OET interlinear NAH 1:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

נֹקֵ֤ם & לְ⁠צָרָ֔י⁠ו

takes_vengeance & to,foes_of,his

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of vengeance, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [avenges himself on his adversaries]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

אֵ֣ל קַנּ֤וֹא וְ⁠נֹקֵם֙ יְהוָ֔ה נֹקֵ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה וּ⁠בַ֣עַל חֵמָ֑ה

god jealous and,avenging YHWH avenging YHWH and,a_lord_of severe_angerful

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. Hebrew poetry was based on this kind of repetition, and it would be good to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation rather than combining them. However, if it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases in a way that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [Yahweh is a jealous and avenging God; yes, Yahweh is an avenger and master of wrath]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וּ⁠בַ֣עַל חֵמָ֑ה

and,a_lord_of severe_angerful

Here, master of wrath is an expression that means that Yahweh is extremely angry. If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and wrathful beyond human ability] or [and is supremely angry]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

נֹקֵ֤ם יְהוָה֙ לְ⁠צָרָ֔י⁠ו וְ⁠נוֹטֵ֥ר ה֖וּא לְ⁠אֹיְבָֽי⁠ו

takes_vengeance YHWH to,foes_of,his and_[is],keeping he/it to,enemies_of,his

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. Hebrew poetry was based on this kind of repetition, and it would be good to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation rather than combining them. However, if it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases with a word other than and in order to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, indeed, he maintains against his enemies]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠נוֹטֵ֥ר ה֖וּא לְ⁠אֹיְבָֽי⁠ו

and_[is],keeping he/it to,enemies_of,his

The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply wrath from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [and he maintains wrath against his enemies]