OET interlinear EZRA 5:13

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

בְּרַם֙

only/nevertheless/but

Here, the word But indicates that the sentence it introduces draws a contrast between the way Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the temple and the way Cyrus commanded it to be rebuilt. Use a natural way in your language to indicate this contrast.

Note 2 topic: translate-ordinal

בִּ⁠שְׁנַ֣ת חֲדָ֔ה לְ⁠כ֥וֹרֶשׁ

in=year one to/for=Kōresh/(Coresh/Cyrus)

The original text uses a cardinal number here, one, but there is not a significant difference in meaning between that and the way it uses an ordinal number, “first,” in similar contexts elsewhere. If your language customarily uses ordinals for the numbers of years, you can do that here in your translation. Alternate translation: [in the first year of Cyrus]

Note 3 topic: translate-names

לְ⁠כ֥וֹרֶשׁ

to/for=Kōresh/(Coresh/Cyrus)

Cyrus is the name of a man. See how you translated it in [1:1](../01/01.md).

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מַלְכָּ֖⁠א דִּ֣י בָבֶ֑ל

Oh/the=king that/who Bāⱱel

Cyrus was the king of the Persian Empire, but since under his leadership the Persians had conquered the Babylonians, he also had the right to use the title king of Babylon. The implication may be that as the heir and successor to the throne of Babylon, Cyrus had the same power over the temple as Nebuchadnezzar, and so he could order it to be rebuilt. Alternate translation: [who conquered Babylon.]