Ezra 3
1 By the time of the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people gathered together as one in Jerusalem.
Kad je došao sedmi mjesec - sinovi su Izraelovi bili već u svojim gradovima - sabrao se sav narod kao jedan čovjek u Jeruzalemu.
2 Then Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and the priests with him, together with Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and his relatives, started to build the altar of the God of Israel in order to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as instructed by the Law of Moses, the man of God.
Tada Ješua, sin Josadakov, sa svojom braćom svećenicima, i Zerubabel, sin Šealtielov, sa svojom braćom, počeše graditi žrtvenik Bogu Izraelovu da bi prinosili paljenice, kako je pisano u Zakonu Mojsija, čovjeka Božjeg.
3 Even though they were afraid of the local people, they set up the altar on its original foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both morning and evening burnt offerings.
I podigoše žrtvenik na starome mjestu - iako su bili u strahu od naroda u zemlji - i prinosili su paljenice Jahvi, paljenice jutarnje i večernje;
4 They observed the Festival of Shelters as the Law required, sacrificing the specified number of burnt offerings each day.
i slavili su Blagdan sjenica, kako je pisano: prinosili su svakodnevno broj paljenica propisan za svaki dan.
5 After that also presented the daily burnt offerings and the new moon offerings, as well as those for all the yearly festivals of the lord and for those who brought voluntary offerings to the Lord.
Osim toga prinosili su svakidašnje paljenice, zatim žrtve određene za mlađak i za sve blagdane Jahvine i za sve one koji su htjeli dragovoljno žrtvovati Jahvi.
6 So from the first day of the seventh month, the Israelites began to present burnt offerings to the Lord, even though the foundation of the Lord's Temple had not been laid.
Od prvoga dana u sedmom mjesecu počeli su prinositi Jahvi žrtve paljenice, premda još nisu bili položeni temelji svetišta Jahvina.
7 They paid masons and carpenters, and provided food and drink and olive oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre for them to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as King Cyrus of Persia had authorized.
I dadoše novac kamenarima i drvodjelcima; Sidoncima i Tircima poslaše hranu i piće i ulje da dovezu drva cedrova s Libanona do Jafe po dopuštenju perzijskoga kralja Kira.
8 In the second month of the second year after arriving at God's Temple in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and those with them—the priests, the Levites, and everyone who had come back to Jerusalem from captivity—began the work. They put Levites twenty years and older to in charge of building the Lord's Temple.
A druge godine poslije njihova dolaska k Domu Božjemu u Jeruzalemu, drugoga mjeseca kako su Zerubabel, sin Šealtielov, i Ješua, sin Josadakov, s ostalom svojom braćom svećenicima, levitima i sa svim narodom koji se iz ropstva vratio u Jeruzalem počeli graditi, postavili su levite od dvadeset godina naviše da upravljaju poslovima oko Doma Jahvina.
9 Jeshua and his sons and relatives, Kadmiel and his sons, the descendants of Yehudah, the sons of Henadad and their sons and relatives, all of them Levites, supervised those working on God's Temple.
Ješua, njegovi sinovi i braća njegova Kadmiel, Binuj i Hodavja bijahu postavljeni da kao jedan upravljaju poslenicima na gradnji Doma Božjega.
10 When the builders laid the foundation of the Lord's Temple, the priests dressed in their special clothes and carrying trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) carrying cymbals, all took their places to praise the Lord, following the instructions given by King David of Israel.
Kad su zidari bili postavili temelje Svetišta Jahvina, postavili su se svećenici u svečanim odjećama, s trubama, a tako i leviti, sinovi Asafovi, s cimbalima da slave Jahvu prema odredbama Davida, kralja Izraelova.
11 They sang with praise and thanks to the Lord: “God is good; for his trustworthy love for Israel lasts forever.” Then everyone there gave a tremendous shout of praise to the Lord, because the foundation of the Lord's Temple had been laid.
I pjevahu Jahvi hvalu i slavu: “Jer je dobar, jer je vječna njegova ljubav prema Izraelu.” I sav je narod klicao hvaleći Jahvu, jer je Dom Jahvin bio postavljen na svoje temelje.
12 But many of the older priests, Levites, and family leaders who remembered the first Temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this Temple, though many others shouted for joy.
Zaista, mnogi svećenici, mnogi leviti i glavari obiteljski i starješine, koji su svojim očima vidjeli temelje prijašnjega Hrama, plakahu iza glasa, a mnogi opet snažno klicahu od radosti.
13 However, nobody could tell the shouts of joy from the cries of weeping, because everyone was making so much noise—so much so it could be heard a long way away.
I tako nitko nije mogao razlikovati radosno klicanje od plača u narodu; jer je narod glasno klicao i vika se čula vrlo daleko.
