So the people went into the city, as I told them to do: The people went back home in the city of Babylon. The clause as I told them to do is left implied by Good News Bible and Contemporary English Version, which is acceptable. We recommend Good News Bible as a model for this verse.

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on 1-2 Esdras. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2019. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.