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 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31
1 Sam 8 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22
OET-LV Flock[s]_of_your(pl) he_will_take_a_tithe and_you(pl) you(pl)_will_become to_him/it (into)_servants.
OET (OET-RV) He’ll expect a tenth of your sheep and goats, and you yourselves will end up being his slaves.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וְאַתֶּ֖ם תִּֽהְיוּ־ל֥וֹ לַעֲבָדִֽים
(Some words not found in UHB: flock[s]_of,your(pl) take_a_tenth and,you(pl) become to=him/it (into),servants )
Samuel is speaking as if the Israelites would literally become slaves to the king. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and in the end, it will be as if you are his slaves]
OET-LV Flock[s]_of_your(pl) he_will_take_a_tithe and_you(pl) you(pl)_will_become to_him/it (into)_servants.
OET (OET-RV) He’ll expect a tenth of your sheep and goats, and you yourselves will end up being his slaves.
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.