Ездра 3
1 Когда наступил седьмой месяц, и сыны Израилевы уже были в городах, тогда собрался народ, как один человек, в Иерусалиме.
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 И встал Иисус, сын Иоседеков, и братья его священники, и Зоровавель, сын Салафиилов, и братья его, и соорудили они жертвенник Богу Израилеву, чтобы возносить на нем всесожжения, как написано в законе Моисея, человека Божия.
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 И поставили жертвенник на основании его, так как они были в страхе от иноземных народов; и стали возносить на нем всесожжения Господу, всесожжения утренние и вечерние.
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 И совершили праздник кущей, как предписано, с ежедневным всесожжением в определенном числе, по уставу каждого дня.
5 И после того совершали всесожжение постоянное, и в новомесячия, и во все праздники, посвященные Господу, и добровольное приношение Господу от всякого усердствующего.
6 С первого же дня седьмого месяца начали возносить всесожжения Господу. А храму Господню еще не было положено основание.
7 И стали выдавать серебро каменотесам и плотникам, и пищу и питье и масло Сидонянам и Тирянам, чтоб они доставляли кедровый лес с Ливана по морю в Яфу, с дозволения им Кира, царя Персидского.
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 Во второй год по приходе своем к дому Божию в Иерусалим, во второй месяц Зоровавель, сын Салафиилов, и Иисус, сын Иоседеков, и прочие братья их, священники и левиты, и все пришедшие из плена в Иерусалим положили начало и поставили левитов от двадцати лет и выше для надзора за работами дома Господня.
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 И стали Иисус, сыновья его и братья его, Кадмиил и сыновья его, сыновья Иуды, как один человек, для надзора за производителями работ в доме Божием, а также и сыновья Хенадада, сыновья их и братья их левиты.
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 Когда строители положили основание храму Господню, тогда поставили священников в облачении их с трубами и левитов, сыновей Асафовых, с кимвалами, чтобы славить Господа по уставу Давида, царя Израилева.
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 И начали они попеременно петь: “хвалите” и: “славьте Господа”, “ибо - благ, ибо вовек милость Его к Израилю”. И весь народ восклицал громогласно, славя Господа за то, что положено основание дома Господня.
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 Впрочем многие из священников и левитов и глав поколений, старики, которые видели прежний храм, при основании этого храма пред глазами их, плакали громко, но многие и восклицали от радости громогласно.
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 И не мог народ распознать восклицаний радости от воплей плача народного, потому что народ восклицал громко, и голос слышен был далеко.
The shouting and the crying was very loud; [even people] far away could hear it.
