OET interlinear ROM 2:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἐν ἡμέρᾳ

on (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐν ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ κρίνει ὁ Θεὸς τὰ κρυπτὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιόν μου διὰ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ)

Here, day refers to a point in time when something happens. It does not refer to a 24-hour length of time. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “a point in time is coming”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὅτε κρίνει ὁ Θεὸς

on (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐν ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ κρίνει ὁ Θεὸς τὰ κρυπτὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιόν μου διὰ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ)

Paul assumes that his readers will know that the day when God will judge refers to the time in the future when God will judge everyone, as Paul also mentioned in 2:2 and 2:5. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “at the future time when God finally judges”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τὰ κρυπτὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων

the secrets ¬the ˱of˲_people

Paul is using the possessive form to describe secrets that men have. These secrets are specifically secret thoughts that people have, as indicated by the word “thoughts” in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “men’s secrets” or “the secrets that men keep”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὰ κρυπτὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων

the secrets ¬the ˱of˲_people

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of secrets, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “what men secretly think”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

τῶν ἀνθρώπων

¬the ˱of˲_people

Although the term men is masculine, Paul is using the word here in a generic sense that includes both men and women. Alternate translation: “of human beings” or “of people”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιόν μου, διὰ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ

according_to the gospel ˱of˲_me by Christ Jesus

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases. Alternate translation: “through Christ Jesus, according to my gospel”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιόν μου

according_to the gospel ˱of˲_me

Paul speaks of the gospel as if it belongs to him. He means that this is the gospel God has entrusted him to preach. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “according to God’s gospel that I preach”