EZRA 8:28 Parallel View

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ULT And I said to them, “You are holy to Yahweh, and the vessels are holy. And the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to Yahweh, the God of your fathers.

UST I said to those priests and Levites, ‘I have set you apart from the others to serve Yahweh in a special way. The people have also set apart these valuable things for only him. The people also gave the silver and the gold voluntarily as an offering to Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors worshiped.

BSB § Then I told them, “You are holy to the LORD, and these articles are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of your fathers.

OEB No OEB EZRA book available

WEB I said to them, “You are holy to Yahweh, and the vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a free will offering to Yahweh, the God of your fathers.

WMB I said to them, “You are holy to the LORD, and the vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a free will offering to the LORD, the God of your fathers.

NET Then I said to them, “You are holy to the Lord, just as these vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a voluntary offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers.

LSV And I say to them, “You [are] holy to YHWH, and the vessels [are] holy, and the silver and the gold [are] a willing-offering to YHWH, God of your fathers;

FBV I told them, “You are set apart for the Lord, and these Temple items are too. The silver and gold are a voluntary offering to the Lord, the God of your forefathers.

T4T I said to those priests, “You belong to Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors ◄worshiped/also belonged to►, and these valuable things also belong to him. The people themselves gave these things to be offerings to Yahweh ◄voluntarily/because they wanted to►.

LEB And I said to them, “You are holy to Yahweh and the vessels are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to Yahweh, God of your ancestors.[fn]

?:? Or “fathers”

BBE And I said to them, You are holy to the Lord and the vessels are holy: and the silver and the gold are an offering freely given to the Lord, the God of your fathers.

MOF No MOF EZRA book available

JPS And I said unto them: 'Ye are holy unto the LORD, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill-offering unto the LORD, the God of your fathers.

ASV And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto Jehovah, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill-offering unto Jehovah, the God of your fathers.

DRA And I said to them: You are the holy ones of the Lord, and the vessels are holy, and the silver and gold, that is freely offered to the Lord the God of our fathers.

YLT And I say unto them, 'Ye [are] holy to Jehovah, and the vessels [are] holy, and the silver and the gold [are] a willing-offering to Jehovah, God of your fathers;

DBY And I said to them, Ye are holy unto Jehovah; the vessels also are holy; and the silver and the gold is a voluntary offering to Jehovah the [fn]God of your fathers.

8.28 Elohim

RV And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD, the God of your fathers.

WBS And I said to them, Ye are holy to the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a free-will-offering to the LORD God of your fathers.

KJB And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.
(And I said unto them, Ye/You_all are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers. )

BB And I sayde vnto them: Ye are consecrate vnto the Lord, like as the vessels are holy also: and the gold and siluer are geuen of a good wil vnto the Lord God of your fathers.
(And I said unto them: Ye/You_all are consecrate unto the Lord, like as the vessels are holy also: and the gold and silver are given of a good will unto the Lord God of your fathers.)

GNV And I said vnto them, Ye are consecrate vnto the Lord, and the vessels are consecrate, and the gold and the siluer are freely offred vnto the Lord God of your fathers.
(And I said unto them, Ye/You_all are consecrate unto the Lord, and the vessels are consecrate, and the gold and the silver are freely offered unto the Lord God of your fathers. )

CB and sayde vnto them: Ye are holy vnto the LORDE, therfore are the vessels holy also, and so is the syluer and golde that is geuen of a good wyll vnto the LORDE God of youre fathers:
(and said unto them: Ye/You_all are holy unto the LORD, therefore are the vessels holy also, and so is the syluer and gold that is given of a good will unto the LORD God of your(pl) fathers:)

WYC And Y seide to hem, Ye ben the hooli men of the Lord,
(And I said to them, Ye/You_all been the holy men of the Lord,)

LUT Und sprach zu ihnen: Ihr seid heilig dem HErrn, so sind die Gefäße auch heilig, dazu das frei gegebene Silber und Gold dem HErrn, eurer Väter GOtt.
(And spoke to ihnen: Ihr seid holy to_him HErrn, so are the Gefäße also holy, in_addition the frei gegebene Silber and Gold to_him HErrn, eurer Väter God.)

CLV Et dixi eis: Vos sancti Domini, et vasa sancta, et argentum et aurum, quod sponte oblatum est Domino Deo patrum nostrorum:[fn]
(And dixi eis: Vos sancti Domini, and vasa sancta, and argentum and aurum, that sponte oblatum it_is Domino Deo patrum nostrorum:)

8.28 Vos sancti Domini estis. Oportet doctores Ecclesiæ nunquam oblivisci sanctimoniæ, quia a Domino sunt consecrati per Spiritum sanctum in die redemptionis, ad quam suscipiendam etiam auditores instituant, ut qui jam Domino oblati sunt per rudimenta fidei, etiam per eorum qui in fide præcesserunt exempla et monita magis confirmentur, et supernæ civitatis introitu digni efficiantur.

8.28 Vos sancti Domini estis. Oportet doctores Ecclesiæ nunquam oblivisci sanctimoniæ, because a Domino are consecrati per Spiritum sanctum in die redemptionis, to how suscipiendam also auditores instituant, as who yam Domino oblati are per rudimenta of_faith, also per eorum who in fide præcesserunt exempla and monita magis confirmentur, and supernæ of_the_city introitu digni efficiantur.

BRN And I said to them, Ye are holy to the Lord; and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are freewill-offerings to the Lord God of our fathers.

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπα πρὸς αὐτοὺς, ὑμεῖς ἅγιοι τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ τὰ σκεύη ἅγια, καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον ἑκούσια τῷ Κυρίῳ Θεῷ πατέρων ἡμῶν.
(Kai eipa pros autous, humeis hagioi tōi Kuriōi, kai ta skeuaʸ hagia, kai to argurion kai to ⱪrusion hekousia tōi Kuriōi Theōi paterōn haʸmōn. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-sequential

וָ⁠אֹמְרָ֣⁠ה

and,said,

This phrase indicates that the event the story will now relate came after the event it has just described. Ezra first weighed out the silver and gold and objects to the Levites, then he spoke the following words to them. In your translation, you can use the expression in your language that would best indicate this time sequence.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

וָ⁠אֹמְרָ֣⁠ה אֲלֵ⁠הֶ֗ם

and,said, to,them

Them refers to the selected priests and Levites. In the rest of this verse and in 8:29, Ezra is quoting what he told them on this occasion. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this by setting off the words that follow with quotation marks or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אַתֶּ֥ם קֹ֨דֶשׁ֙ לַ⁠יהוָ֔ה וְ⁠הַ⁠כֵּלִ֖ים קֹ֑דֶשׁ

you_all holy to/for=YHWH and,the,vessels holy

Here, holy means “set apart for a special purpose.” Alternate translation: “I have selected you for a special mission. People also donated these objects for a special purpose. They are only to be used in the temple.”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֱלֹהֵ֥י אֲבֹתֵי⁠כֶֽם

god fathers,your_all's

Here, fathers means “ancestors.” Alternate translation: “the God of your ancestors” or “the God whom your ancestors worshiped”

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