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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said Yahweh to ʼAⱱrāhām to/for_what this did_she_laugh Sārāh to_say indeed really will_I_bear_a_child and_I I_am_old.
OET (OET-RV) Then Yahweh spoke to Abraham, “Why is it that Sarah laughed, saying, ‘Will I really have a child when I am old?’
Note 1 topic: writing-quotations
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל אַבְרָהָ֑ם
and=he/it_said YHWH to/towards ʼAⱱrāhām
The way you translate this quote margin will depend on whether you translate the rest of this verse as a rhetorical question or a statement. Alternate translation: “Then Yahweh asked Abraham,”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
לָ֣מָּה זֶּה֩ צָחֲקָ֨ה שָׂרָ֜ה לֵאמֹ֗ר
to/for=what this laugh Sārāh to=say
Yahweh uses rhetorical question in verses 13-14 to confront Sarah’s disbelief and to emphasize that nothing is too difficult for God to do. Consider whether or not it is best to use rhetorical questions here in your language. Alternate translation: “Why did Sarah laugh to herself and say” or “Sarah should not have laughed and thought to herself,” or “Sarah should not have laughed, thinking,”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
הַאַ֥ף אֻמְנָ֛ם אֵלֵ֖ד וַאֲנִ֥י זָקַֽנְתִּי
?,indeed indeed bear_a_child and,I old
Consider whether it is more natural in your language to make this embedded quote a direct or indirect quote. Make sure that your translation of I refers here to Sarah, not Yahweh. Alternate translation: “I am too old to bear a child!”
18:1-15 The Lord’s visit to Abraham set the time for Isaac’s birth. The three visitors were probably the Lord and two angels (see study note on 16:7). Abraham’s peaceful and generous reception of the visitors contrasts sharply with the chaos and corruption of Sodom (ch 19). Eating together was important in making or confirming covenants; when God was ready to fulfill the covenant promise, he came in person to share a meal with Abraham. Fellowship with God has always been signified by a communal meal (see Exod 24:9-11; Matt 26:17-30 // Luke 22:7-38; Acts 2:42; 1 Cor 11:20-34).
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said Yahweh to ʼAⱱrāhām to/for_what this did_she_laugh Sārāh to_say indeed really will_I_bear_a_child and_I I_am_old.
OET (OET-RV) Then Yahweh spoke to Abraham, “Why is it that Sarah laughed, saying, ‘Will I really have a child when I am old?’
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.