OET interlinear NEH 13:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-sequential

וָ⁠אָרִ֨יבָ⁠ה֙

and,I,contended

In this context, the conjunction And indicates that this event took place after the event the story has just described. If it would be helpful in your language, you could show this relationship by using a phrase such as “and after that”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וָ⁠אָרִ֨יבָ⁠ה֙ אֶת־הַ⁠סְּגָנִ֔ים

and,I,contended DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and,I,contended DOM the,officials and,I,said why abandoned house_of the=ʼElohīm and,I,assembled_them and,I,made_them_stand on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in place_of,their )

As in 5:7, contended is a technical term that describes a public accusation that requires the defendants to answer for themselves in the presence of their fellow citizens. Alternate translation: [Then I called the city officials to account publicly for what they had allowed]

הַ⁠סְּגָנִ֔ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I,contended DOM the,officials and,I,said why abandoned house_of the=ʼElohīm and,I,assembled_them and,I,made_them_stand on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in place_of,their )

See how you translated this term in 2:16. Alternate translation: [the city officials]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וָ⁠אֹ֣מְרָ֔⁠ה

and,I,said

The implication in context is that what Nehemiah said was an accusation. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that indicates this. Alternate translation: [I demanded to know]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מַדּ֖וּעַ נֶעֱזַ֣ב בֵּית־הָ⁠אֱלֹהִ֑ים

why abandoned (Some words not found in UHB: and,I,contended DOM the,officials and,I,said why abandoned house_of the=ʼElohīm and,I,assembled_them and,I,made_them_stand on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in place_of,their )

Nehemiah uses the question form to challenge or even ridicule the officials who have failed in the basic responsibility of making sure that worship continues in the temple. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: [Because of you, the temple has been abandoned]

וָֽ⁠אֶ֨קְבְּצֵ֔⁠ם וָֽ⁠אַעֲמִדֵ֖⁠ם עַל־עָמְדָֽ⁠ם

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I,contended DOM the,officials and,I,said why abandoned house_of the=ʼElohīm and,I,assembled_them and,I,made_them_stand on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in place_of,their )

Here, them refers not to the city officials but to the Levites and singers who had gone back to their farms. Alternate translation: [I brought the Levites and the singers back to the temple and I had them start doing their work again]

Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-time-sequential

וָֽ⁠אֶ֨קְבְּצֵ֔⁠ם

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I,contended DOM the,officials and,I,said why abandoned house_of the=ʼElohīm and,I,assembled_them and,I,made_them_stand on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in place_of,their )

In this context, the conjunction And indicates that this event took place after the event the story has just described. If it would be helpful in your language, you could show this relationship by using a word such as “then”