OET interlinear ROM 2:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

κατὰ δὲ τὴν σκληρότητά σου

concerning but the hardness ˱of˲_you

Paul speaks of these people as if they were a hard substance. He means that these people stubbornly refuse to repent from their judgmental way of life. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent metaphor from your culture or express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “But according to your stubbornness”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἀμετανόητον καρδίαν

unrepentant heart

Here, heart refers to a person’s will or inner being. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “unrepentant will” or “unwillingness to repent”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

θησαυρίζεις σεαυτῷ ὀργὴν

˱you˲_/are/_storing_up ˱for˲_yourself wrath

Here Paul speaks of wrath as if it were an object that someone could store up. He means that the longer people refuse to repent, the greater is God’s wrath against them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “you are increasing how much wrath God has against you”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ὀργὴν & ὀργῆς

wrath & ˱of˲_wrath

Here Paul uses wrath to refer to the outcome of God’s wrath, which is judging and punishing people because they are unrighteous. See how you translated the same use of this word in 1:18.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὀργῆς καὶ ἀποκαλύψεως δικαιοκρισίας τοῦ Θεοῦ

in /the/_day ˱of˲_wrath and revelation /the/_just_judgment ¬the ˱of˲_God

Paul assumes that his readers will know that both the day of wrath and the revelation of the righteous judgment of God refer to the time in the future when God will punish all wicked people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “at the time God finally punishes wicked people and reveals his righteous judgment”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὀργῆς καὶ ἀποκαλύψεως δικαιοκρισίας τοῦ Θεοῦ

in /the/_day ˱of˲_wrath and revelation /the/_just_judgment ¬the ˱of˲_God

Paul is using the possessive form to describe a day that is characterized by wrath and by the revelation of the righteous judgment of God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “on the day characterized by God’s wrath and the revelation of his righteous judgment”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὀργῆς καὶ ἀποκαλύψεως δικαιοκρισίας τοῦ Θεοῦ

in /the/_day ˱of˲_wrath and revelation /the/_just_judgment ¬the ˱of˲_God

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of wrath, revelation, and judgment, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “on the day of God’s wrathful acts, when he reveals how righteously he judges”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ἀποκαλύψεως δικαιοκρισίας τοῦ Θεοῦ

revelation /the/_just_judgment ¬the ˱of˲_God

Paul is using the possessive form to describe the righteous judgment of God as what the revelation reveals. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “when God reveals his righteous judgment”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

δικαιοκρισίας τοῦ Θεοῦ

/the/_just_judgment ¬the ˱of˲_God

Paul is using the possessive form to describe the righteous judgment that is carried out by God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “of God judging righteously”