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OET (OET-LV) In_month (the)_eighth in_year two of_Dārəyāvesh the_message_of it_came of_YHWH to Zəkaryāh the_son_of Berekyāh the_son_of ˊIddō the_prophet to_say.
OET (OET-RV) In the eighth month of the second year of the reign of Persian King Dareyavesh (Darius), Yahweh spoke through the prophet Zekaryah (Zechariah, son of Iddo’s son Berekyah) saying,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
הָיָ֣ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֗ה אֶל־זְכַרְיָה֙
it_became word_of YHWH to/towards Zəkar\sup_yāh
Zechariah is using the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah as a common expression of the culture to mean “Yahweh communicated a message to Zechariah.” If this phrase does not have that meaning for your readers, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Yahweh spoke his message to Zechariah] or [Yahweh gave his message to Zechariah]
Note 2 topic: writing-newevent
בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ֙ הַשְּׁמִינִ֔י בִּשְׁנַ֥ת שְׁתַּ֖יִם לְדָרְיָ֑וֶשׁ
in,month (the),eighth in=year two of,Darius
Zechariah is using the phrase In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius to introduce a new event in the story (in this case, the very beginning). Use a word, phrase, or other method in your language that is natural for introducing a new event.
OET (OET-LV) In_month (the)_eighth in_year two of_Dārəyāvesh the_message_of it_came of_YHWH to Zəkaryāh the_son_of Berekyāh the_son_of ˊIddō the_prophet to_say.
OET (OET-RV) In the eighth month of the second year of the reign of Persian King Dareyavesh (Darius), Yahweh spoke through the prophet Zekaryah (Zechariah, son of Iddo’s son Berekyah) saying,
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.