Ezra 3
1 When the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
Og der den syvende Maaned var kommen, og Israels Børn vare i deres Stæder, da samledes Folket som een Mand til Jerusalem.
2 Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak stood up with his brothers the priests and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his relatives, and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
Og Jesua, Jozadaks Søn, og hans Brødre, Præsterne, gjorde sig rede tillige med Serubabel, Sealthiels Søn, og hans Brødre og byggede Israels Guds Alter til at ofre Brændoffer derpaa, som skrevet er i Moses, den Guds Mands Lov.
3 In spite of their fear because of the peoples of the surrounding lands, they set the altar on its base; and they offered burnt offerings on it to Yahweh, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
Og de oprejste Alteret paa dets Grundvold; thi der var Forfærdelse over dem for Folkene i Landene, og de ofrede derpaa Brændofre til Herren, Brændofre om Morgenen og om Aftenen.
4 They kept the feast of booths, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required;
Og de holdt Løvsalernes Højtid, som det var foreskrevet, og ofrede Brændofre hver Dag efter det fastsatte Tal, som Skik var, hver Dags Ting paa sin Dag;
5 and afterward the continual burnt offering, the offerings of the new moons, of all the set feasts of Yahweh that were consecrated, and of everyone who willingly offered a free will offering to Yahweh.
derefter ogsaa det bestandige Brændoffer og det for Nymaanederne og for alle Herrens helligede Højtider og for enhver, siom bragte et frivilligt Offer for Herren.
6 From the first day of the seventh month, they began to offer burnt offerings to Yahweh; but the foundation of Yahweh’s temple was not yet laid.
Fra den første Dag i den syvende Maaned begyndte de at ofre Herren Brændofre, men Herrens Tempels Grundvold var ikke lagt.
7 They also gave money to the masons and to the carpenters. They also gave food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus King of Persia.
Og de gave Penge til Stenhuggerne og Tømmermændene og Mad og Drikke og Olie til dem fra Sidon og Tyrus, at de skulde føre Cedertræer fra Libanon til Havet imod Jafo efter den Tilladelse, de havde faaet af Kyrus, Kongen af Persien.
8 Now in the second year of their coming to God’s house at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of Yahweh’s house.
Men i det andet Aar, efter at de vare komne til Guds Hus i Jerusalem, i den anden Maaned, da begyndte Serubabel, Sealthiels Søn, og Jesua, Jozadaks Søn, og de andre af deres Brødre, Præsterne og Leviterne og alle, som vare komne af Fangenskabet til Jerusalem, og de beskikkede Leviterne, fra tyve Aar gamle og derover, til at have Tilsyn med Arbejdet ved Herrens Hus.
9 Then Jeshua stood with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together to have the oversight of the workmen in God’s house: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brothers the Levites.
Da stode Jesua, hans Sønner og hans Brødre, Kadmiel med hans Sønner og Judas Børn som een Mand for at have Tilsyn med dem, som arbejdede ved Guds Hus, i lige Maade Henadads Børn, deres Børn og deres Brødre, Leviterne.
10 When the builders laid the foundation of Yahweh’s temple, they set the priests in their vestments with trumpets, with the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise Yahweh, according to the directions of David king of Israel.
Der Bygningsmændene lagde Grundvolden til Herrens Tempel, da lode de Præsterne staa iførte deres Præstedragt med Basuner og Leviterne, Asafs Børn, med Cymbler for at love Herren efter Davids, Israels Konges, Indretning.
11 They sang to one another in praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, “For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel.” All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Yahweh, because the foundation of Yahweh’s house had been laid.
Og de sang, idet de lovede og takkede Herren, at han er god, at hans Miskundhed er evindelig over Israel; og alt Folket raabte med et stort Frydeskrig, idet de lovede Herren, fordi Grundvolden til Herrens Hus var lagt.
12 But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, the old men who had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice. Many also shouted aloud for joy,
Men mange af Præsterne og Leviterne og Øversterne for Fædrenehusene, de gamle, som havde set det første Hus, græd med høj Røst, da dette andet stod paa sin Grundvold for deres Øjne; men mange opløftede Røsten med Frydeskrig og med Glæde,
13 so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people; for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard far away.
saa at Folket kunde ikke skelne Røsten af Glædens Frydeskrig fra Røsten af Folkets Graad, fordi Folket raabte med et stort Skrig, saa at man hørte Røsten langt borte.
