OET interlinear 2 KI 14:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parables

לֵ⁠אמֹר֒ הַ⁠ח֜וֹחַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּ⁠לְּבָנ֗וֹן

to=say the,thornbush (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_sent Yəhōʼāsh/(Jehoash) king Yisrael to/towards ʼAmaʦ^yāh king Yehuda to=say the,thornbush which/who [was]_in,Lebanon Shalah to/towards the,cedar which/who [was]_in,Lebanon to=say give, DOM daughter_of,your to,son_of,my to/for=(a)_woman and,it_passed_by being/animal the=field which/who [was]_in,Lebanon and,it_trampled DOM the,thornbush )

To try to make Amaziah realize that he will lose the battle if they fight, Jehoash has his messengers tells him a story. It is a parable, a brief story that teaches something that is true and delivers its lesson in a way that is easy to understand and hard to forget. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state explicitly that the messengers are telling a story. You could also begin this story in the way that made-up stories usually begin in your language. Alternate translation: [and he had them tell Amaziah a story to make him realize he would lose the battle if they fought. They said, “Once upon a time, a thornbush that was in Lebanon]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

לֵ⁠אמֹ֔ר תְּנָֽ⁠ה־אֶת־בִּתְּ⁠ךָ֥ לִ⁠בְנִ֖⁠י לְ⁠אִשָּׁ֑ה

to=say (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_sent Yəhōʼāsh/(Jehoash) king Yisrael to/towards ʼAmaʦ^yāh king Yehuda to=say the,thornbush which/who [was]_in,Lebanon Shalah to/towards the,cedar which/who [was]_in,Lebanon to=say give, DOM daughter_of,your to,son_of,my to/for=(a)_woman and,it_passed_by being/animal the=field which/who [was]_in,Lebanon and,it_trampled DOM the,thornbush )

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [telling it to give its daughter to its son as a wife]

Note 3 topic: translate-symaction

תְּנָֽ⁠ה־אֶת־בִּתְּ⁠ךָ֥ לִ⁠בְנִ֖⁠י לְ⁠אִשָּׁ֑ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_sent Yəhōʼāsh/(Jehoash) king Yisrael to/towards ʼAmaʦ^yāh king Yehuda to=say the,thornbush which/who [was]_in,Lebanon Shalah to/towards the,cedar which/who [was]_in,Lebanon to=say give, DOM daughter_of,your to,son_of,my to/for=(a)_woman and,it_passed_by being/animal the=field which/who [was]_in,Lebanon and,it_trampled DOM the,thornbush )

By making this request or demand, the thornbush was symbolically claiming to be equal to the cedar, since in the ancient world fathers would only let their daughters marry the sons of men who were their equals. if it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action in the text or in a footnote.