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OET (OET-LV) and on_one_hand they_will_be_turning_away from the hearing the truth, on_the_other_hand they_will_be_being_turned_away to the myths.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἀπὸ μὲν τῆς ἀληθείας τὴν ἀκοὴν ἀποστρέψουσιν
from on_one_hand the truth ¬the hearing ˱they˲_/will_be/_turning_away
Paul speaks about people no longer paying attention as if they were physically turning their ears away so that they could not hear. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable metaphor or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “they will no longer pay attention to the truth”
Note 2 topic: grammar-collectivenouns
τὴν ἀκοὴν
¬the hearing
If it would not be natural in your language to speak as if a group of people had only one ear, you could use the plural form of that word in your translation. Alternate translation: “their ears”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
τῆς ἀληθείας
the truth
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of truth, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “the true teaching”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἐπὶ & ἐκτραπήσονται
to & ˱they˲_/will_be_being/_turned_away
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, it is clear from the context that it was the teachers they gathered. Alternate translation: “their teachers will turn them away to”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἐπὶ & ἐκτραπήσονται
to & ˱they˲_/will_be_being/_turned_away
Here Paul speaks about people paying attention to myths as if someone were getting them to turn away in the wrong direction. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable figure of speech or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “be distracted by” or “start paying attention to”
Note 6 topic: translate-unknown
τοὺς μύθους
¬the myths
The word myths refers to a certain kind of story that is generally considered to be untrustworthy. This kind of story is often about what important people did a long time ago. Often, many people in a culture know these stories but do not consider them to be reliable historical narratives. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of story, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: “fictional narratives” or “traditional tales”
4:1-8 Timothy stood in the presence of God and was to work in view of Jesus’ coming to judge and set up his Kingdom (see 1 Tim 5:21; 6:13-14). Christ’s appearing will bring cleansing (2 Tim 2:19), accountability (3:8-9), salvation, vindication, and reward (4:8, 18). See also 1 Cor 3:10-15; 4:4-5; 2 Cor 5:10.
OET (OET-LV) and on_one_hand they_will_be_turning_away from the hearing the truth, on_the_other_hand they_will_be_being_turned_away to the myths.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.