OET interlinear LEV 10:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֵ֛שׁ

fire

Here, fire means flames and not hot coals, as it did in the previous verse. The poetic repetition of words is intended to be ironic. Nadab and Abihu offered fire as coals, but flames of fire consumed them in judgment. If your language has words for live coals and for flaming fire that are similar and that could preserve this irony, consider using those terms here. If not, use the word for flaming fire here. Alternate translation: [blazing flames]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ⁠לִּ⁠פְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and,it_went_out fire from=to/for=face/front/presence YHWH and=she/it_ate ,them and,they_died to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH )

See how you translated this expression in 1:5. Alternate translation: [from the Holy of Holies where Yahweh lived among the Israelites] or [from Yahweh’s presence]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ⁠תֹּ֣אכַל אוֹתָ֑⁠ם

(Some words not found in UHB: and,it_went_out fire from=to/for=face/front/presence YHWH and=she/it_ate ,them and,they_died to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH )

The author of Leviticus uses the image of the fire consuming or eating Aaron’s two sons to refer to the process that the sacrifice undergoes as the fire burns it until it is completely ash. If your language has a similar idiom used of fire completely burning something, consider using it here. If not, consider using a generic expression. Alternate translation: [and it killed them]