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OET (OET-LV) And_also to judges_their not they_listened if/because they_acted_as_prostitutes after gods other and_bowed_down to/for_them they_turned_aside quickly from the_way which they_had_walked fathers_their in_obeyed the_commandments of_YHWH not they_did so.
OET (OET-RV) However they wouldn’t listen to those leaders either—continuing to prostitute themselves to other gods and bowing down to idols. They rapidly turned away from their ancestors’ ways and showed no interest in obeying Yahweh’s instructions.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וְגַ֤ם אֶל־שֹֽׁפְטֵיהֶם֙ לֹ֣א שָׁמֵ֔עוּ & לִשְׁמֹ֥עַ מִצְוֺת־יְהוָ֖ה
and=also to/towards judges,their not listen & in,obeyed commandments YHWH
See how you translated the similar expression in 2:2. Alternate translation: “But they would not even obey their judges … to obey the commands of Yahweh”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
זָנ֗וּ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים
lusted after ʼElohīm other
The author is speaking as if the Israelites had literally acted as prostitutes for other gods. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: Alternate translation: “they betrayed Yahweh by worshiping other gods”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
סָ֣רוּ מַהֵ֗ר מִן־הַדֶּ֜רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָלְכ֧וּ אֲבוֹתָ֛ם
turned_aside quickly from/more_than the,way which/who walked fathers,their
The author is speaking of how people live as if that were a way or path that people walked along. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “They quickly stopped living in the manner that their fathers had”
2:10-19 Joshua was dead, the new generation had not experienced God’s saving power, and the Canaanites continued to live in the land. What resulted was the cycle of rebellion and partial restoration. This section introduces that cycle, which the body of the book exemplifies.
OET (OET-LV) And_also to judges_their not they_listened if/because they_acted_as_prostitutes after gods other and_bowed_down to/for_them they_turned_aside quickly from the_way which they_had_walked fathers_their in_obeyed the_commandments of_YHWH not they_did so.
OET (OET-RV) However they wouldn’t listen to those leaders either—continuing to prostitute themselves to other gods and bowing down to idols. They rapidly turned away from their ancestors’ ways and showed no interest in obeying Yahweh’s instructions.
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.