en_tn_condensed/ezr/08/31.md

# We went out from the Ahava Canal

"We left the Ahava Canal" or "We started traveling from the Ahava Canal"

# twelfth day of the first month

This is the first month of the Hebrew calendar. The twelfth day is near the end of March on Western calendars. 

# The hand of our God was on us

"God was helping us" 

# he protected us from the hand of the enemy and the ones ... road

"He kept the enemy from attacking us and he kept robbers from ambushing us along the road" 

# the ones who wished to ambush us

This refers to thieves and robbers who wanted to attack them for their treasures.