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OET (OET-LV) And_she/it_said to_them do_not call to_me Nāˊₒmī call to_me Mara if/because [the]_almighty he_has_caused_bitterness to_me exceedingly.
OET (OET-RV) But Naomi told them not to call her ‘Naomi’ (which means ‘pleasant’) but to call her ‘Mara’ (meaning ‘bitter’) because she said, “The almighty God has made my life very bitter.
Note 1 topic: translate-names
אַל־תִּקְרֶ֥אנָה לִ֖י נָעֳמִ֑י
not call to=me Nāˊₒmī
The name Naomi means “delight” or “pleasantness.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could include this information in the text or in a footnote. Alternate translation: “It is no longer appropriate to call me Naomi, the Pleasant One.”
Note 2 topic: translate-names
מָרָ֔א
mara
The name Mara means “bitter.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could include this information in the text or in a footnote. Alternate translation: “Mara, the Bitter One”
1:20 Almighty translates the Hebrew word shadday, which pictures God’s strength and provision. Naomi’s complaint was real, but God provided exactly what she needed (see 4:14-17).
OET (OET-LV) And_she/it_said to_them do_not call to_me Nāˊₒmī call to_me Mara if/because [the]_almighty he_has_caused_bitterness to_me exceedingly.
OET (OET-RV) But Naomi told them not to call her ‘Naomi’ (which means ‘pleasant’) but to call her ‘Mara’ (meaning ‘bitter’) because she said, “The almighty God has made my life very bitter.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.