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OET (OET-LV) and_he/it_said god let_it_be luminaries in_the_firmament the_heavens to_separate between the_day and_between the_night and_they_will_be to/for_signs and_to/for_seasons and_to/for_days and_years.
OET (OET-RV) Then God said, “Let there be lights in the sky to separate daytime from nighttime, so they’ll be signs, and for indicating seasons, and for tracking days and years.
Note 1 topic: writing-quotations
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים
and=he/it_said ʼₑlhīmv
Alternate translation: “Then God commanded,”
יְהִ֤י מְאֹרֹת֙
let_it_be lights
These lights refer to the sun, moon and stars that give off light. But it is important to keep this general in your translation (like the Hebrew text does) and not specify the names of these lights. Alternate translation: “Let lamps exist” or “Let there be objects that give light”
בִּרְקִ֣יעַ הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
in_the=firmament the=heavens
The expanse is the same thing as the heavens (verse 8), so some translations leave the expanse of implied here. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “in the space of the sky” or “in the open space of the sky” or “in the heavens”
לְהַבְדִּ֕יל
to=separate
Alternate translation: “to divide” or “that separate”
בֵּ֥ין הַיּ֖וֹם וּבֵ֣ין הַלָּ֑יְלָה
between the=day and=between the=night
See how you translated “Daytime” and “Nighttime” in verse 5.
וְהָי֤וּ לְאֹתֹת֙
and=they_will_be to/for=signs
Alternate translation: “Let those lamps also be” or “They will also serve as” or “I also command those lamps to serve as”
וְהָי֤וּ לְאֹתֹת֙
and=they_will_be to/for=signs
The Hebrew text is ambiguous here. It could mean: (1) “signs/markers of special/important events, and they must/will mark” or “They must/will also mark/indicate when important things happen, and they must/will mark/show” or (2) “signs/markers that mark/indicate/show”. The word signs means that the lights are to mark certain times of the year. Following the first interpretation, the lights are to also mark special events (such as the star that signaled Jesus’ birth and the darkened sun at Jesus’ death).
וּלְמ֣וֹעֲדִ֔ים וּלְיָמִ֖ים וְשָׁנִֽים
and=to/for=seasons and=to/for=days and=years
The sun and moon show the passing of time. For example, the 30-day month is determined by the phases of the moon, and the 365-day year is determined by the time it takes for the earth to travel around the sun. Seasons are regular times of the year, such as seed-planting and harvesting times, and the seasons of spring, summer, fall and winter (Genesis 8:22), as well as the special festivals which God appointed for his people to meet with him. You could put some of that information in a footnote.
1:14 Let them . . . mark the seasons, days, and years: The movement of the heavenly bodies defined Israel’s liturgical calendar, whose roots in creation gave a sacred timing to Israel’s festivals and celebrations (see Exod 23:15; Lev 23:4).
OET (OET-LV) and_he/it_said god let_it_be luminaries in_the_firmament the_heavens to_separate between the_day and_between the_night and_they_will_be to/for_signs and_to/for_seasons and_to/for_days and_years.
OET (OET-RV) Then God said, “Let there be lights in the sky to separate daytime from nighttime, so they’ll be signs, and for indicating seasons, and for tracking days and years.
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.