en_tn/luk/01/72.md

# to show mercy to

"to be merciful to" or "to act according to his mercy toward"

# remember

Here the word "remember" means to keep a commitment or fulfill something.

# his holy covenant, the oath that he spoke

These two phrases refer to the same thing. They are repeated to show the seriousness of God's promise to Abraham. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# to grant to us

"to make it possible for us"

# that we, having been delivered out of the hand of our enemies, would serve him without fear

It may be helpful to change the order of these phrases. AT: "that we would serve him without fear after we have rescued from the hand of our enemies"

# out of the hand of our enemies

"hand" refers to the control or power a person. This could be stated clearly. AT: "from the control of our enemies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# without fear

This refers back to the fear of their enemies. AT: "without being afraid of our enemies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])

# in holiness and righteousness

This can be restated to remove the abstract nouns "holiness" and "righteousness." Possible meanings are 1) we would serve God in holy and righteous ways. AT: "doing what is holy and righteous" or 2) we would be holy and righteous. AT: "being holy and righteous" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# before him

This is an idiom which means "in his presence" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/mercy]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/father]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/holy]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/covenant]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/oath]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abraham]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/deliverer]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/serve]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/righteous]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# to show mercy to`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"to be merciful to" or "to act according to his mercy toward"`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# remember`
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added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00			`Here the word "remember" means to keep a commitment or fulfill something.`
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Dealing with tN issues #449-521. 2017-09-08 21:53:44 +00:00			`# his holy covenant, the oath that he spoke`
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			`These two phrases refer to the same thing. They are repeated to show the seriousness of God's promise to Abraham. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])`

			`# to grant to us`

			`"to make it possible for us"`

Dealing with tN issues #449-521. 2017-09-08 21:53:44 +00:00			`# that we, having been delivered out of the hand of our enemies, would serve him without fear`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
Dealing with tN issues #449-521. 2017-09-08 21:53:44 +00:00			`It may be helpful to change the order of these phrases. AT: "that we would serve him without fear after we have rescued from the hand of our enemies"`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# out of the hand of our enemies`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"hand" refers to the control or power a person. This could be stated clearly. AT: "from the control of our enemies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# without fear`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This refers back to the fear of their enemies. AT: "without being afraid of our enemies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# in holiness and righteousness`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This can be restated to remove the abstract nouns "holiness" and "righteousness." Possible meanings are 1) we would serve God in holy and righteous ways. AT: "doing what is holy and righteous" or 2) we would be holy and righteous. AT: "being holy and righteous" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# before him`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`This is an idiom which means "in his presence" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/mercy]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/father]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/holy]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/covenant]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/oath]]`
Relinking after change of directories. 2017-08-30 21:09:31 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abraham]]`
Updated links to tWs that recently moved 2017-07-05 23:49:56 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/deliverer]]`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/serve]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/righteous]]`