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OET (OET-LV) And_ Mephibshet _he_came the_son_of Yōnātān the_son_of Shāʼūl to Dāvid and_he_fell on his/its_faces/face and_he_bowed_down and_ Dāvid _he/it_said Oh_Mephibshet and_he/it_said HERE servant_of_is_your.
OET (OET-RV) Then Yonatan’s son Mefiboshet came to David and fell onto his knees and bowed his face down to the ground, and David said, Mefiboshet.”
¶ “I’m your servant,” he replied.
Note 1 topic: translate-symaction
וַיִּפֹּ֥ל עַל־פָּנָ֖יו וַיִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּ
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_came Mephibshet son_of Yōnātān/(Yəhōnātān/(Jonathan)) son_of Shāʼūl/(Saul) to/towards Dāvid and,he_fell on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in his/its=faces/face and,he_bowed_down and=he/it_said Dāvid Mephibshet and=he/it_said see/lo/see! servant_of,[is]_your )
Be sure that it is clear in your translation that Mephibosheth did not fall down accidentally. He knelt down in front of David, pressing his face to the ground and stretching himself out completely, as a gesture to honor David. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: [and he knelt down and pressed his face to the ground in front of David, stretching himself out completely, to show David great honor]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
הִנֵּ֥ה עַבְדֶּֽךָ
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_came Mephibshet son_of Yōnātān/(Yəhōnātān/(Jonathan)) son_of Shāʼūl/(Saul) to/towards Dāvid and,he_fell on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in his/its=faces/face and,he_bowed_down and=he/it_said Dāvid Mephibshet and=he/it_said see/lo/see! servant_of,[is]_your )
Mephibosheth is speaking of himself in the third person as your servant to show humility. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in a humble form in the first person. Alternate translation: [Behold me]
Note 3 topic: writing-politeness
הִנֵּ֥ה עַבְדֶּֽךָ
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_came Mephibshet son_of Yōnātān/(Yəhōnātān/(Jonathan)) son_of Shāʼūl/(Saul) to/towards Dāvid and,he_fell on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in his/its=faces/face and,he_bowed_down and=he/it_said Dāvid Mephibshet and=he/it_said see/lo/see! servant_of,[is]_your )
Mephibosheth is responding to David with the courteous expression that a person in this culture would use to tell a superior that he had heard a summons and was ready and willing to obey. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. The meaning here is the same as for the expression “Behold me” in [1:7](../01/07.md). See how you translated that expression there.
OET (OET-LV) And_ Mephibshet _he_came the_son_of Yōnātān the_son_of Shāʼūl to Dāvid and_he_fell on his/its_faces/face and_he_bowed_down and_ Dāvid _he/it_said Oh_Mephibshet and_he/it_said HERE servant_of_is_your.
OET (OET-RV) Then Yonatan’s son Mefiboshet came to David and fell onto his knees and bowed his face down to the ground, and David said, Mefiboshet.”
¶ “I’m your servant,” he replied.
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.