OET interlinear 2 SAM 17:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

וַ⁠יֹּ֣אמֶר חוּשַׁ֗י אֶל־צָד֤וֹק וְ⁠אֶל־אֶבְיָתָר֙ הַ⁠כֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים כָּ⁠זֹ֣את וְ⁠כָ⁠זֹ֗את יָעַ֤ץ אֲחִיתֹ֨פֶל֙ אֶת־אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם וְ⁠אֵ֖ת זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְ⁠כָ⁠זֹ֥את וְ⁠כָ⁠זֹ֖את יָעַ֥צְתִּי אָֽנִי

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Ḩūshay to/towards Tsādōq/(Zadok) and=near/to ʼEⱱyātār the,priests like,this and,like,this advised ʼAḩītofel DOM ʼAⱱīshālōm and=DOM elders_of Yisrael and,like,this and,like,this advised I )

Since Hushai did not actually say the words like this and like this, if it would be more natural in your language, you could express this as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: [Then Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, what Ahithophel had counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel and what he himself had counseled instead]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

כָּ⁠זֹ֣את וְ⁠כָ⁠זֹ֗את & וְ⁠כָ⁠זֹ֥את וְ⁠כָ⁠זֹ֖את

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Ḩūshay to/towards Tsādōq/(Zadok) and=near/to ʼEⱱyātār the,priests like,this and,like,this advised ʼAḩītofel DOM ʼAⱱīshālōm and=DOM elders_of Yisrael and,like,this and,like,this advised I )

The author is using the phrase Like this and like this as a common expression of his culture to indicate that Hushai summarized what he and Ahithophel had said. If you choose to translate this as a direct quotation, but 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. Alternate translation: [In such and such a way … but in such and such a way]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

יָעַ֥צְתִּי אָֽנִי

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Ḩūshay to/towards Tsādōq/(Zadok) and=near/to ʼEⱱyātār the,priests like,this and,like,this advised ʼAḩītofel DOM ʼAⱱīshālōm and=DOM elders_of Yisrael and,like,this and,like,this advised I )

See how you translated the similar expression “you, you know” in 17:20. Alternate translation: [I, for my part, have counseled]