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.
İsrailliler kendi kentlerine yerleştikten sonra, yedinci ay Yeruşalim'de tek vücut halinde toplandılar.
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].
Yosadak oğlu Yeşu ve kâhin olan kardeşleri, Şealtiel oğlu Zerubbabil'le kardeşleri İsrail'in Tanrısı'nın sunağını yeniden kurdular. Amaçları, Tanrı adamı Musa'nın yasası uyarınca, sunağın üzerinde yakmalık sunular sunmaktı.
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].
Çevrelerinde yaşayan halklardan korkmalarına karşın, sunağı eski temeli üzerine yeniden kurdular. Üzerinde RAB'be sabah, akşam öngörülen yakmalık sunuları sundular.
Sonra yazılanlara uygun biçimde Çardak Bayramı'nı kutladılar. Kural uyarınca, her gün için belirlenen sayıya göre, yakmalık sunuları sundular.
Bundan sonra da günlük yakmalık sunuyu, Yeni Ay sunularını, RAB'bin belirlediği bütün kutsal bayramların sunularını ve RAB'be gönülden verilen sunuları sundular.
RAB'bin Tapınağı'nın temeli henüz atılmadığı halde, yedinci ayın birinci günü RAB'be yakmalık sunular sunmaya başladılar.
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].
İsrailliler taşçılarla marangozlara para ödediler. Ayrıca sedir tomruklarını Lübnan'dan denize indirerek Yafa'ya getirmeleri için Saydalılar'a ve Surlular'a yiyecek, içecek, zeytinyağı sağladılar. Bütün bunlara Pers Kralı Koreş izin vermişti.
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.
Tanrı'nın Yeruşalim'deki Tapınağı'na vardıktan sonra, ikinci yılın ikinci ayında Şealtiel oğlu Zerubbabil, Yosadak oğlu Yeşu ve bütün öteki kardeşleri, kâhinler, Levililer ve sürgünden Yeruşalim'e dönenlerin tümü işe başladılar. RAB'bin Tapınağı'nın yapımını denetlemek için yirmi ve daha yukarı yaştaki Levililer'i görevlendirdiler.
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.
Levililer'den Yeşu, oğulları ve kardeşleri, Yahuda soyundan Kadmiel ile oğulları, Henadat'ın oğullarıyla torunları Tanrı'nın Tapınağı'nın yapımında çalışanları denetleme işini hep birlikte yüklendiler.
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.
Yapıcılar RAB'bin Tapınağı'nın temelini atınca, İsrail Kralı Davut'un kuralı uyarınca kâhinler RAB'bi övmek için tören giysilerini giymiş olarak ellerinde borazanlarla, Levili Asafoğulları da zillerle yerlerini aldılar.
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.
RAB'be övgüler, şükranlar sunarak ezgi okudular: “RAB iyidir; İsrail'e sevgisi sonsuzdur.” RAB'bin Tapınağı'nın temeli atıldığı için herkes yüksek sesle RAB'bi övmeye başladı.
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.
Eski tapınağı görmüş birçok yaşlı kâhin, Levili ve boy başı tapınağın temelinin atıldığını görünce hıçkıra hıçkıra ağladılar. Birçokları da sevinç çığlıkları attı.
13 The shouting and the crying was very loud; [even people] far away could hear it.
Sevinç çığlıkları ağlama sesinden ayırt edilemiyordu. Çünkü halk avaz avaz bağırıyordu. Ses uzak yerlerden bile duyuluyordu.
