OET interlinear EZRA 4:10

uW Translation Notes:

וּ⁠שְׁאָ֣ר אֻמַּיָּ֗⁠א דִּ֤י הַגְלִי֙ אָסְנַפַּר֙ רַבָּ֣⁠א וְ⁠יַקִּירָ֔⁠א וְ⁠הוֹתֵ֣ב הִמּ֔וֹ בְּ⁠קִרְיָ֖ה דִּ֣י שָׁמְרָ֑יִן וּ⁠שְׁאָ֥ר עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֖⁠ה

and,rest_of nations,the that/who deported ʼĀşənappar great,the and,noble,the and,settled them in/on/at/with,cities that/who Shomrōn and,rest_of province_beyond river,the

This could mean one of two things. (1) It could be referring to two different sets of people groups: (a) the rest of the nations, which would be some further groups that, like the four listed in 4:9, Ashurbanipal exiled to the region of Samaria, and (b) the rest of Beyond-the-River, which would be all the other groups that were then living in the province of Beyond-the-River, however they came to live there. This is the reading of ULT. or (2) It could be referring to one set of people groups made up of all the other groups that, like the four listed in 4:9, Ashurbanipal moved to this area and resettled in the cities of Samaria and in other parts of the province. This is the reading of UST. Either way, the officials writing this letter feel that they can speak on behalf of those other groups in addition to the groups that they belong to personally.

Note 1 topic: translate-names

אָסְנַפַּר֙

ʼĀşənappar

Ashurbanipal is the name of a man. His name in Aramaic was Osnappar. He was king of Assyria from 668 to 627 B.C.

Note 2 topic: translate-names

עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֖⁠ה

province_beyond river,the

Beyond-the-River is the name of the province of the Persian Empire that contained the lands of Israel and Judah. It occurs many times throughout the book, and it will be helpful to your readers if you translate it consistently each time.

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

וּ⁠כְעֶֽנֶת

and,now

The phrase translated And now is an Aramaic expression that was used in the letters of this time to introduce the main business of the letter. In 4:11, 4:17, and 7:12, it comes at the beginning of a letter, right after opening conventions such as the names of the sender and recipient and greetings. In 5:17, it comes near the end of a letter to introduce a request that the writers finally make in light of extensive background information that they provide up to that point. But here it introduces the letter itself after a long preamble that lists the names of the senders and the groups on whose behalf they feel they can speak. If your language has a comparable expression that it uses for this same purpose, you can use that in your translation. If your language would not put such an expression here, then you could leave it out.