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OET (OET-RV) As they passed through various towns, they explained the decision of the missionaries and elders in Yerushalem about which commands they must adhere to.
OET-LV And while they_were_passing_through the cities, they_were_giving_over to_them the decrees to_be_keeping which having_been_judged by of_the ambassadors and elders which in Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim).
SR-GNT Ὡς δὲ διεπορεύοντο τὰς πόλεις, παρεδίδοσαν αὐτοῖς φυλάσσειν τὰ δόγματα τὰ κεκριμένα ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ πρεσβυτέρων τῶν ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις. ‡
(Hōs de dieporeuonto tas poleis, paredidosan autois fulassein ta dogmata ta kekrimena hupo tōn apostolōn kai presbuterōn tōn en Hierosolumois.)
Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT And as they were going through the cities, they were delivering to them to keep the decrees that had been decided by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem.
UST So Timothy went with Paul and Silas, and they traveled to many other towns. In each town they encouraged the believers to do what the apostles and elders in Jerusalem had told them to do.
BSB As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for [the people] to obey.
MSB (Same as BSB above)
BLB And while they were passing through the cities, they were delivering to them to keep the decrees decided on by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.
AICNT And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees to keep, which had been determined by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.
OEB As they traveled from town to town, they gave the followers the decisions which had been reached by the apostles and church elders at Jerusalem, for them to observe.
WEBBE As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.
WMBB As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the emissaries and elders who were at Jerusalem.
NET As they went through the towns, they passed on the decrees that had been decided on by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the Gentile believers to obey.
LSV And as they were going on through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees to keep, that have been judged by the apostles and the elders who [are] in Jerusalem,
FBV As they went through the different towns they gave them the requirements the apostles and elders in Jerusalem had said should be observed.
TCNT As they went through the cities, they delivered the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and the elders in Jerusalem for the Gentile believers to obey.
T4T So Timothy went with Paul and Silas and they traveled to many other towns. In each town they told the believers the rules that had been decided by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem {that the apostles and elders in Jerusalem had decided} that non-Jewish believers should obey.
LEB No LEB ACTs book available
BBE And on their way through the towns, they gave them the rules which had been made by the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem, so that they might keep them.
Moff No Moff ACTs book available
Wymth As they journeyed on from town to town, they handed to the brethren for their observance the decisions which had been arrived at by the Apostles and Elders in Jerusalem.
ASV And as they went on their way through the cities, they delivered them the decrees to keep which had been ordained of the apostles and elders that were at Jerusalem.
DRA And as they passed through the cities, they delivered unto them the decrees for to keep, that were decreed by the apostles and ancients who were at Jerusalem.
YLT And as they were going on through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees to keep, that have been judged by the apostles and the elders who [are] in Jerusalem,
Drby And as they passed through the cities they instructed them to observe the decrees determined on by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.
RV And as they went on their way through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, which had been ordained of the apostles and elders that were at Jerusalem.
(And as they went on their way through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, which had been ordained of the apostles and elders that were at Yerusalem. )
SLT And as they were going through the cities, they delivered them the orders to watch, having been determined by the sent and the elders in Jerusalem.
Wbstr And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees to keep that were ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.
KJB-1769 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.
(And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Yerusalem. )
KJB-1611 And as they went through the cities, they deliuered them the decrees for to keepe, that were ordeined of the Apostles and Elders, which were at Hierusalem.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)
Bshps No Bshps ACTs book available
Gnva And as they went through the cities, they deliuered them the decrees to keepe, ordeined of the Apostles and Elders, which were at Hierusalem.
(And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees to keep, ordained of the Apostles and Elders, which were at Yerusalem. )
Cvdl No Cvdl ACTs book available
TNT As they went thorow the cities they delyvered the the decrees for to kepe ordeyned of the Apostles and elders which were at Ierusalem.
