the one refers to God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “to God, who is able to establish you”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὑμᾶς στηρίξαι

you_all /to/_strengthen

Here Paul speaks of God strengthening a person’s faith as if God were establishing that person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to make your faith strong”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τὸ εὐαγγέλιόν μου

the gospel ˱of˲_me

Paul is using the possessive form to describe the gospel message that he preached. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “the gospel that I preach”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τὸ κήρυγμα Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ

the the proclamation ˱of˲_Jesus Christ

Paul is using the possessive form to describe the preaching that is about Jesus Christ. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “the preaching about Jesus Christ”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὸ κήρυγμα & ἀποκάλυψιν μυστηρίου

the the proclamation & /the/_revelation ˱of˲_/the/_mystery

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of preaching, revelation, and mystery, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “what is preached … what is revealed of what is mysterious”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

κατὰ ἀποκάλυψιν μυστηρίου

according_to according_to /the/_revelation ˱of˲_/the/_mystery

Here, according to indicates that what follows is what Paul’s preaching is based on. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “on the basis of the revelation of the mystery”

Note 7 topic: translate-unknown

μυστηρίου

˱of˲_/the/_mystery

Here Paul uses the word mystery to refer to God’s plan to save people, which was revealed in the gospel. This does not mean that the idea is hard to understand, but rather, that God had not yet revealed it to people. If your language would not use mystery to refer to something that was concealed but has now been revealed, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “of this concealed message”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

κατὰ ἀποκάλυψιν μυστηρίου χρόνοις αἰωνίοις σεσιγημένου

according_to according_to /the/_revelation ˱of˲_/the/_mystery ˱in˲_times /the/_eternal /having_been/_kept_silent

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: “according to the mystery that God has now revealed, yet had kept secret for long ages”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / distinguish

χρόνοις αἰωνίοις σεσιγημένου

˱in˲_times /the/_eternal /having_been/_kept_silent

This clause gives further information about the mystery, which is also the gospel. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to make this connection clear. Alternate translation: “which is what was kept secret for long ages”