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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said I_have_sinned now honour_me please before the_elders_of people_of_my and_before Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_return with_me and_worship to/for_YHWH god_of_your.
OET (OET-RV) “It’s true that I’ve sinned,” Sha’ul said, “but please honour me now in front of the Israeli people and their elders. And then return with me, so I can worship your God Yahweh.”
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
and=he/it_said
The pronoun he refers to Saul. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [And Saul said]
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
כַּבְּדֵ֥נִי & נֶ֥גֶד זִקְנֵֽי־עַמִּ֖י וְנֶ֣גֶד יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְשׁ֣וּב עִמִּ֔י וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֵ֖יתִי לַֽיהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ
honor,me & before elders_of people_of,my and,before Yisrael and,return with,me and,worship to/for=YHWH God_of,your
Saul is describing something in the second clause that will have the result he describes in the first clause. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: [honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel by returning with me so I may worship Yahweh your God]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
Yisrael
Saul is using the name of the ancestor of his people group by association to mean the people group itself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [the other Israelites]
15:30 honor me before the elders: To help Saul save face.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said I_have_sinned now honour_me please before the_elders_of people_of_my and_before Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_return with_me and_worship to/for_YHWH god_of_your.
OET (OET-RV) “It’s true that I’ve sinned,” Sha’ul said, “but please honour me now in front of the Israeli people and their elders. And then return with me, so I can worship your God 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.