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OET (OET-LV) And_she/it_said a_petition one small I [am]_asking from_with_you do_not turn_away DOM faces_of_me and_he/it_said to/for_her/it the_king ask mother_my if/because not I_will_turn_away DOM faces_of_you.
OET (OET-RV) Then she said, “I have one small request for you. Please don’t say you won’t do it”
¶ “What’s your request, my mother,” the king responded, “because I couldn’t refuse you.”
Note 1 topic: writing-poetry
שְׁאֵלָ֨ה אַחַ֤ת קְטַנָּה֙ אָֽנֹכִי֙ שֹׁאֶ֣לֶת מֵֽאִתָּ֔ךְ
request one(fs) small I asking from,with,you
Here, One small request I am requesting is an emphatic construction that uses a verb and its object that come from the same root. You may be able to use the same construction in your language to express the meaning here. Alternatively, your language may have another way of showing the emphasis. See how you translated the similar form in 2:16. Alternate translation: “I am making one small request of you”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
אַל־תָּ֖שֶׁב אֶת־פָּנָ֑י & לֹֽא־אָשִׁ֖יב אֶת־פָּנָֽיִךְ
not refuse DOM faces_of,me & not I_will_refuse DOM faces_of,you
Here Bathsheba and Solomon speaks as if Solomon could physically turn back Bathsheba’s face. They mean Solomon could choose to reject her request and shame her. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable figure of speech or state the meaning plainly. See how you translated the similar figure of speech in 2:16. Alternate translation: “do not shame me by rejecting me … I will not shame you by rejecting you” or “do not say no to what I request … I will not say no to what you request”
Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
שַׁאֲלִ֣י אִמִּ֔י כִּ֥י לֹֽא־אָשִׁ֖יב אֶת־פָּנָֽיִךְ
ask mother,my that/for/because/then/when not I_will_refuse DOM faces_of,you
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses, since the second clause gives the reason for the result that the first clause describes. Alternate translation: “I will not turn back your face, so request, my mother”
2:19-21 Solomon understood the intentions behind Adonijah’s small request. Adonijah’s desire to marry Abishag could have launched a claim to the throne, whether or not she was officially in David’s harem.
OET (OET-LV) And_she/it_said a_petition one small I [am]_asking from_with_you do_not turn_away DOM faces_of_me and_he/it_said to/for_her/it the_king ask mother_my if/because not I_will_turn_away DOM faces_of_you.
OET (OET-RV) Then she said, “I have one small request for you. Please don’t say you won’t do it”
¶ “What’s your request, my mother,” the king responded, “because I couldn’t refuse you.”
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.