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OET (OET-LV) Also from_day when someone_appointed DOM_me to_be governor_their in_land of_Yəhūdāh/(Judah) from_year twenty and_unto year thirty and_two of_ʼArtaḩshashtāʼ the_king years two_plus ten I and_brothers_my the_food the_governor not I_ate.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
גַּ֞ם
also/yet
As explained in the note to 3:1, in this book, Nehemiah is recording everything that he did to help the people of Judah. He hopes and prays that God will bless him for what he did. He has just described how he rescued the poor from foreclosures and interest. Now he is going to describe something further that he did to help them. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: “Here is something else I did to help the people”
מִיּ֣וֹם ׀ אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֣ה אֹתִ֗י לִהְי֣וֹת פֶּחָם֮ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָה֒ מִשְּׁנַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֗ים & לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּא הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
from,day which/who appointed DOM=me to=be governor,their in=land Yehuda from,year twentieth & of,Artaxerxes the=king
This is background information that helps explain what Nehemiah will say next. Alternate translation: “Artaxerxes, the king of Persia, had appointed me to be the governor of the province of Judah during the twentieth year of his reign”
מִיּ֣וֹם & וְ֠עַד שְׁנַ֨ת שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּשְׁתַּ֨יִם֙ לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּא הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
from,day & and=unto year_of thirty and,two of,Artaxerxes the=king
Alternate translation: “During the twelve years from that time until the thirty-second year of his reign”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
מִיּ֣וֹם
from,day
This is an idiom that means “from the time.” Alternate translation: “from that time”
Note 3 topic: translate-ordinal
מִשְּׁנַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֗ים וְ֠עַד שְׁנַ֨ת שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּשְׁתַּ֨יִם֙
from,year twentieth and=unto year_of thirty and,two
Alternate translation: “from the 20th year until the 32nd year of the reign of Artaxerxes as king” or “from year 20 until year 32 in the reign of Artaxerxes as king”
Note 4 topic: translate-numbers
שָׁנִ֖ים שְׁתֵּ֣ים עֶשְׂרֵ֑ה
years two/dual teen
Alternate translation: “12 years” or “during those 12 years”
אֲנִ֣י וְאַחַ֔י לֶ֥חֶם הַפֶּ֖חָה לֹ֥א אָכַֽלְתִּי
I and,brothers,my food/grain/bread the,governor not ate
As Nehemiah explains in the next verse, he recognized that the people were poor and could not afford to provide very much for the expenses of the governor. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could say that explicitly here. Alternate translation: “Because I knew that the people were poor and could not afford to pay for it, I did not accept the governor’s food allowance, and I did not use it to feed my relatives”
אֲנִ֣י & לֹ֥א אָכַֽלְתִּי
I & not ate
Alternate translation: “I did not accept”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
לֶ֥חֶם הַפֶּ֖חָה
food/grain/bread the,governor
Nehemiah is using bread to refer to the entire food allowance that he was entitled to as the governor of Judah. He is describing all the food by the name of one part of it, the bread. Alternate translation: “the food that the people provided for the governor” or “the governor’s food allowance”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וְאַחַ֔י
and,brothers,my
As in 4:23, brother here likely refers to Nehemiah’s actual brother Hanani and the other close relatives who were with him. Alternate translation: “and I did not use it to feed my relatives”
5:14 This is the first mention of Nehemiah’s status as governor, a position not mentioned when the king first sent Nehemiah to Jerusalem.
• Persia’s government officials usually drew an official food allowance from the local population, but Nehemiah and his associates instead purchased food out of their regular pay.
OET (OET-LV) Also from_day when someone_appointed DOM_me to_be governor_their in_land of_Yəhūdāh/(Judah) from_year twenty and_unto year thirty and_two of_ʼArtaḩshashtāʼ the_king years two_plus ten I and_brothers_my the_food the_governor not I_ate.
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.