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BSB ¶ So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”
OEB No OEB EZRA book available
WEB Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”
WMB (Same as above)
NET We inquired of those elders, asking them, ‘Who gave you the authority to rebuild this temple and to complete this structure?’
LSV Then we have asked of these elders, thus we have said to them, Who has made for you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?
FBV We questioned the leaders, asking them, ‘Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and finish it?’
T4T “We asked the Jewish leaders, ‘Who has permitted you to rebuild this temple and put furnishings in it?’
LEB Then we asked those elders and said this to them, ‘Who issued forth to you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?’
BBE Then we said to the men responsible, who gave you authority for the building of this house and these walls?
Moff No Moff EZRA book available
JPS Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus: Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?
ASV Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?
DRA And we asked those ancients, and said to them thus: Who hath given you authority to build this house, and to repair these walls?
YLT Then we have asked of these elders, thus we have said to them, Who hath made for you a decree this house to build, and this wall to finish?
Drby Then asked we those elders: thus we said to them, Who gave you orders to build this house and to complete this wall?
RV Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?
Wbstr Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to erect these walls?
KJB-1769 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
KJB-1611 Then asked we those Elders, and said vnto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make vp these walles?
(Then asked we those Elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walles?)
Bshps Then asked we the elders, and saide vnto them as it foloweth: Who commaunded you to builde this house, and to make vp the walles thereof?
(Then asked we the elders, and said unto them as it followeth/follows: Who commanded you to builde this house, and to make up the walles thereof?)
Gnva Then asked we those Elders, and sayd vnto them thus, Who hath giuen you commandement to buylde this house, and to lay the foundation of these walles?
(Then asked we those Elders, and said unto them thus, Who hath/has given you commandment to buylde this house, and to lay the foundation of these walles?)
Cvdl Neuertheles we axed the Elders and sayde vnto them: Who hath comaunded you to buylde this house, and to make vp the walles therof?
(Nevertheless we asked the Elders and said unto them: Who hath/has commanded you to buylde this house, and to make up the walles therof?)
Wyc Therfor we axiden tho elde men, and thus we seiden to hem, Who yaf to you power to bilde this hows, and to restore these wallis?
(Therefore we asked those elde men, and thus we said to them, Who gave to you power to bilde this hows, and to restore these wallis?)
Luth Wir aber haben die Ältesten gefragt und zu ihnen gesagt also: Wer hat euch befohlen, dies Haus zu bauen und seine Mauern zu machen?
(We but have the elders gefragt and to to_them said also: Who has you befohlen, this/these Haus to bauen and his Mauern to machen?)
ClVg Interrogavimus ergo senes illos, et ita diximus eis: Quis dedit vobis potestatem ut domum hanc ædificaretis, et muros hos instauraretis?
(Interrogavimus therefore senes illos, and ita diximus eis: Who he_gave to_you potestatem as home hanc ædificaretis, and muros hos instauraretis?)
BrTr Then we asked those elders, and thus we said to them, Who gave you the order to build this house, and to provide this preparation?
BrLXX Τότε ἠρωτήσαμεν τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους ἐκείνους, καὶ οὕτως εἴπαμεν αὐτοῖς, τίς ἔθηκεν ὑμῖν γνώμην τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον οἰκοδομῆσαι, καὶ τὴν χορηγίαν ταύτην καταρτίσασθαι;
(Tote aʸrōtaʸsamen tous presbuterous ekeinous, kai houtōs eipamen autois, tis ethaʸken humin gnōmaʸn ton oikon touton oikodomaʸsai, kai taʸn ⱪoraʸgian tautaʸn katartisasthai;)
UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks
מַן־שָׂ֨ם לְכֹ֜ם טְעֵ֗ם בַּיְתָ֤א דְנָה֙ לְמִבְנְיָ֔ה וְאֻשַּׁרְנָ֥א דְנָ֖ה לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה
who gave to,you_all decree temple,the this(ms) to,rebuild and,structure,the this(ms) to,finish
This is a quotation within a quotation. That is, the book is quoting from the letter that Tattenai and his associates sent to King Darius, and within that letter, they are quoting what they asked the Jewish elders. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this by setting off these words within secondary quotation marks or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation within a quotation.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
מַן־שָׂ֨ם לְכֹ֜ם טְעֵ֗ם בַּיְתָ֤א דְנָה֙ לְמִבְנְיָ֔ה וְאֻשַּׁרְנָ֥א דְנָ֖ה לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה
who gave to,you_all decree temple,the this(ms) to,rebuild and,structure,the this(ms) to,finish
See how you translated this question in 5:3. The phrases build this house and complete this structure refer to the same action, not different actions. The officials say essentially the same thing twice for emphasis. If that would be confusing for your readers, you could say it once and provide emphasis in a different way. Alternate translation: “Who said that you could build a large temple such as this”
