Esela 3
1 Oubi fesu da udui galu, Isala: ili dunu huluane da ilia moilaidafa amo ganodini fi dagoi ba: i. Amalalu, dunu amola uda huluane da Yelusalemega gilisi.
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.
2 Amola Yosiua (Yihosada: ge egefe), eno gobele salasu dunu amola Selubabele (Sia: diele egefe) amola ea sosogo fi da Isala: ili Hina Gode amo Ea oloda bu gagui. Bai ilia da Gode Ea hawa: hamosu dunu Mousese, amo ea Sema amola hamoma: ne sia: i dedei defele, amo oloda da: iya Godema gobele salasu hamomusa: dawa: i.
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].
3 Musa: mugululi asi dunu buhagi da dunu amo ilia musa: soge ganodini esala amoga beda: i. Be ilia da oloda amo ea musa: sogebi amoga bu gagui. Amalalu, ilia da bu hahabe huluane amola daeya huluane amoga gobele salasu hamosu.
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].
4 Ilia da Sogega Fasela Diasu Lolo Nabe amo sema defele hamosu. Eso huluane ilia da amo eso ea gobele salasu sema ganodini dedei amo gobei.
5 Amola ilia eno gobele salasu amo ohe gogo gobesu, Oubi gaheabolo doaga: loba gobele salasu, Godema nodone sia: ne gadosu gilisisu amola Hina Godema hahawane udigili iasu amo huluane ilia da hamosu.
6 Ilia da Debolo amo bu gagumusa: hame hemoi. Be oubi fesuale gala bisili esoga, ilia da Hina Godema gobele salasu hemosu.
7 Isala: ili dunu da Debolo diasu gagusu dunu (amo da igi hedofasu dunu amola ifa hahamosu dunu) ilima ha: i manu, hano amola olife fage amoea maga: me i. Amo liligi ilia da Daia moilai bai bagade amola Saidone moilai bai bagadega, Lebanone soge dolo ifa bidi lama: ne iasi. Amo ifa da hano wayabo amoga misini, Yoba moilaiga doaga: su. Amo hou da Besia hina bagade Sailase amo ea sia: ga hamoi.
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].
8 Amalalu, oubi ageyadu amo odega fa: no ilia da Debolo ea sogebi Yelusalemega doaga: le, ilia da bisili hawa: hamoi. Selubabele, Yosiua, eno Isala: ili dunu huluane, gobele salasu dunu amola musa: mugululi asi buhagi dunu huluane da gilisili hawa: hamosu. Ilia da Lifai dunu amo ilia esalebe ode 20 gidigi amola amo baligi, amo ilia da Debolo diasu bu gagusu amo ouligima: ne sia: i.
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.
9 Lifai dunu afae amo Yesua, ea dunu mano, ea sosogo fi amola Ga: damiele amola egefe (ilia da Houdafia fi dunu) ilia da gilisili Debolo bu gaguma: ne ouligisu. (Henada: de fi Lifai dunu da ili fidisu.)
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.
10 Hawa: hamosu dunu ilia Debolo diasu bisili gagubiba: le, gobele salasu dunu ilia abula salawane, dalabede dusu agoai amo ilia loboga gagui, amola A: sa: fe da dadabisu gaguli, dusa lelu. Amola ilia da gilisili Hina Godema nodone gesami hea: su amo da musa: Da: ibidi ea esoga hamoi defele hamosu.
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.
11 Ilia da Hina Godema nodone gesami hea: su, ha: giwane hea: i amane, “Hina Gode da defeadafa. Ea Isala: ili dunuma asigidafa hou da Fifi Ahoanusudafa.” Debolo diasu ea bai amo gagusu da wali hemobe ba: i. Amaiba: le ilia da ha: giwane gesami hea: su
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.
12 Musa: gobele salasu dunu, musa: Lifai dunu amola fi ouligisu hina dunu, mogili ilia da musa: Debolo diasu ba: i. Ilia da Debolo diasu gaheabolo ea bai gagubi ba: loba, fofagiba: le dinanu. Be eno dunu esalebe da bagadewane nodone halasu.
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.
13 Ilia Debolo diasu gagusu amo nodoi ba: beba: le, dunu huluane da nodone bagadewane halale wele sia: nanu, badilia fi dunu huluane nabima: ne. Amola, disu amola nodone halasu da afafane afae nabimu hamedeiwane ba: i.
The shouting and the crying was very loud; [even people] far away could hear it.
