Ezra 3
1 And now the seventh month had arrived, and the sons of Israel were in their cities. Then, the people were gathered together, like one man, in Jerusalem.
Tendo, pois, chegado o mês sétimo, e já estando os filhos de Israel nas cidades, o povo se ajuntou como um só homem em Jerusalém.
2 And Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, rose up with his brothers, the priests. And Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, rose up with his brothers. And they built the altar of the God of Israel, so that they might offer holocausts upon it, just as it was written in the law of Moses, the man of God.
E levantaram-se Jesua, filho de Jozadaque, e seus irmãos os sacerdotes, e Zorobabel filho de Sealtiel, e seus irmãos, e edificaram o altar do Deus de Israel, para oferecerem sobre ele ofertas de queima, como está escrito na Lei de Moisés, homem de Deus.
3 Now they set the altar of God upon its bases, while keeping the people of all the surrounding lands away from it. And they offered upon it a holocaust to the Lord, morning and evening.
E assentaram o altar sobre suas bases, porém com medo sobre si, por causa dos povos das terras; e ofereceram sobre ele ofertas de queima ao SENHOR, ofertas de queima à manhã e à tarde.
4 And they kept the solemnity of tabernacles, just as it was written, and the holocaust of each day in order, according to the precept, the work of each day in its time.
E celebraram a festa dos tabernáculos, como está escrito; fizeram ofertas de queima diariamente conforme a regra exigida a cada dia;
5 And after these, they offered the continual holocaust, as much on the new moons as on all the solemnities of the Lord that were consecrated, and on all those when a voluntary gift was offered to the Lord.
E depois disto, ofereceram o holocausto contínuo, assim como os as das luas novas, e todas as festas santificadas ao SENHOR, como também de qualquer um que dava oferta voluntária ao SENHOR.
6 From the first day of the seventh month, they began to offer holocausts to the Lord. But the temple of God had not yet been founded.
Desde o primeiro dia do mês sétimo começaram a oferecer holocaustos ao SENHOR; porém ainda não estavam postos os fundamentos do templo do SENHOR.
7 And so they gave money to those who cut and laid stones. Similarly, they gave food, and drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians, so that they would bring cedar wood, from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, in accord with what had been commanded of them by Cyrus, the king of the Persians.
Assim deram dinheiro aos pedreiros e carpinteiros; como também comida, bebida, e azeite aos sidônios e aos tírios, para que trazerem do Líbano madeira de cedro ao mar de Jope, conforme a autorização de Ciro, rei da Pérsia, acerca disto.
8 Then, in the second year of their advent to the temple of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and the remainder of their brothers, the priests, and the Levites, and all who had arrived from the captivity to Jerusalem, began, and they appointed Levites, from twenty years and over, to hasten the work of the Lord.
E no ano segundo de sua vinda à casa de Deus em Jerusalém, no mês segundo, começaram Zorobabel, filho de Sealtiel, Jesua, filho de Jozadaque, com os outros irmãos seus, os sacerdotes e os levitas, e todos os que haviam vindo do cativeiro a Jerusalém. E ordenaram aos levitas da idade de vinte anos acima, que cuidassem da casa do SENHOR.
9 And Jeshua and his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, and the sons of Judah, like one man, stood so that they might have charge over those who did the work in the temple of God: the sons of Henadad, and their sons, and their brothers, the Levites.
Então Jesua, seus filhos e seus irmãos, Cadmiel e seus filhos, filhos de Judá, se levantaram como um só homem para supervisionarem os que faziam a obra na casa de Deus; [com] os filhos de Henadade, seus filhos e seus irmãos, levitas.
10 And when the builders had founded the temple of the Lord, the priests stood in their adornment with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, stood with cymbals, so that they might praise God by the hand of David, the king of Israel.
E quando os construtores do templo do SENHOR puseram os fundamentos, então ordenaram aos sacerdotes, já com as vestimentas e com trombetas, e aos levitas filhos de Asafe com címbalos, para louvarem ao SENHOR, conforme a ordenança de Davi, rei de Israel.
11 And they sung together with hymns and confession to the Lord: “For he is good. For his mercy is over Israel unto eternity.” And likewise, all the people shouted with a great clamor in praise to the Lord, because the temple of the Lord had been founded.
E cantavam em revezamento, louvando e celebrando ao SENHOR: Porque ele é bom, porque sua bondade sobre Israel dura para sempre! E todo o povo gritava com grande júbilo, louvando ao SENHOR, por causa da fundação da casa do SENHOR.
12 And many of the priests and the Levites, and the leaders of the fathers and of the elders, who had seen the former temple, when now this temple was founded and was before their eyes, wept with a great voice. And many of them, shouting for joy, lifted up their voice.
Porém muitos dos sacerdotes e dos levitas e dos chefes de famílias, já velhos, que haviam visto a primeira casa, quando viram a fundação desta casa, choravam em alta voz, mas muitos outros davam grandes gritos de alegria;
13 Neither could anyone distinguish between the voice of clamor of joy, and a voice of weeping of the people. For the shouting of the people mixed into a great clamor, and the voice was heard from far away.
De maneira que o povo não conseguia distinguir as vozes de alegria das vozes de choro do povo; porque o povo gritava com tão grande júbilo, que se podia ouvir o som de muito longe.
