OET interlinear PRO 26:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

כַּ⁠צִּפּ֣וֹר לָ֭⁠נוּד כַּ⁠דְּר֣וֹר לָ⁠ע֑וּף כֵּ֥ן קִֽלְלַ֥ת חִ֝נָּ֗ם לא תָבֹֽא

like_the,sparrow in,flitting like_the,swallow in,flying yes/correct/thus/so curse_of undeserved לא goes

If it would be more natural in your language, you could change the order of these clauses. Alternate translation: “A curse without cause does not come, like the bird for fluttering, like the swallow for flying”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

כַּ⁠צִּפּ֣וֹר לָ֭⁠נוּד כַּ⁠דְּר֣וֹר לָ⁠ע֑וּף כֵּ֥ן קִֽלְלַ֥ת

like_the,sparrow in,flitting like_the,swallow in,flying yes/correct/thus/so curse_of

Here, the bird, the swallow, and a curse refer to these things in general. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Like any bird for fluttering, and like any swallow for flying, so any curse”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כַּ⁠צִּפּ֣וֹר לָ֭⁠נוּד כַּ⁠דְּר֣וֹר לָ⁠ע֑וּף

like_the,sparrow in,flitting like_the,swallow in,flying

The words As and so in this verse indicate that Solomon is comparing the bird for fluttering and the swallow for flying with a curse without cause. The point is that a curse does not affect a person who does not deserve it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this more explicit. Alternate translation: “Just like the fluttering bird and the flying swallow do not land”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

כַּ⁠צִּפּ֣וֹר לָ֭⁠נוּד כַּ⁠דְּר֣וֹר לָ⁠ע֑וּף

like_the,sparrow in,flitting like_the,swallow in,flying

The phrases the bird for fluttering and the swallow for flying mean similar things. Solomon is using the two phrases together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “As birds that are flying around”

Note 5 topic: translate-unknown

כַּ⁠דְּר֣וֹר

like_the,swallow

A swallow is a small bird that quickly flies back and forth. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of bird, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: “as the quickly moving small bird”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

לא תָבֹֽא

לא goes

Here Solomon speaks of a person not being affected by a curse as if that curse were a person who does not come. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “does not occur”