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OET (OET-LV) If not you_all_will_listen and_if not you_all_will_set on heart to_give honour to_name_my he_says YHWH of_hosts and_send in/on/at/with_you_all DOM the_curse and_curse DOM blessings_your_all’s and_also cursed_them if/because not_you_all [are]_setting on heart.
OET (OET-RV) Army-commander Yahweh says, “If you all won’t listen and won’t decide in your minds to honour to my reputation, then I’ll send a curse on you all—in fact I’ll curse your blessings. Indeed, I’ve already cursed them, because you all are not internalising my instructions.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
לֹ֣א תִשְׁמְע֡וּ
not listen
In contexts such as this, the word translated as listen has the specific sense of complying with what someone has said. Alternate translation: “you will not obey”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
לֹא֩ תָשִׂ֨ימוּ עַל לֵ֜ב & אֵינְכֶ֖ם שָׂמִ֥ים עַל לֵֽב
not take on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in heart & not,you_all taking on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in heart
This is an expression that people of this culture would commonly use to mean to take something seriously or to pay attention to it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “you will not take it seriously … you are not taking this seriously” or “you will not pay attention to it … you are not paying attention to this”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
לָתֵ֧ת כָּב֣וֹד לִשְׁמִ֗י
to,give glory to,name,my
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of glory, you could express the same idea with a or in some other way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “to glorify my name”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
לִשְׁמִ֗י
to,name,my
Yahweh is using one part of himself, his name, to mean all of him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to me”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֤י בָכֶם֙ אֶת הַמְּאֵרָ֔ה
and,send in/on/at/with,you_all DOM the,curse
Yahweh is speaking as if a curse were an object that he could send. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “then I will curse you”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
וְאָרוֹתִ֖י אֶת־בִּרְכֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם
and,curse DOM blessings,your_all's
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of blessings, you could express the same idea in another way. This term could: (1) refer to the blessings that the priests spoke to the Israelites. Alternate translation: “and I will make ineffective what you say to bless the Israelites” (2) have the sense of “gift,” the portion of the people’s tithes, atonement money, and sacrifices that the priests received. Alternate translation: “and I will reduce what the people bring, so that you will receive very few gifts”
Note 7 topic: writing-pronouns
אָרוֹתִ֔יהָ
cursed,them
Since the pronoun it refers back to blessings, it may be more natural in your language to use a plural form. Alternate translation: “I have cursed them”
2:2 make up your minds: This was an issue of the will, not the emotions.
• terrible curse: Malachi had in mind the utter destruction of those who violated God’s covenant (see Deut 28:20).
OET (OET-LV) If not you_all_will_listen and_if not you_all_will_set on heart to_give honour to_name_my he_says YHWH of_hosts and_send in/on/at/with_you_all DOM the_curse and_curse DOM blessings_your_all’s and_also cursed_them if/because not_you_all [are]_setting on heart.
OET (OET-RV) Army-commander Yahweh says, “If you all won’t listen and won’t decide in your minds to honour to my reputation, then I’ll send a curse on you all—in fact I’ll curse your blessings. Indeed, I’ve already cursed them, because you all are not internalising my instructions.
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.