The Hebrew, Latin, and Greek that is translated as “vineyard” in English is translated in Noongar as boodjer-djildjiyang, lit. “land for fruit.” (Source: Portions of the Holy Bible in the Nyunga language of Australia, 2018).
Translation commentary on Jeremiah 35:9 - 35:10
Not to build houses: See verses 2, 7.
To have no vineyard or field can mean to not possess vineyards or fields, but probably also means not working or farming them. Seed could mean either not to plant crops or, as in Good News Translation, to have no grain. Either is acceptable.
We … have obeyed …: See verse 8.
Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on Jeremiah. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2003. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .
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