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OET (OET-LV) delay and_be_astonished blind_yourselves and_be_blind people_have_become_drunk and_not wine people_have_staggered and_not strong_drink.
OET (OET-RV) Astonish yourselves and be astonished.
⇔ ≈ Blind yourselves and be blind.
⇔ Get drunk, but not with wine.
⇔ ≈ Stagger, but not from strong drink,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / irony
הִתְמַהְמְה֣וּ וּתְמָ֔הוּ הִשְׁתַּֽעַשְׁע֖וּ וָשֹׁ֑עוּ
stupefy and,be_astonished blind and,be_blind
Isaiah actually means to communicate the opposite of what he is saying. He is not truly commanding the people to blind themselves and be amazed. Rather, he is condemning them for their willful refusal to understand. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [You stubbornly refuse to understand, and you have blinded yourselves]
Note 2 topic: translate-textvariants
הִתְמַהְמְה֣וּ וּתְמָ֔הוּ
stupefy and,be_astonished
Many ancient manuscripts read “Make yourselves wait.” The ULT follows that reading. Other ancient manuscripts read “Amaze yourselves.” If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, you may wish to use the reading that it uses. If a translation of the Bible does not exist in your region, you may wish to use the reading of the ULT. Alternate translation: [Stop and be amazed]””
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
וּתְמָ֔הוּ
and,be_astonished
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of amazement, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [and be amazed]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
שָֽׁכְר֣וּ וְלֹא יַ֔יִן נָע֖וּ וְלֹ֥א שֵׁכָֽר
drunk and=not wine stagger and=not strong_drink
Isaiah is speaking as if the people’s spiritual stupor were them being drunk on wine and staggering from beer. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [They are confused and disoriented, but not because of wine or beer]
Note 5 topic: writing-pronouns
שָֽׁכְר֣וּ
drunk
The pronoun They refers to the same people whom Isaiah was addressing with the commands in the first part of the verse. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [The people of Jerusalem are drunk]
OET (OET-LV) delay and_be_astonished blind_yourselves and_be_blind people_have_become_drunk and_not wine people_have_staggered and_not strong_drink.
OET (OET-RV) Astonish yourselves and be astonished.
⇔ ≈ Blind yourselves and be blind.
⇔ Get drunk, but not with wine.
⇔ ≈ Stagger, but not from strong drink,
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.