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OET (OET-LV) Surely_(wear_out) you_will_wear_yourself_out both you as_well_as the_people the_this which with_you if/because [is_too]_heavy for_you the_task not you_are_able do_it by_yourself.
OET (OET-RV) “You’re definitely on the road to wear yourself out, plus you’ll also wear out these people who’re with you, because the responsibility is too heavy for you—you can’t just do it alone.
נָבֹ֣ל תִּבֹּ֔ל
to_wear_out you_will_wear_out
Alternate translation: “You will surely make yourself very tired”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
כָבֵ֤ד מִמְּךָ֙
heavy for,you
Jethro speaks of the hard work that Moses is doing as if it were a physical burden that Moses was carrying. If your readers would not understand what this image means in this context, you could use an equivalent metaphor from your culture. Alternatively, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “is too hard for 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) Surely_(wear_out) you_will_wear_yourself_out both you as_well_as the_people the_this which with_you if/because [is_too]_heavy for_you the_task not you_are_able do_it by_yourself.
OET (OET-RV) “You’re definitely on the road to wear yourself out, plus you’ll also wear out these people who’re with you, because the responsibility is too heavy for you—you can’t just do it alone.
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.