OET interlinear 2 KI 17:34

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

עַ֣ד הַ⁠יּ֤וֹם הַ⁠זֶּה֙

until the=day (Some words not found in UHB: until the=day the=this they do according,the_customs (the),former not,they fear DOM YHWH and,not,they follow according,to_of,their_statutes and,according,to_of,their_judgment and,according,the_law and,according,the_commandment which/who commanded YHWH DOM sons_of Yaakob which/who given his/its=name Yisrael )

See how you translated the same expression in [2:22](../02/22.md). Alternate translation: [At the time of this writing]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

הֵ֣ם עֹשִׂ֔ים

they (Some words not found in UHB: until the=day the=this they do according,the_customs (the),former not,they fear DOM YHWH and,not,they follow according,to_of,their_statutes and,according,to_of,their_judgment and,according,the_law and,according,the_commandment which/who commanded YHWH DOM sons_of Yaakob which/who given his/its=name Yisrael )

The pronoun they refers to the people groups whom the Assyrians settled in the land of Israel and specifically to their descendants who were alive at the time the author wrote this verse. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [their descendants are acting]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֵינָ֤⁠ם יְרֵאִים֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה

not,they fear DOM YHWH

The implication, based on what the author says in the following verses, is that here he means that these people were not genuinely fearing Yahweh. He said in the previous two verses that they “were fearing Yahweh,” but by that he meant that they observed certain religious practices. They were not truly devoted to Yahweh, as their worship of other gods showed. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [They are not genuinely fearing Yahweh]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

כְּ⁠חֻקֹּתָ⁠ם֙ וּ⁠כְ⁠מִשְׁפָּטָ֔⁠ם וְ⁠כַ⁠תּוֹרָ֣ה וְ⁠כַ⁠מִּצְוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֔ב

(Some words not found in UHB: until the=day the=this they do according,the_customs (the),former not,they fear DOM YHWH and,not,they follow according,to_of,their_statutes and,according,to_of,their_judgment and,according,the_law and,according,the_commandment which/who commanded YHWH DOM sons_of Yaakob which/who given his/its=name Yisrael )

It may be more natural in your language to use a noun phrase in the first part of this sentence and a pronoun in the second part of the sentence. Alternate translation: [according to the statutes of the sons of Jacob, whose name he made Israel, or according to their judgment or according to the law or according to the commandment that Yahweh commanded them]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

כְּ⁠חֻקֹּתָ⁠ם֙ וּ⁠כְ⁠מִשְׁפָּטָ֔⁠ם וְ⁠כַ⁠תּוֹרָ֣ה וְ⁠כַ⁠מִּצְוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֔ב

(Some words not found in UHB: until the=day the=this they do according,the_customs (the),former not,they fear DOM YHWH and,not,they follow according,to_of,their_statutes and,according,to_of,their_judgment and,according,the_law and,according,the_commandment which/who commanded YHWH DOM sons_of Yaakob which/who given his/its=name Yisrael )

The terms statutes, judgment, law, and commandment mean similar things. The author is using these terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [according to the entire law that Yahweh gave to the sons of Jacob]

Note 6 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

וּ⁠כְ⁠מִשְׁפָּטָ֔⁠ם & וְ⁠כַ⁠מִּצְוָ֗ה

(Some words not found in UHB: until the=day the=this they do according,the_customs (the),former not,they fear DOM YHWH and,not,they follow according,to_of,their_statutes and,according,to_of,their_judgment and,according,the_law and,according,the_commandment which/who commanded YHWH DOM sons_of Yaakob which/who given his/its=name Yisrael )

In this verse, the words judgment and commandment are singular in form, but they refer to all of the judgments and commandments that Yahweh gave to the sons of Jacob. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use the plural forms of these words. Alternate translation: [or according to their judgments … or according to the commandments]

Note 7 topic: writing-poetry

וְ⁠כַ⁠מִּצְוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙

(Some words not found in UHB: until the=day the=this they do according,the_customs (the),former not,they fear DOM YHWH and,not,they follow according,to_of,their_statutes and,according,to_of,their_judgment and,according,the_law and,according,the_commandment which/who commanded YHWH DOM sons_of Yaakob which/who given his/its=name Yisrael )

The author is using a construction in which a verb and its object 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 saying this. Alternate translation: [or according to the commandments that Yahweh gave to]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֔ב

DOM DOM (Some words not found in UHB: until the=day the=this they do according,the_customs (the),former not,they fear DOM YHWH and,not,they follow according,to_of,their_statutes and,according,to_of,their_judgment and,according,the_law and,according,the_commandment which/who commanded YHWH DOM sons_of Yaakob which/who given his/its=name Yisrael )

See how you translated the similar expression in [8:12](../08/12.md). Alternate translation: [the descendants of Jacob]