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OET (OET-LV) Only be_strong and_courageous exceedingly to_guard/protect for_doing according_to_all the_law which commanded_you Mosheh servant_my do_not turn_aside from_him/it right_hand and_left so_that you_may_prosper in/on/at/with_every where you_will_go.
OET (OET-RV) Just be strong and very courageous—making sure that you obey everything that my servant Mosheh instructed you. Don’t turn turn away to the right or to the left from it, so that you’ll be wise in every situation that you end up in.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
חֲזַ֨ק וֶֽאֱמַ֜ץ מְאֹ֗ד
strong and,courageous very
These are the same two phrases that occurred in the previous verse, except the word very is added here for increased emphasis. See how you translated the phrase “Be strong and be courageous” in the previous verse and consider how you might add even more emphasis here. Alternate translation: “Be entirely courageous”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
אַל־תָּס֥וּר מִמֶּ֖נּוּ
not (Some words not found in UHB: only strong and,courageous very to=guard/protect for=doing according_to,all the,law which/who commanded,you Mosheh servant,my not turn from=him/it right and,left so_that successful in/on/at/with,every which/who go )
Yahweh is speaking as if the law that Moses … commanded were literally a road that Joshua was walking on and as if Joshua might turn aside from it and walk on a different path. He means that Joshua must not stop living in the manner in which God commanded in the law. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Do not stop obeying it”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / merism
יָמִ֣ין וּשְׂמֹ֑אול
right (Some words not found in UHB: only strong and,courageous very to=guard/protect for=doing according_to,all the,law which/who commanded,you Mosheh servant,my not turn from=him/it right and,left so_that successful in/on/at/with,every which/who go )
Yahweh is speaking of two things in order to mean them and everything in between. Continuing the image of the road, he means that Joshua should not go off the road in any direction. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: “in any way”
1:1-9 God confirmed Joshua as Israel’s leader and Moses’ successor. God made Abraham a specific promise to bring his descendants into possession of the land of Canaan (Gen 12:7; 15:7; 17:8). This promise was repeated to Moses (Exod 3:6-8; 13:3-5; Deut 1:6-8; 6:10-19). Now God was ready to fulfill his promise using Joshua. Joshua led Israel’s first generation of settlers into the Promised Land, and his victories against two Canaanite coalitions—first in the south and then in the north—opened the hill country for settlement by the Israelites.
OET (OET-LV) Only be_strong and_courageous exceedingly to_guard/protect for_doing according_to_all the_law which commanded_you Mosheh servant_my do_not turn_aside from_him/it right_hand and_left so_that you_may_prosper in/on/at/with_every where you_will_go.
OET (OET-RV) Just be strong and very courageous—making sure that you obey everything that my servant Mosheh instructed you. Don’t turn turn away to the right or to the left from it, so that you’ll be wise in every situation that you end up in.
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.