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OET (OET-LV) And_chose Mosheh men of_ability from_all Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_he/it_gave DOM_them chiefs over the_people leaders of_thousands leaders of_hundreds leaders of_fifties and_commanders of_tens.
OET (OET-RV) He chose capable men from among all the Israelis, and he appointed them as heads over the people: leaders of thousands, leaders of hundreds, leaders of fifties, and leaders of tens of households.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
רָאשִׁ֖ים עַל־הָעָ֑ם
heads on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,people
Moses writes of the leaders of people as if they were the head of a body. 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: “leaders over the people”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
אַנְשֵׁי־חַ֨יִל֙
men_of able
If it would be helpful to your readers, what sort of ability they had can be stated clearly. Alternate translation: “men who were able to lead” or “men who were able to judge”
Note 3 topic: translate-numbers
שָׂרֵ֤י אֲלָפִים֙ שָׂרֵ֣י מֵא֔וֹת שָׂרֵ֥י חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים וְשָׂרֵ֥י עֲשָׂרֹֽת
commanders thousands commanders hundreds commanders fifties and,commanders 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” See how you translated this in Exodus 18:21.
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_chose Mosheh men of_ability from_all Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_he/it_gave DOM_them chiefs over the_people leaders of_thousands leaders of_hundreds leaders of_fifties and_commanders of_tens.
OET (OET-RV) He chose capable men from among all the Israelis, and he appointed them as heads over the people: leaders of thousands, leaders of hundreds, leaders of fifties, and leaders of tens of 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.