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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_saw the_father-in-law of_Mosheh DOM all that he [was]_doing for_the_people and_he/it_said what the_thing the_this which you [are]_doing for_the_people why [are]_you sitting by_yourself and_all the_people [is]_standing around_you from morning until evening.
OET (OET-RV) When his father-in-law noticed everything that he personally did for the people, he asked, “What’s this that you’re doing with the people? Why do you sit there alone, and all the people position themselves around you from morning until evening?”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
מָֽה־הַדָּבָ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אַתָּ֤ה עֹשֶׂה֙ לָעָ֔ם
what the,thing the=this which/who you(ms) producing for_the,people
Jethro uses this question to show Moses that what he was doing was not good. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “You should not be doing all of this for the people!”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
מַדּ֗וּעַ אַתָּ֤ה יוֹשֵׁב֙ לְבַדֶּ֔ךָ וְכָל־הָעָ֛ם נִצָּ֥ב עָלֶ֖יךָ מִן־בֹּ֥קֶר עַד־עָֽרֶב
why you(ms) sit by,yourself, and=all the,people stand around,you from/more_than morning until evening
Jethro used this question to show Moses that he was doing too much. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “Why are you doing all this for the people? Why are you doing this by yourself, and why are all the people standing around you from morning until evening, asking you to make decisions for them?”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
אַתָּ֤ה יוֹשֵׁב֙ לְבַדֶּ֔ךָ
you(ms) you(ms) sit by,yourself,
The word sit here is a metonym for “judge.” Judges would sit while they listened to people’s complaints. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: “do you judge alone” or “are you the only one who judges the people”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
נִצָּ֥ב עָלֶ֖יךָ
stand around,you
The people came to be near Moses so that they could get a chance for him to hear their petitions. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could express that explicitly. Alternate translation: “petition you”
18:13-27 Jethro’s wise advice is a further example of God’s providence, although it was not given in a miraculous way. Jethro introduced Moses to a style of leadership that involved delegation of authority. It appears that Moses had been following an Egyptian style of leadership that was heavily hierarchical and based on circumstances. No Egyptian law code has yet been discovered. It appears that all authority flowed downward from the pharaoh, who ruled by fiat. Jethro proposed a structure of delegation that would make Moses’ life easier.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_saw the_father-in-law of_Mosheh DOM all that he [was]_doing for_the_people and_he/it_said what the_thing the_this which you [are]_doing for_the_people why [are]_you sitting by_yourself and_all the_people [is]_standing around_you from morning until evening.
OET (OET-RV) When his father-in-law noticed everything that he personally did for the people, he asked, “What’s this that you’re doing with the people? Why do you sit there alone, and all the people position themselves around you from morning until evening?”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.