en_tn/ezk/14/17.md

# if I bring a sword against that land

The word "sword" is a metonym for soldiers who kill people using swords. Alternate translation:

# Sword, go through the land

Here the word "sword" represents the soldiers of an enemy army who attack with swords. Alternate translation: "Army, go through the land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# cut off both man and beast from it

Yahweh speaks of killing people and animals as if it were cutting them off, like a person would cut a branch from a tree. Alternate translation: "kill both man and beast in the land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# if I bring a sword against that land`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`The word "sword" is a metonym for soldiers who kill people using swords. Alternate translation:`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# Sword, go through the land`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`Here the word "sword" represents the soldiers of an enemy army who attack with swords. Alternate translation: "Army, go through the land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# cut off both man and beast from it`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`Yahweh speaks of killing people and animals as if it were cutting them off, like a person would cut a branch from a tree. Alternate translation: "kill both man and beast in the land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00