OET interlinear MAL 3:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

בַּֽ⁠מְכַשְּׁפִים֙ וּ⁠בַ⁠מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים וּ⁠בַ⁠נִּשְׁבָּעִ֖ים לַ⁠שָּׁ֑קֶר וּ⁠בְ⁠עֹשְׁקֵ֣י שְׂכַר שָׂ֠כִיר אַלְמָנָ֨ה וְ⁠יָת֤וֹם וּ⁠מַטֵּי גֵר֙ וְ⁠לֹ֣א יְרֵא֔וּ⁠נִי

in/on/at/with,sorcerers and,in/on/at/with,adulterers and,in/on/at/with,swear by_the,falsehood and,in/on/at/with,oppress wages hired_worker widow and,orphan and,thrust_aside alien and=not fear,me

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: “against those who, because they do not fear me, are sorcerers or adulterers or swear to a lie or oppress the wage of the hired worker, the widow, and the orphan or turn aside the foreigner”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

לַ⁠מִּשְׁפָּט֒

for_the,judgment

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of judgment, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “as a judge”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וְ⁠הָיִ֣יתִי עֵ֣ד מְמַהֵ֗ר בַּֽ⁠מְכַשְּׁפִים֙ וּ⁠בַ⁠מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים וּ⁠בַ⁠נִּשְׁבָּעִ֖ים לַ⁠שָּׁ֑קֶר וּ⁠בְ⁠עֹשְׁקֵ֣י שְׂכַר שָׂ֠כִיר אַלְמָנָ֨ה וְ⁠יָת֤וֹם וּ⁠מַטֵּי גֵר֙

and=I_will_be witness swift in/on/at/with,sorcerers and,in/on/at/with,adulterers and,in/on/at/with,swear by_the,falsehood and,in/on/at/with,oppress wages hired_worker widow and,orphan and,thrust_aside alien

Yahweh is using the idea of being a witness to represent the entire process of judging and punishing. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “And I will declare people guilty and punish them for what they have done wrong, including sorcerers, adulterers, those who swear to a lie, those who oppress the wage of the hired worker, the widow, and the orphan, and those who turn aside the foreigner”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

וּ⁠בְ⁠עֹשְׁקֵ֣י שְׂכַר

and,in/on/at/with,oppress wages

Yahweh is speaking of wage as if it were a person who could be oppressed. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and against those who do not pay fair wages to”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

שָׂ֠כִיר אַלְמָנָ֨ה וְ⁠יָת֤וֹם & גֵר֙

hired_worker widow and,orphan & alien

Here, the hired worker and the widow and the orphan and the foreigner represent hired workers, widows, orphans, and foreigners in general, not a specific hired worker or widow or orphan or foreigner. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “hired workers, widows, orphans … foreigners”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠מַטֵּי גֵר֙

and,thrust_aside alien

Yahweh is speaking of denying justice to foreigners as if people who did that were turning them aside from a road they were walking on and needed to stay on. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and those who deny justice to foreigners”