OET interlinear ROM 6:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

ἐλευθερωθέντες δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας, ἐδουλώθητε τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ

/having_been/_freed and from ¬the sin ˱you_all˲_/were/_enslaved ¬the ˱to˲_righteousness

Here Paul speaks of sin and righteousness as if they were slave-masters that people could be enslaved to. Paul means that his readers are no longer controlled by their sinful desires, but are controlled by the desire to live righteously. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “And having been freed from having to live sinfully, you now have to live righteously”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐλευθερωθέντες δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας, ἐδουλώθητε

/having_been/_freed and from ¬the sin ˱you_all˲_/were/_enslaved

If your language does not use passive forms in this way, you could express these ideas in active forms or in another way that is natural in your language. If you must state who did the action, Paul implies that “God” did it. Alternate translation: “And God having freed you from sin, he enslaved you”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἁμαρτίας & δικαιοσύνῃ

sin & ˱to˲_righteousness

See how you translated sin and righteousness in 6:16.