OET interlinear 2TIM 1:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

(δῴη αὐτῷ ὁ Κύριος, εὑρεῖν ἔλεος παρὰ Κυρίου ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ), καὶ ὅσα ἐν Ἐφέσῳ διηκόνησεν, βέλτιον σὺ γινώσκεις

/might/_give ˱to˲_him the Lord /to/_find mercy from /the/_Lord in that ¬the day and as_much_as in Ephesus ˱he˲_served better you /are/_knowing

If it would be helpful in your language, you could reverse the order of these sentences, since the second sentence continues to describe what Onesiphorus did, as the previous verse does. Alternate translation: “And as much as he served in Ephesus, you know very well. May the Lord give to him to find mercy from the Lord in that day”

Note 2 topic: translate-blessing

δῴη αὐτῷ ὁ Κύριος, εὑρεῖν ἔλεος παρὰ Κυρίου

/might/_give ˱to˲_him the Lord /to/_find mercy from /the/_Lord

Here Paul again asks God to bless Onesiphorus. Use a form that people would recognize as a blessing in your language. See how you translated the similar blessing in 1:16. Alternate translation: “I ask the Lord to give to him to find mercy from the Lord” or “I pray that he will have mercy from the Lord”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

εὑρεῖν ἔλεος παρὰ Κυρίου

/to/_find mercy from /the/_Lord

Here Paul speaks of mercy as if it were an object that Onesiphorus could find. He means that he wants Onesiphorus to experience mercy. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to receive mercy from the Lord”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

εὑρεῖν ἔλεος παρὰ Κυρίου

/to/_find mercy from /the/_Lord

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of mercy, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “to be treated mercifully by the Lord”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ

in that ¬the day

Here Paul is referring to the exact moment when Jesus will return to this world, which will also be when he judges everyone. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “on that day when Jesus will return” or “at the final judgment”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὅσα & διηκόνησεν

as_much_as & ˱he˲_served

Here Paul could be implying that Onesiphorus served: (1) Paul specifically. Alternate translation: “as much as he served me” (2) believers in general. Alternate translation: “as much as he served believers”