Ezra 3
1 Ilikuwa miezi saba baaada ya watu wa Israeli kurudi kwenye miji yao, ndipo walipojikusanya pamoja kama mtu mmoja katika Yerusalem.
By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people assembled as one man in Jerusalem.
2 Yeshua mwana wa Yosadaki na kaka yake kuhani, na Zerubabeli mwana wa Sheatieli na kaka yake wakainuka na kujenga madhabahu ya Mungu wa Israeli na kutoa sadaka ya kuteketezwa kama ilivyoagizwa katika sheria ya Musa, Mtu wa Mungu.
Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
3 Ndipo wakaanzisha madhabahu juu ya msingi, kwa hofu waliokuwa nayo kwa sababu ya watu wa nchi/ Wakatoa sadaka ya kuteketezwa kwa Yahwe asubuhi na jioni.
They set up the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the LORD—both the morning and evening burnt offerings—even though they feared the people of the land.
4 Pia vilevile wakaichunguza sikukuu ya vibanda kama ilivyoandikwa na wakatoa sadaka ya kuteketezwa siku kwa siku kama ilivyoagizwa, kila siku kwa siku yake.
They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day.
5 Kulikuwa na sadaka ya kila siku ya kuteketezwa na mwezi mara moja na sadaka za siku ya Yahwe za kudumu, pamoja na sadaka zote za hiari.
After that, they presented the regular burnt offerings and those for New Moons and for all the appointed sacred feasts of the LORD, as well as all the freewill offerings brought to the LORD.
6 Walianza kutoa sadaka za kuteketezwa za Yahwe siku ya kwanza ya mwezi wa saba, ingawa hekalu lilikuwa halijaanza kujengwa.
On the first day of the seventh month, the Israelites began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, although the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not been laid.
7 Hivyo wakatoa fedha kwa wahunzi na fundi wa mkono, na wakawapa chakula, vinywaji na mafuta kwa watu wa Sidoni na Tiro, ili kwamba walete miti ya mierezi kupitia baharini kutoka Lebanoni mpaka Yafa, na kama walivyo ruhusiwa na mfalme Koreshi wa Uajemi.
They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.
8 Ndipo mwezi wa pili katika mwaka wa pili baadae wakaja kwenye nyumba ya Mungu Yerusalem, Zerubabeli, Yoshua mwana wa Yosadaki, na baadhi ya makuhani na walawi na wale walikuja kutoka uhamishoni kurudi Yerusalem wakaanza kazi. Wakawachagua walawi walikuwa na miaka ishirini na zaidi kusimamia kazi ya nyumba ya Yahwe,
In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.
9 Yoshua akamsimamisha kijana wake na kaka yake, Kadmiel na watoto wake, na kizazi cha yuda kusimamia kufanya kazi katika nyumba ya Mungu. Pamoja na wao kulikuwa na wana wa Henadadi, na uzao wao, na pia jamaa zao walawi.
So Jeshua and his sons and brothers, Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Yehudah), and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers—all Levites—joined together to supervise those working on the house of God.
10 Wajenzi wakasimamisha msingi wa Hekalu la Yahwe, Na hii ikawawezesha makuhani kusimama na mavazi yao wakiwa na tarumbeta, na walawi wana wa Asafu, kumtukuza Yahwe kwa matoazi, kama mkono wa mfalme Daudi wa Israel alivyoagiza.
When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.
11 Waliimba kwa kumsifu na kumshukuru Yahwe. “Yeye ni mwema! Agano lake ni kweli kwa Israel ladumu milele.”Watu wote wakapiga kelele kwa sauti kuu za shangwe wakimsifu Yahwe kwa sababu misingi ya Hekalu ilikuwa imekamilika.
And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.
12 Lakini wengi wa Makuhani, walawi, wakuu wa kale, na wazeee wa zamani walioiona nyumba ya kwanza, wakati misingi ilipowekwa wakaishuhudia kwa macho yao, walilia kwa sauti. Lakiniwengi walipiga kelele kwa sauti za shangwe na furaha na sauti za kushangaza.
But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.
13 Na matokeo yake, watu hawakuweza kutofautisha sauti za furaha na sauti za shangwe na sauti za watu waliokuwa wanalia, kwa kuwa watu walikuwa wanalia kwa sauti kuu ya shangwe na sauti ilisikika kutoka mbali.
The people could not distinguish the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people were making so much noise. And the sound was heard from afar.
