OET interlinear ISA 51:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שְׂאוּ֩ & עֵֽינֵי⁠כֶ֜ם

lift_up & your(pl)=eyes

Here Yahweh is speaking of looking upward as if it were possible to physically Lift up your eyes. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Direct your gaze]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּֽי

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: [Do this because]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

שָׁמַ֜יִם כֶּ⁠עָשָׁ֤ן נִמְלָ֨חוּ֙

heavens like,smoke vanish

The point of this comparison is that just as smoke vanishes and disappears, so the heavens will vanish. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [the heavens will vanish and disappear, just as smoke vanishes]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

שָׁמַ֜יִם & נִמְלָ֨חוּ֙

heavens & vanish

The expression will be dissipated is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [the heavens will dissipate]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

וְ⁠הָ⁠אָ֨רֶץ֙ כַּ⁠בֶּ֣גֶד תִּבְלֶ֔ה

and=the=earth like,garment wear_out

The point of this comparison is that just as a garment wears out and falls apart, so the earth will wear out. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [and the earth will wear out and fall apart just as a garment wears out and falls apart]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

וְ⁠יֹשְׁבֶ֖י⁠הָ כְּמוֹ כֵ֣ן יְמוּת֑וּ⁠ן

and,inhabitants_of,its like so they,will_die

The point of this comparison is that just as the heavens and the earth will perish, so its dwellers will die in the same way. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [and its dwellers will die in the same way, just as the heavens and earth perish]

Note 7 topic: writing-poetry

כְּמוֹ־כֵ֣ן

like so

For poetic purposes, Isaiah is using one word that has two different meanings, “thus,” and “gnat.” The ULT translates the word as thus. 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.

Note 8 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

וִ⁠ישֽׁוּעָתִ⁠י֙

and,salvation_of,my

Yahweh uses the word But here to indicate a contrast between the passing away of the heavens and the earth and the permanence of his salvation. In your translation, indicate this contrast in a way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [In contrast to those things, my salvation]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וִ⁠ישֽׁוּעָתִ⁠י֙

and,salvation_of,my

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of salvation, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [But the way I save people]

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וְ⁠צִדְקָתִ֖⁠י

and,righteousness_of,my

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of righteousness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [and my saving righteously]

Note 11 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ⁠צִדְקָתִ֖⁠י לֹ֥א תֵחָֽת

and,righteousness_of,my not ended

The expression will not be dismayed is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [and nothing will ever dismay my righteousness]