OET interlinear ROM 2:26

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical

ἐὰν οὖν

if therefore

Paul is using a hypothetical situation to help his readers recognize the benefits for the uncircumcised one who keeps the requirements of the law. Use the natural form in your language for expressing a hypothetical situation. Alternate translation: “Let’s suppose then that”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ἡ ἀκροβυστία

the uncircumcision

Paul is using the adjective uncircumcision as a noun in order to describe a group of people. If your language does not use adjectives in the same way, you could translate this with a noun phrase. Alternate translation: “the one who is uncircumcised”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

φυλάσσῃ

/may_be/_keeping

Here, keeps is an idiom that refers to obeying. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “is obedient to”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τὰ δικαιώματα τοῦ νόμου

the just_acts ˱of˲_the law

Paul is using the possessive form to describe requirements found in the law. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “what the law requires” or “the law’s requirements”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

οὐχ ἡ ἀκροβυστία αὐτοῦ εἰς περιτομὴν λογισθήσεται

not the uncircumcision ˱of˲_him for circumcision /will_be_being/_reckoned

Paul is using a rhetorical question here to emphasize how important it is do what the law requires. 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: “certainly God will consider his uncircumcision to be circumcision”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

οὐχ ἡ ἀκροβυστία αὐτοῦ εἰς περιτομὴν λογισθήσεται

not the uncircumcision ˱of˲_him for circumcision /will_be_being/_reckoned

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you must state who will do the action, Paul implies that “God” will do it. Alternate translation: “will God not consider his uncircumcision to be circumcision”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἡ ἀκροβυστία αὐτοῦ & περιτομὴν

the uncircumcision the uncircumcision ˱of˲_him & circumcision

See how you translated uncircumcision and circumcision in the previous verse.