EZRA 4:11 Parallel View

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4:11 Note--fnCOLON-- Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L--fnPERIOD--

4:11 Note--fnCOLON-- We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS--fnPERIOD-- In doing this we agree with L against BHS--fnPERIOD--

Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT (This is a copy of the letter that they sent to him.)
¶  “To Artaxerxes the king; your servants, men of Beyond-the-River; and now:

UST (This is what they wrote in the letter that they sent to him:)
¶  This letter is for King Artaxerxes. It comes from the officials serving you who live in the province west of the Euphrates River. Therefore:

BSB ¶ (This is the text of the letter they sent to him.)
¶ To King Artaxerxes,
¶ From your servants, the men west of the Euphrates:

OEB No OEB EZRA book available

WEB This is the copy of the letter that they sent:
§ To King Artaxerxes, from your servants, the people beyond the River.

NET (This is a copy of the letter they sent to him:)
¶ “To King Artaxerxes, from your servants in Trans-Euphrates:

LSV This [is] a copy of a letter that they have sent to him, to Artaxerxes the king: “Your servants, men beyond the river, and at such a time;

FBV The following is a copy of the letter they sent to him.
¶ To King Artaxerxes, from your servants, men beyond the River Euphrates:

T4T ¶ This is what they wrote in the letter:
§ “To King Artaxerxes,
§ From the officials who serve you who live in the province west of the Euphrates River.

LEB this is the copy of the letter which they sent to him:“To King Artaxerxes from your servants, the men of the province Beyond the River. And now,

BBE This is a copy of the letter which they sent to Artaxerxes the king: Your servants living across the river send these words:

MOF No MOF EZRA book available

JPS this is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king — thy servants the men beyond the River — and now

ASV This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto Artaxerxes the king: Thy servants the men beyond the River, and so forth.

DRA (This is the copy of the letter, which they sent to him:) To Artaxerxes the king, thy servants, the men that are on this side of the river, send greeting.

YLT This [is] a copy of a letter that they have sent unto him, unto Artaxerxes the king: 'Thy servants, men beyond the river, and at such a time;

DBY This is the copy of the letter that they sent to him: To Artaxerxes the king: Thy servants the men on this side the river, and so forth.

RV This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men beyond the river, and so forth.

WBS This is the copy of the letter that they sent to him, even to Artaxerxes the king: Thy servants the men on this side of the river, and at such a time.

KJB ¶ This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time.
(¶ This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time. )

BB This is the copie of the letter that they sent vnto king Artaxerxes: Thy seruauntes, and the men that are nowe beyond the water, and Cheeneth.
(This is the copie of the letter that they sent unto king Artaxerxes: Thy servants, and the men that are now beyond the water, and Cheeneth.)

GNV This is the copie of the letter that they sent vnto King Artahshashte, THY SERVANTS the men beyond the Riuer and Cheeneth, salute thee.
(This is the copie of the letter that they sent unto King Artahshashte, THI SERVANTS the men beyond the Riuer and Cheeneth, salute thee. )

CB And this is ye summe of the letter that they sent vnto kynge Artaxerses: Thy seruauntes the men on this syde the water and in Canaan.
(And this is ye/you_all some of the letter that they sent unto king Artaxerses: Thy servants the men on this side the water and in Canaan.)

WYC This is the saumplere of the pistle, which thei senten to the kyng. `To Artaxerses, king, thi seruauntis, men `that ben biyende the flood, seyn helthe.
(This is the saumplere of the pistle, which they sent to the king. `To Artaxerses, king, thy/your servants, men `that been beyond the flood, seen helthe.)

LUT Und dies ist der Inhalt des Briefes, den sie zu dem Könige Arthahsastha sandten: Deine Knechte, die Männer diesseit des Wassers und in Kanaan.
(And dies is the Inhalt the Briefes, the they/she/them to to_him kinge Arthahsastha sandten: Deine Knechte, the men diesseit the waters and in Kanaan.)

CLV (hoc est exemplar epistolæ, quam miserunt ad eum), Artaxerxi regi, servi tui, viri qui sunt trans fluvium, salutem dicunt.
((hoc it_is exemplar epistolæ, how miserunt to eum), Artaxerxi regi, servi tui, viri who are trans fluvium, salutem dicunt. )

BRN This is the purport of the letter, which they sent to him: Thy servants the men beyond the river to king Arthasastha.

BrLXX Αὕτη ἡ διαταγὴ τῆς ἐπιστολῆς, ἧς ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτόν· πρὸς Ἀρθασασθὰ βασιλέα παῖδές σου ἄνδρες πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ.
(Hautaʸ haʸ diatagaʸ taʸs epistolaʸs, haʸs apesteilan pros auton; pros Arthasastha basilea paides sou andres peran tou potamou. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / aside

דְּנָה֙ פַּרְשֶׁ֣גֶן אִגַּרְתָּ֔⁠א דִּ֚י שְׁלַ֣חוּ עֲל֔וֹ⁠הִי

this/about_this copy letter,the that/who sent to,him

They means the men listed in 4:9. The book is interrupting its quotation after the preamble to make sure that readers know that the text of the letter itself will now follow.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

דְּנָה֙ פַּרְשֶׁ֣גֶן אִגַּרְתָּ֔⁠א דִּ֚י שְׁלַ֣חוּ עֲל֔וֹ⁠הִי

this/about_this copy letter,the that/who sent to,him

If you used quotation marks or some other punctuation or convention to indicate the beginning of the quotation at the start of 4:9, you should use the same means to indicate that there is a break in the quotation at the end of 4:10, and then show that the quotation resumes after this sentence.

Note 3 topic: translate-names

אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּא

Artaxerxes

Artaxerxes is the name of a man. See how you translated it in 4:7.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

עַבְדָ֛י⁠ךְ אֱנָ֥שׁ עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֖⁠ה

servants,your men province_beyond river,the

Here the officials identify themselves as the senders of this letter, and they refer to themselves in the third person as your servants in order to address the king as their superior with humility and respect. Alternate translation: “from your officials in the province of Beyond-the-River”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

עַבְדָ֛י⁠ךְ אֱנָ֥שׁ עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֖⁠ה

servants,your men province_beyond river,the

In this context, men means people, so this phrase means people who live in Beyond-the-River province. But together with the preceding phrase, your servants, it means specifically those who work for the king there, that is, his royal officials. Alternate translation: “from your officials in the province of Beyond-the-River”

Note 6 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

וּ⁠כְעֶֽנֶת

and,now

As in 4:10, the phrase translated and now is an Aramaic expression that introduces the main business of a letter. If your language has a comparable expression that it uses for this same purpose, you can use that in your translation. Otherwise, you do not need to represent this expression.

Parallel EZRA 4:11