InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse 1 Sam C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31
1 Sam 15 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32 V33 V34 V35
People tagged in the matching LV passage: God
OET-LV And_for_what not did_you_listen to_the_voice_of YHWH and_did_you_rush to the_plunder and_did_you_do the_evil in/on_both_eyes_of YHWH.
OET (OET-RV) So why didn’t you obey Yahweh’s command? Instead, you headed straight for the plunder and disobeyed Yahweh.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
וְלָ֥מָּה לֹא־שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ בְּק֣וֹל יְהוָ֑ה
(Some words not found in UHB: and=for=what? not you(ms)_paid_attention to,the_voice_of YHWH and,did_you_rush? to/towards the,plunder and,did_you_do? the,evil in/on=both_eyes_of YHWH )
Samuel is using the question form for emphasis. If speakers of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [So you ought to have listened to the voice of Yahweh!]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וְלָ֥מָּה לֹא־שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ בְּק֣וֹל יְהוָ֑ה
(Some words not found in UHB: and=for=what? not you(ms)_paid_attention to,the_voice_of YHWH and,did_you_rush? to/towards the,plunder and,did_you_do? the,evil in/on=both_eyes_of YHWH )
See how you translated the expression listen to the voice in 15:1. Alternate translation: [So why did you not obey Yahweh]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וַתַּ֨עַט֙ אֶל־הַשָּׁלָ֔ל
(Some words not found in UHB: and=for=what? not you(ms)_paid_attention to,the_voice_of YHWH and,did_you_rush? to/towards the,plunder and,did_you_do? the,evil in/on=both_eyes_of YHWH )
Samuel is speaking as if Saul and his men were birds of prey that had swooped down on their victims. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. See how you translated the similar expression in 14:32. Alternate translation: [But you rushed desperately to seize plunder for yourself]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
הָרַ֖ע
the,evil
Samuel is using the adjective evil as a noun to mean a certain kind of action. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [an evil thing]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה
(Some words not found in UHB: and=for=what? not you(ms)_paid_attention to,the_voice_of YHWH and,did_you_rush? to/towards the,plunder and,did_you_do? the,evil in/on=both_eyes_of YHWH )
See how you translated this expression in 8:6. Alternate translation: [in Yahweh’s regard]
OET-LV And_for_what not did_you_listen to_the_voice_of YHWH and_did_you_rush to the_plunder and_did_you_do the_evil in/on_both_eyes_of YHWH.
OET (OET-RV) So why didn’t you obey Yahweh’s command? Instead, you headed straight for the plunder and disobeyed Yahweh.”
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.