OET interlinear JDG 5:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / apostrophe

שִׁמְע֣וּ מְלָכִ֔ים הַאֲזִ֖ינוּ רֹֽזְנִ֑ים

hear kings give_ear princes

Deborah and Barak are speaking to two groups that they know cannot hear them. They are doing this to show in a strong way how they feel about the story they are telling in their song. They feel that it is worth the attention of the most important people in the world. They are actually speaking to all the people who can hear them or who will hear them. (5:10–11 indicates that this includes people from throughout Israelite society.) If your readers might not understand what Deborah and Barak are doing, you could translate their words as if they were speaking directly to people who were present. Alternate translation: “This story deserves to be heard by kings and rulers!”

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

אָֽנֹכִ֗י לַֽ⁠יהוָה֙ אָנֹכִ֣י אָשִׁ֔ירָה אֲזַמֵּ֕ר

I to/for=YHWH I sing sing_praise

If your language marks first-person singular pronouns or verbs for gender, see the discussion in the General Notes to this chapter for a suggestion of how to mark the instances of I here.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / sentencetypes

אָשִׁ֔ירָה

sing

The speaker here is not asking permission. He is using a particular type of sentence to encourage himself to do something. If your language does not use this type of sentence, in your translation you can use an equivalent form. Alternate translation: “I certainly should sing”