OET interlinear MAL 2:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

הִנְ⁠נִ֨י גֹעֵ֤ר

look,I rebuke

Behold me is an expression that people of this culture would commonly use to mean that they were about to do something. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Now I am about to rebuke”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

גֹעֵ֤ר לָ⁠כֶם֙ אֶת־הַ⁠זֶּ֔רַע

rebuke to/for=you_all DOM the,offspring

The author is speaking of seed as if it were a living thing that he could rebuke. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “making your crops fail”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠זֵרִ֤יתִי פֶ֨רֶשׁ֙ עַל־פְּנֵי⁠כֶ֔ם

and,spread dung on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in your_all's=faces

Yahweh is speaking as if he would spread dung on the priests’ faces. This is a vivid way of saying that he will humiliate them. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I will humiliate you terribly”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

פֶּ֖רֶשׁ חַגֵּי⁠כֶ֑ם

offal_of festival_sacrifices_of,your_all's

Yahweh is using the word dung by association to mean the entrails of the animals that were sacrificed during festivals. Alternate translation: “the entrails of the animals you sacrifice during festivals”

Note 5 topic: writing-pronouns

וְ⁠נָשָׂ֥א אֶתְ⁠כֶ֖ם אֵלָֽי⁠ו

and,taken_away DOM,you_all to=him/it

Here, one is an indefinite pronoun that does not have a specific referent in the immediate context. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this with a different expression that does not use an indefinite pronoun. Alternate translation: “and you will be taken away with it”