OET interlinear ZEC 12:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כְּֽ⁠כִיּ֧וֹר אֵ֣שׁ בְּ⁠עֵצִ֗ים וּ⁠כְ⁠לַפִּ֥יד אֵשׁ֙ בְּ⁠עָמִ֔יר

like,a_pot_of blazing among,wood(s) and,like,a_torch_of flaming among,cut_grain

The point of this comparison is that just as a basin of fire among trees and a torch of fire in a sheaf quickly burn up everything around them, so the chiefs of Judah will destroy the peoples around them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [able to consume their enemies as quickly as a firepot burns up wood and as a flaming torch burns up a sheaf of grain]

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

כְּֽ⁠כִיּ֧וֹר אֵ֣שׁ

like,a_pot_of blazing

A basin is a kind of large open container that here holds burning coals or fire. If your readers would not be familiar with what a basin of this kind is, you could use the name of a similar thing that your readers would recognize, or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: [like a pot full of burning coals]

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

בְּ⁠עָמִ֔יר

(Some words not found in UHB: in_the=day (the)=that make DOM clans_of Yehuda like,a_pot_of blazing among,wood(s) and,like,a_torch_of flaming among,cut_grain and,they_will_consume on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in right and,on left DOM all/each/any/every the,peoples surrounding and,it_will_remain Yerushalayim again/more in,its_place in,Jerusalem )

A sheaf is a bundle of cut grain stalks tied together. If your readers would not be familiar with what a sheaf is, you could use a more general term or explain it in a footnote. Alternate translation: [bundle of cut grain]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠אָ֨כְל֜וּ

and,they_will_consume

Here Yahweh is speaking of the chiefs of Judah destroying their enemies as if they would devour them, the way fire consumes what it burns. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and they will destroy]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

עַל־יָמִ֧ין וְ⁠עַל־שְׂמֹ֛אול

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in right and,on left

Yahweh is referring to every direction by naming two major components, the right and the left. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [in every direction]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠יָשְׁבָ֨ה יְרוּשָׁלִַ֥ם ע֛וֹד תַּחְתֶּ֖י⁠הָ

and,it_will_remain (Some words not found in UHB: in_the=day (the)=that make DOM clans_of Yehuda like,a_pot_of blazing among,wood(s) and,like,a_torch_of flaming among,cut_grain and,they_will_consume on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in right and,on left DOM all/each/any/every the,peoples surrounding and,it_will_remain Yerushalayim again/more in,its_place in,Jerusalem )

Here, Jerusalem represents the people who live in Jerusalem. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [And the people of Jerusalem will dwell again in their place]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo

תַּחְתֶּ֖י⁠הָ בִּ⁠ירוּשָׁלִָֽם

in,its_place (Some words not found in UHB: in_the=day (the)=that make DOM clans_of Yehuda like,a_pot_of blazing among,wood(s) and,like,a_torch_of flaming among,cut_grain and,they_will_consume on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in right and,on left DOM all/each/any/every the,peoples surrounding and,it_will_remain Yerushalayim again/more in,its_place in,Jerusalem )

It might seem that the expression in its place, in Jerusalem contains extra information that would not be natural to express in your language. If so, you could shorten it. Alternate translation: [in its own place]