OET interlinear 2 KI 1:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

וְ⁠לָ⁠כֵן֙ כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הַ⁠מִּטָּ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־עָלִ֥יתָ שָּׁ֛ם לֹֽא־תֵרֵ֥ד מִמֶּ֖⁠נָּה כִּ֣י מ֣וֹת תָּמ֑וּת

and,,therefore (Some words not found in UHB: and,,therefore thus he/it_had_said YHWH the,bed which/who gone there not come_down from=her/it that/for/because/then/when to_die you(ms)_will_die and=he/it_went ʼĒliy^yāh )

There are three levels of quotation here. The author is quoting what the angel said to Elijah (level 1), continuing from the previous verse. This includes what Elijah was supposed to say to the messengers, also continuing from the previous verse (level 2). The angel then tells Elijah what he wants the messengers to say to Ahaziah (level 3). Use the appropriate punctuation in your language to mark these levels of quotation. Alternatively, you could translate this so that there are not second-level or third-level quotations.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

וְ⁠לָ⁠כֵן֙ כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הַ⁠מִּטָּ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־עָלִ֥יתָ שָּׁ֛ם לֹֽא־תֵרֵ֥ד מִמֶּ֖⁠נָּה כִּ֣י מ֣וֹת תָּמ֑וּת

and,,therefore (Some words not found in UHB: and,,therefore thus he/it_had_said YHWH the,bed which/who gone there not come_down from=her/it that/for/because/then/when to_die you(ms)_will_die and=he/it_went ʼĒliy^yāh )

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 tell him that because he has done this, Yahweh says that he will never get off the bed that he is lying on. Instead, dying, he will die.]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

הַ⁠מִּטָּ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־עָלִ֥יתָ שָּׁ֛ם

(Some words not found in UHB: and,,therefore thus he/it_had_said YHWH the,bed which/who gone there not come_down from=her/it that/for/because/then/when to_die you(ms)_will_die and=he/it_went ʼĒliy^yāh )

People of this culture typically spoke of a person going up onto a bed. Your language may have an expression of its own for this that you can use in your translation, here and in verse 15. You could also use plain language. Alternate translation: [The bed that you have climbed into] or [The bed on which you are lying]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication

מ֣וֹת תָּמ֑וּת

to_die (Some words not found in UHB: and,,therefore thus he/it_had_said YHWH the,bed which/who gone there not come_down from=her/it that/for/because/then/when to_die you(ms)_will_die and=he/it_went ʼĒliy^yāh )

Yahweh is repeating forms of the verb die in order to intensify his expression of the idea that it conveys. If your language can repeat words for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If not, your language may have another way of expressing the intensification, here and in verse 16. Alternate translation: [you will surely die]