OET interlinear ROM 5:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἡ δὲ ὑπομονὴ δοκιμήν, ἡ δὲ δοκιμὴ ἐλπίδα

¬the and endurance provenness ¬the and provenness hope

Paul is leaving out some of the words that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the context. Alternate translation: “and endurance produces character, and this character produces hope”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἡ & ὑπομονὴ

¬the & endurance

See how you translated endurance in the previous verse.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

δοκιμήν, ἡ δὲ δοκιμὴ

provenness ¬the and provenness

The word translated character refers specifically to the mental and moral qualities of someone who has been approved by God because they have successfully endured testing. If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of character, you could express the same idea with a verbal form. Alternate translation: “qualities of which God approves, and the approved qualities”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐλπίδα

hope

See how you translated hope in 5:2.