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OET (OET-LV) And_they_came against_against against_the_Giⱱˊāh ten_of thousand(s) man chosen from_all Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_the_battle it_was_heavy and_they not they_knew if/because_that [was]_about_to_touch upon_them the_disaster.
OET (OET-RV) Ten thousand chosen Israeli warriors came out in the sight of the Gibeah region, and the battle was fierce, but the Benyamites hadn’t yet realised that disaster was about to hit them.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
בָּחוּר֙ מִכָּל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
picked from=all Yisrael
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [whom the Israelites had chosen as the best of all their soldiers]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וְהַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה כָּבֵ֑דָה
and,the,battle fierce
The author is speaking of the battle as if it were a heavy physical thing that was weighing down the soldiers or that was hard for them to carry. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and the fighting was intense]
Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns
וְהֵם֙ לֹ֣א יָדְע֔וּ
and,they not know
The pronoun they refers to the Benjaminites. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [But the Benjaminites did not know]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
כִּֽי נֹגַ֥עַת עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם הָרָעָֽה
that/for/because/then/when close upon,them the,disaster
The author is using a common expression of his culture to mean that the Benjaminite soldiers were just about to experience great harm. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [that they were about to be destroyed]
20:29-44 The third day’s battle followed the same strategies of deception and ambush that were used to conquer Ai (Josh 8:1-29).
OET (OET-LV) And_they_came against_against against_the_Giⱱˊāh ten_of thousand(s) man chosen from_all Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_the_battle it_was_heavy and_they not they_knew if/because_that [was]_about_to_touch upon_them the_disaster.
OET (OET-RV) Ten thousand chosen Israeli warriors came out in the sight of the Gibeah region, and the battle was fierce, but the Benyamites hadn’t yet realised that disaster was about to hit them.
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.