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OET (OET-LV) Who among_you(pl) is_the_one_who_remains who he_saw DOM the_house the_this in_its_of_splendour (the)_former and_what are_you(pl) seeing DOM_him/it now am_not is_as_it as_nothing in_your_two’s_of_eyes.
OET (OET-RV) “Are there any of you still alive who saw the splendour of the former temple? How does it look to you now? It must now seem pretty much like nothing in comparison.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
מִ֤י בָכֶם֙ הַנִּשְׁאָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר רָאָה֙ אֶת־הַבַּ֣יִת הַזֶּ֔ה בִּכְבוֹד֖וֹ הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן וּמָ֨ה אַתֶּ֜ם רֹאִ֤ים אֹתוֹ֙ עַ֔תָּה הֲל֥וֹא כָמֹ֛הוּ כְּאַ֖יִן בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם
who? among,you(pl) [is]_the,[one_who]_remains which/who saw DOM the,house the=this in,its_of,splendor (the),former and,what? you(pl) look DOM=him/it now am=not [is]_as,it as,nothing in,your_two's_of,eyes
If you have decided to translate this oracle so that it does not contain direct quotations within a quotation, you can translate this verse as an indirect quotation, continuing the sentence that begins in the previous verse. Alternate translation: [who is left among them who saw this house in its former glory. Ask them how they are seeing it now and whether, compared with it, it is not like nothing in their eyes]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
מִ֤י בָכֶם֙ הַנִּשְׁאָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר רָאָה֙ אֶת־הַבַּ֣יִת הַזֶּ֔ה בִּכְבוֹד֖וֹ הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן וּמָ֨ה אַתֶּ֜ם רֹאִ֤ים אֹתוֹ֙ עַ֔תָּה הֲל֥וֹא כָמֹ֛הוּ כְּאַ֖יִן בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם
who? among,you(pl) [is]_the,[one_who]_remains which/who saw DOM the,house the=this in,its_of,splendor (the),former and,what? you(pl) look DOM=him/it now am=not [is]_as,it as,nothing in,your_two's_of,eyes
Yahweh is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate these questions as statements or as exclamations. Alternate translation: [Some of you saw this temple in its former glory. I know that you are not pleased with the way it looks now. Compared with the way it looked before, it seems like nothing in your eyes.]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
בָכֶם֙ הַנִּשְׁאָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר רָאָה֙ אֶת־הַבַּ֣יִת הַזֶּ֔ה
among,you(pl) [is]_the,[one_who]_remains which/who saw DOM the,house the=this
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [the one among you who still remembers what this temple looked like]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
אֲשֶׁ֤ר רָאָה֙ אֶת־הַבַּ֣יִת הַזֶּ֔ה בִּכְבוֹד֖וֹ הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן
which/who saw DOM the,house the=this in,its_of,splendor (the),former
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of glory, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [who saw how glorious this temple formerly was]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
כָמֹ֛הוּ
[is]_as,it
The pronoun that refers to the former glory of the temple. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [Compared with its former glory]
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
הֲל֥וֹא כָמֹ֛הוּ כְּאַ֖יִן בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם
am=not [is]_as,it as,nothing in,your_two's_of,eyes
Yahweh is using the term eyes by association to mean sight. Sight, in turn, represents attention, perspective, and judgment. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Compared with that, do you not regard it as nothing]
2:3 The former splendor belonged to Solomon’s Temple (1 Kgs 6:38), which some of the older people of Judah had seen in their youth before going into exile in Babylon. They wept when they saw the new foundation laid (Ezra 3:12-13), because it seemed like nothing at all by comparison.
OET (OET-LV) Who among_you(pl) is_the_one_who_remains who he_saw DOM the_house the_this in_its_of_splendour (the)_former and_what are_you(pl) seeing DOM_him/it now am_not is_as_it as_nothing in_your_two’s_of_eyes.
OET (OET-RV) “Are there any of you still alive who saw the splendour of the former temple? How does it look to you now? It must now seem pretty much like nothing in comparison.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.
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