The Literal Translation, of John 8:58, as is evident also from the text would be: "Before Abraham ever existed, I AM JEHOVAH".
YYHVH isn't in the text. putting it there would be interpretive, not literal.
it should be understood by us if we study, and was immediately understood by the teachers of the Law when He said this, that by saying I AM He was declaring Himself equivalently Yah, in the flesh.
no need to add to the text imo
what's needed is to understand what we read
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