Esra 3
1 Und da man erlanget hatte den siebenten Monden, und die Kinder Israel nun in ihren Städten waren, kam das Volk zusammen wie ein Mann gen Jerusalem.
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 Und es machte sich auf Jesua, der Sohn Jozadaks, und seine Brüder, die Priester, und der Sohn Sealthiels, und seine Brüder, und baueten den Altar des Gottes Israels, Brandopfer drauf zu opfern, wie es geschrieben stehet im Gesetz Moses, des Mannes Gottes.
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 Und richteten zu den Altar auf sein Gestühle (denn es war ein Schrecken unter ihnen von den Völkern in Ländern) und opferten dem HERRN Brandopfer drauf des Morgens und des Abends.
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 Und hielten der Laubhütten Fest, wie geschrieben stehet; und taten Brandopfer alle Tage nach der Zahl, wie sich's gebührt, einen jeglichen Tag sein Opfer,
5 danach auch die täglichen Brandopfer und der Neumonden und aller Festtage des HERRN, die geheiliget waren, und allerlei freiwillige Opfer, die sie dem HERRN freiwillig taten.
6 Am ersten Tage des siebenten Monden fingen sie an, dem HERRN Brandopfer zu tun. Aber der Grund des Tempels des HERRN war noch nicht gelegt.
7 Sie gaben aber Geld den Steinmetzen und Zimmerleuten und Speise und Trank und Öl denen zu Zidon und zu Tyrus, daß sie Zedernholz vom Libanon aufs Meer gen Japho brächten nach dem Befehl Kores, des Königs in Persien, an sie.
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 Im andern Jahr ihrer Zukunft zum Hause Gottes gen Jerusalem, des andern Monden, fingen an Serubabel, der Sohn Sealthiels, und Jesua, der Sohn Jozadaks, und die übrigen ihrer Brüder, Priester und Leviten, und alle, die vom Gefängnis kommen waren gen Jerusalem, und stelleten die Leviten von zwanzig Jahren und drüber, zu treiben das Werk am Hause des HERRN.
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 Und Jesua stund mit seinen Söhnen und Brüdern und Kadmiel mit seinen Söhnen und die Kinder Juda wie ein Mann, zu treiben die Arbeiter am Hause Gottes, nämlich die Kinder Henadad mit ihren Kindern und ihren Brüdern, die Leviten.
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 Und da die Bauleute den Grund legten am Tempel des HERRN, stunden die Priester, angezogen, mit Trommeten und die Leviten, die Kinder Assaph, mit Zimbeln, zu loben den HERRN mit dem Gedicht Davids, des Königs Israels.
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 Und sangen umeinander mit Loben und Danken dem HERRN, daß er gütig ist und seine Barmherzigkeit ewiglich währet über Israel. Und alles Volk tönete laut mit Loben den HERRN, daß der Grund am Hause des HERRN gelegt war.
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 Aber viele der alten Priester und Leviten und obersten Väter, die das vorige Haus gesehen hatten und nun dies Haus vor ihren Augen gegründet ward, weineten sie laut. Viele aber töneten mit Freuden, daß das Geschrei hoch erscholl,
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 daß das Volk nicht erkennen konnte das Tönen mit Freuden vor dem Geschrei des Weinens im Volk; denn das Volk tönete laut, daß man das Geschrei ferne hörete.
The shouting and the crying was very loud; [even people] far away could hear it.
