InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
Nah 1 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15
OET-LV If/because to thorns entangled and_like_drink_of_their drunkards they_will_be_consumed like_stubble dry full.
OET (OET-RV) They’ll get tangled up as if in thorns,
⇔ and they’ll walk like drunks.
⇔ They’ll be burnt up completely like dry stubble.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
עַד־סִירִ֣ים סְבֻכִ֔ים וּכְסָבְאָ֖ם סְבוּאִ֑ים אֻ֨כְּל֔וּ
until thorns entangled and,like,drink_of,their drunk (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when until thorns entangled and,like,drink_of,their drunk consumed like,stubble dry fully )
The author is saying that the Ninevites are like tangled thorn bushes and dried stubble in a fire and like the drink in their own hands, because all of these things are quickly consumed. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [as tangled thorn bushes are in a fire and as a drink is in the hands of a Ninevite, they are quickly consumed]
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
וּכְסָבְאָ֖ם & אֻ֨כְּל֔וּ
and,like,drink_of,their & (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when until thorns entangled and,like,drink_of,their drunk consumed like,stubble dry fully )
The pronouns their and they refer to the Ninevites. If this is not clear for your readers, you could use the people’s name here. Alternate translation: [and the Ninevites’ drink … the Ninevites are devoured]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
אֻ֨כְּל֔וּ
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when until thorns entangled and,like,drink_of,their drunk consumed like,stubble dry fully )
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, it is clear from the context that it was God. Alternate translation: [God will destroy them]
OET-LV If/because to thorns entangled and_like_drink_of_their drunkards they_will_be_consumed like_stubble dry full.
OET (OET-RV) They’ll get tangled up as if in thorns,
⇔ and they’ll walk like drunks.
⇔ They’ll be burnt up completely like dry stubble.
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.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.