OET interlinear 1 KI 9:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

וְ⁠אָמְר֗וּ עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר

and,people_will_say on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: and,people_will_say on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in which/who abandoned DOM YHWH God_of,their which/who brought_~_out DOM ancestors_of,their from,the_land_of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and,they_took_hold on,gods other and,they_bowed_down to/for=them and,they,served_them on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so he/it_brought YHWH on,them DOM all/each/any/every the,calamity (the),this )

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 they will say that it was because]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

וְ⁠אָמְר֗וּ

and,people_will_say

The author is continuing to use the pronoun they in a general sense. Alternate translation: [And others will answer]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: and,people_will_say on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in which/who abandoned DOM YHWH God_of,their which/who brought_~_out DOM ancestors_of,their from,the_land_of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and,they_took_hold on,gods other and,they_bowed_down to/for=them and,they,served_them on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so he/it_brought YHWH on,them DOM all/each/any/every the,calamity (the),this )

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: [Yahweh did this because]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֶת־אֲבֹתָ⁠ם֮

DOM DOM ancestors_of,their

See how you translated the similar expression in [1:21](../01/21.md). Alternate translation: [their ancestors]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַֽ⁠יַּחֲזִ֨קוּ֙ בֵּ⁠אלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,people_will_say on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in which/who abandoned DOM YHWH God_of,their which/who brought_~_out DOM ancestors_of,their from,the_land_of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and,they_took_hold on,gods other and,they_bowed_down to/for=them and,they,served_them on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so he/it_brought YHWH on,them DOM all/each/any/every the,calamity (the),this )

The people Yahweh is envisioning are speaking here as if the Israelites were physically holding onto other gods with their hands. They mean that they became devoted to or loyal to these gods. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and they embraced other gods] or [and they became loyal to other gods]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

ו⁠ישתחו לָ⁠הֶ֖ם וַ⁠יַּעַבְדֻ֑⁠ם

and,they_bowed_down to/for=them (Some words not found in UHB: and,people_will_say on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in which/who abandoned DOM YHWH God_of,their which/who brought_~_out DOM ancestors_of,their from,the_land_of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and,they_took_hold on,gods other and,they_bowed_down to/for=them and,they,served_them on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so he/it_brought YHWH on,them DOM all/each/any/every the,calamity (the),this )

If it would be more natural in your language, you may want to put the information about served them before the information about bowed down to them, as in 9:6. Alternate translation: [and served them and bowed down to them]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הֵבִ֤יא יְהוָה֙ עֲלֵי⁠הֶ֔ם אֵ֥ת כָּל־הָ⁠רָעָ֖ה הַ⁠זֹּֽאת

he/it_brought YHWH on,them DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and,people_will_say on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in which/who abandoned DOM YHWH God_of,their which/who brought_~_out DOM ancestors_of,their from,the_land_of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and,they_took_hold on,gods other and,they_bowed_down to/for=them and,they,served_them on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so he/it_brought YHWH on,them DOM all/each/any/every the,calamity (the),this )

The author is speaking here as if Yahweh had actually brought harm to the people, as if he had carried it over and set it down upon them. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Yahweh caused all of this harm to happen to them]