OET interlinear MAL 3:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠שַׁבְתֶּם֙ וּ⁠רְאִיתֶ֔ם

and,you(pl)_will_return and,you(pl)_will_see

This is an expression that people of this culture would commonly use to mean to seeing something again. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And you will see once again]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠שַׁבְתֶּם֙ וּ⁠רְאִיתֶ֔ם

and,you(pl)_will_return and,you(pl)_will_see

Yahweh assumes that the people will understand that by see, he means acknowledge. You could say that explicitly if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [And once again you will acknowledge]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

בֵּ֥ין צַדִּ֖יק לְ⁠רָשָׁ֑ע

between law-abiding/just and,a_wicked_[person]

Yahweh is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [that there is a difference between the righteous and the wicked]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

בֵּ֥ין צַדִּ֖יק לְ⁠רָשָׁ֑ע בֵּ֚ין עֹבֵ֣ד אֱלֹהִ֔ים לַ⁠אֲשֶׁ֖ר לֹ֥א עֲבָדֽ⁠וֹ

between law-abiding/just and,a_wicked_[person] between tilling_of ʼElohīm and_[one],who not he,serves_him

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. If it would be clearer in your language, you could combine them. Alternate translation: [between the righteous, who serve God, and the wicked, who do not serve him]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

צַדִּ֖יק לְ⁠רָשָׁ֑ע

law-abiding/just and,a_wicked_[person]

Yahweh is using the adjectives righteous and wicked as nouns to mean certain kinds of people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate these adjectives with equivalent phrases. Alternate translation: [righteous people and wicked people]