OET interlinear NAH 2:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / apostrophe

עָלָ֥ה מֵפִ֛יץ עַל־פָּנַ֖יִ⁠ךְ

come_up scatters on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: come_up scatters on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face_of,your guard fortress watch road gird loins collect ability very )

Nahum turns from addressing Judah to addressing Nineveh. He does this even though he knows that the people of Nineveh cannot hear him. His purpose is to more powerfully express his prophecy against the people of Nineveh to his audience, the people of Judah. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the transition here more clearly or add the name of the city. Alternate translation: [To Nineveh, I say: A scatterer has come up against your face] or [A scatterer has come up against your face, Nineveh]

Note 2 topic: translate-tense

עָלָ֥ה

come_up

The author uses the past tense here in order to refer to something that will certainly happen in the future. If it would not be natural to do that in your language, you could use the future tense. Alternate translation: [will come up]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

פָּנַ֖יִ⁠ךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: come_up scatters on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face_of,your guard fortress watch road gird loins collect ability very )

The pronoun your refers to the Ninevites. If this is not clear for your readers, you could use the people’s name here. Alternate translation: [your face, Ninevites]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

פָּנַ֖יִ⁠ךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: come_up scatters on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face_of,your guard fortress watch road gird loins collect ability very )

Here, face represents the whole person. Alternate translation: [you]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

אַמֵּ֥ץ כֹּ֖חַ מְאֹֽד

(Some words not found in UHB: come_up scatters on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face_of,your guard fortress watch road gird loins collect ability very )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of power, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [make yourself much more powerful]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

חַזֵּ֣ק מָתְנַ֔יִם

(Some words not found in UHB: come_up scatters on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face_of,your guard fortress watch road gird loins collect ability very )

Here, strengthen your loins is a common expression that means to prepare yourself to do something that is physically demanding, in this case, to fight. If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [summon your strength] or [prepare yourself for battle]