OET interlinear EZRA 5:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

לָהֵ֗ן

therefore/except

The word However indicates that there will be a contrast between the sentence that it introduces and the previous one. This sentence expresses the opposite of what someone would hope and expect to happen after a great king built a temple for God, so you could begin the sentence with a word such as “unfortunately” to indicate this contrast.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מִן־דִּ֨י הַרְגִּ֤זוּ אֲבָהֳתַ֨⁠נָא֙ לֶ⁠אֱלָ֣הּ שְׁמַיָּ֔⁠א

from/more_than that/who angered fathers,our to=god the=heavens

Here, fathers means ancestors. Alternate translation: “because our ancestors angered the God who rules in heaven”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יְהַ֣ב הִמּ֔וֹ בְּ⁠יַ֛ד נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר

gave them in/on/at/with,hand Nəⱱūkadneʦʦar

Here, hand represents power and control. Alternate translation: “God allowed Nebuchadnezzar to conquer them”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

יְהַ֣ב הִמּ֔וֹ בְּ⁠יַ֛ד נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר

gave them in/on/at/with,hand Nəⱱūkadneʦʦar

Nebuchadnezzar alone did not conquer the kingdom of Judah. Rather, the elders are describing his armies by reference to something associated with them, the emperor who commanded them. Alternate translation: “God allowed them to be conquered by the armies of Nebuchadnezzar”

Note 5 topic: translate-names

נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל

Nəⱱūkadneʦʦar king Babel

Nebuchadnezzar is the name of a man, and Babylon is the name of the empire that he ruled.

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / distinguish

כַּסְדָּאָ֑ה

(Some words not found in UHB: therefore/except from/more_than that/who angered fathers,our to=god the=heavens gave them in/on/at/with,hand Nəⱱūkadneʦʦar king Babel chaldean,the and,temple,the this(ms) destroyed,him and,people,the deported to,Babylon )

Here the elders provide some further background information about who Nebuchadnezzar was. Even though he was the ruler of the Babylonian Empire, he was not from the Babylonian people group himself, but rather from the Chaldean people group. Alternate translation: “who was from the Chaldean people group”

Note 7 topic: translate-names

כַּסְדָּאָ֑ה

(Some words not found in UHB: therefore/except from/more_than that/who angered fathers,our to=god the=heavens gave them in/on/at/with,hand Nəⱱūkadneʦʦar king Babel chaldean,the and,temple,the this(ms) destroyed,him and,people,the deported to,Babylon )

Chaldean is the name of a people group.

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠בַיְתָ֤⁠ה דְנָה֙ סַתְרֵ֔⁠הּ

and,temple,the this(ms) destroyed,him

As in 5:11, house seems to be an abbreviated way of saying “house of God” or “temple.” Alternate translation: “and Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the original temple”