en_tn/1sa/02/25.md

# who will speak for him?

This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. AT: "there is certainly no one who can speak for him." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# speak for him

"ask Yahweh to have mercy on him"

# the voice of their father

Here the father's "voice" represents the father. AT: "their father" or "what their father said" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. AT: "there is certainly no one who can speak for him." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# speak for him`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"ask Yahweh to have mercy on him"`

			`# the voice of their father`

			`Here the father's "voice" represents the father. AT: "their father" or "what their father said" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])`