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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said to_them what have_I_done now in_comparison_with_you_all am_not good [are]_the_gleanings of_ʼEfrayim than_grape_harvest of_ʼAⱱīˊezr.
OET (OET-RV) “What have I achieved compared to you guys?” answered Gideon. “Aren’t the seconds of Efraim’s grapes better than the whole grape harvest of Abiezer?
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
מֶה־עָשִׂ֥יתִי עַתָּ֖ה כָּכֶ֑ם הֲל֗וֹא ט֛וֹב עֹלְל֥וֹת אֶפְרַ֖יִם מִבְצִ֥יר אֲבִיעֶֽזֶר
what? done now in_comparison_with,you_all am=not good gleaning_of_the_grapes ʼEfrayim than,grape_harvest ʼAⱱīˊezr
Gideon is using the question form in order to make a point without being confrontational. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate these questions as statements or as exclamations, particularly if they would not be regarded as confrontational in your culture. Alternate translation: “What I have done is not like what you have done! The gleanings of Ephraim are better than the vintage of Abiezer!”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
הֲל֗וֹא ט֛וֹב עֹלְל֥וֹת אֶפְרַ֖יִם מִבְצִ֥יר אֲבִיעֶֽזֶר
am=not good gleaning_of_the_grapes ʼEfrayim than,grape_harvest ʼAⱱīˊezr
Gideon is speaking as if he had literally harvested a crop of grapes and the soldiers from Ephraim had come along after him and collected the few grapes that he had left on the vines. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. (You could also express this as a comparison, as the UST does.) Alternate translation: “The specific thing that you did at the end of the battle was more important than what I and my soldiers did during the battle!”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
מִבְצִ֥יר אֲבִיעֶֽזֶר
than,grape_harvest ʼAⱱīˊezr
Gideon is using the name of his clan, Abiezer by association to mean himself. Alternate translation: “than the grapes I have harvested”
8:1-3 Ephraim, the dominant tribe of the north-central hill country, produced only a minor judge, Tola (10:1). The Ephraimites resented their omission from the battle, if only because they hoped for a share of the spoils. When summoned, they did the job at hand. Gideon gave a gracious and humble answer, which turned away Ephraim’s anger (see Prov 15:1; contrast Jephthah, Judg 12:1-4). Gideon’s and Ephraim’s victories over Oreb and Zeeb and their armies became the stuff of legend (cp. Ps 83:11-12; Isa 10:26).
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said to_them what have_I_done now in_comparison_with_you_all am_not good [are]_the_gleanings of_ʼEfrayim than_grape_harvest of_ʼAⱱīˊezr.
OET (OET-RV) “What have I achieved compared to you guys?” answered Gideon. “Aren’t the seconds of Efraim’s grapes better than the whole grape harvest of Abiezer?
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.