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OET (OET-LV) Let_him_say please master_of_our your_servants to_your_face let_them_seek a_person who_knows playing in/on/at/with_lyre and_it_was in/on/at/with_is upon_you a_spirit_of god evil and_play in_his/its_hand and_good to/for_you(fs).
OET (OET-RV) Let our master please get your servants to find a man who knows how to play the harp. Then, whenever the evil spirit from God is on you, then he’ll play it and it’ll be good for you.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
יֹאמַר־נָ֤א אֲדֹנֵ֨נוּ֙ עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ
command now lord_of,our your=servants to=your=face
The servants are humbly addressing Saul in the third person and also humbly speaking about themselves in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this using the second person for Saul and the first person for the servants. Alternate translation: [May you, our master, please say to us, who are your servants to your face]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
לְפָנֶ֔יךָ יְבַקְשׁ֕וּ אִ֕ישׁ יֹדֵ֖עַ מְנַגֵּ֣ן בַּכִּנּ֑וֹר
to=your=face look_for (a)_man knowing playing in/on/at/with,lyre
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [to your face that we should seek a man who knows how to play the lyre]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
בִּֽהְי֨וֹת עָלֶ֤יךָ
in/on/at/with,is upon,you
The servants are speaking as if the spirit were physically on top of Saul. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [is troubling you] or [is making you afraid]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo
וְנִגֵּ֥ן בְּיָד֖וֹ
and,play in=his/its=hand
It might seem that the expression by his hand contains extra information that would not be natural to express in your language. If so, you can shorten it. Alternate translation: [that he will strum]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וְט֥וֹב לָֽךְ
and=good to/for=you(fs)
The servants are using a common expression of their culture. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and this will make you feel better]
16:1-23 David was Saul’s replacement. There are striking similarities between the two: Samuel anointed both. Neither was pursuing the position. Both were unlikely candidates (Saul was from the smallest tribe; David was the youngest son). Both were impressive in appearance (9:2; 16:12). And the Spirit came mightily on each when he was anointed king (10:10; 11:6; 16:13). The key difference was that David was “a man after [God’s] own heart” (13:14; cp. 16:7), while Saul was not.
OET (OET-LV) Let_him_say please master_of_our your_servants to_your_face let_them_seek a_person who_knows playing in/on/at/with_lyre and_it_was in/on/at/with_is upon_you a_spirit_of god evil and_play in_his/its_hand and_good to/for_you(fs).
OET (OET-RV) Let our master please get your servants to find a man who knows how to play the harp. Then, whenever the evil spirit from God is on you, then he’ll play it and it’ll be good for you.”
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.