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OET (OET-LV) and_he/it_went Mosheh and_back to Yitrō/(Jethro) father-in-law_his and_he/it_said to_him/it let_me_go please and_return to brothers_my who in/on/at/with_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and_see if_still_they living and_he/it_said Yitrō to_Mosheh go in_peace.
OET (OET-RV) Then Mosheh went back to his father-in-law Yetro (Jethro), and told him, “Can I please leave so I can return to my relatives in Egypt and see whether they’re still alive.”
¶ “Go in peace,” Yetro answered.
Note 1 topic: writing-participants
יֶ֣תֶר
Yitrō/(Jethro)
Jethro is reintroduced as a participant in the narrative here. Use the natural form in your language for reintroducing a character.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / go
וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ
and=he/it_went
Because the setting has shifted back to Jethro’s home, some languages may need to use “come” here.
Note 3 topic: translate-kinship
חֹֽתְנ֗וֹ
father-in-law,his
This refers to the father of Moses’ wife. If your language uses a different term for the husband’s or wife’s father use the one for wife’s father.
Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
and=he/it_said
Here, he refers to Moses. Alternate translation: “and Moses said”
Note 5 topic: writing-pronouns
לוֹ֙
to=him/it
Here, him refers to Jethro. Alternate translation: “to Jethro”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
אַחַ֣י
brothers,my
Here the term brothers refers more broadly to all of Moses’ people group, those he is related to. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: “my relatives”
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וְאֶרְאֶ֖ה הַעוֹדָ֣ם חַיִּ֑ים
and,see if,still,they life(pl)
Later in the Bible we are told that Moses was in Midian for 40 years. Moses’ request may have been literal or an idiom that meant he wanted to know how they were doing. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent idiom or use plain language.
Note 8 topic: translate-blessing
לֵ֥ךְ לְשָׁלֽוֹם
go in,peace
This is a phrase of assent and blessing. It may be necessary for some languages to explicitly add, “Yes,” to the beginning of Jethro’s response.
4:18 Moses was now eighty years old (see 7:7), but he was still formally subject to his father-in-law.
OET (OET-LV) and_he/it_went Mosheh and_back to Yitrō/(Jethro) father-in-law_his and_he/it_said to_him/it let_me_go please and_return to brothers_my who in/on/at/with_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and_see if_still_they living and_he/it_said Yitrō to_Mosheh go in_peace.
OET (OET-RV) Then Mosheh went back to his father-in-law Yetro (Jethro), and told him, “Can I please leave so I can return to my relatives in Egypt and see whether they’re still alive.”
¶ “Go in peace,” Yetro answered.
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.