OET interlinear JOEL 3:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

וּ⁠מָכַרְתִּ֞י

(ū⁠mākartiy)

Yahweh is using the word For to introduce more specific information about what he described in the previous verse. Alternate translation: [This will happen when I sell]

Note 2 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

בְּ⁠יַד֙ בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה

(bə⁠yad bənēy yəhūdāh)

Since Yahweh is referring to a group of people, it might be more natural in your language to use the plural form of hand. Alternate translation: [into the hands of the sons of Judah]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וּ⁠מָכַרְתִּ֞י אֶת־בְּנֵי⁠כֶ֣ם וְ⁠אֶת־בְּנֽוֹתֵי⁠כֶ֗ם בְּ⁠יַד֙ בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה

(ū⁠mākartiy ʼet-bənēy⁠kem və⁠ʼet-bənōtēy⁠kem bə⁠yad bənēy yəhūdāh)

Yahweh is using one part of a person, the hand, to represent the whole person in the act of taking possession of something. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express this meaning with more general terms. Alternate translation: [For I will sell your sons and your daughters to the sons of Judah]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה

(bənēy yəhūdāh)

Here the word sons does not mean literal first-generation offspring but “descendants.” The phrase the sons of Judah refers to the Judeans. Alternate translation: [the Judeans]

Note 5 topic: translate-names

לִ⁠שְׁבָאיִ֖ם

(li⁠shəⱱāʼyim)

The word Sabeans is the name of a people group.

Note 6 topic: writing-quotations

אֶל־גּ֣וֹי רָח֑וֹק כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבֵּֽר

(ʼel-gōy rāḩōq kiy yəhvāh dibēr)

The phrase For Yahweh has spoken indicates that this is a direct quotation from Yahweh. You may wish to indicate that in your translation, using a natural way of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: [to a faraway nation,” says Yahweh]