OET interlinear PRO 22:28

uW Translation Notes:

[22:28](../22/28.md) is Saying 4 of the 30 “words of the wise ones.”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אַל־תַּ֭סֵּג גְּב֣וּל עוֹלָ֑ם

not move border ancient

The writer implies that someone moves the ancient boundary in order to cheat the landowner by changing the boundaries of his land. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “Do not cheat a landowner by moving the ancient boundary”

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

גְּב֣וּל עוֹלָ֑ם

border ancient

The phrase ancient boundary refers to stones that people used to mark the boundaries of the land that they owned. These boundaries were ancient because they were originally placed by the landowner’s ancestors. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of boundary marker, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: “the stones placed long ago that mark the borders of someone’s land”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֲבוֹתֶֽי⁠ךָ

fathers_of,your

Here, fathers means “ancestors.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “your ancestors”