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 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31
1 Sam 25 V1 V3 V5 V7 V9 V11 V13 V15 V17 V19 V21 V23 V25 V27 V29 V31 V33 V35 V37 V39 V41 V43
OET-LV And_you(pl)_will_say thus to_one and_you(ms) peace and_house_of_your peace and_all/each/any/every that to/for_yourself(m) peace.
OET (OET-RV) Then tell him, ‘Make you live long. Peace to you and your household and everything that belongs to you.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֥ם כֹּ֖ה לֶחָ֑י וְאַתָּ֤ה שָׁלוֹם֙ וּבֵיתְךָ֣ שָׁל֔וֹם וְכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־לְךָ֖ שָׁלֽוֹם
(Some words not found in UHB: and,you(pl)_will_say thus to,[one] and=you(ms) peace and,house_of,your peace and=all/each/any/every which/who to/for=yourself(m) peace )
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [And you shall tell him that I wish him a good life and that peace may be to him and to his house and to all that is to him]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations
לֶחָ֑י
to,[one]
David is using a phrase that expresses a strong feeling, an earnest wish that Nabal’s life is happy and prosperous. There may be an equivalent word or phrase in your language that you can use in your translation to convey this feeling. Alternate translation: [May you live long and prosper!]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
וְאַתָּ֤ה שָׁלוֹם֙ וּבֵיתְךָ֣ שָׁל֔וֹם וְכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־לְךָ֖ שָׁלֽוֹם
(Some words not found in UHB: and,you(pl)_will_say thus to,[one] and=you(ms) peace and,house_of,your peace and=all/each/any/every which/who to/for=yourself(m) peace )
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of peace, you could express this idea in another way. Alternate translation: [And may all go well with you and with your house and with all that is to you]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וּבֵיתְךָ֣ שָׁל֔וֹם
and,house_of,your (Some words not found in UHB: and,you(pl)_will_say thus to,[one] and=you(ms) peace and,house_of,your peace and=all/each/any/every which/who to/for=yourself(m) peace )
David is speaking of the people in Nabal’s household as if they were his house. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and peace to your whole household] or [and may all go well with your whole household]
OET-LV And_you(pl)_will_say thus to_one and_you(ms) peace and_house_of_your peace and_all/each/any/every that to/for_yourself(m) peace.
OET (OET-RV) Then tell him, ‘Make you live long. Peace to you and your household and everything that belongs to 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.