OET interlinear 2 SAM 15:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ק֣וּמוּ וְ⁠נִבְרָ֔חָה כִּ֛י לֹא־תִֽהְיֶה־לָּ֥⁠נוּ פְלֵיטָ֖ה מִ⁠פְּנֵ֣י אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם

get_up and,let_us_flee (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid to/from=all/each/any/every servants_of,his which/who with=him/it in,Jerusalem get_up and,let_us_flee that/for/because/then/when not there_~_be to/for=ourselves escape from=face/in_front_of ʼAⱱīshālōm hurry to=go lest quickly and,he,will_overtake_us and,he_will_thrust on,us DOM (the),calamity and,he_will_strike_down the=city to_[the],mouth_of sword )

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 there will not be for us an escape from the face of Absalom otherwise, arise, and let us flee]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ק֣וּמוּ וְ⁠נִבְרָ֔חָה

get_up and,let_us_flee

See how you translated the similar expression in [2:14](../02/14.md). Alternate translation: [Let us take action to flee]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ⁠פְּנֵ֣י אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid to/from=all/each/any/every servants_of,his which/who with=him/it in,Jerusalem get_up and,let_us_flee that/for/because/then/when not there_~_be to/for=ourselves escape from=face/in_front_of ʼAⱱīshālōm hurry to=go lest quickly and,he,will_overtake_us and,he_will_thrust on,us DOM (the),calamity and,he_will_strike_down the=city to_[the],mouth_of sword )

David is using Absalom’s face to represent the murderous intent with which he regards him and his supporters. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [from Absalom, who would kill us]

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

מַהֲר֣וּ לָ⁠לֶ֗כֶת פֶּן־יְמַהֵ֤ר וְ⁠הִשִּׂגָ֨⁠נוּ֙

hurry to=go (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid to/from=all/each/any/every servants_of,his which/who with=him/it in,Jerusalem get_up and,let_us_flee that/for/because/then/when not there_~_be to/for=ourselves escape from=face/in_front_of ʼAⱱīshālōm hurry to=go lest quickly and,he,will_overtake_us and,he_will_thrust on,us DOM (the),calamity and,he_will_strike_down the=city to_[the],mouth_of sword )

David is using the word translated as lest to introduce an outcome that he does not want to happen. Because of this, he first gives his servants an instruction to follow so that this will not happen. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that avoiding this outcome is the purpose of the instruction. Alternate translation: [Hurry to go! Otherwise, he will hurry and overtake us]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠הִכָּ֥ה הָ⁠עִ֖יר לְ⁠פִי־חָֽרֶב

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid to/from=all/each/any/every servants_of,his which/who with=him/it in,Jerusalem get_up and,let_us_flee that/for/because/then/when not there_~_be to/for=ourselves escape from=face/in_front_of ʼAⱱīshālōm hurry to=go lest quickly and,he,will_overtake_us and,he_will_thrust on,us DOM (the),calamity and,he_will_strike_down the=city to_[the],mouth_of sword )

David is using a common expression of his culture to mean that Absalom would kill everyone in the city of Jerusalem if David and his supporters tried to resist him there. If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. If you have already translated the book of 1 Samuel, see how you translated the same expression in [1 Samuel 15:8](../../1sa/15/08.md). Alternate translation: [and kill everyone in this city]