Ezara 3
1 Na rĩrĩ, mweri wa mũgwanja wakinya, andũ a Isiraeli magĩkorwo matũũrĩte matũũra-inĩ mao, andũ makĩũngana Jerusalemu marĩ ta mũndũ ũmwe.
And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people came together like one man to Jerusalem.
2 Nake Jeshua mũrũ wa Jozadaku hamwe na athĩnjĩri-Ngai arĩa angĩ, o na Zerubabeli mũrũ wa Shealitieli na athiritũ ake makĩambĩrĩria gwaka kĩgongona kĩa Ngai wa Isiraeli gĩa kũrutagĩra magongona ma njino kũringana na ũrĩa kwandĩkĩtwo Watho-inĩ wa Musa mũndũ wa Ngai.
Then Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, with his brothers, got up and made the altar of the God of Israel for burned offerings as is recorded in the law of Moses, the man of God.
3 O na gũtuĩka maarĩ na guoya wa andũ arĩa maamathiũrũrũkĩirie, nĩmakire kĩgongona mũthingi-inĩ wakĩo, na makĩrutĩra Jehova magongona ma njino ho, magongona ma rũciinĩ na ma hwaĩ-inĩ.
They put the altar on its base; for fear was on them because of the people of the countries: and they made burned offerings on it to the Lord, even burned offerings morning and evening.
4 Ningĩ kũringana na ũrĩa kwandĩkĩtwo, nĩmakũngũĩire Gĩathĩ gĩa Ithũnũ na mũigana wa maruta ma njino marĩa maatuĩtwo ma o mũthenya.
And they kept the feast of tents, as it is recorded, making the regular burned offerings every day by number, as it is ordered; for every day what was needed.
5 Thuutha ũcio makĩruta maruta ma njino ma ndũire, na magongona ma Karũgamo ka Mweri, na magongona ma ciathĩ ciothe iria ciamũrĩirwo Jehova, o hamwe na maruta ma kwĩyendera marĩa maarehagĩrwo Jehova.
And after that, the regular burned offering and the offerings for the new moons and all the fixed feasts of the Lord which had been made holy, and the offering of everyone who freely gave his offering to the Lord.
6 Mũthenya wa mbere wa mweri wa mũgwanja makĩambĩrĩria kũrutĩra Jehova maruta ma njino, o na gũtuĩka mũthingi wa hekarũ ya Jehova ndwarĩ mwake.
From the first day of the seventh month they made a start with the burned offerings, but the base of the Temple of the Lord had still not been put in its place.
7 Ningĩ makĩhe aaki a mahiga na mabundi ma mbaũ mbeeca, na makĩhe andũ a Sidoni na andũ a Turo irio, na gĩa kũnyua, na maguta nĩgeetha mamarehithĩrie mĩgogo ya mĩtarakwa kuuma Lebanoni ĩgereire iria-inĩ nginya Jopa, o ta ũrĩa gwaathanĩtwo nĩ Mũthamaki Kurusu wa Perisia.
And they gave money to the stoneworkers and woodworkers; and meat and drink and oil to the people of Zidon and of Tyre, for the transport of cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, as Cyrus, king of Persia, had given them authority to do.
8 Mweri wa keerĩ wa mwaka wa keerĩ thuutha wa gũkinya nyũmba-inĩ ya Jehova kũu Jerusalemu, Zerubabeli mũrũ wa Shealitieli, na Jeshua mũrũ wa Jozadaku na ariũ a ithe wao arĩa angĩ (nĩo athĩnjĩri-Ngai, na Alawii, na arĩa othe maacookete Jerusalemu kuuma ithaamĩrio-inĩ) makĩambĩrĩria wĩra, magĩthuura Alawii a mĩaka mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ na makĩria nĩguo marũgamĩrĩre mwako wa nyũmba ya Jehova.
Now in the second year of their coming into the house of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, the work was taken in hand by Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come from the land where they were prisoners to Jerusalem: and they made the Levites, of twenty years old and over, responsible for overseeing the work of the house of the Lord.
9 Jeshua na ariũ ake, na ariũ a ithe, na Kadimieli na ariũ ake (njiaro cia Hodavia), na ariũ a Henadadi na ariũ ao na ariũ a ithe wao, nĩo Alawii othe, makĩnyiitanĩra wĩra wa kũrũgamĩrĩra arĩa maakaga nyũmba ya Ngai.
Then Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, the sons of Hodaviah, together took up the work of overseeing the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad with their sons and their brothers, the Levites.
10 Rĩrĩa aaki maarĩkirie gwaka mũthingi wa Hekarũ ya Jehova, athĩnjĩri-Ngai mehumbĩte nguo ciao na marĩ na tũrumbeta, na Alawii (ariũ a Asafu) marĩ na thaani iria ihũũrithanagio ikagamba, makĩĩhaarĩria kũgooca Jehova, o ta ũrĩa gwathanĩtwo nĩ Daudi mũthamaki wa Isiraeli.
And when the builders put in position the base of the Temple of the Lord, the priests, dressed in their robes, took their places with horns, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with brass instruments, to give praise to the Lord in the way ordered by David, king of Israel.
11 Makĩinĩra Jehova, makĩmũgoocaga magĩcookagia ngaatho, makiugaga atĩrĩ: “Jehova nĩ mwega wendo wake harĩ Isiraeli ũtũũraga tene na tene.” Nao andũ othe makĩgooca manĩrĩire mũno tondũ mũthingi wa nyũmba ya Jehova nĩwaakĩtwo.
And they gave praise to the Lord, answering one another in their songs and saying, For he is good, for his mercy to Israel is eternal. And all the people gave a great cry of joy, when they gave praise to the Lord, because the base of the Lord's house was put in place.
12 No athĩnjĩri-Ngai aingĩ arĩa maarĩ akũrũ, na Alawii, na atongoria a nyũmba, arĩa moonete hekarũ ya mbere makĩrĩra manĩrĩire rĩrĩa moonire mũthingi wa hekarũ ĩyo ya keerĩ ũgĩakwo, o rĩrĩa andũ angĩ aingĩ maanagĩrĩra nĩ gũkena.
But a number of the priests and Levites and the heads of families, old men who had seen the first house, when the base of this house was put down before their eyes, were overcome with weeping; and a number were crying out with joy:
13 Gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩahotire gũkũũrana kwanĩrĩra gwa gĩkeno na gwa kĩrĩro, tondũ andũ maanagĩrĩra na mũgambo mũnene. Naguo mũgambo ũcio ũkĩiguuo kũndũ kũraya.
So that in the ears of the people the cry of joy was mixed with the sound of weeping; for the cries of the people were loud and came to the ears of those who were a long way off.
