unfoldingWord_en_tn/ezr/04/04.md

# the people of the land

"the people who were living in the land at that time," which could include non-Jews and Jews whose families the Babylonians had not taken into exile

# made the Judeans' hands weak

This speaks of the people of the land discouraging the Judeans as if they made their hands physically weak. AT: "discouraged the Judeans" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# Judeans

people who returned from Babylon and settled in the land of Judah

# to frustrate their plans

"to make it so the Judeans could not build the temple as they had planned"

# wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem

The abstract nouns "accusation" can be translated as a verb "accuse." You may need to make explicit what the enemies accused the Judeans of doing. AT: "wrote a letter in which they accused those who lived in Judah and Jerusalem of disobeying the king" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peoplegroup]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/counselor]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/cyrus]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/darius]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ahasuerus]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/judah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jerusalem]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# the people of the land`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"the people who were living in the land at that time," which could include non-Jews and Jews whose families the Babylonians had not taken into exile`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# made the Judeans' hands weak`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This speaks of the people of the land discouraging the Judeans as if they made their hands physically weak. AT: "discouraged the Judeans" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Judeans`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`people who returned from Babylon and settled in the land of Judah`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# to frustrate their plans`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"to make it so the Judeans could not build the temple as they had planned"`

			`# wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem`

added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`The abstract nouns "accusation" can be translated as a verb "accuse." You may need to make explicit what the enemies accused the Judeans of doing. AT: "wrote a letter in which they accused those who lived in Judah and Jerusalem of disobeying the king" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peoplegroup]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/counselor]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/cyrus]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/darius]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ahasuerus]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/judah]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jerusalem]]`