OET interlinear ZEC 1:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

לָ⁠כֵ֞ן

for=so/thus/hence

The term translated as Therefore indicates that what follows is a result of what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes this clear. Alternate translation: [Because of this]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שַׁ֤בְתִּי לִ⁠ירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ בְּֽ⁠רַחֲמִ֔ים

returned (Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence thus he/it_had_said YHWH returned to,Jerusalem with,compassion(s) house_of,my built in,it declares_of YHWH armies/messengers and,a_measuring-line stretched_out on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) )

Here Yahweh is speaking as if his renewed favor toward Jerusalem were a physical journey back to the city. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I have again shown favor to Jerusalem with mercy] or [I have once again been gracious to Jerusalem]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בְּֽ⁠רַחֲמִ֔ים

with,compassion(s)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of compassions, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [while acting mercifully to her people]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

בֵּיתִ⁠י֙ יִבָּ֣נֶה בָּ֔⁠הּ

house_of,my built in,it

The expression My house will be built in her is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who does the action, the context indicates that it is the people of Jerusalem. Alternate translation: [the people will build my house in her]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְקָ֥ו יִנָּטֶ֖ה עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence thus he/it_had_said YHWH returned to,Jerusalem with,compassion(s) house_of,my built in,it declares_of YHWH armies/messengers and,a_measuring-line stretched_out on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) )

The expression a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who does the action, the context indicates that it is the builders. Alternate translation: [and the builders will stretch out a measuring line over Jerusalem]

Note 6 topic: translate-unknown

וְקָ֥ו

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence thus he/it_had_said YHWH returned to,Jerusalem with,compassion(s) house_of,my built in,it declares_of YHWH armies/messengers and,a_measuring-line stretched_out on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) )

A measuring line is a kind of rope or cord that builders stretch out to measure distances when constructing or planning a building or city. If your readers would not be familiar with what a measuring line 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: [and a measuring rope]