OET interlinear HAB 2:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הִנֵּ֣ה

(Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! puffed_up not upright self_of,his in/on/over=him/it and_[the],righteous by,faithfulness_of,his live )

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 in your translation. Alternate translation: [Look!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

עֻפְּלָ֔ה & נַפְשׁ֖⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! puffed_up not upright self_of,his in/on/over=him/it and_[the],righteous by,faithfulness_of,his live )

Here the author is speaking of a proud person as if his soul were something that could be physically puffed up or inflated. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [He is arrogant]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

נַפְשׁ֖⁠וֹ

self_of,his

Here, soul represents the entire person from the perspective of his inner character. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [He himself]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

עֻפְּלָ֔ה לֹא־יָשְׁרָ֥ה נַפְשׁ֖⁠וֹ בּ֑⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! puffed_up not upright self_of,his in/on/over=him/it and_[the],righteous by,faithfulness_of,his live )

The pronouns His and him both refer to the proud, arrogant person described in this verse, who is contrasted with the righteous in the following clause. In the context of the book, this probably means the Chaldeans. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [The Chaldeans’ souls are puffed up; it is not upright within them]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

עֻפְּלָ֔ה

(Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! puffed_up not upright self_of,his in/on/over=him/it and_[the],righteous by,faithfulness_of,his live )

The expression is puffed up is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [has become proud]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לֹא־יָשְׁרָ֥ה & בּ֑⁠וֹ

not (Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! puffed_up not upright self_of,his in/on/over=him/it and_[the],righteous by,faithfulness_of,his live )

Here the author is speaking of moral character as if it were something that could be physically upright or straight. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [his character is not right within him]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

וְ⁠צַדִּ֖יק

(Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! puffed_up not upright self_of,his in/on/over=him/it and_[the],righteous by,faithfulness_of,his live )

The author is using the adjective righteous as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [the righteous person]

Note 8 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

וְ⁠צַדִּ֖יק בֶּ⁠אֱמוּנָת֥⁠וֹ יִחְיֶֽה

(Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! puffed_up not upright self_of,his in/on/over=him/it and_[the],righteous by,faithfulness_of,his live )

The author uses the word but here to indicate a contrast between the proud person whose soul is not upright and the righteous person who lives by faithfulness. In your translation, indicate this contrast in a way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [however, the righteous person will live by his faithfulness]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בֶּ⁠אֱמוּנָת֥⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! puffed_up not upright self_of,his in/on/over=him/it and_[the],righteous by,faithfulness_of,his live )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of faithfulness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [being faithful to God]