Ezra 3
1 And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel [were] in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to 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 stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as [it is] written in 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 And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear [was] upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, [even] burnt offerings morning and evening.
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 kept also the feast of tabernacles, as [it is] written, and [offered] the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required;
i slavili su Blagdan sjenica, kako je pisano: prinosili su svakodnevno broj paljenica propisan za svaki dan.
5 And afterward [offered] the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto 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 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not [yet] laid.
Od prvoga dana u sedmom mjesecu počeli su prinositi Jahvi žrtve paljenice, premda još nisu bili položeni temelji svetišta Jahvina.
7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
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 Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.
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 Then stood Jeshua [with] his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, [with] their sons and their brethren the Levites.
Ješua, njegovi sinovi i braća njegova Kadmiel, Binuj i Hodavja bijahu postavljeni da kao jedan upravljaju poslenicima na gradnji Doma Božjega.
10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king 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 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because [he is] good, for his mercy [endureth] for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was 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 priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, [who were] ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud 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 So 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 afar off.
I tako nitko nije mogao razlikovati radosno klicanje od plača u narodu; jer je narod glasno klicao i vika se čula vrlo daleko.
