OET interlinear EST 6:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

בַּ⁠לַּ֣יְלָה הַ⁠ה֔וּא

in/on/at/with,night (the)=that

This introduces a new event in the story. Use a natural way of introducing a new event in your language.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

נָדְדָ֖ה שְׁנַ֣ת הַ⁠מֶּ֑לֶךְ

escaped year_of the=king

Here, sleep is spoken of as if it were a living thing that could flee away. Alternate translation: “the king could not sleep”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יֹּ֗אמֶר לְ⁠הָבִ֞יא

and=he/it_said to=bring

He means the king. The implication is that he told the young men who attended him to do this. Verses 3 and 5 indicate this. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: “so he commanded his servants to fetch”

סֵ֤פֶר הַ⁠זִּכְרֹנוֹת֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י הַ⁠יָּמִ֔ים

writing the,records events the=days

This is equivalent to the expression “the book of the events of days” in 2:23. See how you translated that expression. Alternate translation: “the royal chronicles” or “the records of what had happened during all the time that he had been king”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וַ⁠יִּהְי֥וּ נִקְרָאִ֖ים

and=they_were read

This means that the chronicles were read out loud. You can say this with an active form, and you can say who did the action. Alternate translation: “the young men got the chronicles and began to read them out loud”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִ⁠פְנֵ֥י הַ⁠מֶּֽלֶךְ

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the,king

Here, face represents the presence of a person. This phrase means that the book was being read in the king’s presence. Alternate translation: “to the king”