OET interlinear ROM 2:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

ἀποδώσει ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ

/will_be/_giving_back ˱to˲_each_‹one› according_to the works ˱of˲_him

This clause is a quotation from the Old Testament (Psalm 62:12). If it would be more natural in your language, you could express this as a direct quotation. Alternate translation: “who ‘will pay back to each one according to his deeds’”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀποδώσει ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ

/will_be/_giving_back ˱to˲_each_‹one› according_to the works ˱of˲_him

Here Paul uses pay back to refer to appropriately punishing or rewarding someone as if the punishment or reward was reciprocal payment for that person’s deeds. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “will appropriately punish or reward each one according to his deeds”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ

the works ˱of˲_him

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of deeds, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “how he acts” or “what he does”