Ezera 3
1 Omwezi ogw’omusanvu bwe gwatuuka, Abayisirayiri ne bava mu bibuga gye baali, ne bakuŋŋaanira e Yerusaalemi nga bali bumu.
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 Awo Yesuwa mutabani wa Yozadaki ne bakabona banne, ne Zerubbaberi mutabani wa Seyalutyeri n’ab’ennyumba ye ne batandika okuzimba ekyoto kya Katonda wa Isirayiri, okuweerangako ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa nga bwe kyawandiikibwa, mu Mateeka ga Musa omusajja wa Katonda.
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 Newaakubadde nga baalina entiisa ey’abamawanga agaali gabeetoolodde, basooka okuzimba ekyoto ku musingi gwakyo ne bawaayo ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa eri Mukama, nga bawaayo eby’enkya n’eby’akawungeezi.
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 Era ng’etteeka bwe liri, ne bakwata embaga ey’ensiisira ne bawaayo ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa ebya buli lunaku ng’omuwendo ogwetaagibwa buli lunaku bwe gwali.
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 N’oluvannyuma baawaayo ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa ebya buli kiseera, omwezi nga gwa kaboneka ne ku buli mbaga zonna ezaatukuzibwa eza Mukama ezaalagirwa, ate n’ekiweebwayo ekya buli muntu eyawaayo eri Mukama ekiweebwayo awatali kuwalirizibwa.
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 Okuva ku lunaku olw’olubereberye olw’omwezi ogw’omusanvu ne batandika okuwaayo ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa eri Mukama, newaakubadde ng’omusingi gwa yeekaalu ya Mukama gwali tegunnazimbibwa.
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 Ne bawa abazimbi n’ababazzi ensimbi, ne bawa n’ab’e Sidoni n’ab’e Tuulo ebyokulya n’ebyokunywa n’amafuta, okuleeta emivule okuva mu Lebanooni okugituusa ku nnyanja e Yopa, ng’ekiragiro kya Kuulo kabaka w’e Buperusi bwe kyali.
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 Awo mu mwezi ogwokubiri mu mwaka ogwokubiri nga batuuse awali yeekaalu ya Katonda mu Yerusaalemi, Zerubbaberi mutabani wa Seyalutyeri, ne Yesuwa mutabani wa Yozadaki ne baganda baabwe bakabona n’Abaleevi ne bonna abajja e Yerusaalemi okuva mu buwaŋŋanguse ne batandika omulimu ogw’okuzimba, era ne beerondamu abaali ab’emyaka amakumi abiri egy’obukulu, n’okusingawo, okulabirira omulimu ogw’okuddaabiriza yeekaalu ya Mukama.
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 Awo Yesuwa ne batabani be ne baganda be, ne Kadumyeri ne batabani be, ne bazzukulu ba Yuda, nga bayambibwako ne batabani ba Kenedadi n’Abaleevi bonna ne bavunaanyizibwa okulabirira omulimu ogw’okuddaabiriza ennyumba ya Mukama.
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 Awo abazimbi bwe baamala okuzimba omusingi gwa yeekaalu ya Mukama, bakabona nga bambadde ebyambalo byabwe ne bavaayo nga bakutte amakondeere, n’abaleevi, bazzukulu ba Asafu, nga bakutte ebitaasa, ne bayimirira mu bifo byabwe okutendereza Mukama, nga Dawudi kabaka wa Isirayiri bwe yateekateeka.
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 Ne bayimba ennyimba ez’okwebaza n’okutendereza Mukama nga boogera nti, “Mulungi, n’okwagala kwe eri Isirayiri kubeerera emirembe gyonna.” Abantu bonna ne bayimusa amaloboozi gaabwe nga batendereza Mukama, kubanga omusingi gw’ennyumba ya Mukama gwali guzimbiddwa.
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 Naye bangi ku bakabona n’Abaleevi abakadde, n’Abakulu b’ebika, abaalaba yeekaalu eyasooka, ne bakaaba nnyo ng’amaloboozi gaabwe gawulikika bwe baalaba ng’omusingi gwa yeekaalu empya guzimbiddwa, newaakubadde ng’abalala bangi baasanyuka nnyo nga bwe baleekaana;
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 nga si kyangu okwawula amaloboozi g’abo abaali bakaaba n’abaali basanyuka, kubanga abantu bonna baawowogana mu ddoboozi ery’omwanguka, era n’amaloboozi gaabwe ne gawulirwa wala.
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.
