OET interlinear ISA 9:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ⁠יִּֽהְי֛וּ מְאַשְּׁרֵ֥י הָֽ⁠עָם־הַ⁠זֶּ֖ה מַתְעִ֑ים

and=they_were guide_of of,the_people the=this mislead

Isaiah is speaking as if the leaders were guides leading people along a path, but they are leading them in the wrong direction. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the leaders of this people are causing them to go in the wrong direction]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠מְאֻשָּׁרָ֖י⁠ו מְבֻלָּעִֽים

and,[those_of,who_were]_guided_by_him swallowed_up

Isaiah is speaking as if destruction were being swallowed up, like food being consumed. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and its guided ones are being destroyed]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וּ⁠מְאֻשָּׁרָ֖י⁠ו מְבֻלָּעִֽים

and,[those_of,who_were]_guided_by_him swallowed_up

The expression its guided ones are being swallowed up 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 destruction swallows up its guided ones]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

וּ⁠מְאֻשָּׁרָ֖י⁠ו

and,[those_of,who_were]_guided_by_him

The pronoun its refers to this people. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [this people’s guided ones]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

וּ⁠מְאֻשָּׁרָ֖י⁠ו

and,[those_of,who_were]_guided_by_him

Isaiah is using the adjective guided ones as a noun to mean a certain kind of person, that is, the people being guided by their leaders. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [those who are being guided by them]