OET interlinear EZRA 9:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וְ֠⁠עַתָּה

and=now

In this verse, Ezra continues quoting the prophets. The phrase So now introduces the results of what the previous sentence described. Use a connector in your language that can introduce a resulting action. Alternate translation: [Therefore] or [As a result]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

בְּֽנוֹתֵי⁠כֶ֞ם אַל־תִּתְּנ֣וּ לִ⁠בְנֵי⁠הֶ֗ם

daughters_of,your(pl) not give to,their_of,sons

This expression specifically refers to giving daughters in marriage. Alternate translation: [do not arrange marriages between your daughters and their sons]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וּ⁠בְנֹֽתֵי⁠הֶם֙ אַל־תִּשְׂא֣וּ לִ⁠בְנֵי⁠כֶ֔ם

and,their_of,daughters not take for,your(pl)_of,sons

As in [9:2](../09/02.md), to lift their daughters for your sons is an idiom that means “to get wives for your sons from among their daughters.” Alternate translation: [and do not get wives for your sons from their daughters]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠לֹֽא־תִדְרְשׁ֧וּ שְׁלֹמָ֛⁠ם וְ⁠טוֹבָתָ֖⁠ם עַד־עוֹלָ֑ם

and=not seek peace_of,their and,their_of,good until forever

Until eternity is a Hebrew expression that means for as long as anyone can anticipate into the future. Alternate translation: [and never do anything that contributes to their welfare or prosperity]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

וְ⁠לֹֽא־תִדְרְשׁ֧וּ שְׁלֹמָ֛⁠ם וְ⁠טוֹבָתָ֖⁠ם

and=not seek peace_of,their and,their_of,good

The terms peace and good mean similar things. The prophets use them together to emphasize the importance of this commandment. If it would be helpful in your language, you could combine these terms into a single expression, as in the UST.

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

לְמַ֣עַן תֶּחֶזְק֗וּ וַ⁠אֲכַלְתֶּם֙ אֶת־ט֣וּב הָ⁠אָ֔רֶץ

so_that strong and,you(pl)_will_eat DOM good_things_of the=earth/land

These two phrases mean similar things. The prophets say essentially the same thing twice, to emphasize the blessings that the Israelites would enjoy if they obeyed these commandments. If repeating both phrases might be confusing for your readers, you could combine them. Alternate translation: [so that you will become a prosperous nation in that place] However, there is a slight difference in meaning, and you could also choose to bring that out in your translation. The second phrase says more specifically how the nation would become strong, as the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [so that you will become a strong nation by growing and enjoying abundant harvests]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

לְמַ֣עַן תֶּחֶזְק֗וּ

so_that strong

The forms of you and your in this verse are plural, referring to all the Jewish people. Therefore you may be strong does not refer to a person’s physical strength or health, but rather to the strength of the Jewish nation. Alternate translation: [so that your nation will be strong]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠הוֹרַשְׁתֶּ֥ם לִ⁠בְנֵי⁠כֶ֖ם עַד־עוֹלָֽם

and,you(pl)_will_cause_to_inherit_[it] (to),your(pl)_of,sons until everlasting

As earlier in the sentence, until eternity means “for as long as anyone can anticipate into the future.” Alternate translation: [so that your descendants will always be able to live there]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לִ⁠בְנֵי⁠כֶ֔ם

for,your(pl)_of,sons

Here, sons means “descendants.” Alternate translation: [your descendants]

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

עַד־עוֹלָ֑ם

until forever

After this phrase Ezra ends his quotation of what Yahweh commanded through the prophets. If you decided in [9:11](../09/11.md) to mark their words as a secondary quotation, you should indicate that ending here with a closing secondary quotation mark or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate the end of a quotation within a quotation.