OET interlinear 1 KI 12:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מָ֚ה אַתֶּ֣ם נֽוֹעָצִ֔ים וְ⁠נָשִׁ֥יב דָּבָ֖ר

what (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to,them what you(pl) advise so,that_we_may_bring_back message DOM the,people the=this which/who said to=me to=say lighten from/more_than the,yoke which/who he/it_gave father_of,your on,us )

Here, word represents what Rehoboam and his young advisors would say by using words. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [What are you advising that we should say in response to]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

וְ⁠נָשִׁ֥יב

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to,them what you(pl) advise so,that_we_may_bring_back message DOM the,people the=this which/who said to=me to=say lighten from/more_than the,yoke which/who he/it_gave father_of,your on,us )

By we, Rehoboam means to include both himself and the young men whom he is consulting, so use the inclusive form of that word if your language marks that distinction.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

לֵ⁠אמֹ֔ר הָקֵל֙ מִן־הָ⁠עֹ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥ן אָבִ֖י⁠ךָ עָלֵֽי⁠נוּ

to=say lighten from/more_than the,yoke (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to,them what you(pl) advise so,that_we_may_bring_back message DOM the,people the=this which/who said to=me to=say lighten from/more_than the,yoke which/who he/it_gave father_of,your on,us )

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [and asked me to make their yoke lighter now than the yoke that my father put on them]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

הָקֵל֙

lighten

The people are leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [Make our yoke lighter now]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

עָלֵֽי⁠נוּ

on,us

The Israelite leaders were using the pronoun us to refer to themselves but not to Rehoboam, so use the exclusive form of that word if your language marks that distinction.