OET interlinear EZRA 1:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / distinguish

יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י הַ⁠שָּׁמָ֑יִם

YHWH god_of (Some words not found in UHB: thus he/it_had_said Kōresh/(Cyrus/Kōresh/(Coresh/Cyrus)) king Pāraş all kingdoms_of the=earth/land he/it_gave to=me YHWH god_of the=heavens and=he appointed (on),me to,build to=him/it house in,Jerusalem which/who [is]_in,Judah )

Here Cyrus provides some background information to inform his subjects who Yahweh is. Alternate translation: [Yahweh, the God who is above all] or [Yahweh, the God who rules in heaven]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

כֹּ֚ל מַמְלְכ֣וֹת הָ⁠אָ֔רֶץ

(Some words not found in UHB: thus he/it_had_said Kōresh/(Cyrus/Kōresh/(Coresh/Cyrus)) king Pāraş all kingdoms_of the=earth/land he/it_gave to=me YHWH god_of the=heavens and=he appointed (on),me to,build to=him/it house in,Jerusalem which/who [is]_in,Judah )

All is an exaggeration for emphasis. There were still some kingdoms on earth that Cyrus did not rule. However, he had conquered every other large empire in his part of the world that might have been a threat to him. Alternate translation: [to be unchallenged ruler over this entire land]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

נָ֣תַן לִ֔⁠י

he/it_gave to=me

This is an idiom. Alternate translation: [has made me the king over]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לִ⁠בְנֽוֹת־ל֣⁠וֹ בַ֔יִת

to,build to=him/it house

Cyrus is not going to do the building personally. Rather, he means that he is giving the Jews, the people who worship Yahweh, permission and support to rebuild his temple, which the Babylonians had destroyed. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could say that explicitly. Alternate translation: [to make it possible for the Jews, the people who worship him, to rebuild his temple]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בַ֔יִת

house

Here, house means a temple. Cyrus speaks of this temple as if it would be a house in which God lived, since God’s presence would be there. Alternate translation: [a temple]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / distinguish

בִּ⁠ירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּֽ⁠יהוּדָֽה

(Some words not found in UHB: thus he/it_had_said Kōresh/(Cyrus/Kōresh/(Coresh/Cyrus)) king Pāraş all kingdoms_of the=earth/land he/it_gave to=me YHWH god_of the=heavens and=he appointed (on),me to,build to=him/it house in,Jerusalem which/who [is]_in,Judah )

Here, Cyrus provides some background information about the city where he wants the Jews to rebuild the temple of Yahweh, since many of the recipients of his message might not have known where Jerusalem was. Alternate translation: [in Jerusalem, the capital city of the province of Judah]

Note 7 topic: translate-names

בִּ⁠ירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּֽ⁠יהוּדָֽה

(Some words not found in UHB: thus he/it_had_said Kōresh/(Cyrus/Kōresh/(Coresh/Cyrus)) king Pāraş all kingdoms_of the=earth/land he/it_gave to=me YHWH god_of the=heavens and=he appointed (on),me to,build to=him/it house in,Jerusalem which/who [is]_in,Judah )

Jerusalem is the name of a city, and Judah is the name of the province in which it was located. These names occur many times in the book, and it will be helpful to your readers if you translate them consistently each time.