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OET (OET-LV) And_if not from_fear because_of_reason we_have_done DOM this to_say tomorrow they_will_say children_your_all’s to_children_our to_say what have_you_all and_with_LORD the_god of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel).
OET (OET-RV) But no, we did it because we foresaw a potential problem: what if in the future, your descendants ask our descendants over here on this side of the river, ‘What do you lot have to do with Israel’s God Yahweh?
The tribes of Reuben, Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh now give their answer.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo
יֹאמְר֨וּ בְנֵיכֶ֤ם לְבָנֵ֨ינוּ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מַה־לָּכֶ֕ם וְלַֽיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
say children,your_all's to,children,our to=say what? have,you_all and,with,LORD god Yisrael
This is a hypothetical accusation that the three tribes think the children of the other tribes may make sometime in the future.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
מַה־לָּכֶ֕ם וְלַֽיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
what? have,you_all and,with,LORD god Yisrael
The three tribes use this rhetorical question to emphasize the situation they are trying to avoid. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: “You have nothing to do with Yahweh, the God of Israel!”
22:1-34 Joshua’s first farewell was to the tribes east of the Jordan as he sent them home. Characteristically, he exhorted them to remain faithful.
OET (OET-LV) And_if not from_fear because_of_reason we_have_done DOM this to_say tomorrow they_will_say children_your_all’s to_children_our to_say what have_you_all and_with_LORD the_god of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel).
OET (OET-RV) But no, we did it because we foresaw a potential problem: what if in the future, your descendants ask our descendants over here on this side of the river, ‘What do you lot have to do with Israel’s God Yahweh?
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.