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OET (OET-LV) And_in/on/at/with_came_it to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the_king he_said with the_writing let_it_return plot_his the_evil which he_had_planned on the_Jews on his/its_head and_hanged DOM_him/it and_DOM sons_his on the_tree.
OET (OET-RV) But instead they would remember how Queen Esther stood in front of the king, and how he had said in the letter, “Let his evil plot that he plotted concerning the Jews return on his head, and let them execute him and his sons on the pole.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וּבְבֹאָהּ֮ לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּלֶךְ֒
and,in/on/at/with,came,it to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the=king
In this summary, many details are communicated implicitly. She means Esther. Also, this verse continues the account of what this celebration is commemorating. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make these things explicit. Alternate translation: “the celebration also commemorated how Esther dared to come into the king’s presence without being summoned, and she won his favor”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּלֶךְ֒
to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the=king
Here, face is a metonym meaning the presence of a person. This phrase means that Esther came into the king’s presence. Alternate translation: “into the king’s presence” or “before the king”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
אָמַ֣ר עִם־הַסֵּ֔פֶר
he/it_had_said with the,writing
Once again, there is much information that is implicit here. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make it explicit. Alternate translation: “the king gave Mordecai the authority to send a letter throughout the empire saying that the Jews could defend themselves against their enemies”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
יָשׁ֞וּב מַחֲשַׁבְתּ֧וֹ הָרָעָ֛ה אֲשֶׁר־חָשַׁ֥ב עַל־הַיְּהוּדִ֖ים עַל־רֹאשׁ֑וֹ
return plot,his the,evil which/who devised on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,Jews on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in his/its=head
His, he, and him in this sentence refer to Haman. Return on his head is an idiom that means that what a person was planning to do to someone else happened to that person instead. Use an idiom with that meaning in your language. Alternate translation: “the wicked plan that Haman developed against the Jews will be done to him”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
וְתָל֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ וְאֶת־בָּנָ֖יו עַל־הָעֵֽץ
and,hanged DOM=him/it and=DOM sons,his on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the=tree
The letter itself did not say this. The story is summarizing the events in compressed form. It is speaking of the letter as if it were a person who could take action and give commands like this, but it was the king who gave the command. Alternate translation: “the king also ordered his servants to hang [or impale] Haman on a wooden pole [or hang Haman on a gallows]. When the Jews in Susa killed his ten sons, the king had their bodies hanged [or impaled] as well”
Note 6 topic: translate-unknown
הָעֵֽץ
the=tree
See how you translated this in 2:23. Review the note there if that would be helpful.
9:23-26 These verses summarize the events leading to the Festival of Purim.
OET (OET-LV) And_in/on/at/with_came_it to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the_king he_said with the_writing let_it_return plot_his the_evil which he_had_planned on the_Jews on his/its_head and_hanged DOM_him/it and_DOM sons_his on the_tree.
OET (OET-RV) But instead they would remember how Queen Esther stood in front of the king, and how he had said in the letter, “Let his evil plot that he plotted concerning the Jews return on his head, and let them execute him and his sons on the pole.”
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.