OET interlinear HAB 2:13

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הִנֵּ֔ה

(Some words not found in UHB: am=not see/lo/see! from,with YHWH armies/messengers and,they_labor peoples for_[the],sufficiency_of fire and,nations for_[the],sufficiency_of nothing exhaust )

The author is using the term Behold to focus his listeners’ attention on what he is about to say. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use here. Alternate translation: [Pay attention]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲ⁠ל֣וֹא הִנֵּ֔ה מֵ⁠אֵ֖ת יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת וְ⁠יִֽיגְע֤וּ עַמִּים֙ בְּ⁠דֵי־אֵ֔שׁ וּ⁠לְאֻמִּ֖ים בְּ⁠דֵי־רִ֥יק יִעָֽפוּ

am=not (Some words not found in UHB: am=not see/lo/see! from,with YHWH armies/messengers and,they_labor peoples for_[the],sufficiency_of fire and,nations for_[the],sufficiency_of nothing exhaust )

The author is using the question form to emphasize that this is certainly true. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement. Alternate translation: [Behold, it is from Yahweh of armies that peoples labor for fire and nations weary themselves for emptiness.]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠יִֽיגְע֤וּ עַמִּים֙ בְּ⁠דֵי־אֵ֔שׁ

and,they_labor (Some words not found in UHB: am=not see/lo/see! from,with YHWH armies/messengers and,they_labor peoples for_[the],sufficiency_of fire and,nations for_[the],sufficiency_of nothing exhaust )

Here the author is speaking as if the results of people’s work were fuel that would be consumed by fire. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use here, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [that peoples work hard for nothing]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בְּ⁠דֵי־רִ֥יק

(Some words not found in UHB: am=not see/lo/see! from,with YHWH armies/messengers and,they_labor peoples for_[the],sufficiency_of fire and,nations for_[the],sufficiency_of nothing exhaust )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of emptiness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [for nothing]