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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_of_your_all’s to_children_of_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 1 topic: grammar-connect-exceptions
וְאִם־לֹ֤א מִדְּאָגָה֙ מִדָּבָ֔ר עָשִׂ֥ינוּ אֶת־זֹ֖את
and=if not from,fear because_of,reason did DOM this(f)
The eastern representatives mean that they did not build the altar for any reason if it was not for the one that they state. If it would appear in your language that they were making a statement and then contradicting it, you could reword this as a positive statement. Alternate translation: “No, the only reason we did this was from anxiety from a matter”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
לֵאמֹ֑ר מָחָ֗ר יֹאמְר֨וּ בְנֵיכֶ֤ם לְבָנֵ֨ינוּ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מַה לָּכֶ֕ם וְלַֽיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
to=say in_time_to_come say children_of,your_all's to,children_of,our to=say what? have,you_all and,with,LORD god_of Yisrael
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation and another quotation within that one. See the discussion in the General Notes to this chapter of the long quotation in verses 24–28 that includes second-level and third-level quotations. Alternate translation: “thinking that tomorrow your sons might speak to our sons and ask them what to them and to Yahweh, the God of Israel”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
בְנֵיכֶ֤ם & לְבָנֵ֨ינוּ֙
children_of,your_all's & (Some words not found in UHB: and=if not from,fear because_of,reason did DOM this(f) to=say in_time_to_come say children_of,your_all's to,children_of,our to=say what? have,you_all and,with,LORD god_of Yisrael )
The eastern representatives are speaking of future generations as if they were the actual sons of the current generation. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “your descendants ... our descendants”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
מַה לָּכֶ֕ם וְלַֽיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
what? have,you_all and,with,LORD god_of Yisrael
The eastern representatives are using a common expression of their culture. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “What relationship do you have with Yahweh, the God of Israel?”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
מַה לָּכֶ֕ם וְלַֽיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
what? have,you_all and,with,LORD god_of Yisrael
The eastern representatives are using the question form for emphasis. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: “You have no relationship 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_of_your_all’s to_children_of_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.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.