Ezra 3
1 But, when the seventh month was come, and the sons of Israel were in cities, then did the people gather themselves together as one man, unto Jerusalem.
Na, i te takanga mai o te whitu o nga marama, a i nga pa nga tama a Iharaira, me te mea he tangata kotahi te iwi ki te huihui ki Hiruharama.
2 Then arose—Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his brethren, and built the altar of the God of Israel, —to offer thereon ascending-sacrifices, as it was written in the law of Moses, the man of God.
Katahi ka tu a Hehua tama a Iohereke ki runga, me ona teina, nga tohunga, me Herupapera tama a Haratiera, me ona teina, a hanga ana e ratou te aata a te Atua o Iharaira, hei whakaekenga mo nga tahunga tinana, kia rite ai ki te mea i tuhituhia ki te ture a Mohi, a ta te Atua tangata.
3 So they settled the altar upon its stands, for, dread, was upon them, because of the peoples of the countries, —therefore caused they to go up thereon, ascending-sacrifices unto Yahweh, ascending-sacrifices for the morning and for the evening.
Na whakaturia ana e ratou te aata ki tona turanga; i wehi hoki ratou i nga tangata o aua whenua: a whakaekea atu ana e ratou ki runga nga tahunga tinana ki a Ihowa, nga tahunga tinana o te ata, o te ahiahi.
4 And they kept the festival of booths, as it was written, —and the ascending-offering of each day upon its own day, by number, according to regulation, the matter of a day upon its day;
I mahia ano e ratou te hakari tihokahoka, tera i tuhituhia ra; i whakaekea ano nga tahunga tinana o tenei ra, o tenei ra, rite tonu te maha, rite tonu nga tikanga, ko nga mea mo tenei ra i tenei ra.
5 and, afterwards, the continual ascending-sacrifice, and, on the new moons, and on all the appointed seasons of Yahweh, the hallowed things, —also for every one that volunteered a voluntary offering unto Yahweh.
A muri iho ko nga tahunga tinana tuturu, ko o nga kowhititanga marama, ko o nga wa katoa i whakaritea e Ihowa, he mea whakatapu nana, me a te hunga katoa i tapae noa i te whakahere ki a Ihowa.
6 From the first day of the seventh month, began they to offer up ascending-sacrifices unto Yahweh, —but, the temple of Yahweh, had not had its foundation laid.
No te ra tuatahi o te whitu o nga marama i timata ai te whakaeke i nga tahunga tinana ki a Ihowa: otiia kahore ano te turanga mo te temepara o Ihowa kia takoto noa.
7 And they gave silver, unto the masons and carpenters, —and food and drink and oil, unto them of Zidon and unto them of Tyre, to bring in cedar-trees out of the Lebanon, unto the sea of Joppa, according to the grant of Cyrus king of Persia unto them.
Na i haotu e ratou he hiriwa ki nga kaimahi katoa, ki nga kamura; a me etahi mea hei kai; hei inu, me te hinu ma nga Haironi, ma nga Tairani, hei mea mo etahi rakau hita kia kawea mai i Repanona ki te moana, ki Hopa, kia rite ai ki te kupu homai a Hairuha kingi o Pahia ki a ratou.
8 Now, in the second year of their coming in unto the house of God, to Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak and the rest of their brethren—the priests and the Levites, and all that were come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, and stationed the Levites, of twenty years old and upwards, to preside over the work of the house of Yahweh.
Na i te rua o nga tau o to ratou taenga ki te whare o te Atua, ki Hiruharama, i te rua o nga marama, ka timata a Herupapera tama a Haratiera, me Hehua tama a Iohereke, me era atu o o ratou teina, o nga tohunga, o nga Riwaiti, me te hunga katoa i maunu mai i te whakarau ki Hiruharama; i whakaritea ano e raua nga Riwaiti, te hunga e rua tekau, maha atu ranei, o ratou tau, hei kaitirotiro i te mahinga o te whare o Ihowa.
9 So they took their station—even Jeshua, his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, sons of Judah, as one man to preside over the doer of the work in the house of God, the sons of Henadad, their sons and their brethren, the Levites.
Katahi ka tu a Hehua me ana tama, me ona teina, a Karamiere me ana tama, me nga tama hoki a Hura, ano he tangata kotahi, hei kaitirotiro i nga kaimahi o te whare o te Atua: ko nga tama a Henarara, ratou ko a ratou tama, ko o ratou teina, ko nga R iwaiti.
10 And, when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of Yahweh, then the priests, enrobed, took their stand with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to offer praise unto Yahweh, after the instructions of David king of Israel.
Na i te whakatakotoranga a nga kaimahi i te turanga o te temepara o Ihowa, ka whakaturia nga tohunga, kakahu rawa nga kakahu, he tetere ano kei a ratou, me nga Riwaiti, nga tama a Ahapa e mau himipora ana, hei whakamoemiti mo Ihowa, hei pera me ta Rawiri kingi o Iharaira i whakarite ai.
11 And, when they made responses in offering praise and in giving thanks unto Yahweh—For he is good, for, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness, upon Israel, then, all the people, shouted with a great shout, in offering praise unto Yahweh, over the laying of the foundation of the house of Yahweh.
Na ka waiata ratou tetahi ki tetahi, ka whakamoemiti, ka whakawhetai ki a Ihowa, me te mea, He pai hoki ia, a he mau tonu tana mahi tohu ki a Iharaira. Na hamama katoa ana te iwi, he nui te hamama; ka whakamomemiti ki a Ihowa, no te mea ka takot o te turanga o te whare o Ihowa.
12 But, many of the priests and the Levites and the ancestral chiefs, who were old men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, were weeping with a loud voice, —many, however, shouting and rejoicing, with voice raised on high;
Na he tokomaha o nga tohunga, o nga Riwaiti, o nga upoko o nga whare o nga matua, he koroheke, i kite i te whare tuatahi, no to ratou kitenga i te turanga mo tenei whare i to ratou aroaro, ka tangi, he nui te reo; a he tokomaha i hamama te reo i te koa:
13 so that the people could not distinguish the noise of the shout of joy, from the noise of the weeping of the people, —for, the people, did shout with a great shout, and, the noise, was heard afar off.
Na kihai te reo o te hamama koa i taea e te iwi te wehe i roto i te reo o te iwi e tangi ana: he nui hoki te hamama i hamama ai te iwi, ka rangona te reo i tawhiti.
