OET interlinear 1 KI 12:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אָבִ֖י⁠ךָ הִקְשָׁ֣ה אֶת־עֻלֵּ֑⁠נוּ וְ⁠אַתָּ֡ה עַתָּ֣ה הָקֵל֩ מֵ⁠עֲבֹדַ֨ת אָבִ֜י⁠ךָ הַ⁠קָּשָׁ֗ה וּ⁠מֵ⁠עֻלּ֧⁠וֹ הַ⁠כָּבֵ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥ן עָלֵ֖י⁠נוּ

I_will_show=you(ms) (Some words not found in UHB: I_will_show=you(ms) heavy DOM yoke_of,our and=you(ms) now lighten some,of_the_service_of I_will_show=you(ms) (the),hard and,some,of,his_yoke (the),heavy which/who he/it_gave on,us and,we,will_serve_you )

The Israelites are speaking as if the labor that Solomon required of them were actually a yoke that he had put on them. They mean that Solomon’s requirements were difficult and burdensome. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Your father made us work very hard. But you, now make us work less hard than we did when we were serving your father, who made us work so hard]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

וְ⁠אַתָּ֡ה עַתָּ֣ה הָקֵל֩

(Some words not found in UHB: I_will_show=you(ms) heavy DOM yoke_of,our and=you(ms) now lighten some,of_the_service_of I_will_show=you(ms) (the),hard and,some,of,his_yoke (the),heavy which/who he/it_gave on,us and,we,will_serve_you )

Jeroboam and the Israelite leaders are stating the pronoun you separately, even though the imperative verb translated as make … lighter already includes this meaning. They are doing that in order to emphasize a contrast between what Solomon did and what they want Rehoboam to do. See how you translated the expression “he, he cursed” in [2:8](../02/08.md), which similarly emphasizes a contrast. Alternate translation: [But for your part, now make it lighter]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

עַתָּ֣ה הָקֵל֩ מֵ⁠עֲבֹדַ֨ת אָבִ֜י⁠ךָ הַ⁠קָּשָׁ֗ה וּ⁠מֵ⁠עֻלּ֧⁠וֹ הַ⁠כָּבֵ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥ן עָלֵ֖י⁠נוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: I_will_show=you(ms) heavy DOM yoke_of,our and=you(ms) now lighten some,of_the_service_of I_will_show=you(ms) (the),hard and,some,of,his_yoke (the),heavy which/who he/it_gave on,us and,we,will_serve_you )

The terms hard service and heavy yoke mean similar things. The people are using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [now make it lighter than the heavy yoke that your father put on us as a hard master] or [now let us work less hard than we did when we were serving your father]