Ezra 3

1At nang dumating ang ikapitong buwan, at ang mga anak ni Israel ay nangasa mga bayan, ang bayan ay nagpipisan na parang isang tao sa Jerusalem. 2Nang magkagayo'y tumayo si Jesua na anak ni Josadec, at ang kaniyang mga kapatid na mga saserdote, at si Zorobabel na anak ni Sealthiel, at ang kaniyang mga kapatid, at itinayo ang dambana ng Dios ng Israel, upang paghandugan ng mga handog na susunugin, gaya ng nasusulat sa kautusan ni Moises, na lalake ng Dios. 3At ipinatong nila ang dambana sa tungtungan niya; sapagka't ang takot ay sumakanila dahil sa mga bayan ng mga lupain: at kanilang pinaghandugan ng mga handog na susunugin sa Panginoon, sa makatuwid baga'y ng mga handog na susunugin sa umaga't hapon. 4At kanilang ipinagdiwang ang kapistahan ng mga balag, gaya ng nasusulat, at naghandog ng mga handog na susunugin sa araw-araw ayon sa bilang, ayon sa ayos, gaya ng katungkulang kinakailangan sa bawa't araw; 5At pagkatapos ng palaging handog na susunugin, at ng mga handog sa mga bagong buwan, at ng lahat na takdang kapistahan sa Panginoon na mga itinalaga, at ng lahat na naghandog na kusa ng kusang handog sa Panginoon. 6Mula sa unang araw ng ikapitong buwan, nangagpasimula sila na nangaghandog ng mga handog na susunugin sa Panginoon: nguni't ang tatagang-baon ng templo ng Panginoon ay hindi pa nalalagay. 7Sila'y nangagbigay rin naman ng salapi sa mga kantero, at sa mga anluwagi; at pagkain, at inumin, at langis, sa kanila na mga taga Sidon, at sa kanila na mga taga Tiro, upang mangagdala ng mga kahoy na sedro na mula sa Libano na paraanin sa dagat, hanggang sa Joppa ayon sa pahintulot na nangagkaroon sila kay Ciro na hari sa Persia. 8Nang ikalawang taon nga ng kanilang pagparoon sa bahay ng Dios sa Jerusalem, sa ikalawang buwan, nangagpasimula si Zorobabel na anak ni Sealthiel, at si Jesua na anak ni Josadec, at ang nalabi sa kanilang mga kapatid na mga saserdote at mga Levita, at silang lahat na nagsipanggaling sa Jerusalem na mula sa pagkabihag; at inihalal ang mga Levita, mula sa dalawang pung taong gulang na patanda upang magsipamahala sa gawain sa bahay ng Panginoon. 9Nakatayo nga si Jesua na kasama ng kaniyang mga anak, at ng kaniyang mga kapatid, si Cadmiel at ang kaniyang mga anak, ang mga anak ni Juda, na magkakasama, upang magsipamahala sa mga manggagawa sa bahay ng Dios: ang mga anak ni Henadad, na kasama ng kanilang mga anak at ng kanilang mga kapatid na mga Levita. 10At nang ilagay ng mga manggagawa ang tatagang-baon ng templo ng Panginoon, kanilang inilagay ang mga saserdote na bihis, na may mga pakakak, at ang mga Levita na mga anak ni Asaph na may mga simbalo, upang magsipuri sa Panginoon, ayon sa alituntunin ni David na hari sa Israel. 11At sila'y nagawitang isa't isa sa pagpuri at pagpapasalamat sa Panginoon, na nangagsasabi: Sapagka't siya'y mabuti, sapagka't ang kaniyang kaawaan ay magpakailan man sa Israel. At ang buong bayan ay humiyaw ng malakas, nang sila'y magsipuri sa Panginoon, sapagka't ang tatagang-baon ng bahay ng Panginoon ay nalagay. 12Nguni't marami sa mga saserdote, at mga Levita, at mga pangulo ng mga sangbahayan ng mga magulang, mga matanda na nangakakita ng unang bahay, ng ang tatagang-baon ng bahay na ito ay malagay sa harap ng kanilang mga mata, ay nagsiiyak ng malakas; at marami ay nagsihiyaw ng malakas dahil sa kagalakan: 13Na anopa't hindi makilala ng bayan ang kaibhan ng ingay ng hiyaw ng kagalakan sa ingay ng iyak ng bayan; sapagka't ang bayan ay humiyaw ng malakas na hiyaw, at ang ingay ay narinig sa malayo.

