OET interlinear ISA 47:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כֵּ֥ן

yes/correct/thus/so

The word translated as Thus indicates that what follows is a result or summary of what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a result of what came before. Alternate translation: [Therefore]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

הָיוּ לָ֖⁠ךְ

they_were to/for=you(fs)

The pronoun they refers to the astrologers and merchants whom Babylon relied on. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [those astrologers will become for you]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

אִ֤ישׁ לְ⁠עֶבְר⁠וֹ֙ תָּע֔וּ

(a)_man to,his_own_of,side wander

Alternate translation: [Each man will wander to his own side]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אִ֤ישׁ לְ⁠עֶבְר⁠וֹ֙ תָּע֔וּ

(a)_man to,his_own_of,side wander

Yahweh is using A man to his side they will wander as a common expression of the culture to mean “each of them will go off in his own direction.” If this phrase does not have that meaning for your readers, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Each of them will go off in his own direction]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

אִ֤ישׁ לְ⁠עֶבְר⁠וֹ֙

(a)_man to,his_own_of,side

Yahweh is using the singular noun man to mean each person individually. Your language may use a singular noun in the same way. If not, you can translate this with an equivalent phrase such as “each one.” Alternate translation: [Each one to his own direction]