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OET (OET-LV) and_he/it_said Haman to/for_the_king ʼₐḩashvērōshz there_is_he a_people one scattered and_separated among the_peoples in/on/at/with_all the_provinces kingdom_your and_laws_their [are]_differing from_all people and_DOM the_laws the_king not_they [are]_doing and_for_the_king’s not [is]_appropriate to_tolerate_them.
OET (OET-RV) Then Haman went to King Ahasuerus and said, “Your Majesty, there is a certain group of people who live among the other peoples in every province of your empire. They have their own set of laws, so they don’t obey your laws. It’s not good for you to allow them to continue to live in your empire.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הָמָן֙ לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ
and=he/it_said Haman to/for=the_king ʼₐḩashvērōshz
The implication is that Haman then went to see the king so that he could speak with him. You could say that explicitly. Do not give your readers the impression that the king was present with Haman while he was casting the lot.
Note 2 topic: translate-numbers
יֶשְׁנ֣וֹ עַם־אֶחָ֗ד
there_is,he people one(ms)
He refers to the king, and one people refers to the Jews as a people group. So this means there is a people group or a group of people.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
מְפֻזָּ֤ר וּמְפֹרָד֙
scattered and,separated
These two words mean almost the same thing. Haman uses the repetition to emphasize that the Jews are everywhere throughout the empire and so their influence, which he says is bad, will affect everyone. You could combine these words as UST does.
בֵּ֣ין הָֽעַמִּ֔ים בְּכֹ֖ל מְדִינ֣וֹת מַלְכוּתֶ֑ךָ
between the,peoples in/on/at/with,all provinces kingdom,your
Haman is saying that the Jews are mixed in with all the other peoples, and they live in every province.
וְדָתֵיהֶ֞ם שֹׁנ֣וֹת מִכָּל־עָ֗ם וְאֶת־דָּתֵ֤י הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ אֵינָ֣ם עֹשִׂ֔ים
and,laws,their different from=all people and=DOM laws the=king not,they obey
Haman is saying that the Jews have their own set of laws, and he is accusing them of not obeying the king’s laws as a result.
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
דָּתֵ֤י הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙
laws the=king
Haman speaks to the king in the third person as a sign of respect. You could have him say, “your laws.” Or you could indicate this respect another way by having Haman begin by saying, “Your Majesty.”
וְלַמֶּ֥לֶךְ אֵין־שֹׁוֶ֖ה לְהַנִּיחָֽם
and,for_the,king's not appropriate to,tolerate,them
Haman is saying, “It is not good for you to allow them to live in your empire.” This can also be stated without the negative. Alternate translation: “the king should remove them” or “you should remove them”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
וְלַמֶּ֥לֶךְ
and,for_the,king's
Haman speaks to the king in the third person as a sign of respect. You could express the same meaning in the second person by saying, “not good for you.”
3:8 who keep themselves separate: Jews intermarried within tight-knit communities and resisted integration into the larger culture.
• Their laws are different: They had a unique set of laws (eating and religious customs) and were to be separate from the sinful customs of the people around them (Lev 14:42-45; 15:31; 19:2, 26-37).
• they refuse to obey the laws of the king: This accusation, which is false in general, probably refers to Mordecai’s refusal to bow to Haman.
• So it is not in the king’s interest to let them live: Haman played on the king’s fears and interests as Memucan had done in Esth 1:16. Intolerance toward any particular group of people ran against the general Persian tendency to be respectful of other people’s cultural and religious differences.
OET (OET-LV) and_he/it_said Haman to/for_the_king ʼₐḩashvērōshz there_is_he a_people one scattered and_separated among the_peoples in/on/at/with_all the_provinces kingdom_your and_laws_their [are]_differing from_all people and_DOM the_laws the_king not_they [are]_doing and_for_the_king’s not [is]_appropriate to_tolerate_them.
OET (OET-RV) Then Haman went to King Ahasuerus and said, “Your Majesty, there is a certain group of people who live among the other peoples in every province of your empire. They have their own set of laws, so they don’t obey your laws. It’s not good for you to allow them to continue to live in your empire.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.