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OET (OET-LV) We_grope_for like_(the)_people a_wall and_like_there_are_not eyes we_grope we_have_stumbled at_noon(s) like_twilight among_people like_who_have]_died.
OET (OET-RV) We grope along the wall like the blind,
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and feel around as though we had no eyes.
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Even at midday, we stumble as if it’s twilight—
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among the living but behaving like the dead.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
נְגַֽשְׁשָׁ֤ה כַֽעִוְרִים֙ קִ֔יר וּכְאֵ֥ין עֵינַ֖יִם נְגַשֵּׁ֑שָׁה
grope_along like_(the),[people] wall and,like,there_[are]_not eyes grope
The point of this comparison is that just as the blind must grope along a wall because they cannot see, so the people grope because they do not know what they should do. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [We do not know what we should do; we feel along the wall like people who are blind, and we grope about like people who have no eyes]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
כַֽעִוְרִים֙
like_(the),[people]
Isaiah is using the adjective blind as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [like blind people]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
כָּשַׁ֤לְנוּ בַֽצָּהֳרַ֨יִם֙ כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁף
stumble at,noon(s) like,twilight
The point of this comparison is that just as a person stumbles in the dimness of twilight, so the people stumble even at noon, when it is fully light. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [We stumble at noon, when it is fully light, as easily as a person stumbles in the dimness of twilight]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
בָּאַשְׁמַנִּ֖ים כַּמֵּתִֽים
among,people like,who_have]_died
The point of this comparison is that just as ones having died have no strength, so the people are helpless even among the strong. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [among the strong, we are as powerless as those who have died]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
בָּאַשְׁמַנִּ֖ים כַּמֵּתִֽים
(Some words not found in UHB: grope_along like_(the),[people] wall and,like,there_[are]_not eyes grope stumble at,noon(s) like,twilight among,people like,who_have]_died )
Isaiah is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [among people who are strong we are like ones who have died]
OET (OET-LV) We_grope_for like_(the)_people a_wall and_like_there_are_not eyes we_grope we_have_stumbled at_noon(s) like_twilight among_people like_who_have]_died.
OET (OET-RV) We grope along the wall like the blind,
⇔
and feel around as though we had no eyes.
⇔
Even at midday, we stumble as if it’s twilight—
⇔
among the living but behaving like the dead.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.