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 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32 V33 V34 V35
OET-LV And_ Shāʼūl _he/it_said to Shəmūʼēl/(Samuel) I_have_sinned if/because I_have_transgressed DOM the_mouth_of YHWH and_DOM words/messages_of_your if/because I_feared DOM the_people and_I_listened to_voice_of_their.
OET (OET-RV) “Yes, I’ve sinned,” Sha’ul (Saul) responded. “I can see that I’ve disobeyed Yahweh’s instruction, and yours too, because I feared the people and did what they were requesting.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
חָטָ֔אתִי כִּֽי־עָבַ֥רְתִּי אֶת־פִּֽי־יְהוָ֖ה וְאֶת־דְּבָרֶ֑יךָ כִּ֤י יָרֵ֨אתִי֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם וָאֶשְׁמַ֖ע בְּקוֹלָֽם
sinned (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Shāʼūl/(Saul) to/towards Shəmūʼēl/(Samuel) sinned that/for/because/then/when transgressed DOM command_of YHWH and=DOM words_of,your that/for/because/then/when feared DOM the,people and,I_listened to,voice_of,their )
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [Because I feared the people and listened to their voice, I have crossed over the mouth of Yahweh and your words, and so I have sinned]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
עָבַ֥רְתִּי
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Shāʼūl/(Saul) to/towards Shəmūʼēl/(Samuel) sinned that/for/because/then/when transgressed DOM command_of YHWH and=DOM words_of,your that/for/because/then/when feared DOM the,people and,I_listened to,voice_of,their )
Saul is speaking as if Yahweh’s commands were a boundary that he had physically crossed. Your language may have a comparable expression that you could use in your translation. You could also use plain language. Alternate translation: [I have gone beyond] or [I have disobeyed]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
אֶת־פִּֽי־יְהוָ֖ה וְאֶת־דְּבָרֶ֑יךָ
DOM DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Shāʼūl/(Saul) to/towards Shəmūʼēl/(Samuel) sinned that/for/because/then/when transgressed DOM command_of YHWH and=DOM words_of,your that/for/because/then/when feared DOM the,people and,I_listened to,voice_of,their )
Saul is using the terms mouth and words to represent what Yahweh commanded by using his mouth, which Samuel relayed by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [what Yahweh told me to do and what you said I should do]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וָאֶשְׁמַ֖ע בְּקוֹלָֽם
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Shāʼūl/(Saul) to/towards Shəmūʼēl/(Samuel) sinned that/for/because/then/when transgressed DOM command_of YHWH and=DOM words_of,your that/for/because/then/when feared DOM the,people and,I_listened to,voice_of,their )
See how you translated the similar expression in 15:1. Alternate translation: [and did what they urged me to do]
OET-LV And_ Shāʼūl _he/it_said to Shəmūʼēl/(Samuel) I_have_sinned if/because I_have_transgressed DOM the_mouth_of YHWH and_DOM words/messages_of_your if/because I_feared DOM the_people and_I_listened to_voice_of_their.
OET (OET-RV) “Yes, I’ve sinned,” Sha’ul (Saul) responded. “I can see that I’ve disobeyed Yahweh’s instruction, and yours too, because I feared the people and did what they were requesting.
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.