en_tn/est/09/02.md

1.1 KiB

provinces

A province is a large area into which some countries are divided for the purposes of government. See how you translated this in Esther 1:1.

to lay hands on those who tried to bring disaster on them

Laying hands on people is a metonym for fighting against them. AT: "to fight their enemies" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

who tried to bring disaster on them

To bring disaster on people is an idiom meaning to cause a disaster to happen to them. In this case it refers to destroying them. AT: "who tried to destroy them" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

No one could stand against them

Standing against people represents resisting their attack. AT: "No one could resist the attack of the Jews" or "No one could successfully fight against the Jews" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

the fear of them had fallen on all the peoples

Fear falling on people represents people becoming very afraid. AT: "all the peoples had become very afraid of the Jews" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)