SIL Translator’s Notes on Ezra 2020 – Page 33

SIL Translator’s Notes on Ezra 7:26

7:26a If anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king,

All people who will not do the laws of your (sing.) God and/or the laws of the king
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The people who do not obey both the laws of the God you serve and the laws of Persia,

7:26b let a strict judgment be executed against him,

should be punished speedily.
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the judges must decide promptly what their punishment will be.

7:26a–b (reordered)

The judges must judge promptly against people who fail to keep either the laws of your God or the laws of the kingdom.

7:26c whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.

They will either be killed, they will be forced to leave their country/home, their goods/things/land will be taken away, or they will be put in prison.
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⌊Depending on their crime,⌋ ⌊the authorities⌋ must kill them or force them to live in a different country or take away all that they own or put them in prison.”

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SIL Translator’s Notes on Ezra 8:30

8:30a So the priests and Levites took charge of the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out

Then the priests and the men of the clan of Levi took charge/responsibility of the silver, gold, and items/objects that had been measured/weighed
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So the sacrificers and the descendants of Levi accepted/took ⌊from me⌋ the silver ⌊coins/pieces⌋ and gold ⌊coins/pieces⌋ and ⌊sacred/ritual⌋ vessels/utensils.

8:30b to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.

to take them to the temple of our (incl.) God in Jerusalem.
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⌊It was their task/charge⌋ to carry/transport them to the house of God in Jerusalem.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Ezra 10:11

10:11a Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will.

Now acknowledge/admit to Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, that you have done wrong, and do what he wants you to do.
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So now confess/tell your sin to Yahweh the God of your ancestors and do what pleases him.

10:11b Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”

Separate yourselves (plur.) from the local peoples/tribes and from your wives who are not Jews like us.” (incl.)
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Keep/stay away from the pagan peoples ⌊who live⌋ around you and send away your pagan wives.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Ezra 10:43

10:43 And from the descendants of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.

Those who descended from Nebo were Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.
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From the sub-clan of Nebo, there were Jeiel and Mattithiah and Zabad and Zebina and Jaddai and Joel and Benaiah.
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Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah came from the clan of Nebo.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Ezra 2:12

2:12 the descendants of Azgad, 1,222;

one thousand, two hundred and twenty-two (1,222) men from the clan of Azgad,
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From the family of Azgad there were one thousand, two hundred and twenty-two men ⌊who returned⌋.
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1,222 descendants of Azgad ⌊returned⌋.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Ezra 2:44

2:44 the descendants of Keros, the descendants of Siaha, the descendants of Padon,

Keros, Siaha, Padon,
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and Keros and Siaha and Padon

SIL Translator’s Notes on Ezra 4:4

4:4a Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah

¶ Then ⌊their enemies⌋, the local people/residents, weakened the courage/determination of the people of Judah.
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¶ Other people who were living in that place ⌊heard this answer⌋. So/then they did things that discouraged the Jews ⌊because they did not like them⌋.

4:4b and make them afraid to build.

They made them afraid in order to stop them from building.
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They also frightened the Jews so that they would not continue to rebuild ⌊the house of God⌋.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Ezra 5:12

5:12a But since our fathers angered the God of heaven,

But, because our (excl.) ancestors caused the God who is in heaven to be angry,
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But, our ancestors ⌊disobeyed⌋ our (excl.) God who rules from heaven, and he was angry with them.

5:12b He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean

he caused them to be conquered/defeated by Nebuchadnezzar, a man from Chaldea who ruled Babylon.
-or-
So he allowed King/Chief Nebuchadnezzar, the Chaldean, to rule them.

5:12c who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon.

King Nebuchadnezzar destroyed this temple and took the people to Babylon as his prisoners/captives.
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Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the house of our (excl.) God ⌊here⌋ and forced our people to go and live in ⌊the land of⌋ Babylon.

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Source: SIL Translator’s Notes on Ezra 2020