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OET (OET-LV) And_they_said to_him/it a_man he_came_up to_meet_us and_he/it_said to_us go return to the_king who he_sent you(pl) and_you(pl)_will_speak to_him/it thus YHWH he_says from_not there_is_not a_god in_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) are_you sending to_consult (in) zebub the_god_of ˊEqrōn for_so/thus/hence the_bed where you_have_gone_up there not you_will_come_down from_her/it if/because surely_(die) you_will_die.
OET (OET-RV) “A man came to meet us,” they told him, “and he said to us, ‘Go and return to the king who sent you, and tell him that Yahweh says this: Is it because there’s no god in Yisrael that you are sending messengers to inquire from Ekron’s god Baal-Zevuv? Therefore you’ll never leave that bed that you’re lying in but you’ll certainly die in it.’ ”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks
וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ אֵלָ֜יו אִ֣ישׁ ׀ עָלָ֣ה לִקְרָאתֵ֗נוּ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלֵינוּ֮ לְכ֣וּ שׁוּבוּ֮ אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַ֣ח אֶתְכֶם֒ וְדִבַּרְתֶּ֣ם אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י אֵין־אֱלֹהִים֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַתָּ֣ה שֹׁלֵ֔חַ לִדְרֹ֕שׁ בְּבַ֥עַל זְב֖וּב אֱלֹהֵ֣י עֶקְר֑וֹן לָ֠כֵן הַמִּטָּ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־עָלִ֥יתָ שָּׁ֛ם לֹֽא־תֵרֵ֥ד מִמֶּ֖נָּה כִּֽי־מ֥וֹת תָּמֽוּת
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said to=him/it (a)_man came to,meet,us and=he/it_said to,us go go_back to/towards the=king which/who Shalah ,you(pl) and,you(pl)_will_speak to=him/it thus he/it_had_said YHWH ?,from,not not ʼElohīm in,Israel you(ms) sending to,consult (in), -zebub god_of ˊEqrōn for=so/thus/hence the,bed which/who gone there not come_down from=her/it that/for/because/then/when to_die you(ms)_will_die )
There are four levels of quotation here. The messengers are telling the king how they met Elijah (level 1). They quote what Elijah said to them (level 2). This includes what Elijah told them to tell the king (level 3). And that includes something that Yahweh said (level 4). 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
וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ אֵלָ֜יו אִ֣ישׁ ׀ עָלָ֣ה לִקְרָאתֵ֗נוּ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלֵינוּ֮ לְכ֣וּ שׁוּבוּ֮ אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַ֣ח אֶתְכֶם֒ וְדִבַּרְתֶּ֣ם אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י אֵין־אֱלֹהִים֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַתָּ֣ה שֹׁלֵ֔חַ לִדְרֹ֕שׁ בְּבַ֥עַל זְב֖וּב אֱלֹהֵ֣י עֶקְר֑וֹן לָ֠כֵן הַמִּטָּ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־עָלִ֥יתָ שָּׁ֛ם לֹֽא־תֵרֵ֥ד מִמֶּ֖נָּה כִּֽי־מ֥וֹת תָּמֽוּת
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said to=him/it (a)_man came to,meet,us and=he/it_said to,us go go_back to/towards the=king which/who Shalah ,you(pl) and,you(pl)_will_speak to=him/it thus he/it_had_said YHWH ?,from,not not ʼElohīm in,Israel you(ms) sending to,consult (in), -zebub god_of ˊEqrōn for=so/thus/hence the,bed which/who gone there not come_down from=her/it that/for/because/then/when to_die you(ms)_will_die )
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 told him that a man came up to meet them and told them to go back to the king who sent them and tell him that Yahweh said that there was a God in Israel and so he should not have sent them to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, and because he did that, he would not recover from his illness but instead would certainly die]
Note 3 topic: translate-tense
וְדִבַּרְתֶּ֣ם אֵלָ֗יו
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said to=him/it (a)_man came to,meet,us and=he/it_said to,us go go_back to/towards the=king which/who Shalah ,you(pl) and,you(pl)_will_speak to=him/it thus he/it_had_said YHWH ?,from,not not ʼElohīm in,Israel you(ms) sending to,consult (in), -zebub god_of ˊEqrōn for=so/thus/hence the,bed which/who gone there not come_down from=her/it that/for/because/then/when to_die you(ms)_will_die )
See the discussion in the introduction to 2 Kings of how the ULT represents the Hebrew instructional verb form with the English helping verb “shall.” Decide as a team how you will represent this form in your translation in various contexts. Alternate translation: [and you are to say to him] or [and I want you to say to him]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י אֵין־אֱלֹהִים֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַתָּ֣ה שֹׁלֵ֔חַ לִדְרֹ֕שׁ בְּבַ֥עַל זְב֖וּב אֱלֹהֵ֣י עֶקְר֑וֹן לָ֠כֵן הַמִּטָּ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־עָלִ֥יתָ שָּׁ֛ם לֹֽא־תֵרֵ֥ד מִמֶּ֖נָּה כִּֽי־מ֥וֹת תָּמֽוּת
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said to=him/it (a)_man came to,meet,us and=he/it_said to,us go go_back to/towards the=king which/who Shalah ,you(pl) and,you(pl)_will_speak to=him/it thus he/it_had_said YHWH ?,from,not not ʼElohīm in,Israel you(ms) sending to,consult (in), -zebub god_of ˊEqrōn for=so/thus/hence the,bed which/who gone there not come_down from=her/it that/for/because/then/when to_die you(ms)_will_die )
See how you translated the similar expressions in [1:3–4](../01/03.md). Alternate translation: [Yahweh says that there is a God in Israel, so you should not have sent to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron! He says that because you have done that, you will never get off the bed that you are lying on. Instead, you will certainly die]
OET (OET-LV) And_they_said to_him/it a_man he_came_up to_meet_us and_he/it_said to_us go return to the_king who he_sent you(pl) and_you(pl)_will_speak to_him/it thus YHWH he_says from_not there_is_not a_god in_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) are_you sending to_consult (in) zebub the_god_of ˊEqrōn for_so/thus/hence the_bed where you_have_gone_up there not you_will_come_down from_her/it if/because surely_(die) you_will_die.
OET (OET-RV) “A man came to meet us,” they told him, “and he said to us, ‘Go and return to the king who sent you, and tell him that Yahweh says this: Is it because there’s no god in Yisrael that you are sending messengers to inquire from Ekron’s god Baal-Zevuv? Therefore you’ll never leave that bed that you’re lying in but you’ll certainly die in it.’ ”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.
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