OET interlinear 2 KI 1:10

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

וַ⁠יְדַבֵּר֮

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_answered ʼĒliy^yāh and=he/it_spoke to/towards chief of,the_fifty and=if (a)_man ʼElohīm I come_down fire from/more_than the=heavens and,let_it_consume ,you and=DOM your_fifty_of,[men] and,it_came_down fire from/more_than the=heavens and=she/it_ate DOM=him/it and=DOM his_fifty_of,[men] )

See the discussion of this phrase in the Introduction to 2 Kings. It introduces a direct quotation. In your translation, use a natural way of introducing direct quotations in your language. It may not be necessary to represent this phrase explicitly, here or in its other instances in the book.

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-condition-fact

וְ⁠אִם־אִ֤ישׁ אֱלֹהִים֙ אָ֔נִי

and=if (a)_man ʼElohīm I

Elijah is speaking as if this were a hypothetical possibility, but he means that it is actually true. If a speaker of your language would not state something as a condition if it were certain or true, or if your readers might think that what Elijah is saying is uncertain, then you could translate this as a confident statement, here and in verse 12. Alternate translation: [Since I am a man of God]