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OET (OET-LV) Remember to/for_them god_of_my on the_defilement(s)_of the_priesthood and_covenant_of the_priesthood and_the_Lēviyyiy.
OET (OET-RV) My God, remember them for bringing shame to the priesthood and dishonouring the vows made by the priests and the Levites.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / aside
זָכְרָ֥ה לָהֶ֖ם אֱלֹהָ֑י עַ֚ל גָּאֳלֵ֣י הַכְּהֻנָּ֔ה וּבְרִ֥ית הַכְּהֻנָּ֖ה וְהַלְוִיִּֽם
remember, to/for=them God_of,my on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in defiled_of the,priesthood and,covenant_of the,priesthood and,the,Levites
As in 13:22, Nehemiah stops addressing the audience of his story and speaks directly to God. You could indicate this by putting this verse in quotation marks. Review the note at 4:4 about asides like this if that would be helpful.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
זָכְרָ֥ה לָהֶ֖ם
remember, to/for=them
Them likely means this son of Joiada, who had married a foreign woman, and Joiada himself, who had arranged with Sanballat for his son to marry Sanballat’s daughter. As often in this book, remember means to think about someone and consider what action you should take in their regard. Nehemiah is not suggesting that God has forgotten about Joiada and his son. Alternate translation: “treat Joiada and his son the way they deserve for what they have done”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
עַ֚ל גָּאֳלֵ֣י הַכְּהֻנָּ֔ה וּבְרִ֥ית הַכְּהֻנָּ֖ה וְהַלְוִיִּֽם
on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in defiled_of the,priesthood and,covenant_of the,priesthood and,the,Levites
Nehemiah speaks here of Joiada and his son causing the priesthood to be dishonored and breaking the covenant as if these actions had made the priesthood and God’s covenant with the Israelites ceremonially unclean. Alternate translation: “they have dishonored the priesthood and broken the covenant you made with the priests and Levites”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וּבְרִ֥ית הַכְּהֻנָּ֖ה וְהַלְוִיִּֽם
and,covenant_of the,priesthood and,the,Levites
This means the covenant that established the descendants of Aaron as priests and the Levites as their helpers, in other words, the covenant that God made with Israel through Moses. Alternate translation: “the covenant you made with the Israelites”
13:29 Remember them, O my God: Many would probably resent Nehemiah’s aggressive attack on intermarriage in the family of the high priest. So he prayed for God’s judgment to fall on these spiritual leaders who defiled the priesthood.
OET (OET-LV) Remember to/for_them god_of_my on the_defilement(s)_of the_priesthood and_covenant_of the_priesthood and_the_Lēviyyiy.
OET (OET-RV) My God, remember them for bringing shame to the priesthood and dishonouring the vows made by the priests and the Levites.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.