(As they went through the cities they delyvered the the decrees for to keep ordained of the Apostles and elders which were at Yerusalem. )
Wycl No Wycl ACTs book available
Luth No Luth ACTs book available
ClVg Cum autem pertransirent civitates, tradebant eis custodiri dogmata quæ erant decreta ab Apostolis et senioribus qui erant Jerosolymis.[fn]
(Since however pertransirent cities, tradebant to_them keepri dogmata which they_were decreta away Apostolis and seniors/elders who they_were Yerosolymis. )
16.4 Custodire dogmata, quæ erant. ID. Non prædicabant quod ipsi fecerant, sed id quod propter voluntatem Dei apostoli decreverant. Et est exemplum recte docendi etiam quod non feceris. In figura hujus facti feminalibus induebantur sacerdotes, velut seminaturi opus non autem tanquam facturi.
16.4 Keepre dogmata, which they_were. ID. Not/No beforedicabant that themselves they_had_done, but id that because voluntatem of_God apostoli decreverant. And it_is exemplum recte teachndi also that not/no you_did. In figure/form of_this made feminalibus induebantur priests, like/as seminaturi work/need not/no however as_if facturi.
UGNT ὡς δὲ διεπορεύοντο τὰς πόλεις, παρεδίδοσαν αὐτοῖς φυλάσσειν τὰ δόγματα τὰ κεκριμένα ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ πρεσβυτέρων τῶν ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις.
(hōs de dieporeuonto tas poleis, paredidosan autois fulassein ta dogmata ta kekrimena hupo tōn apostolōn kai presbuterōn tōn en Hierosolumois.)
SBL-GNT ὡς δὲ διεπορεύοντο τὰς πόλεις, ⸀παρεδίδοσαν αὐτοῖς φυλάσσειν τὰ δόγματα τὰ κεκριμένα ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων ⸀καὶ πρεσβυτέρων τῶν ἐν ⸀Ἱεροσολύμοις.
(hōs de dieporeuonto tas poleis, ⸀paredidosan autois fulassein ta dogmata ta kekrimena hupo tōn apostolōn ⸀kai presbuterōn tōn en ⸀Hierosolumois.)
RP-GNT Ὡς δὲ διεπορεύοντο τὰς πόλεις, παρεδίδουν αὐτοῖς φυλάσσειν τὰ δόγματα τὰ κεκριμένα ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τῶν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ.
(Hōs de dieporeuonto tas poleis, paredidoun autois fulassein ta dogmata ta kekrimena hupo tōn apostolōn kai tōn presbuterōn tōn en Hierousalaʸm.)
TC-GNT Ὡς δὲ διεπορεύοντο τὰς πόλεις, [fn]παρεδίδουν αὐτοῖς φυλάσσειν τὰ δόγματα τὰ κεκριμένα ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ [fn]τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τῶν ἐν [fn]Ἱερουσαλήμ.
(Hōs de dieporeuonto tas poleis, paredidoun autois fulassein ta dogmata ta kekrimena hupo tōn apostolōn kai tōn presbuterōn tōn en Hierousalaʸm. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
16:4-5 Paul and Silas faithfully communicated the decisions of the Jerusalem council. The wisdom of the decision was indicated as the churches were strengthened in their faith and grew larger every day (cp. 2:41; 4:4; 5:14; 6:1; 9:31; 21:20).
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
διεπορεύοντο & παρεδίδοσαν αὐτοῖς
˱they˲_˓were˒_passing_through & ˱they˲_˓were˒_giving_over ˱to˲_them
The pronoun they refers to Paul, Silas, and Timothy, and the pronoun them refers to the believers in the cities they were visiting. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [Paul, Silas, and Timothy were going … they were delivering to the believers in those cities]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
αὐτοῖς φυλάσσειν
˱to˲_them ˓to_be˒_keeping
Luke is writing in a compact way. You can explain his meaning more fully if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [to the believers the decrees that had been decided by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem, and they were instructing the believers to keep]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
τὰ κεκριμένα ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ πρεσβυτέρων τῶν ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις
the ¬which ˓having_been˒_judged by ˱of˲_the ambassadors and elders ¬which in Jerusalem
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. Alternate translation: [that the apostles and elders in Jerusalem had decided]