Ezra 3
1 Le ɣleti adrelia me esi Israelviwo nɔ woƒe duwo me nyuie vɔ la, dukɔ la ƒo ƒu ɖe Yerusalem abe ame ɖekawo ene.
And the seventh month comes, and the sons of Israel [are] in the cities, and the people are gathered, as one man, to Jerusalem.
2 Tete Yozadak ƒe vi, Yesua, nɔvia nunɔlawo kple Sealtiel ƒe vi, Zerubabel kple woƒe kpeɖeŋutɔ bubuwo dze Israel ƒe Mawu la ƒe vɔsamlekpui la ɖiɖi gɔme be woasa numevɔwo le edzi, le nu si woŋlɔ ɖe Mawu ƒe ame, Mose ƒe Se la me nu.
And Jeshua son of Jozadak rises, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and his brothers, and they build the altar of the God of Israel, to cause to ascend on it burnt-offerings, as it is written in the Law of Moses, the man of God.
3 Togbɔ be wovɔ̃ na ame siwo ƒo xlã wo hã la, woɖi vɔsamlekpui la ɖe eƒe gɔmeɖokpewo dzi, eye wosa ŋdi kple fiẽ numevɔsawo le edzi na Yehowa.
And they establish the altar on its bases, because of the fear on them of the peoples of the lands, and he causes burnt-offerings to ascend on it to YHWH, burnt-offerings for the morning and for the evening.
4 Le nu si woŋlɔ ɖi nu la, woɖu agbadɔmeŋkekenyui, eye wosa numevɔ xexlẽme sinu woɖo na ŋkeke ɖe sia ɖe.
And they make the Celebration of the Shelters as it is written, and the burnt-offering of the day daily in number according to the ordinance, the matter of a day in its day;
5 Le esia megbe la, wosa gbe sia gbe numevɔsawo, Dzinu Yeye vɔsawo kple vɔsa siwo woɖo ɖi na Yehowa ƒe ŋkeke kɔkɔe bubuwo. Nenema ke wosa vɔ siwo nye lɔlɔ̃nununana na Yehowa.
and after this a continual burnt-offering, and for new moons, and for all appointed times of YHWH that are sanctified; and for everyone who is willingly offering a willing-offering to YHWH.
6 Togbɔ be womeɖo Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la gɔme anyi haɖe o hã la, wodze vɔsasa na Yehowa gɔme le ɣleti adrelia ƒe ŋkeke gbãtɔ dzi.
From the first day of the seventh month they have begun to cause burnt-offerings to ascend to YHWH, and the temple of YHWH has not been founded,
7 Azɔ la, wotsɔ ga na gliɖolawo kple atikpalawo, eye wotsɔ nuɖuɖu, nunono kple ami na Sidontɔwo kple Tirotɔwo, be woatsɔ sedati lalãwo tso Lebanon ato ƒu dzi ava kɔ ɖe Yopa, le Persia fia, Sirus ƒe mɔnana nu.
and they give money to hewers and to craftsmen, and food, and drink, and oil to Zidonians and to Tyrians, to bring in cedar-trees from Lebanon to the Sea of Joppa, according to the permission of Cyrus king of Persia concerning them.
8 Le ɣleti evelia me, le ƒe evelia me esi wova ɖo Mawu ƒe aƒe la me le Yerusalem la, Sealtiel ƒe vi, Zerubabel, Yozadak ƒe vi, Yesua kple wo nɔvi bubuawo, nunɔlawo kple Levitɔwo kple ame siwo trɔ tso aboyome va Yerusalem la, dze dɔ la gɔme. Wotia Levitɔ siwo xɔ ƒe blaeve alo wu nenema la be woakpɔ Yehowa ƒe aƒe la ƒe dɔ dzi.
And in the second year of their coming to the house of God, to Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those coming from the captivity to Jerusalem, and they appoint the Levites from a son of twenty years and upward, to overlook the work of the house of YHWH.
9 Yesua kple via ŋutsuwo, nɔviawo kple Kadmiel kple via ŋutsuwo, ame siwo nye Hodavia ƒe dzidzimeviwo, kpe ɖe Henadad ƒe viŋutsuwo kple wo viŋutsuwo kpakple wo nɔviwo ŋu. Levitɔwo katã wɔ ɖeka le ame siwo le Mawu ƒe aƒe la tum la ƒe dɔwo dzi kpɔkpɔ me.
And Jeshua stands, [and] his sons, and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, sons of Judah together, to overlook those doing the work in the house of God; the sons of Henadad, [and] their sons and their brothers the Levites.
10 Esi xɔtulawo ɖo Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la ƒe gɔmeɖokpe vɔ la, nunɔlawo nɔ woƒe awu ʋlayawo me, lé kpẽwo ɖe asi kple Levitɔ siwo tso Asaf ƒe ƒome me, lé asiʋuiwo ɖe asi, eye woyi ɖanɔ woƒe nɔƒewo be woakafu Yehowa, abe ale si Israel fia, David ɖoe da ɖi ene.
And those building have founded the temple of YHWH, and they appoint the priests, clothed, with trumpets, and the Levites, sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise YHWH, by means of [the instruments of] David king of Israel.
11 Wotsɔ kafukafu kple akpedada dzi ha na Yehowa be, “Eƒe dɔ me nyo, eye eƒe lɔlɔ̃ na Israel li ɖaa.” Tete amehawo katã do kafukafuɣli na Yehowa sesĩe elabena woɖo Yehowa ƒe aƒe la ƒe gɔmeɖokpeawo vɔ.
And they respond in praising and in giving thanks to YHWH, “For [He is] good, for His kindness [is] for all time over Israel!” And all the people have shouted [with] a great shout in giving praise to YHWH, because the house of YHWH has been founded.
12 Ke esi nunɔla tsitsi geɖewo, Levitɔwo kple ƒometatɔwo, ame siwo kpɔ gbedoxɔ xoxo la kpɔ, eye wogakpɔ yeyea ƒe gɔmeɖoƒe la, wo katã fa avi kple ɣli, ke ame bubu geɖewo ya do dzidzɔɣli.
And many of the priests, and the Levites, and the heads of the fathers, the aged men who had seen the first house—in this house being founded before their eyes—are weeping with a loud voice, and many with a shout, in joy, lifting up the voice;
13 Ame aɖeke mate ŋu ade vovototo dzidzɔɣli la kple aviɣli la dome o, elabena ameawo ƒe aseyetsotso de dzi ŋutɔ. Ale wose woƒe ɣli la le didiƒe ke.
and the people are not discerning the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people, for the people are shouting [with] a great shout, and the noise has been heard to a distance.
