OET interlinear ISA 42:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠הוֹלַכְתִּ֣י עִוְרִ֗ים בְּ⁠דֶ֨רֶךְ֙ לֹ֣א יָדָ֔עוּ

and,I_will_lead blind by,a_way not know

Here Yahweh is speaking of the people’s lack of understanding as if they were blind people whom he would lead by a way they have not known. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And I will make those who lack understanding walk by a way they have not known]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

וְ⁠הוֹלַכְתִּ֣י עִוְרִ֗ים

and,I_will_lead blind

Yahweh is using the adjective blind as a noun to refer to a certain kind of person, namely people who are blind. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [And I will make the people who are blind walk]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ⁠דֶ֨רֶךְ֙ לֹ֣א יָדָ֔עוּ בִּ⁠נְתִיב֥וֹת לֹֽא יָדְע֖וּ

by,a_way not know by,paths not known

Here Yahweh is speaking of how the people should live as if it were a way they have not known and paths they have not known along which he leads them. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [in the way of right living that they have not known; on the paths of how to live rightly that they have not known]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אָשִׂים֩ מַחְשָׁ֨ךְ לִ⁠פְנֵי⁠הֶ֜ם לָ⁠א֗וֹר

turn darkness before,,them to_the=light

Here Yahweh is speaking of the people’s distress as darkness and of his deliverance as light. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I will turn their distress into deliverance before them]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠מַֽעֲקַשִּׁים֙ לְ⁠מִישׁ֔וֹר

and,rough_places (into)_level,ground

Here Yahweh is speaking of the difficulties the people face as rough places and of his removing them as making those places into level ground. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and the obstacles in their way into a smooth path]

Note 6 topic: writing-pronouns

אֵ֚לֶּה הַ⁠דְּבָרִ֔ים עֲשִׂיתִ֖⁠ם וְ⁠לֹ֥א עֲזַבְתִּֽי⁠ם

these [are]_the,things I_have_made=them and=not I,will_abandon_them

The pronoun them refers to the people whom Yahweh has described as blind. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [I will do these things, and I will not abandon those blind people]