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OET (OET-LV) And likewise also the spirit is_helping with_the weakness of_us, because/for the who we_may_pray as it_is_fitting, not we_have_known, but itself the spirit is_interceding with_groanings inexpressible.
OET (OET-RV) Similarly the spirit also helps us with our weaknesses, because we don’t even know what to pray for, but the spirit intercedes with groanings that we can’t put into words.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
συναντιλαμβάνεται & ὑπερεντυγχάνει
/is/_helping & /is/_interceding
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: “helps us … intercedes for us”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
τῇ ἀσθενείᾳ ἡμῶν
˱with˲_the weakness ˱of˲_us
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of weakness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “in our weak condition”
Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
γὰρ
for
For indicates that what follows this word explains what came before it. For here indicates that what follows is the reason why the previous statement is true. Use a natural way in your language for indicating a reason. Alternate translation: “This is true since”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
(Occurrence 2) τὸ & τί προσευξώμεθα καθὸ δεῖ, οὐκ οἴδαμεν
¬the & who ˱we˲_/may/_pray as ˱it˲_/is/_fitting not ˱we˲_/have/_known
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases. Alternate translation: “For we do not know the thing for which we should pray as we ought”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns
αὐτὸ τὸ Πνεῦμα
itself the Spirit
Paul uses the word himself here to emphasize that Holy Spirit helps Christians. Use a way that is natural in your language to indicate this emphasis. Alternate translation: “the very Spirit”
στεναγμοῖς ἀλαλήτοις
˱with˲_groanings inexpressible
Alternate translation: “with groanings that we cannot express in words”
8:26 groanings that cannot be expressed in words: This might refer to speech that does not take the form of human language, such as when believers, uncertain of what to pray, utter meaningless sounds in prayer. The groanings in question are the Spirit’s, not ours. When we do not know how to pray, the Spirit is interceding for us before God.
OET (OET-LV) And likewise also the spirit is_helping with_the weakness of_us, because/for the who we_may_pray as it_is_fitting, not we_have_known, but itself the spirit is_interceding with_groanings inexpressible.
OET (OET-RV) Similarly the spirit also helps us with our weaknesses, because we don’t even know what to pray for, but the spirit intercedes with groanings that we can’t put into words.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.