OET interlinear NAH 1:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

לִ⁠פְנֵ֤י זַעְמ⁠וֹ֙ מִ֣י יַֽעֲמ֔וֹד וּ⁠מִ֥י יָק֖וּם בַּ⁠חֲר֣וֹן אַפּ֑⁠וֹ

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before indignation_of,his who? stand and,who? endure (Some words not found in UHB: to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before indignation_of,his who? stand and,who? endure at,the_burning_of his_anger_of,his rage_of,his poured_out like,fire and,the,rocks shattered from,him )

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 you may choose to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation rather than combining them. 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: [To the face of his indignation, who can stand? I say again, who can arise against the burning of his nose]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

לִ⁠פְנֵ֤י

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before

Here, To the face of is an idiom that means “In the presence of.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use an idiom from your language that does have that meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [In the presence of] or [Confronted with] or [Before]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

בַּ⁠חֲר֣וֹן אַפּ֑⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before indignation_of,his who? stand and,who? endure at,the_burning_of his_anger_of,his rage_of,his poured_out like,fire and,the,rocks shattered from,him )

Here, the burning of his nose is an idiom meaning that someone is angry. If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, use an idiom from your language that does have that meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [against his fierce anger]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

לִ⁠פְנֵ֤י זַעְמ⁠וֹ֙ & חֲמָת⁠וֹ֙ נִתְּכָ֣ה כָ⁠אֵ֔שׁ

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before indignation_of,his & rage_of,his (Some words not found in UHB: to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before indignation_of,his who? stand and,who? endure at,the_burning_of his_anger_of,his rage_of,his poured_out like,fire and,the,rocks shattered from,him )

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of indignation and wrath, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: [When he is furious at someone … When he is wrathful, it is as though fire pours out from him]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

לִ⁠פְנֵ֤י זַעְמ⁠וֹ֙ מִ֣י יַֽעֲמ֔וֹד

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before indignation_of,his who? stand

The author is using the question form to emphasize that no one can endure when Yahweh is angry. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: [No one can endure when he is angry!]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

וּ⁠מִ֥י יָק֖וּם בַּ⁠חֲר֣וֹן אַפּ֑⁠וֹ

and,who? endure (Some words not found in UHB: to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before indignation_of,his who? stand and,who? endure at,the_burning_of his_anger_of,his rage_of,his poured_out like,fire and,the,rocks shattered from,him )

The author is using the question form to emphasize that no one can resist when Yahweh is angry. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: [No one can resist his fierce anger!]