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OET (OET-LV) and_sent Yiftāḩ messengers to the_king of_the_people of_ˊAmmōn to_say what to/for_me and_have_you (cmp) you_have_come to_me to_fight in/on/at/with_land_my.
OET (OET-RV) Then Yiftah sent messengers to the Ammonite king, demanding, “What’s happened with respect to me and to you, that you’ve come against me to fight over my land?”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
מַה־לִּ֣י וָלָ֔ךְ כִּֽי־בָ֥אתָ אֵלַ֖י לְהִלָּחֵ֥ם בְּאַרְצִֽי
what? to/for=me and,have,you that/for/because/then/when come to=me to,fight in/on/at/with,land,my
Jephthah’s messengers are speaking on his behalf, and so they use the singular pronouns me and my. They are addressing the Ammonite king, so you is also singular. However, Jephthah is speaking as a representative of all the Israelites, and he is addressing the Ammonite king as a representative of his own people and army. So it may be more natural in your language to use the plural pronouns “us” and “our” and plural forms of you if your language marks that distinction.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
מַה־לִּ֣י וָלָ֔ךְ כִּֽי־בָ֥אתָ אֵלַ֖י לְהִלָּחֵ֥ם בְּאַרְצִֽי
what? to/for=me and,have,you that/for/because/then/when come to=me to,fight in/on/at/with,land,my
Jephthah is using the question form for emphasis. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: “There is nothing to me and to you, that you should come against me to fight in my land!”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
מַה־לִּ֣י וָלָ֔ךְ
what? to/for=me and,have,you
This is a common expression that, in this context, inquires what quarrel the Ammonite king has with Jephthah, who represents the Israelites. The implication is that he really has no just cause to invade their land. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “What quarrel is there between us …?” or “There is no quarrel between us …!”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
בְּאַרְצִֽי
in/on/at/with,land,my
This could mean: (1) that Jephthah is objecting to the presence of the Ammonite army on Israelite territory. Alternate translation: “and have invaded my land” (2) that Jephthah is using the term land by association to mean the people who live in the land. Alternate translation: “against my people” (3) that Jephthah is saying that the Ammonite king wants to contest possession of the land. Alternate translation: “over my land”
11:12-28 Jephthah initially tried to solve the problem by diplomatic rather than military means (cp. Deut 20:10-11).
• Unlike the nomadic, marauding Midianites of Gideon’s day, the Ammonites were a settled tribe whose territory lay to the east of Israel’s holdings in Transjordan (east of the Jordan); Rabbah was the Ammonite capital. The Ammonites, like the Moabites (both descendants of Lot) and the Edomites (Esau’s descendants), were to be left alone, as their territories were assigned to them by the Lord (Deut 2:16-23).
• Contrary to the Ammonite king’s contention, the Amorites, not Ammon or Moab, lived between the Arnon and Jabbok rivers at the time of the conquest. In response to Sihon’s refusal to let Israel pass, the Lord had given the land of the Amorite kings Sihon and Og to Israel. The Ammonite king had no legitimate quarrel with Israel.
OET (OET-LV) and_sent Yiftāḩ messengers to the_king of_the_people of_ˊAmmōn to_say what to/for_me and_have_you (cmp) you_have_come to_me to_fight in/on/at/with_land_my.
OET (OET-RV) Then Yiftah sent messengers to the Ammonite king, demanding, “What’s happened with respect to me and to you, that you’ve come against me to fight over my land?”
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.