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# In the thirtieth year
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This is the thirtieth year of Ezekiel's life. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
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# the fourth month, and the fifth day of the month
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"the fifth day of the fourth month." This is the fourth month of the Hebrew calendar. The fifth day is around the end of June on Western calendars. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
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# it came about that
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This phrase is used here to mark an important event in the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.
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# I was living among the captives
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The word "I" refers to Ezekiel. "I was one of the captives"
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# I saw visions of God
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"God showed me unusual things"
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# it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin
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Throughout the book, Ezekiel will date his prophecies based on when the Babylonians forced Jehoiachin to leave Jerusalem.
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# to Ezekiel ... upon him there
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Ezekiel speaks of himself as if he were another person. AT: "to me, Ezekiel ... upon me there" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pronouns]])
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# the word of Yahweh came to Ezekiel
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The idiom "the word of Yahweh came to" is used to introduce a special message from God. AT: "Yahweh gave a message to Ezekiel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# Buzi
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the name of a man (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# the Kebar Canal
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This is a river that people in Chaldea had dug to give water to their gardens. "the Kebar River"
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# the hand of Yahweh was upon him
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The word "hand" is often used to refer to someone's power or action. A person with his hand on another person has power over that other person. AT: "Yahweh was controlling him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# Yahweh
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This is the name of God that he revealed to his people in the Old Testament. See the translationWord page about Yahweh concerning how to translate this.
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimeyear]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimeday]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/vision]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/exile]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jehoiachin]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/wordofgod]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/power]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ezekiel]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/priest]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/chaldeans]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hand]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]] |