OET interlinear 2TIM 4:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-unknown

Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ χαλκεὺς

Alexander the coppersmith

A coppersmith is a person who makes things out of copper and other metals. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of worker, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: “Alexander the metalworker” or “Alexander, who works with metals,”

Note 2 topic: translate-names

Ἀλέξανδρος

Alexander

The word Alexander is the name of a man.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

πολλά μοι κακὰ ἐνεδείξατο

much ˱to˲_me harm displayed

Here Paul means that Alexander did many evil things to him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “acted in many evil ways toward me” or “did many evil things to me”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀποδώσει αὐτῷ ὁ Κύριος

/will_be/_giving_back ˱to˲_him the Lord

Here Paul speaks of how the Lord will punish Alexander as if the Lord were repaying Alexander for his works. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “The Lord will judge him” or “The Lord will treat him”