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.
Och då sjunde månaden kom, och Israels barn nu voro i sina städer, kom folket tillhopa, såsom en man, till Jerusalem.
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].
Och Jesua, Jozadaks son, och hans bröder Presterna, och Serubbabel, Sealthiels son, och hans bröder stodo upp, och byggde Israels Guds altare, till att offra bränneoffer deruppå, såsom skrifvet står i Mose dens Guds mansens lag.
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].
Och de satte altaret uppå sin fot; ty en förskräckelse var ibland dem, för folket i landen; och offrade Herranom bränneoffer deruppå om morgon och afton.
Och de höllo löfhyddohögtid, såsom det skrifvet står, och gjorde bränneoffer hvar dag, efter det tal som det sig borde, hvar dagen sitt offer;
Derefter ock de dageliga bränneoffer, och nymånadas, och alla Herrans högtidsdagars, som helgade voro, och all friviljog offer, som de Herranom friviljeliga gjorde.
På första dagen i sjunde månadenom begynte de att göra Herranom bränneoffer; men grundvalen till Herrans tempel var ännu icke lagd.
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].
Men de gåfvo stenhuggarom och timbermannom penningar, och spis, och dryck, och oljo, dem i Zidon och Tyro, att de skulle låta komma cedreträ af Libanon till sjös intill Japho; efter Cores, Konungens af Persien, befallning till dem.
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.
Uti andro årena, sedan de kommo till Guds hus i Jerusalem, uti dem andra månadenom, begynte Serubbabel, Sealthiels son, och Jesua, Jozadaks son, och de andre af deras bröder, Prester och Leviter, och alle de som af fängelset komne voro till Jerusalem; och skickade Leviterna, allt ifrå tjugu år och derutöfver, att de skulle drifva verket på Herrans hus.
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.
Och Jesua stod, med sina söner och bröder, och Kadmiel, med sina söner, och Juda barn, såsom en man, till att drifva arbetarena på Guds hus; nämliga Henadads barn, med deras barn, och deras bröder Leviterna.
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.
Och då byggningsmännerna lade grundvalen på Herrans tempel, stodo Presterna klädde, med trummeter, och Leviterna, Assaphs barn, med cymbaler, till att lofva Herran, med Davids dikt, Israels Konungs;
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.
Och söngo emot hvarannan, med lof och tacksägelse Herranom, att han god är, och hans barmhertighet varar i evighet öfver Israel. Och allt folket upphof sin röst till Herrans lof, att grunden på Herrans hus lagd var.
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.
Men månge af de gamla Prester och Leviter, och öfverste fäder, som det förra huset sett hade i dess grundval, och detta hus var för deras ögon, greto med höga röst; dock upphöjde månge sina röst till glädje;
13 The shouting and the crying was very loud; [even people] far away could hear it.
Så att folket icke kunde känna det glädjerop, för gråtropet i folkena; ty folket ropade högt, så att man hörde ropet långt ifrå.
