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OET (OET-LV) [you_all_are]_bringing_near on altar_my food defiled and_ask in/on/at/with_how defiled_you in/on/at/with_saying_you_all the_table of_YHWH [is]_despicable it.
OET (OET-RV) By offering polluted food on my altar. But you say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ By saying that Yahweh’s table can just be disrespected.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
לֶ֣חֶם מְגֹאָ֔ל
food/grain/bread defiled
Here polluted describes anything that is not suitable to sacrifice to God.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
בַּמֶּ֣ה גֵֽאַלְנ֑וּךָ
in/on/at/with,how? defiled,you
Here the priests are asking a question in order to state that they have not really polluted Yahweh. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: “We have not polluted you.” or “Tell us how we have polluted you, because we do not think that we have done so.”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
גֵֽאַלְנ֑וּךָ
defiled,you
This expression refers to insulting God by giving him unsuitable sacrifices.
שֻׁלְחַ֥ן
table
This refers to an altar.
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
בֶּאֱמָרְכֶ֕ם שֻׁלְחַ֥ן יְהוָ֖ה נִבְזֶ֥ה הֽוּא
in/on/at/with,saying,you_all table YHWH despised he/it
This is the answer that Yahweh gives to the priests, but the full answer is only implied. This can be made explicit. Alternate translation: “You have polluted me by saying, ‘Yahweh’s table is contemptible.’”
נִבְזֶ֥ה
despised
regarded as worthless
1:7 defiled the sacrifices?: Ritual uncleanness or contamination disqualified an object or person from being in the ceremonies of worship to the Lord. The defilement in this case resulted from ignoring the laws concerning acceptable animal sacrifices (Lev 22:17-25; Deut 15:21).
OET (OET-LV) [you_all_are]_bringing_near on altar_my food defiled and_ask in/on/at/with_how defiled_you in/on/at/with_saying_you_all the_table of_YHWH [is]_despicable it.
OET (OET-RV) By offering polluted food on my altar. But you say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ By saying that Yahweh’s table can just be disrespected.
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.