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LSB Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and the Levites arose, that is of everyone whose spirit God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem.
WEBBE Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin, the priests and the Levites, all whose spirit God had stirred to go up, rose up to build the LORD’s house which is in Jerusalem.
WMBB (Same as above)
MSG (5-6)The heads of the families of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone, in fact, God prodded—set out to build The Temple of God in Jerusalem. Their neighbors rallied behind them enthusiastically with silver, gold, tools, pack animals, expensive gifts, and, over and above these, Freewill-Offerings.
NET Then the leaders of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and the Levites – all those whose mind God had stirred – got ready to go up in order to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem.
LSV And heads of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin rise, and the priests and the Levites, even everyone whose spirit God has awoken, to go up to build the house of YHWH, that [is] in Jerusalem;
FBV Then God encouraged the family leaders of Judah and Benjamin, as well as the priests and Levites to go and rebuild the Lord's Temple in Jerusalem.
T4T Then God motivated some of the priests and ◄Levites/men who did work in the temple► and some of the leaders of the tribes that were descended from Judah and Benjamin to return to Jerusalem. Those whom God motivated got ready to return to Jerusalem and build the temple for Yahweh there.
LEB So the heads of the families[fn] for Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites—to all whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and build the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem.
NAB Then the heads of ancestral houses of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and Levites—everyone, that is, whose spirit had been stirred up by God—prepared to go up to build the house of the
d LORD
d* in Jerusalem.
BBE Then the heads of families of Judah and Benjamin, with the priests and the Levites, got ready, even all those whose spirits were moved by God to go up and take in hand the building of the Lord's house in Jerusalem.
Moff No Moff EZRA book available
JPS Then rose up the heads of fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
ASV Then rose up the heads of fathers’ houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem.
DRA Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Juda and Benjamin, and the priests, and Levites, and every one whose spirit God had raised up, to go up to build the temple of the Lord, which was in Jerusalem.
YLT And heads of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin rise, and the priests and the Levites, even every one whose spirit God hath waked, to go up to build the house of Jehovah, that [is] in Jerusalem;
Drby And the chief fathers of Judah and Benjamin rose up, and the priests, and the Levites, even all those whose spirit [fn]God had stirred, to go up to build the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem.
RV Then rose up the heads of fathers’ houses of Judah and Benjamin, told the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
Wbstr Then arose the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
KJB-1769 ¶ Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
(¶ Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Yudah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Yerusalem. )
KJB-1611 ¶ Then rose vp the chiefe of the fathers of Iudah and Beniamin, and the Priests, and the Leuites, with all them whose spirit God had raised to goe vp, to build the house of the LORD which is in Ierusalem.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)
Bshps Then gat vp the principall fathers of Iuda and Beniamin, and the priestes and Leuites, and all they whose spirite God had raysed to go vp and to builde the house of the Lorde which is at Hierusalem.
(Then gat up the principall fathers of Yudah and Benyamin, and the priests and Levites, and all they whose spirit God had raised to go up and to build the house of the Lord which is at Yerusalem.)
Gnva Then the chiefe fathers of Iudah and Beniamin, and the Priests and Leuites rose vp, with al them whose spirit God had raysed to goe vp, to builde the house of the Lord which is in Ierusalem.
(Then the chief fathers of Yudah and Benyamin, and the Priests and Levites rose up, with all them whose spirit God had raised to go up, to build the house of the Lord which is in Yerusalem. )
Cvdl Then gat vp the pryncipall fathers of Iuda and Ben Iamin, and the prestes and Leuites, and all they whose sprete God had raysed to go vp, and to buylde the house of the LORDE at Ierusale.
(Then gat up the pryncipall fathers of Yudah and Ben Yamin, and the priests and Levites, and all they whose spirit God had raised to go up, and to build the house of the LORD at Yerusalem.)
Wycl And the princis of fadris of Juda and of Beniamyn risiden, and the preestis, and dekenes, and ech man whos spirit God reiside, for to stie to bilde the temple of the Lord, that was in Jerusalem.
(And the princes of fathers of Yudah and of Benyamin risiden, and the priests, and deacons, and each man whos spirit God reiside, for to stie to build the temple of the Lord, that was in Yerusalem.)
Luth Da machten sich auf die obersten Väter aus Juda und Benjamin und die Priester und Leviten, alle, deren Geist GOtt erweckte, hinaufzuziehen und zu bauen das Haus des HErr’s zu Jerusalem.
(So make itself/yourself/themselves on the obersten fathers out_of Yuda and Benyamin and the priest(s) and Leviten, all, deren spirit God erweckte, hinaufzuziehen and to bauen the house the LORD’s to Yerusalem.)
ClVg Et surrexerunt principes patrum de Juda et Benjamin, et sacerdotes, et Levitæ, et omnis cujus Deus suscitavit spiritum, ut ascenderent ad ædificandum templum Domini, quod erat in Jerusalem.[fn]
(And surrexerunt principes patrum about Yuda and Benyamin, and priests, and Levitæ, and everyone cuyus God suscitavit spiritum, as ascenderent to ædificandum templum Master, that was in Yerusalem. )
UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
וַיָּק֜וּמוּ
and,prepared
The word then indicates that the sentence it introduces explains the results of what the previous verses have described. Alternate translation: “In response to this decree … prepared”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וַיָּק֜וּמוּ
and,prepared
In this context, the term arose means that these leaders took action to get an enterprise under way. It does not indicate that these leaders had been sitting or lying down and that they stood up. Alternate translation: “Then … started making preparations”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
רָאשֵׁ֣י הָאָב֗וֹת
heads the,families
This is an abbreviated way of saying the heads of the father’s houses. Alternate translation: “the clan leaders”
רָאשֵׁ֣י הָאָב֗וֹת
heads the,families
Among the Israelites, the expression “father’s house” or “house of the father” originally described an extended-family group. It later came to be used more generally to refer to a larger clan within a tribe. In this expression, the word “house” (which does not appear in the abbreviated version here) describes all the people descended from a particular person. The term views all of those descendants as if they were one household living together. Alternate translation: “the clan leaders”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
רָאשֵׁ֣י
heads
Here, heads is a figurative way of saying leaders. Alternate translation: “leaders”
Note 5 topic: translate-names
לִֽיהוּדָה֙ וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן
of,Judah and,Benjamin
These are the names of two of the tribes of Israel. Alternate translation: “of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
לְכֹ֨ל הֵעִ֤יר הָאֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־רוּח֔וֹ
to=all/each/any/every stirred the=ʼElohīm DOM his/its=breath/wind/spirit
Here the book again speaks of God causing people to act by saying that he stirred up their spirits the way winds might stir up calm waters and get them to move around. The meaning is that God directly influenced the hearts and wills of these clan leaders to get them to do something. Alternate translation: “all those whom God had led to act”
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
לַעֲל֣וֹת
to,go_up
As in 1:3, the book says go up because the Jews would have to travel from a river valley up into the mountains in order to return from their places of exile to Jerusalem. Alternate translation: “to return to Jerusalem”
