OET interlinear ZEP 3:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

נוּגֵ֧י מִ⁠מּוֹעֵ֛ד אָסַ֖פְתִּי מִמֵּ֣⁠ךְ הָי֑וּ מַשְׂאֵ֥ת עָלֶ֖י⁠הָ חֶרְפָּֽה

disaster_of from,an_appointed_feast (Some words not found in UHB: disaster_of from,an_appointed_feast gather from,you they_were burden on/upon=it(f) reproach )

This verse is very difficult to understand. Modern versions translate it in many different ways. The ULT offers one reasonable interpretation of it. If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, you may wish to follow the interpretation that it expresses. If a translation of the Bible does not exist in your region, you may wish to follow the interpretation of ULT.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

נוּגֵ֧י מִ⁠מּוֹעֵ֛ד אָסַ֖פְתִּי מִמֵּ֣⁠ךְ הָי֑וּ

disaster_of from,an_appointed_feast (Some words not found in UHB: disaster_of from,an_appointed_feast gather from,you they_were burden on/upon=it(f) reproach )

Yahweh may be using one kind of worship, a solemn assembly, to mean worship in general. He is addressing the city of Jerusalem as if it were an individual, so the phrase they are from you may be clarifying that the people who are grieving are Judeans who have been taken into exile and who are sad because they can no longer participate in the worship of Yahweh. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I will bring back the Judeans who have been taken into exile, who are sad because they cannot take part in public worship of me]

Note 3 topic: writing-quotations

אָסַ֖פְתִּי

(Some words not found in UHB: disaster_of from,an_appointed_feast gather from,you they_were burden on/upon=it(f) reproach )

This is the beginning of a direct quotation from Yahweh that continues through verse 20. You may wish to indicate that in your translation, using a natural way of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: [Yahweh says, “I will gather]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מַשְׂאֵ֥ת עָלֶ֖י⁠הָ חֶרְפָּֽה

(Some words not found in UHB: disaster_of from,an_appointed_feast gather from,you they_were burden on/upon=it(f) reproach )

Yahweh is speaking as if the reproach of being conquered were literally a burden or heavy weight that Jerusalem was carrying with difficulty. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [it was painful for the people of Jerusalem to feel the disgrace of being conquered]