OET interlinear 2TIM 2:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

μέχρι δεσμῶν

unto bonds

Here, chains represent imprisonment. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “even to imprisonment” or “even up to being imprisoned”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

ὡς κακοῦργος

as /a/_criminal

Paul is saying that he is being treated like a criminal because he has been put in jail with those who break laws. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “like someone who has committed crimes” or “like someone who has disobeyed the government”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐ δέδεται

the word ¬the ˱of˲_God not /has_been/_bound

Here Paul speaks as if the word of God could have been bound, as Paul has been. However, even when Paul is in jail and cannot preach the gospel in many places, the word of God cannot be restrained or contained in one place. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in simile form or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the word of God cannot be restrained as a prisoner can be restrained by chains” or “nothing is holding back the message from God”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐ δέδεται

the word ¬the ˱of˲_God not /has_been/_bound

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, you could use an indefinite subject. Alternate translation: “nothing has bound the word of God” or “nobody has bound the word of God”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ

the word ¬the ˱of˲_God

Here Paul is using the possessive form to describe a word that comes from God. Alternate translation: “the word that comes from God”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ὁ λόγος

the word

Here, word represents the gospel, which people communicate using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the gospel”