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OET (OET-LV) And_ ʼElīshāˊ _he/it_said to the_king_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) what to/for_me and_to_you go to the_prophets_of I_will_show_you(ms) and_near/to the_prophets_of your_mother_of_your and_he/it_said to_him/it the_king_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) no if/because he_has_summoned YHWH (to)_the_three_of the_kings the_these to_give them in_the_hand_of Mōʼāⱱ.
OET (OET-RV) But Elisha asked Yisrael’s king, “What do you and me have in common? Go and inquire from your father’s prophets and your mother’s prophets.”
¶
“No,” the king of Yisrael said. “We came because Yahweh has called for us three kings to allow us to be defeated by Moab.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
מַה־לִּ֣י וָלָ֔ךְ
what? (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said ʼElīshāˊ to/towards king Yisrael what? to/for=me and,to,you go to/towards prophets_of I_will_show=you(ms) and=near/to prophets_of your_mother_of,your and=he/it_said to=him/it king Yisrael not that/for/because/then/when he/it_called YHWH (to)_the,three_of the,kings the=these to,give ,them in,the_hand_of Mōʼāⱱ )
Elisha is using What to me and to you as a common expression of his culture to insist that he has nothing in common with the king of Israel when it comes to seeking divine guidance. As Elisha notes, King Jehoram worships Baal, and so Elisha says he should ask prophets of Baal to help him rather than a prophet of Yahweh. If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. If you have already translated the book of 2 Samuel, see how you translated the same expression in [2 Samuel 16:10](../2sa/16/10.md). Alternate translation: [I want to have nothing to do with your request that I seek divine guidance for you!]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / irony
לֵ֚ךְ אֶל־נְבִיאֵ֣י אָבִ֔יךָ וְאֶל־נְבִיאֵ֖י אִמֶּ֑ךָ
go to/towards prophets_of I_will_show=you(ms) and=near/to prophets_of (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said ʼElīshāˊ to/towards king Yisrael what? to/for=me and,to,you go to/towards prophets_of I_will_show=you(ms) and=near/to prophets_of your_mother_of,your and=he/it_said to=him/it king Yisrael not that/for/because/then/when he/it_called YHWH (to)_the,three_of the,kings the=these to,give ,them in,the_hand_of Mōʼāⱱ )
Elisha actually means to communicate the opposite of the literal meaning of what he is saying. He does not actually want the king of Israel to consult false prophets. Rather, he is rebuking him for his idolatry. If, for such a purpose, a speaker of your language would not say the opposite of what he meant, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [You had no right to come to me, since you and your family worship false gods]
OET (OET-LV) And_ ʼElīshāˊ _he/it_said to the_king_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) what to/for_me and_to_you go to the_prophets_of I_will_show_you(ms) and_near/to the_prophets_of your_mother_of_your and_he/it_said to_him/it the_king_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) no if/because he_has_summoned YHWH (to)_the_three_of the_kings the_these to_give them in_the_hand_of Mōʼāⱱ.
OET (OET-RV) But Elisha asked Yisrael’s king, “What do you and me have in common? Go and inquire from your father’s prophets and your mother’s prophets.”
¶
“No,” the king of Yisrael said. “We came because Yahweh has called for us three kings to allow us to be defeated by Moab.”
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.