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OET (OET-LV) Now listen in/on/at/with_voice_me give_advice_you and_let_it_be god with_you be you for_the_people in_front_of the_ʼₑlhīmv and_bring you DOM the_cases to the_ʼₑlhīmv.
OET (OET-RV) Now, listen to this: I’ll advise you and God will be with you. You be before God for the people, and you should bring their disputes to God yourself.
אִיעָ֣צְךָ֔
give_~_advice,you
Alternate translation: “I will guide you” or “I will instruct you”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וִיהִ֥י אֱלֹהִ֖ים עִמָּ֑ךְ
and=let_it_be ʼₑlhīmv with,you
Jethro speaks of God helping Moses as if God would be with Moses. 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: “God will help you” or “God will give you wisdom”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וְהֵבֵאתָ֥ אַתָּ֛ה אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִֽים
and,bring you(ms) DOM the,cases to/towards the=ʼₑlhīmv
Jethro speaks of Moses telling God about their disputes as if they were something that Moses was bringing to God. 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: “and you tell God about their disputes” or and “you tell God what they are arguing about”
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) Now listen in/on/at/with_voice_me give_advice_you and_let_it_be god with_you be you for_the_people in_front_of the_ʼₑlhīmv and_bring you DOM the_cases to the_ʼₑlhīmv.
OET (OET-RV) Now, listen to this: I’ll advise you and God will be with you. You be before God for the people, and you should bring their disputes to God yourself.
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.