OET interlinear ZEC 13:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical

וְ⁠הָיָ֗ה כִּֽי־יִנָּבֵ֣א אִישׁ֮ עוֹד֒

and=it_was that/for/because/then/when prophesies (a)_man again/more

Zechariah is presenting a possible condition, that a man will prophesy again and, as a result, his own father and mother will condemn and kill him. Use a natural form in your language for introducing a condition that could happen. It may be helpful to reorder this sentence so that the conditional statement is first. Alternate translation: [If a man prophesies again]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

אִישׁ֮

(a)_man

Zechariah is not referring to a specific man. He means men in general who prophesy. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use an expression that would be more natural in your language. Alternate translation: [any man]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / distinguish

יֹֽלְדָי⁠ו֙

[who]_begot_of,him

Zechariah is not distinguishing this father and mother from another father and mother who are not the ones bearing him. He is reminding readers that the man’s own parents are the ones who gave birth to him. Be sure that this is clear in your translation. Alternate translation: [who themselves gave him birth]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

לֹ֣א תִֽחְיֶ֔ה כִּ֛י שֶׁ֥קֶר דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ בְּ⁠שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה

not live that/for/because/then/when lies spoken in/on=name_of YHWH

The father and mother’s words are a quotation within a quotation. If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [that he will not live, for he has spoken falsehood in the name of Yahweh]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

שֶׁ֥קֶר דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ

lies spoken

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of falsehood, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [you have spoken falsely]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ⁠שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה

in/on=name_of YHWH

Here, the name of Yahweh represents the authority of Yahweh. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [as one who has Yahweh’s authority]