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OET (OET-LV) And_not YHWH he_was_willing to_destroy DOM Yəhūdāh for_the_sake_of Dāvid servant_of_his just_as he_had_said to_him/it to_give to_him/it a_lamp for_descendants_of_his all_of the_days.
OET (OET-RV) but Yahweh wasn’t willing to destroy Yehudah, for the sake of his servant David—he’d promised David that his descendants would always rule Yehudah.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
לָתֵ֨ת ל֥וֹ נִ֛יר לְבָנָ֖יו
to,give to=him/it lamp for,descendants_of,his
Yahweh is using the image of a lamp to mean a continuing presence, just as the lamp that was kept burning in the sanctuary represented Yahweh’s continuing presence there. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [to ensure that his descendants would have a continuing presence as kings]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
לְבָנָ֖יו
for,descendants_of,his
See how you translated the similar expression in [8:12](../08/12.md). Alternate translation: [for his descendants]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים
(Some words not found in UHB: and=not willing YHWH to,destroy DOM Yehuda for_the_sake_of Dāvid servant_of,his just=as he/it_had_said to=him/it to,give to=him/it lamp for,descendants_of,his all/each/any/every the=days )
The author is using the term days to mean time, since time is made up of days. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [all the time] or [perpetually]
OET (OET-LV) And_not YHWH he_was_willing to_destroy DOM Yəhūdāh for_the_sake_of Dāvid servant_of_his just_as he_had_said to_him/it to_give to_him/it a_lamp for_descendants_of_his all_of the_days.
OET (OET-RV) but Yahweh wasn’t willing to destroy Yehudah, for the sake of his servant David—he’d promised David that his descendants would always rule Yehudah.
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.