OET interlinear HAB 2:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲ⁠לוֹא־אֵ֣לֶּה כֻלָּ֗⁠ם עָלָי⁠ו֙ מָשָׁ֣ל יִשָּׂ֔אוּ וּ⁠מְלִיצָ֖ה חִיד֣וֹת ל֑⁠וֹ וְ⁠יֹאמַ֗ר ה֚וֹי הַ⁠מַּרְבֶּ֣ה לֹּא־ל֔⁠וֹ עַד־מָתַ֕י וּ⁠מַכְבִּ֥יד עָלָ֖י⁠ו עַבְטִֽיט

am=not (Some words not found in UHB: am=not these of_them_of,all on/upon/above=him/it taunt take_up and,a_mocking_song riddles to=him/it and,will_someone_say? woe the_[one,who]_increases not to=him/it until when(q) and,[one_who]_makes_heavy on/upon/above=him/it goods_taken_in_pledge )

Yahweh is using the question form to emphasize that the conquered peoples will certainly mock the oppressor. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [These, all of them, will certainly take up a proverb against him, and ridicule, a riddle about him, so that it says, ‘Woe to the one increasing what is not his’—‘until when? and loading onto himself pledges’!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

וְ⁠יֹאמַ֗ר ה֚וֹי הַ⁠מַּרְבֶּ֣ה לֹּא־ל֔⁠וֹ עַד־מָתַ֕י וּ⁠מַכְבִּ֥יד עָלָ֖י⁠ו עַבְטִֽיט

and,will_someone_say? woe (Some words not found in UHB: am=not these of_them_of,all on/upon/above=him/it taunt take_up and,a_mocking_song riddles to=him/it and,will_someone_say? woe the_[one,who]_increases not to=him/it until when(q) and,[one_who]_makes_heavy on/upon/above=him/it goods_taken_in_pledge )

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [so that it pronounces woe on the one increasing what is not his—until when? and loading onto himself pledges]

Note 3 topic: writing-proverbs

ה֚וֹי הַ⁠מַּרְבֶּ֣ה לֹּא־ל֔⁠וֹ עַד־מָתַ֕י וּ⁠מַכְבִּ֥יד עָלָ֖י⁠ו עַבְטִֽיט

woe (Some words not found in UHB: am=not these of_them_of,all on/upon/above=him/it taunt take_up and,a_mocking_song riddles to=him/it and,will_someone_say? woe the_[one,who]_increases not to=him/it until when(q) and,[one_who]_makes_heavy on/upon/above=him/it goods_taken_in_pledge )

Here the conquered peoples use a proverb in order to mock the greedy conqueror. Translate this proverb in a way that will be recognized as a proverb and be meaningful in your language and culture. Alternate translation: [Disaster awaits the one who endlessly takes what does not belong to him and burdens himself with debts]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

עַד־מָתַ֕י

until when(q)

The conquered peoples are interjecting this brief question form to express frustration that the oppressor’s greed has continued for too long. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [for far too long!]