OET interlinear ZEC 9:13

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

כִּֽ

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when bent_~_bow to=me Yehuda bow fill ʼEfrayim and,I_will_rouse sons_of,your Tsiyyōn/(Zion) on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in sons_of,your Yavan and,I,will_make_you like_[the],sword_of mighty )

Here the word For introduces not a reason but an explanation. You may want to use a different connecting word to show how this statement relates to what comes before it. Alternate translation: [in that]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

בָנַ֨יִ⁠ךְ֙ צִיּ֔וֹן עַל־בָּנַ֖יִ⁠ךְ יָוָ֑ן

sons_of,your Tsiyyōn/(Zion) on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in sons_of,your Yavan

Yahweh is using your sons, Zion and your sons, Greece as common expressions of the culture to mean the people of Zion and the people of Greece. If this phrase does not have that meaning for your readers, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the people of Zion against the people of Greece]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דָרַ֨כְתִּי לִ֜⁠י יְהוּדָ֗ה קֶ֚שֶׁת מִלֵּ֣אתִי אֶפְרַ֔יִם

bent_~_bow to=me Yehuda bow fill ʼEfrayim

Here Yahweh is speaking of the people of Judah as if they were a bow that he bends and of Ephraim as the arrow that he uses. 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 made the people of Judah like a bow for myself, and I have made the people of Ephraim like arrows]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

מִלֵּ֣אתִי אֶפְרַ֔יִם

fill ʼEfrayim

Yahweh 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: [I have filled Ephraim as a quiver of arrows]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

וְ⁠שַׂמְתִּ֖י⁠ךְ כְּ⁠חֶ֥רֶב גִּבּֽוֹר

and,I,will_make_you like_[the],sword_of mighty

The point of this comparison is that just as the sword of a mighty man is powerful and effective in battle, so Yahweh will make his people powerful against their enemies. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [and I will make you very powerful in battle]