OET interlinear ISA 51:23

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

וְ⁠נַעֲבֹ֑רָה

so,that_we_may_pass_over_[you(pl)]

Here, the word that marks we may pass over as the goal or purpose of the command Lie prostrate. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that this is the purpose. Alternate translation: [to make it possible for us to pass over]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠שַׂמְתִּ֨י⁠הָ֙ בְּ⁠יַד מוֹגַ֔יִ⁠ךְ

and,I,will_put_it in,the_hand_of of,[those_who]_grieve_you

Here Yahweh is speaking of punishing Jerusalem’s oppressors as if he would put it, the cup of his anger, in the hand of the ones grieving her for them to drink. 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 the ones grieving you drink of the cup of wrath]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

לְ⁠נַפְשֵׁ֖⁠ךְ

to,self_of,your

Yahweh is using your soul to represent your whole self. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [to you yourself]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

שְׁחִ֣י וְ⁠נַעֲבֹ֑רָה

bow_down so,that_we_may_pass_over_[you(pl)]

If it would be more natural in your language, you could express this as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: [that you should lie prostrate so that they might pass over]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

וַ⁠תָּשִׂ֤ימִי כָ⁠אָ֨רֶץ֙ גֵּוֵ֔⁠ךְ וְ⁠כַ⁠ח֖וּץ

and,you_made like,ground back_of,your and,like,street

The point of this comparison is that just as people walk on the earth and the street, so Jerusalem’s enemies trampled over her, treating her body like ground to walk on. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [And you made your back into a surface for them to walk on, as if it were a road]