OET interlinear 1SA 2:30

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

לָ⁠כֵ֗ן נְאֻם־יְהוָה֮ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ אָמ֣וֹר אָמַ֔רְתִּי בֵּֽיתְ⁠ךָ֙ וּ⁠בֵ֣ית אָבִ֔י⁠ךָ יִתְהַלְּכ֥וּ לְ⁠פָנַ֖⁠י עַד־עוֹלָ֑ם וְ⁠עַתָּ֤ה נְאֻם־יְהוָה֙ חָלִ֣ילָ⁠ה לִּ֔⁠י

for=so/thus/hence declares_of YHWH god_of Yisrael to_promise promised house_of,your and,house_of I_will_show=you(ms) walk to/for=my=face/front until forever and=now declares_of YHWH far_be_it!, to/for=me

The phrases the declaration of Yahweh, the God of Israel and the declaration of Yahweh are not part of what the man of God is telling Eli that Yahweh has said (level 2 in this quotation). The man is using those phrases to assure Eli that this is something that Yahweh has said. Use the appropriate punctuation in your language to end the second-level quotation before these phrases and to resume it after them.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication

אָמ֣וֹר אָמַ֔רְתִּי

to_promise promised

Yahweh is repeating the verb say in order to intensify his expression of the idea that it conveys. If your language can repeat words for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If not, your language may have another way of expressing the intensification. Alternate translation: [I certainly said]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

בֵּֽיתְ⁠ךָ֙ וּ⁠בֵ֣ית אָבִ֔י⁠ךָ

house_of,your and,house_of I_will_show=you(ms)

It may be more natural in your language to put the information about Eli’s ancestor’s family before the information about Eli’s family. Alternate translation: [the descendants of your ancestor, and therefore your family]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

יִתְהַלְּכ֥וּ לְ⁠פָנַ֖⁠י

walk to/for=my=face/front

Using a common expression of his culture, Yahweh is saying walk about to mean “live.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [would live in my presence]

Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

חָלִ֣ילָ⁠ה לִּ֔⁠י כִּֽי־מְכַבְּדַ֥⁠י אֲכַבֵּ֖ד וּ⁠בֹזַ֥⁠י יֵקָֽלּוּ

far_be_it!, to/for=me that/for/because/then/when honor_of,me honour and,despise_of,me lightly_esteemed

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: [Since I honor those who honor me, but they will despise those who disdain me, profane to me!]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

חָלִ֣ילָ⁠ה לִּ֔⁠י

far_be_it!, to/for=me

Yahweh is using a common expression of this culture to express horror at the idea he has just described. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: [far be it from me!]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

חָלִ֣ילָ⁠ה לִּ֔⁠י

far_be_it!, to/for=me

Yahweh is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [profane to me to let that happen!] or [far be it from me to let that happen!]

Note 8 topic: writing-pronouns

יֵקָֽלּוּ

lightly_esteemed

Here the author is not using the pronoun they to refer to specific people. Use an expression for this that would be natural in your language. Alternate translation: [will be despised]