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OET (OET-LV) And_you(ms) you_will_select from_all the_people men_of ability [those]_fearing_of (of)_god men_of faithfulness [who]_hate_of (of)_unjust_gain and_place over_them leaders_of thousands leaders_of hundreds leaders_of fifties and_commanders_of tens.
OET (OET-RV) But you yourself should search through all the people to find capable men who’re godly and faithful, and not greedy for dishonest profit. Then appoint the best of them to be over a thousand households, and then others to be over groups of one hundred, fifty, and ten households.
וְאַתָּ֣ה תֶחֱזֶ֣ה
and=you(ms) select
Alternate translation: “As for you, search out” or “You must also search out”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ עֲלֵהֶ֗ם
and,place over,them
Jethro speaks of giving them authority over people as putting them over people. 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: “You should select leaders for the people”
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ עֲלֵהֶ֗ם
and,place over,them
Here, them refers to the Israelites. Moses is advised to place good men in charge of groups of Israelites. Alternate translation: “And you must appoint these men over the Israelites”
Note 3 topic: translate-numbers
שָׂרֵ֤י אֲלָפִים֙ שָׂרֵ֣י מֵא֔וֹת שָׂרֵ֥י חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים וְשָׂרֵ֥י עֲשָׂרֹֽת
commanders_of thousands commanders_of hundreds commanders_of fifties and,commanders_of tens
This could mean: (1) these numbers represent the exact amount of people in each group. Alternate translation: “leaders in charge of groups of 1,000 people, groups of 100 people, groups of 50 people, and groups of 10 people” or (2) these numbers are not exact, but represent groups of people of various sizes. Alternate translation: “leaders in charge of very small groups, small groups, large groups, and very large groups”
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_you(ms) you_will_select from_all the_people men_of ability [those]_fearing_of (of)_god men_of faithfulness [who]_hate_of (of)_unjust_gain and_place over_them leaders_of thousands leaders_of hundreds leaders_of fifties and_commanders_of tens.
OET (OET-RV) But you yourself should search through all the people to find capable men who’re godly and faithful, and not greedy for dishonest profit. Then appoint the best of them to be over a thousand households, and then others to be over groups of one hundred, fifty, and ten households.
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.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.