3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ezra 4:3:1 ⧉וַיֹּאמֶר֩vayomerand he said Ezra 4:3:2 ⧉לָהֶ֨םlahemto them Ezra 4:3:3 ⧉זְרֻבָּבֶ֜לzerubavelZerubbabel Ezra 4:3:4 ⧉וְיֵשׁ֗וּעַveyeshuaand Jeshua Ezra 4:3:5 ⧉וּשְׁאָ֨רushearand the remainder of Ezra 4:3:6 ⧉רָאשֵׁ֤יrasheheads of Ezra 4:3:7 ⧉הָֽאָבוֹת֙haavotthe fathers Ezra 4:3:8 ⧉לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לleyisraelof Israel Ezra 4:3:9 ⧉לֹֽא־לָכֶ֣םlolakhemnot to you Ezra 4:3:10 ⧉וָלָ֔נוּvalanuand to us Ezra 4:3:11 ⧉לִבְנ֥וֹתlivnotto build Ezra 4:3:12 ⧉בַּ֖יִתbayita house Ezra 4:3:13 ⧉לֵאלֹהֵ֑ינוּleelohenufor our God Ezra 4:3:14 ⧉כִּי֩kifor Ezra 4:3:15 ⧉אֲנַ֨חְנוּanakhnuwe Ezra 4:3:16 ⧉יַ֜חַדyakhadtogether Ezra 4:3:17 ⧉נִבְנֶ֗הnivnewe will build Ezra 4:3:18 ⧉לַֽיהוָה֙layahwehto the LORD Ezra 4:3:19 ⧉אֱלֹהֵ֣יeloheGod of Ezra 4:3:20 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyisraelIsrael Ezra 4:3:21 ⧉כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רkaasheras Ezra 4:3:22 ⧉צִוָּ֔נוּtsivanuhe commanded us Ezra 4:3:23 ⧉הַמֶּ֖לֶךְhammelekhthe king Ezra 4:3:24 ⧉כּ֥וֹרֶשׁkoreshCyrus Ezra 4:3:25 ⧉מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרָֽס׃melekhparasking of Persia |
3. Formal Translation But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the remaining heads of the ancestral houses of Israel said to them, “You have no share with us in building a house for our God; instead, we ourselves will build it for the LORD {Yahweh, Covenant Restorer}, the God of Israel, just as Cyrus, king of Persia, commanded us.” |
3. Dynamic Translation Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the leaders of Israel responded, “You are not partners with us in building a house for our God. We will build it ourselves for the LORD {Yahweh, Covenant Protector}, the God of Israel, exactly as Cyrus, king of Persia, ordered us.” |