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OET (OET-LV) And_cried_out to YHWH and_they_said please Oh_YHWH do_not please let_us_perish in/on/at/with_life the_man the_this and_not put on_us blood innocent if/because you Oh_YHWH just_as you_pleased you_have_done.
OET (OET-RV) So they called to Yahweh and said, “We beg you Yahweh: please don’t let us die because of this man, and don’t consider us guilty because you yourself have made this happen.”
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
וַיִּקְרְא֨וּ
and,cried_out
Here, So indicates that what follows is a result of what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a result of what came before. Alternate translation: “Because of that they called out” or “Because the sea became more violent, they called loudly”
וַיִּקְרְא֨וּ אֶל־יְהוָ֜ה
and,cried_out to/towards YHWH
Alternate translation: “Therefore, the men prayed loudly to Yahweh”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations
אָנָּ֤ה
o
Ah! is an exclamation that is expressing intense desperation. Use an exclamation that would communicate that meaning in your language.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
אַל־נָ֣א נֹאבְדָ֗ה בְּנֶ֨פֶשׁ֙ הָאִ֣ישׁ הַזֶּ֔ה
not now perish in/on/at/with,life the=man the=this
In this context, the life of this man means “taking the life of this man.” You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “please do not kill us for taking the life of this man” or “even though we are going to cause this man to die, please do not kill us”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וְאַל־תִּתֵּ֥ן עָלֵ֖ינוּ דָּ֣ם נָקִ֑יא
and,not make on,us blood innocent
Here, do not put innocent blood upon us is an idiom that means ““do not consider us guilty of killing an innocent person.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use an idiom from your language that does have this meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and please do not blame us for his death” or “and do not hold us accountable for having killed someone who did not deserve to die”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
אַל־נָ֣א נֹאבְדָ֗ה בְּנֶ֨פֶשׁ֙ הָאִ֣ישׁ הַזֶּ֔ה וְאַל־תִּתֵּ֥ן עָלֵ֖ינוּ דָּ֣ם נָקִ֑יא
not now perish in/on/at/with,life the=man the=this and,not make on,us blood innocent
These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases with a word other than and in order to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: “please do not let us perish on account of the life of this man; that is, do not put innocent blood upon us”
Note 6 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
אָנָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אַל־נָ֣א נֹאבְדָ֗ה בְּנֶ֨פֶשׁ֙ הָאִ֣ישׁ הַזֶּ֔ה וְאַל־תִּתֵּ֥ן עָלֵ֖ינוּ דָּ֣ם נָקִ֑יא כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר חָפַ֖צְתָּ עָשִֽׂיתָ
o YHWH not now perish in/on/at/with,life the=man the=this and,not make on,us blood innocent that/for/because/then/when you(ms) YHWH just=as pleased you(ms)_have_done/made
If it would be more natural in your language, you could move the last phrase to the first part of what the sailors pray, since this phrase gives the reason for what the rest of the prayer describes. Alternate translation: “Ah! You, Yahweh, have chosen to do things in this way. Therefore, Yahweh, please do not let us perish on account of the life of this man, and do not put innocent blood upon us” or “Ah! You, Yahweh, have caused all of this to happen, so Yahweh, please do not let us perish on account of the life of this man, and do not put innocent blood upon us”
1:13-14 Instead, the sailors rowed even harder: It was now clear that Jonah was the one who had offended the Lord, but the sailors were apparently concerned that the Lord would be more offended if they killed one of his prophets.
OET (OET-LV) And_cried_out to YHWH and_they_said please Oh_YHWH do_not please let_us_perish in/on/at/with_life the_man the_this and_not put on_us blood innocent if/because you Oh_YHWH just_as you_pleased you_have_done.
OET (OET-RV) So they called to Yahweh and said, “We beg you Yahweh: please don’t let us die because of this man, and don’t consider us guilty because you yourself have made this happen.”
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.