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OET (OET-LV) And_he_answered and_he/it_said to_me to_say this is_the_message_of YHWH to Zərubāⱱel to_say not by_strength and_not by_power if/because (if) by_spirit_of_my YHWH he_says soldiers/messengers.
OET (OET-RV) So he told me, “This is Yahweh’s message to Zerubavel: Commander-in-chief Yahweh says it won’t be my strength or my power, but with my spirit.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
דְּבַר־יְהוָ֔ה
message/matter_of YHWH
The angel is using the possessive form to describe a word that comes from Yahweh. If a speaker of your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could express this idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the word from Yahweh]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
לֹ֤א בְחַ֨יִל֙ וְלֹ֣א בְכֹ֔חַ כִּ֣י אִם־בְּרוּחִ֔י
not by,strength and=not by,power that/for/because/then/when if by,spirit_of,my
The angel is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [You will not accomplish this by your own might or power, but my Spirit will accomplish it]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
אֵלַי֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר זֶ֚ה דְּבַר־יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־זְרֻבָּבֶ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר לֹ֤א
to=me to=say this message/matter_of YHWH to/towards Zərubāⱱel to=say not
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [to me that this is the message from Yahweh to Zerubbabel: “Not]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
לֹ֤א בְחַ֨יִל֙ וְלֹ֣א בְכֹ֔חַ
not by,strength and=not by,power
If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of might and power, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: [Not by strength and not by force]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
לֹ֤א בְחַ֨יִל֙ וְלֹ֣א בְכֹ֔חַ
not by,strength and=not by,power
The terms might and power mean similar things. The angel 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: [Not by your own strength]
OET (OET-LV) And_he_answered and_he/it_said to_me to_say this is_the_message_of YHWH to Zərubāⱱel to_say not by_strength and_not by_power if/because (if) by_spirit_of_my YHWH he_says soldiers/messengers.
OET (OET-RV) So he told me, “This is Yahweh’s message to Zerubavel: Commander-in-chief Yahweh says it won’t be my strength or my power, but with my spirit.
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.