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OET (OET-LV) To_say to the_priests who belonged_to_the_house_of YHWH soldiers/messengers and_near/to the_prophets to_say will_I_weep in_month (the)_fifth will_I_separate_myself just_as I_have_done this how_many years.
OET (OET-RV) They asked the priests who were at Commander-in-chief Yahweh’s temple, along with the prophets, “Should I fast in the fifth month to show that I’m mourning, as I’ve been doing for many years?”
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
הַֽאֶבְכֶּה֙ & כַּמֶּ֥ה
will,I_weep? & how,many?
The pronoun I refers to the people of Bethel collectively, speaking through their envoys. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [Should we mourn in the fifth month by means of a fast, as we have done these many years]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
לְבֵית יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת
[belonged]_to,the_house_of YHWH armies/messengers
Here Zechariah is speaking of the temple as if it were a house in which Yahweh lived. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [at the temple where Yahweh of hosts lives]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
לֵאמֹ֗ר אֶל הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ לְבֵית יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת וְאֶל הַנְּבִיאִ֖ים לֵאמֹ֑ר הַֽאֶבְכֶּה֙ הַחֲמִשִׁ֔י בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הִנָּזֵ֕ר כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔יתִי זֶ֖ה כַּמֶּ֥ה שָׁנִֽים
to=say to/towards the,priests which/who [belonged]_to,the_house_of YHWH armies/messengers and=near/to the,prophets to=say will,I_weep? (Some words not found in UHB: to=say to/towards the,priests which/who [belonged]_to,the_house_of YHWH armies/messengers and=near/to the,prophets to=say will,I_weep? in,month (the),fifth fast just=as done this how,many? years )
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [They asked the priests who were at the house of Yahweh of hosts and the prophets whether they should mourn in the fifth month by means of a fast, as they had done for many years]
OET (OET-LV) To_say to the_priests who belonged_to_the_house_of YHWH soldiers/messengers and_near/to the_prophets to_say will_I_weep in_month (the)_fifth will_I_separate_myself just_as I_have_done this how_many years.
OET (OET-RV) They asked the priests who were at Commander-in-chief Yahweh’s temple, along with the prophets, “Should I fast in the fifth month to show that I’m mourning, as I’ve been doing for many years?”
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.