OET interlinear 1TIM 2:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

Ἀδὰμ οὐκ ἠπατήθη, ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἐξαπατηθεῖσα, ἐν παραβάσει γέγονεν

Adam not /was/_seduced the but woman /having_been/_deceived in transgression /has/_become

Here Paul refers to a story found in Genesis 3:1–7. In this story, a talking serpent approaches Eve and convinces her to eat fruit that God had commanded her and Adam not to eat. She ate some of it, and then she gave some to Adam, and he also ate some of it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make the reference more explicit or include some of this information in a footnote. Alternate translation: “Adam was not deceived by the serpent, but the woman, Eve, having been deceived, came into transgression by eating the fruit that God had forbidden” or “as the next story in Genesis shows, Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, came into transgression”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

Ἀδὰμ οὐκ ἠπατήθη & ἐξαπατηθεῖσα

Adam not /was/_seduced & /having_been/_deceived

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, the story that Paul is referring to indicates that a talking serpent, who is sometimes identified as Satan, did it. Alternate translation: “the serpent did not deceive Adam … when the serpent deceived her”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐν παραβάσει γέγονεν

in transgression /has/_become

Here Paul speaks as if transgression were a location that Eve came into. He means that she committed a transgression. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable figure of speech or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “committed a transgression”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐν παραβάσει γέγονεν

in transgression /has/_become

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of transgression, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “transgressed”