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OET (OET-LV) and_Naˊₐmān the_commander_of the_army_of the_king_of ʼArām he_was a_man great to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before master(s)_of_his and_lifted_up_of face if/because in_him/it he_had_given YHWH victory to_ʼArām and_the_man he_was a_mighty_man_of strength having_a_skin_disease.
OET (OET-RV) Now Na’aman was the captain in Aram’s army. He was highly respected by Aram’s king, and was promoted to a high position because Yahweh had helped Aram (Syria) win many battles because of him. However, despite his military prowess, he suffered from a serious skin disease called leprosy.
Note 1 topic: writing-participants
וְ֠נַעֲמָן שַׂר־צְבָ֨א מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָ֜ם הָיָ֣ה אִישׁ֩ גָּד֨וֹל לִפְנֵ֤י אֲדֹנָיו֙ וּנְשֻׂ֣א פָנִ֔ים כִּֽי־ב֛וֹ נָֽתַן־יְהוָ֥ה תְּשׁוּעָ֖ה לַאֲרָ֑ם
and,Naaman (Some words not found in UHB: and,Naaman chief army_of king ʼArām it_became (a)_man big/great to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before master(s)_of,his and,lifted_up_of faces that/for/because/then/when in=him/it he/it_gave YHWH victory to,Aram and,the,man it_became mighty valiant leper )
The author is introducing Naaman as a new participant in the story. If your language has its own way of introducing new participants, you could use it here in your translation.
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
וְ֠נַעֲמָן שַׂר־צְבָ֨א מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָ֜ם הָיָ֣ה אִישׁ֩ גָּד֨וֹל לִפְנֵ֤י אֲדֹנָיו֙ וּנְשֻׂ֣א פָנִ֔ים כִּֽי־ב֛וֹ נָֽתַן־יְהוָ֥ה תְּשׁוּעָ֖ה לַאֲרָ֑ם
and,Naaman (Some words not found in UHB: and,Naaman chief army_of king ʼArām it_became (a)_man big/great to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before master(s)_of,his and,lifted_up_of faces that/for/because/then/when in=him/it he/it_gave YHWH victory to,Aram and,the,man it_became mighty valiant leper )
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [Now since Yahweh gave deliverance to Aram through Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, he was a great man to the face of his master, and he was lifted of face]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
לִפְנֵ֤י אֲדֹנָיו֙
to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before master(s)_of,his
In this context, the phrase to the face of means “in front of,” as in [4:12](../04/12.md) and similar instances. But here it conveys the further idea that Naaman was where the king of Aram could see him, and so it indicates the regard that the king had for him. Alternate translation: [in the regard of his master]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
וּנְשֻׂ֣א פָנִ֔ים
(Some words not found in UHB: and,Naaman chief army_of king ʼArām it_became (a)_man big/great to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before master(s)_of,his and,lifted_up_of faces that/for/because/then/when in=him/it he/it_gave YHWH victory to,Aram and,the,man it_became mighty valiant leper )
The expression was lifted is a passive verbal form. If your language would not use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that would be natural in your language. Alternate translation: [and his master lifted his face]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וּנְשֻׂ֣א פָנִ֔ים
(Some words not found in UHB: and,Naaman chief army_of king ʼArām it_became (a)_man big/great to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before master(s)_of,his and,lifted_up_of faces that/for/because/then/when in=him/it he/it_gave YHWH victory to,Aram and,the,man it_became mighty valiant leper )
See how you translated the similar expression in [3:14](../03/14.md). Alternate translation: [and his master respected him]
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
נָֽתַן־יְהוָ֥ה תְּשׁוּעָ֖ה לַאֲרָ֑ם
he/it_gave YHWH (Some words not found in UHB: and,Naaman chief army_of king ʼArām it_became (a)_man big/great to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before master(s)_of,his and,lifted_up_of faces that/for/because/then/when in=him/it he/it_gave YHWH victory to,Aram and,the,man it_became mighty valiant leper )
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of deliverance, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [Yahweh delivered Aram from its enemies]
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
וְהָאִ֗ישׁ הָיָ֛ה גִּבּ֥וֹר חַ֖יִל
and,the,man it_became (Some words not found in UHB: and,Naaman chief army_of king ʼArām it_became (a)_man big/great to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before master(s)_of,his and,lifted_up_of faces that/for/because/then/when in=him/it he/it_gave YHWH victory to,Aram and,the,man it_became mighty valiant leper )
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of valor, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [And he was a valiant man]
Note 8 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast
מְצֹרָֽע
leper
The author intends for readers to understand a contrast between the facts that Naaman was might of valor and that he was a leper. In your translation, indicate this contrast in a way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [but he was a leper]
OET (OET-LV) and_Naˊₐmān the_commander_of the_army_of the_king_of ʼArām he_was a_man great to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before master(s)_of_his and_lifted_up_of face if/because in_him/it he_had_given YHWH victory to_ʼArām and_the_man he_was a_mighty_man_of strength having_a_skin_disease.
OET (OET-RV) Now Na’aman was the captain in Aram’s army. He was highly respected by Aram’s king, and was promoted to a high position because Yahweh had helped Aram (Syria) win many battles because of him. However, despite his military prowess, he suffered from a serious skin disease called leprosy.
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.