OET interlinear ZEC 1:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

מִ⁠דַּרְכֵי⁠כֶ֣ם הָ⁠רָעִ֔ים וּמַֽעַלְלֵיכֶ֖ם הָֽ⁠רָעִ֑ים

from,ways_of,your(pl) (the),evil (Some words not found in UHB: not be like,ancestors_of,your(pl) which/who proclaimed to,them the,prophets (the),former to=say thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers return now from,ways_of,your(pl) (the),evil and,, (the),evil and=not listen and=not pay_attention to=me declares_of YHWH )

The terms evil ways and evil deeds mean similar things. Yahweh is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [from all of your evil conduct]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מִ⁠דַּרְכֵי⁠כֶ֣ם הָ⁠רָעִ֔ים

from,ways_of,your(pl) (the),evil

Yahweh is speaking of how the ancestors lived as if that were a way or path that they were walking along. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [from your evil behavior]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

וְ⁠לֹ֥א שָׁמְע֛וּ וְ⁠לֹֽא־הִקְשִׁ֥יבוּ

and=not listen and=not pay_attention

Yahweh uses the word But here to indicate a contrast between what the former prophets told the ancestors to do and what the ancestors actually did. In your translation, indicate this contrast in a way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [However, they did not hear, and they did not pay attention]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

לֵ⁠אמֹ֗ר כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת

to=say thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [and told them that Yahweh of Armies had said to]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

וְ⁠לֹ֥א שָׁמְע֛וּ וְ⁠לֹֽא־הִקְשִׁ֥יבוּ אֵלַ֖⁠י

and=not listen and=not pay_attention to=me

The terms did not hear and did not pay attention mean similar things. Yahweh is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [But they completely refused to obey me]