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OET (OET-LV) And_the_sons worthlessness they_said what save_us this_one and_despised_him and_not they_brought to_him/it a_gift and_he/it_was as_kept_silent.
OET (OET-RV) But some worthless men asked, “How can that one save us?” and they despised Sha’ul and didn’t bring him any gifts, but he made no comment.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וּבְנֵ֧י בְלִיַּ֣עַל
and=the_sons worthless
The author is using a common expression of his culture that refers to people who characteristically do what is wrong. See how you translated this expression in [2:12](../02/12.md). Alternate translation: [But some very wicked men]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
מַה־יֹּשִׁעֵ֨נוּ֙ זֶ֔ה
what? save,us this
These men are using the question form to express their contempt for Saul. If speakers of your language would not use a question for this purpose, you could translate this as a statement. Alternate translation: [This man will not able to save us!]
Note 3 topic: translate-symaction
וְלֹֽא־הֵבִ֥יאוּ ל֖וֹ מִנְחָ֑ה
and=not brought to=him/it donation/offering
Not bringing a gift to Saul was a symbolic action that showed these men did not accept him as their king. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: [and to show that they rejected his authority, they refused to bring him the customary gifts that subjects bring to their king]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
וַיְהִ֖י כְּמַחֲרִֽישׁ
and=he/it_was as,kept_silent
The point of this comparison is that just as one being silent, meaning in this context a deaf person, would not have heard this insult and so would not have responded, so Saul did not respond. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [But Saul did not respond to their insults, just as if he had not heard them]
10:27 These men were scoundrels (cp. 2:12) because they scorned God’s chosen king.
• Gifts were given to show homage (Gen 32:13, 18, 20), political friendship (2 Kgs 20:12), or submission (Judg 3:15, 17).
• ignored them: Saul’s self-restraint while being insulted was a sign of maturity. In contrast, Proverbs 16:14 speaks of a king’s potentially explosive rage when somebody crosses him. See also 1 Sam 11:12-13.
• [Nahash . . . Jabesh-gilead]: See NLT note. Whether this paragraph was part of the original text is uncertain, but it provides historical context for 11:1-15 (e.g., 11:2).
OET (OET-LV) And_the_sons worthlessness they_said what save_us this_one and_despised_him and_not they_brought to_him/it a_gift and_he/it_was as_kept_silent.
OET (OET-RV) But some worthless men asked, “How can that one save us?” and they despised Sha’ul and didn’t bring him any gifts, but he made no comment.
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.