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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said what have_you_done the_voice of_the_blood(s) your(ms)_brother/kindred [are]_crying_out to_me from the_soil.
OET (OET-RV) “What have you done?” Yahweh asked. “Your brother’s blood is calling out to me from the ground.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
and=he/it_said
Make sure that your translation of this phrase refers to Yahweh, not Cain. Alternate translation: “Then Yahweh asked”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
מֶ֣ה עָשִׂ֑יתָ
what? you(ms)_have_done/made
God uses this rhetorical question to condemn what Cain had done. Consider whether or not a rhetorical question works well here in your language. Alternate translation: “What you have done is very horrible” or “You have done a horrible thing!”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
ק֚וֹל דְּמֵ֣י אָחִ֔יךָ צֹעֲקִ֥ים אֵלַ֖י מִן הָֽאֲדָמָֽה
sound/voice bloods_of your(ms)=brother/kindred shrieking/proclaiming to=me from/more_than the=soil
In the Hebrew text, blood is personified, as if it had a voice or could cry out like a person does. If it is not possible to do that in your language, you could say that his brother’s blood is “like a voice …” or you could translate this sentence without personification.
4:10 What have you done? is more an expression of horror and rebuke than a fact-finding question (cp. 3:13).
• Abel’s blood is personified as a legal witness that cries out against Cain.
• from the ground: See study note on 4:11-12.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said what have_you_done the_voice of_the_blood(s) your(ms)_brother/kindred [are]_crying_out to_me from the_soil.
OET (OET-RV) “What have you done?” Yahweh asked. “Your brother’s blood is calling out to me from the ground.
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.