OET interlinear PRO 22:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּֽי

that/for/because/then/when

For here indicates that what follows is a reason for the commands in the previous verse. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: “Do these things because”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

תִשְׁמְרֵ֣⁠ם בְּ⁠בִטְנֶ֑⁠ךָ

keep,them in/on/at/with,heart_of,you

Here Solomon speaks of remembering something as if it were an object that someone should keep inside that person’s inner parts. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “you remember them”

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

תִשְׁמְרֵ֣⁠ם & יִכֹּ֥נוּ

keep,them & ready

Here, them and they refer to “the words of the wise” and “my knowledge” in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “you keep those words … those words are ready”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

יִכֹּ֥נוּ יַ֝חְדָּ֗ו עַל־שְׂפָתֶֽי⁠ךָ

ready all on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in lips_of,your

This clause refers to an additional condition for it being pleasant. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly, as in the UST.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יִכֹּ֥נוּ יַ֝חְדָּ֗ו עַל־שְׂפָתֶֽי⁠ךָ

ready all on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in lips_of,your

Here Solomon speaks of someone always being able to repeat “the words of the wise” as if they were objects on someone’s lips that are ready to come out. if it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and if you are prepared to say them all”