OET interlinear 1 TH 2:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

καθὼς δεδοκιμάσμεθα ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ, πιστευθῆναι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον, οὕτως λαλοῦμεν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀλλά καθώς δεδοκιμάσμεθα ὑπό τοῦ Θεοῦ πιστευθῆναι τό εὐαγγέλιον οὕτως λαλοῦμεν οὐχ ὡς ἀνθρώποις ἀρέσκοντες ἀλλά Θεῷ τῷ δοκιμάζοντι τάς καρδίας ἡμῶν)

Here Paul describes the manner in which he and his fellow workers speak something before he says that they speak. If it would be helpful in your language, you could rearrange the elements so that Paul says what he is doing before he describes the manner in which he does it. Alternate translation: [we speak as those who have been examined by God to be entrusted with the gospel]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

δεδοκιμάσμεθα ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ, πιστευθῆναι

˱we˲_˓have_been˒_approved (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀλλά καθώς δεδοκιμάσμεθα ὑπό τοῦ Θεοῦ πιστευθῆναι τό εὐαγγέλιον οὕτως λαλοῦμεν οὐχ ὡς ἀνθρώποις ἀρέσκοντες ἀλλά Θεῷ τῷ δοκιμάζοντι τάς καρδίας ἡμῶν)

If your language does not use these passive forms, you could express the idea with active forms or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [God has examined us to entrust us with]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

πιστευθῆναι

˓to_be˒_entrusted

Here, the phrase to be entrusted introduces the result of being examined by God. Paul implies that God approved of them when he examined them, and so they were entrusted with the gospel. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a form that introduces the result of a test or examination. Alternate translation: [with the result that we were entrusted with] or [and approved to be entrusted with]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἀλλὰ Θεῷ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀλλά καθώς δεδοκιμάσμεθα ὑπό τοῦ Θεοῦ πιστευθῆναι τό εὐαγγέλιον οὕτως λαλοῦμεν οὐχ ὡς ἀνθρώποις ἀρέσκοντες ἀλλά Θεῷ τῷ δοκιμάζοντι τάς καρδίας ἡμῶν)

Paul is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [but as pleasing to God]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τὰς καρδίας ἡμῶν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἀλλά καθώς δεδοκιμάσμεθα ὑπό τοῦ Θεοῦ πιστευθῆναι τό εὐαγγέλιον οὕτως λαλοῦμεν οὐχ ὡς ἀνθρώποις ἀρέσκοντες ἀλλά Θεῷ τῷ δοκιμάζοντι τάς καρδίας ἡμῶν)

In Paul’s culture, the heart is the place where humans think and plan. If it would be helpful in your language, you could refer to the place where humans think in your culture or express the idea plainly. Alternate translation: [our minds] or [what we think]