Ezdrasza 3
1 A gdy nadszedł siódmy miesiąc, a synowie Izraela znajdowali się w miastach, zgromadził się lud jak jeden mąż w Jerozolimie.
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 Wtedy powstał Jeszua, syn Jocadaka, ze swymi braćmi kapłanami, oraz Zorobabel, syn Szealtiela, wraz ze swymi braćmi, i zbudowali ołtarz Boga Izraela, aby na nim składać całopalenia, jak jest napisane w Prawie Mojżesza, męża Bożego.
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 Potem postawili ołtarz na swoich fundamentach i chociaż bali się sąsiednich narodów, składali na nim PANU całopalenia – rano i wieczorem.
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 Obchodzili też Święto Namiotów, jak jest napisane, i [składali] codzienne całopalenia w liczbie ustalonej według zwyczaju na każdy dzień;
5 Potem składali całopalenie nieustanne – zarówno w dni nowiu, jak i każde święto poświęcone PANU – oraz [dary] od każdego, kto składał PANU dobrowolną ofiarę.
6 Od pierwszego dnia siódmego miesiąca zaczęli składać PANU całopalenia, chociaż fundamenty świątyni [jeszcze] nie zostały położone.
7 Dali też pieniądze kamieniarzom i cieślom oraz żywność, napój i oliwę Sydończykom i Tyryjczykom, aby przywozili drzewo cedrowe z Libanu morzem do Jafy, zgodnie z zezwoleniem Cyrusa, króla Persji.
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 A w drugim roku po ich przybyciu do domu Bożego w Jerozolimie, w drugim miesiącu, Zorobabel, syn Szealtiela, i Jeszua, syn Jocadaka, i pozostali ich bracia kapłani i Lewici oraz wszyscy, którzy powrócili z niewoli do Jerozolimy, zaczęli [odbudowę], a ustanowili Lewitów od dwudziestu lat wzwyż, aby byli nadzorcami robót wokół domu PANA.
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 I Jeszua, jego synowie i bracia: Kadmiel i jego synowie, synowie Judy, stanęli jak jeden mąż, aby kierować tymi, którzy pracowali przy [budowie] domu Bożego: synami Chenadada, ich synami i ich braćmi, Lewitami.
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 A gdy budowniczowie położyli fundamenty świątyni PANA, postawili kapłanów, ubranych w szaty i z trąbami, oraz Lewitów, synów Asafa, z cymbałami, aby chwalić PANA zgodnie z postanowieniem Dawida, króla Izraela.
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 I śpiewali jedni po drugich, chwaląc PANA i dziękując mu [za to], że jest dobry – że jego miłosierdzie nad Izraelem [trwa] na wieki. Cały lud wznosił głośny okrzyk, gdy chwalił PANA za to, że zostały położone fundamenty domu PANA.
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 Lecz wielu kapłanów, Lewitów i naczelników rodów, którzy byli starcami i widzieli tamten pierwszy dom, głośno płakało, gdy na ich oczach zakładano fundamenty tego domu, wielu natomiast innych głośno krzyczało z radości;
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 Tak że lud nie mógł odróżnić głośnego krzyku radości od głośnego płaczu ludu. Lud bowiem wznosił tak wielki okrzyk, że było go słychać z daleka.
The shouting and the crying was very loud; [even people] far away could hear it.
