OET interlinear MAL 2:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

יְהוָה֩ הֵעִ֨יד בֵּינְ⁠ךָ֜ וּ⁠בֵ֣ין ׀ אֵ֣שֶׁת נְעוּרֶ֗י⁠ךָ

YHWH witness between=you(ms) and=between wife_of your_youth(s)_of,of

In this culture, when people made promises to one another, they often did this with witnesses watching. The role of those witnesses included holding the people to their promises. The Judean men had made covenant promises to their wives when they married them. Malachi assumes that those men will know that when he refers to Yahweh as a witness, he means that Yahweh is holding them to those promises. Yahweh is doing that by showing his disfavor through not accepting their offerings. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [Because Yahweh is enforcing the covenant promises you made to the wife of your youth]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

בֵּינְ⁠ךָ֜ & נְעוּרֶ֗י⁠ךָ & אַתָּה֙ בָּגַ֣דְתָּה & חֲבֶרְתְּ⁠ךָ֖ & בְּרִיתֶֽ⁠ךָ

between=you(ms) & your_youth(s)_of,of & you(ms) faithless & companion_of,[was]_your & your_covenant_of,of

Except for the first occurrence of the the word you, the words you, your, and yourself are singular in this verse because, even though Malachi is speaking to the Judeans as a group, he is addressing an individual situation. So use singular forms in your translation if your language marks that distinction.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

אֵ֣שֶׁת נְעוּרֶ֗י⁠ךָ

wife_of your_youth(s)_of,of

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of youth, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the wife you married when you were young]