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OET (OET-LV) Straw not [is_being]_given to_servants_your and_bricks [people_are]_saying to/for_us make and_see/lo/see your_servants [are_being]_struck and_fault people_your_own.
OET (OET-RV) We haven’t been given any straw and yet they’re telling us to keep making bricks. And see, we your servants get beaten, but it’s your people’s mistake.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
תֶּ֗בֶן אֵ֤ין נִתָּן֙ לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ
straw not given to,servants,your
The text does not specify who is not giving them straw. From the context, the taskmasters and, by implication, Pharaoh himself are the ones not doing this. If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternative translation: “You are not giving your servants any straw.”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ & עֲבָדֶ֛יךָ
to,servants,your & your=servants
Here, the Israelite officers use the term your servants to refer to themselves in the third person as a way of showing humility. It is also possible that they mean to include all the Israelites. Either option is valid if your language must state who is meant by “your servants.” Alternate translation: “to us”
Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns
אֹמְרִ֥ים
say
Here, they refers to the Egyptian taskmasters.
וְהִנֵּ֧ה
and=see/lo/see!
And behold is used to draw attention to surprising information that follows.
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
עֲבָדֶ֛יךָ מֻכִּ֖ים
your=servants beaten
The text does not specify who beat the officers. It was probably either the taskmasters or someone the taskmasters ordered to beat the officers. If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language.
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism
וְחָטָ֥את עַמֶּֽךָ
and,fault people,your_own
The Israelites are indirectly accusing Pharaoh of doing wrong. To translate this, consider polite or indirect ways of making accusations in your culture.
וְחָטָ֥את
and,fault
Alternate translation: “but it is the wrongdoing of”
OET (OET-LV) Straw not [is_being]_given to_servants_your and_bricks [people_are]_saying to/for_us make and_see/lo/see your_servants [are_being]_struck and_fault people_your_own.
OET (OET-RV) We haven’t been given any straw and yet they’re telling us to keep making bricks. And see, we your servants get beaten, but it’s your people’s mistake.”
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.