Ezra 3
1 After the Israeli people [returned to Israel, and] had begun to live in their towns, (in the autumn of/after the hot season ended in) that year, they all gathered together in Jerusalem.
Ketika tiba bulan yang ketujuh, setelah orang Israel menetap di kota-kotanya, maka serentak berkumpullah seluruh rakyat di Yerusalem.
2 Then Jeshua, the son of Jehozadak, and his fellow priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his friends, all began to rebuild the altar of God, the one whom the Israeli people [worshiped]. They did that in order that they could sacrifice burned offerings on it, according to what the prophet Moses had written in the laws [that God gave to him].
Maka mulailah Yesua bin Yozadak beserta saudara-saudaranya, para imam itu, dan Zerubabel bin Sealtiel beserta saudara-saudaranya membangun mezbah Allah Israel untuk mempersembahkan korban bakaran di atasnya, sesuai dengan yang ada tertulis dalam kitab Taurat Musa, abdi Allah.
3 Even though they were afraid of the people who were already living in that area, they rebuilt the altar at the same place [where the previous altar had been]. Before they started to lay the foundation of Yahweh’s temple, [the priests] started to burn sacrifices to Yahweh [on the altar]. They offered sacrifices every morning and every evening. Fifteen days after [they started to offer these sacrifices], the people celebrated the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters, as [Moses] had commanded them to do in the laws [that God gave to him]. Each day the priests offered the sacrifices [that were required] for that day. In addition, they presented the regular burned offerings and the offerings [that were required] for the New Moon Festivals and the other festivals that they celebrated each year to [honor] Yahweh. They also brought other offerings only because they desired to bring them, [not because they were required to bring them].
Mereka mendirikan mezbah itu di tempatnya semula, sungguhpun mereka ketakutan terhadap penduduk negeri, lalu mereka mempersembahkan di atasnya korban bakaran kepada TUHAN, korban bakaran waktu pagi dan waktu petang.
Mereka juga mengadakan hari raya Pondok Daun, sesuai dengan yang ada tertulis, dan mempersembahkan korban bakaran hari demi hari menurut jumlah yang sesuai dengan peraturan, yakni setiap hari menurut yang ditetapkan untuk hari itu.
Dan sejak itu diadakanlah korban bakaran yang tetap, juga korban bakaran pada bulan baru dan pada setiap hari raya yang kudus bagi TUHAN, dan setiap kali orang mempersembahkan persembahan sukarela kepada TUHAN.
Sejak hari pertama bulan yang ketujuh mereka mulai mempersembahkan korban bakaran kepada TUHAN, namun dasar bait suci TUHAN belum juga diletakkan.
7 Then the Israelis hired masons and carpenters, and they bought [logs from] cedar trees from the people of Tyre and Sidon [cities], and they gave those people food and wine and olive oil for the logs. They brought the logs down from [the mountains in] Lebanon [to the Mediterranean seacoast and then floated them along the coast of the Sea, ] to Joppa. King Cyrus permitted them to do that. [Then the logs were brought from Joppa inland up to Jerusalem].
Lalu mereka memberikan uang kepada tukang batu dan tukang kayu, sedang kepada orang Sidon dan Tirus makanan dan minuman dan minyak, supaya orang-orang itu membawa kayu aras dari Libanon sampai ke laut dekat Yafo, seperti yang telah diizinkan kepada mereka oleh Koresh, raja negeri Persia.
8 The Israelis started to rebuild the temple in the (spring/time before the hot season) of the second year after they returned to Jerusalem. Zerubbabel and Jeshua and all the people who had returned to Jerusalem worked on the building. All the (Levites/men who did work in the temple) supervised this work.
Pada tahun yang kedua sesudah mereka sampai ke rumah Allah di Yerusalem, dalam bulan yang kedua, maka Zerubabel bin Sealtiel dan Yesua bin Yozadak beserta saudara-saudara mereka yang lain, yakni para imam dan orang-orang Lewi, dan semua orang yang pulang ke Yerusalem dari tempat tawanan memulai pekerjaan itu. Mereka menugaskan orang-orang Lewi yang berumur dua puluh tahun ke atas untuk mengawasi pekerjaan membangun rumah TUHAN.
9 Jeshua and his sons and his other relatives, and Kadmiel and his sons, who were descendants of Hodaviah, also helped to supervise the work. The family of Henadad, who were also all Levites, joined with them in supervising this work.
Lalu Yesua serta anak-anak dan saudara-saudaranya dan Kadmiel serta anak-anaknya, orang-orang Yehuda bersama-sama bertindak mengawasi orang-orang yang melakukan pekerjaan membangun rumah Allah. Demikian juga bani Henadad, anak-anak dan saudara-saudara mereka, orang-orang Lewi itu.
10 When the builders finished laying the foundation of the temple, the priests put on their robes and stood in their places, blowing their trumpets. Then the Levites, who were descendants of Asaph, clashed/banged their cymbals to praise Yahweh, just as King David had [many years previously] told [Asaph and the other musicians] to do.
Pada waktu dasar bait suci TUHAN diletakkan oleh tukang-tukang bangunan, maka tampillah para imam dengan memakai pakaian jabatan dan membawa nafiri, dan orang-orang Lewi, bani Asaf, dengan membawa ceracap, untuk memuji-muji TUHAN, menurut petunjuk Daud, raja Israel.
11 They praised Yahweh and thanked him, and they sang this song about him: “He is very good [to us]! He faithfully loves us Israeli people, and he will love us forever.” Then all the people shouted loudly, praising Yahweh because they had finished laying the foundation of Yahweh’s temple.
Secara berbalas-balasan mereka menyanyikan bagi TUHAN nyanyian pujian dan syukur: "Sebab Ia baik! Bahwasanya untuk selama-lamanya kasih setia-Nya kepada Israel!" Dan seluruh umat bersorak-sorai dengan nyaring sambil memuji-muji TUHAN, oleh karena dasar rumah TUHAN telah diletakkan.
12 Many of the [old] priests, Levites, and leaders of families remembered [what] the first temple [was like], and they cried aloud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid [because they knew that the new temple would not be as beautiful as the first temple]. But the other people shouted joyfully.
Tetapi banyak di antara para imam, orang-orang Lewi dan kepala-kepala kaum keluarga, orang tua-tua yang pernah melihat rumah yang dahulu, menangis dengan suara nyaring, ketika perletakan dasar rumah ini dilakukan di depan mata mereka, sedang banyak orang bersorak-sorai dengan suara nyaring karena kegirangan.
13 The shouting and the crying was very loud; [even people] far away could hear it.
Orang tidak dapat lagi membedakan mana bunyi sorak-sorai kegirangan dan mana bunyi tangis rakyat, karena rakyat bersorak-sorai dengan suara yang nyaring, sehingga bunyinya kedengaran sampai jauh.
