PDF Ezra 5

ezr/04/19.md

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-# a command was given by me
+# a decree was issued by me
 
-This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "I gave a command" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
+This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "I issued a decree" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
 
 # that city has risen up against kings
 

ezr/05/05.md

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 The eye represents the person watching over another person. Alternate translation: "God was watching over" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
 
-# for a letter to be sent to the king and for a decree to be returned to them
+# for a letter to be sent to Darius and for a decree to be returned to them
 
-This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "for an official to send a letter to the king and for the king to send a letter back to them with a decree" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
+This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "for an official to send a letter to the king and for the king to send back to them a letter stating a decree" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
 

ezr/05/09.md

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-# Who gave you a decree
+# Who issued you a decree
 
-"Who gave you permission"
+"Who gave you official permission"
 

ezr/05/10.md

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-# General Information:
+# to make them known to you
+
+This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "so that we could tell you who they are" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
+
+# the names ... head are written down
+
+This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "we wrote down the names ... head" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
 
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ezr/05/17.md

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 This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "I would like you to have someone investigate this matter" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
 
-# if a judgment from King Cyrus exists there
+# if a decree from King Cyrus was issued
 
-"if there is a record there that King Cyrus issued a law"
+This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "if King Cyrus issued a decree" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
 

ezr/06/01.md

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-# ordered an investigation
-
-The abstract noun "investigation" can be expressed with the verbs "investigate" or "search." Alternate translation: "ordered his officials to investigate" or "ordered his officials to search" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
-
-# ordered an investigation
-
-What they were to investigate can be stated clearly. Alternate translation: "ordered his officials to investigate the records" or "ordered his officials to search and find out if there was a record of King Cyrus telling the Jews to build the house of God in Jerusalem" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
-
 # house of archives
 
 This is a building where the king's officials kept the important government records.

ezr/06/12.md

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 The abstract noun "decree" can be expressed with the phrase "what I have decreed." Alternate translation: "to change what I have decreed" or "to say that I have decreed something else" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
 
+# I, Darius, hereby issue this decree
+
+The phrase "hereby issue" means that Darius, by speaking, is issuing the decree. Your language may have a different way to show that the speaker is claiming to make something happen, not simply explaining what he is doing.

ezr/07/13.md

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-# I am ordering that anyone ... who desires to go to Jerusalem
+# I hereby issue a decree that anyone ... who desires to go to Jerusalem
 
 In those days people needed permission from the king to resettle and rebuild in an area previously destroyed by the conquering nation.
 
+# I hereby issue a decree
+
+The phrase "hereby issue" means that Darius, by speaking, is issuing the decree. Your language may have a different way to show that the speaker is claiming to make something happen, not simply explaining what he is doing. See how these words are translated in [Ezra 6:12](../06/12.md).
+
 # may go with you
 
 The word "you" refers to Ezra.

ezr/07/16.md

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-# what is freely offered by the people and the priests
+# General Information:
 
-This can be expressed active form. Alternate translation: "what the people and the priests have freely offered" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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ezr/07/21.md

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 This continues the decree that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra.
 
+# I ... hereby issue a decree
+
+The phrase "hereby issue" means that Darius, by speaking, is issuing the decree. Your language may have a different way to show that the speaker is claiming to make something happen, not simply explaining what he is doing. See how these words are translated in [Ezra 6:12](../06/12.md).
+
 # the Province Beyond the River
 
 This is the name of the province that was west of the Euphrates River. It was across the river from the city of Susa. See how you translated it in [Ezra 4:10](../04/10.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])