OET interlinear ROM 9:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γὰρ

for

For indicates that what follows this word explains what came before it. Here, it introduces an explanation of what Paul said in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “In fact,”

Note 2 topic: writing-quotations

ἐπαγγελίας & ὁ λόγος οὗτος

˱of˲_/the/_promise & ¬the /a/_word this_‹is›

This phrase indicates that what follows is a quotation from an Old Testament book (Genesis 18:10, 14). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase that indicates that Paul is quoting from an important text. Alternate translation: “this is the word of promise that God spoke in the Scriptures”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ἐπαγγελίας & ὁ λόγος

˱of˲_/the/_promise & ¬the /a/_word

Paul is using the possessive form to describe a word that is a promise. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “the word that was promised”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἐπαγγελίας & ὁ λόγος

˱of˲_/the/_promise & ¬the /a/_word

Here, Paul used the term word to describe what God had said by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “God’s spoken promise”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον, ἐλεύσομαι, καὶ ἔσται τῇ Σάρρᾳ υἱός

concerning ¬the time this ˱I˲_/will_be/_coming and ˱there˲_will_be ¬the ˱to˲_Sarah /a/_son

This sentence is a quotation from Genesis 18:10, 14. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this by setting off all of this material with quotation marks or with whatever punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation.

Note 6 topic: writing-pronouns

ἐλεύσομαι

˱I˲_/will_be/_coming

The pronoun I here refers to God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “I, God, will come”

Note 7 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

καὶ

and

Here, and indicates that what follows this word is related to what came before it. Here, and indicates that what follows is the result of what happened in the previous clause. Use a natural way in your language for indicating a result. Alternate translation: “and the result will be that”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἔσται τῇ Σάρρᾳ υἱός

˱there˲_will_be ¬the ˱to˲_Sarah /a/_son

This clause is leaving out a word that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply this word from the context. Alternate translation: “a son will be born to Sarah”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἔσται τῇ Σάρρᾳ υἱός

˱there˲_will_be ¬the ˱to˲_Sarah /a/_son

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “Sarah will have a son”