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interlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOB JOS JDG RUTH 1SA 2SA PSA AMOS HOS 1KI 2KI 1CH 2CH PRO ECC SNG JOEL MIC ISA ZEP HAB JER LAM YNA NAH OBA DAN EZE EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL YHN MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC GAL 1TH 2TH 1COR 2COR ROM COL PHM EPH PHP 1TIM TIT 1PET 2PET 2TIM HEB YUD 1YHN 2YHN 3YHN REV
Neh C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13
Neh 9 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32 V33 V34 V35 V36 V38
OET (OET-LV) And_yield_of_its [is]_increasing to_the_kings whom you_have_appointed over_us in/on/at/with_sins_of_our and_over bodies_of_our [they_are]_ruling and_in/on/at/with_livestock_of_our as_please_of_they and_in/on/at/with_distress great we.
OET (OET-RV) Now its plentiful produce belongs to the kings who you’ve placed over us due to our sins, and who rule over our bodies and over our livestock just however they want to, so we’re terribly distressed.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
וּתְבוּאָתָ֣הּ מַרְבָּ֗ה
and,yield_of,its abundant
Produce (pró-duce) is an abstract noun that refers to the crops that grow in the land. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate the idea behind it with a verb such as “produce” (pro-dúce). Alternate translation: “all that this land produces”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
לַמְּלָכִ֛ים אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥תָּה עָלֵ֖ינוּ בְּחַטֹּאותֵ֑ינוּ
to_the,kings which/who you(ms)_put over,us in/on/at/with,sins_of,our
The implication is that foreign kings now rule over the Israelites because Yahweh is punishing the Israelites for disobeying him. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: “the kings who now rule over us because you are punishing us for disobeying you”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
לַמְּלָכִ֛ים אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥תָּה עָלֵ֖ינוּ & וְעַ֣ל גְּ֠וִיֹּתֵינוּ מֹשְׁלִ֤ים וּבִבְהֶמְתֵּ֨נוּ֙
to_the,kings which/who you(ms)_put over,us & and,over bodies_of,our rule and,in/on/at/with,livestock_of,our
These two phrases mean similar things. In each phrase, the Levites are describing how foreign kings now rule over the Israelites. The second phrase intensifies the first by specifying that the Israelites serve these kings as slaves, and that the Israelites do not even own the animals they work with. You do not need to repeat both phrases in your translation if that might be confusing for your readers. Alternate translation: “You have allowed foreign kings to rule over us as slaves who own nothing”
כִּרְצוֹנָ֔ם
as,please_of,they
Alternate translation: “as they see fit”
9:5-37 This long prayer confesses the nation’s sins and praises God for his compassion throughout history (cp. Pss 105–106; 135–136). It prompted listeners to confess their own unfaithfulness and to call on God to be compassionate and forgive their sins.
OET (OET-LV) And_yield_of_its [is]_increasing to_the_kings whom you_have_appointed over_us in/on/at/with_sins_of_our and_over bodies_of_our [they_are]_ruling and_in/on/at/with_livestock_of_our as_please_of_they and_in/on/at/with_distress great we.
OET (OET-RV) Now its plentiful produce belongs to the kings who you’ve placed over us due to our sins, and who rule over our bodies and over our livestock just however they want to, so we’re terribly distressed.
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.