1When the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. 2Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak stood up with his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brothers, and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. 3In spite of their fear because of the peoples of the surrounding lands, they set the altar on its base; and they offered burnt offerings on it to Yahweh, even burnt offerings morning and evening. 4They kept the feast of tents, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required; 5and afterward the continual burnt offering, the offerings of the new moons, of all the set feasts of Yahweh that were consecrated, and of everyone who willingly offered a freewill offering to Yahweh. 6From the first day of the seventh month, they began to offer burnt offerings to Yahweh; but the foundation of Yahweh’s temple was not yet laid. 7They also gave money to the masons, and to the carpenters. They also gave food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus King of Persia. 8Now in the second year of their coming to God’s house at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of Yahweh’s house. 9Then Jeshua stood with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to have the oversight of the workmen in God’s house: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brothers the Levites. 10When the builders laid the foundation of Yahweh’s temple, they set the priests in their clothing with trumpets, with the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise Yahweh, according to the directions of David king of Israel. 11They sang to one another in praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, “For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel.” All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Yahweh, because the foundation of Yahweh’s house had been laid. 12But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, the old men who had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice. Many also shouted aloud for joy, 13so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people; for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard far away.

1Toen nu de zevende maand aankwam, en de kinderen Israels in de steden waren, verzamelde zich het volk, als een enig man, te Jeruzalem. 2En Jesua, de zoon van Jozadak, maakte zich op, en zijn broederen, de priesters en Zerubbabel, de zoon van Sealthiel, en zijn broederen, en zij bouwden het altaar des Gods van Israel, om daarop brandofferen te offeren, gelijk geschreven is in de wet van Mozes, den man Gods. 3En zij vestigden het altaar op zijn stelling, maar met verschrikking, die over hen was, vanwege de volken der landen; en zij offerden daarop brandofferen den HEERE, brandofferen des morgens en des avonds. 4En zij hielden het feest der loofhutten, gelijk geschreven is; en zij offerden brandofferen dag bij dag in getal, naar het recht, van elk dagelijks op zijn dag. 5Daarna ook het gedurig brandoffer, en van de nieuwe maanden, en van alle gezette hoogtijden des HEEREN, die geheiligd waren; ook van een ieder, die een vrijwillige offerande den HEERE vrijwilliglijk offerde. 6Van den eersten dag af der zevende maand begonnen zij den HEERE brandofferen te offeren; doch de grond van den tempel des HEEREN was niet gelegd. 7Zo gaven zij geld aan de houwers en werkmeesters, ook spijs en drank, en olie, aan de Sidoniers en aan de Tyriers, om cederenhout van den Libanon te brengen aan de zee naar Jafo, naar de vergunning van Kores, koning van Perzie, aan hen. 8In het tweede jaar nu hunner aankomst ten huize Gods te Jeruzalem, in de tweede maand, begonnen Zerubbabel, de zoon van Sealthiel, en Jesua, de zoon van Jozadak, en de overige hunner broederen, de priesters en de Levieten, en allen, die uit de gevangenis te Jeruzalem gekomen waren; en zij stelden de Levieten, van twintig jaren oud en daarboven, om opzicht te nemen over het werk van des HEEREN huis. 9Toen stond Jesua, zijn zonen en zijn broederen, en Kadmiel met zijn zonen, kinderen van Juda, als een man, om opzicht te hebben over degenen, die het werk deden aan het huis Gods, met de zonen van Henadad, hun zonen en hun broederen, de Levieten. 10Als nu de bouwlieden den grond van des HEEREN tempel legden, zo stelden zij de priesteren, aangekleed zijnde, met trompetten, en de Levieten, Asafs zonen, met cimbalen, om den HEERE te loven, naar de instelling van David, den koning van Israel. 11En zij zongen bij beurten, met den HEERE te loven en te danken, dat Hij goedig is, dat Zijn weldadigheid tot in eeuwigheid is over Israel. En al het volk juichte met groot gejuich, als men den HEERE loofde over de grondlegging van het huis des HEEREN. 12Maar velen van de priesteren, en de Levieten, en hoofden der vaderen, die oud waren, die het eerste huis gezien hadden, dit huis in zijn grondlegging voor hun ogen zijnde, weenden met luider stem; maar velen verhieven de stem met gejuich en met vreugde. 13Zodat het volk niet onderkende de stem van het gejuich der vreugde, van de stem des geweens van het volk; want het volk juichte met groot gejuich, dat de stem tot van verre gehoord werd.