OET interlinear EZRA 4:24

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בֵּ⁠אדַ֗יִן בְּטֵלַת֙ עֲבִידַ֣ת בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֔⁠א דִּ֖י בִּ⁠ירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם

in=then stopped work_of house_of the=god that/who in/on/at/with,Jerusalem

The book now returns to the point in the story where it left off at the end of 4:5. (If it would be helpful, review the note to 4:6. That note explains how the book tells of later events in 4:6–23 to show that the Jews were wise not to trust the Samaritans when they offered to help rebuild the temple during the reign of Cyrus, since they demonstrated by their repeated future opposition that they really were the enemies of the Jews.) It might be useful to include a heading before this verse to alert the reader that there is a change of timeframe at this point, such as, “Building the Temple in the Time of Darius.” Also, if it would be helpful to your readers, you could say something explicitly here that would show how the book is returning to the time of Cyrus and his immediate successors. Alternate translation: “This is how the enemies of the Jews tried, under later kings, to stop them from rebuilding Jerusalem. They attempted the same thing under King Cyrus and his successors and they were able to stop the work on the temple for a time”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וַ⁠הֲוָת֙ בָּֽטְלָ֔א

and,was discontinued

If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this with an active form, and you could say who did the action. Alternate translation: “and the Jews did not start rebuilding again”

Note 3 topic: translate-names

דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ

Dārəyāvesh

Darius is the name of a man. See how you translated it in 4:5.