OET interlinear ISA 38:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּ֣י

that/for/because/then/when

The word translated as For indicates that what follows is a reason for what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: [This is because]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

כִּ֣י לֹ֥א שְׁא֛וֹל תּוֹדֶ֖⁠ךָּ מָ֣וֶת יְהַלְלֶ֑⁠ךָּ

that/for/because/then/when not shəʼōl it,gives_thanks_to_you death it,praises_you

Hezekiah is speaking of Sheol and death as if they were living things that could thank and praise Yahweh. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [For those in Sheol do not thank you, and those who are dead do not praise you]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יֽוֹרְדֵי ב֖וֹר

go_down_of pit

Here Hezekiah is speaking of people who have died as if they were the ones going down into the pit, a deep hole representing the grave. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [those who have died]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

אֲמִתֶּֽ⁠ךָ

faithfulness_of,your

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: [how faithful you are]