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OEB Therefore my God put it into my mind to gather together the nobles and the rulers and the people.
WEBBE My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be listed by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found this written in it:
WMBB (Same as above)
NET My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record:
LSV and my God puts it to my heart, and I gather the nobles, and the prefects, and the people, for the genealogy, and I find a scroll of the genealogy of those coming up at the beginning, and I find written in it:
FBV My God encouraged me to have everyone—the nobles, the officials, and the people—all come to be registered according to their family genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had returned first. This what I discovered written there.
T4T To defend the city, we needed more people there. Then God gave me the idea to summon the leaders and officials and other people, and to look in the books in which were written the names of all the people and their clans. So I found the records of the people who had first returned from Babylonia. This is what I found written in those records:
LEB Then my God put into my heart to assemble the nobles, the prefects, and the people to be enrolled. I found the book of the genealogy of those who first came back, and I found this written upon it:
BBE And my God put it into my heart to get together the rulers and the chiefs and the people so that they might be listed by families. And I came across a record of the names of those who came up at the first, and in it I saw these words:
Moff No Moff NEH book available
JPS And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of them that came up at the first, and I found written therein:
ASV And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of them that came up at the first, and I found written therein:
DRA But God had put in my heart, and I assembled the princes and magistrates, and common people, to number them: and I found a book of the number of them who came up at first, and therein it was found written:
YLT and my God putteth it unto my heart, and I gather the freeman, and the prefects, and the people, for the genealogy, and I find a book of the genealogy of those coming up at the beginning, and I find written in it: —
Drby And my [fn]God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, for registration by genealogy. And I found a genealogical register of those that had come up at the first, and I found written in it:
RV And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and I found written therein:
Wbstr And my God put into my heart to assemble the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them who came up at the first, and found written in it,
KJB-1769 ¶ And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,
KJB-1611 ¶ And my God put into mine heart, to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, & the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogie. And I found a register of the genealogie of them which came vp at the first, and found written therein;
(¶ And my God put into mine heart, to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogie. And I found a register of the genealogie of them which came up at the first, and found written therein;)
Bshps And God gaue me in myne heart that I gathered together the principal men, and the officers, & the people, to number them: and I founde a register of the number of them which came vp before, and founde written therein,
(And God gave me in mine heart that I gathered together the principal men, and the officers, and the people, to number them: and I found a register of the number of them which came up before, and found written therein,)
Gnva And my God put into mine heart, and I gathered the princes, and the rulers, and the people, to count their genealogies: and I found a booke of the genealogie of them, which came vp at the first, and found written therein,
(And my God put into mine heart, and I gathered the princes, and the rulers, and the people, to count their genealogies: and I found a book of the genealogie of them, which came up at the first, and found written therein, )
Cvdl And my God gaue me in my hert, that I gatherd together the pryncipall men and ye people, to nombre them, and I founde a register of their nombre, which came vp afore out of the captiuyte
(And my God gave me in my heart, that I gatherd together the pryncipall men and ye/you_all people, to number them, and I found a register of their number, which came up afore out of the captiuyte)
Wyc Forsothe God yaf in myn herte, and Y gaderide togidere the principal men, and magistratis, and the comyn puple, for to noumbre hem; and Y foond the book of the noumbre of hem, that hadden stied first. And it was foundun writun ther ynne,
(Forsothe God gave in mine heart, and I gatherede together the principal men, and magistratis, and the common people, for to number hem; and I found the book of the number of them, that had stied first. And it was found written there ynne,)
Luth Und mein GOtt gab mir ins Herz, daß ich versammelte die Ratsherren und die Obersten und das Volk, sie zu rechnen. Und ich fand ein Register ihrer Rechnung,
(And my God gave to_me into_the heart, that I gatherede the Ratsherren and the Obersten and the people, they/she/them to rechnen. And I fand a Register of_their/her Rechnung,)
ClVg Deus autem dedit in corde meo, et congregavi optimates, et magistratus, et vulgus, ut recenserem eos: et inveni librum census eorum qui ascenderant primum, et inventum est scriptum in eo.
(God however he_gave in corde meo, and congregavi optimates, and magistratus, and vulgus, as recenserem them: and inveni librum census their who ascenderant primum, and inventum it_is scriptum in by_him. )
UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַיִּתֵּ֤ן אֱלֹהַי֙ אֶל־לִבִּ֔י
and=he/it_gave God,my to/towards heart,my
The implication is that registering the people was a first step toward filling Jerusalem with people again, a process that Nehemiah will describe in chapter 11. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say that explicitly. Alternate translation: “as a first step towards filling Jerusalem with people again, God led me”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וַיִּתֵּ֤ן אֱלֹהַי֙ אֶל־לִבִּ֔י
and=he/it_gave God,my to/towards heart,my
As in 2:12, Nehemiah’s heart represents his thoughts and will. Alternate translation: “God inspired me” or “led me”
Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
וָאֶקְבְּצָ֞ה
and,assemble,
This word indicates that what Nehemiah did was in response to the situation just described. Alternate translation: “so I gathered together”
Note 4 topic: translate-unknown
אֶת־הַחֹרִ֧ים וְאֶת־הַסְּגָנִ֛ים
DOM the,nobles and=DOM the,officials
See how you translated these terms in 2:16. Alternate translation: “the leading citizens and the city officials”
וְאֶת־הָעָ֖ם
and=DOM and=DOM the,people
In context, this likely means “the other people living in the city.”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
לְהִתְיַחֵ֑שׂ
to,enrolled_by_genealogy
If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this with an active form. Alternate translation: “and to register them by genealogies”
לְהִתְיַחֵ֑שׂ
to,enrolled_by_genealogy
Alternate translation: “to be enrolled according to their family histories”
Note 6 topic: translate-unknown
וָֽאֶמְצָ֗א סֵ֤פֶר הַיַּ֨חַשׂ֙ הָעוֹלִ֣ים בָּרִאשׁוֹנָ֔ה
and,found writing the,genealogy the,came_back in/on/at/with,first
This means a list of the first group of Jews who had returned from exile, about a hundred years earlier. Alternate translation: “I also found a book containing the records of the first group of people who had returned to Jerusalem from the exile.”
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
וָאֶמְצָ֖א כָּת֥וּב בּֽוֹ
and,found written in/on/over=him/it
You can say this with an active form, and you can say who did the action. Alternate translation: “I found that those people had written the following in it”
