Ezra, 3

1. And now the seventh month had arrived, and the sons of Israel were in their cities. Then, the people were gathered together, like one man, in Jerusalem.

1. Kad je došao sedmi mjesec - sinovi su Izraelovi bili veæ u svojim gradovima - sabrao se sav narod kao jedan èovjek u Jeruzalemu.

2. And Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, rose up with his brothers, the priests. And Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, rose up with his brothers. And they built the altar of the God of Israel, so that they might offer holocausts upon it, just as it was written in the law of Moses, the man of God.

2. Tada Ješua, sin Josadakov, sa svojom braæom sveæenicima, i Zerubabel, sin Šealtielov, sa svojom braæom, poèeše graditi žrtvenik Bogu Izraelovu da bi prinosili paljenice, kako je pisano u Zakonu Mojsija, èovjeka Božjeg.

3. Now they set the altar of God upon its bases, while keeping the people of all the surrounding lands away from it. And they offered upon it a holocaust to the Lord, morning and evening.

3. I podigoše žrtvenik na starome mjestu - iako su bili u strahu od naroda u zemlji - i prinosili su paljenice Jahvi, paljenice jutarnje i veèernje;

4. And they kept the solemnity of tabernacles, just as it was written, and the holocaust of each day in order, according to the precept, the work of each day in its time.

4. i slavili su Blagdan sjenica, kako je pisano: prinosili su svakodnevno broj paljenica propisan za svaki dan.

5. And after these, they offered the continual holocaust, as much on the new moons as on all the solemnities of the Lord that were consecrated, and on all those when a voluntary gift was offered to the Lord.

5. Osim toga prinosili su svakidašnje paljenice, zatim žrtve odreðene za mlaðak i za sve blagdane Jahvine i za sve one koji su htjeli dragovoljno žrtvovati Jahvi.

6. From the first day of the seventh month, they began to offer holocausts to the Lord. But the temple of God had not yet been founded.

6. Od prvoga dana u sedmom mjesecu poèeli su prinositi Jahvi žrtve paljenice, premda još nisu bili položeni temelji svetišta Jahvina.

7. And so they gave money to those who cut and laid stones. Similarly, they gave food, and drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians, so that they would bring cedar wood, from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, in accord with what had been commanded of them by Cyrus, the king of the Persians.

7. I dadoše novac kamenarima i drvodjelcima; Sidoncima i Tircima poslaše hranu i piæe i ulje da dovezu drva cedrova s Libanona do Jafe po dopuštenju perzijskoga kralja Kira.

8. Then, in the second year of their advent to the temple of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and the remainder of their brothers, the priests, and the Levites, and all who had arrived from the captivity to Jerusalem, began, and they appointed Levites, from twenty years and over, to hasten the work of the Lord.

8. A druge godine poslije njihova dolaska k Domu Božjemu u Jeruzalemu, drugoga mjeseca kako su Zerubabel, sin Šealtielov, i Ješua, sin Josadakov, s ostalom svojom braæom sveæenicima, levitima i sa svim narodom koji se iz ropstva vratio u Jeruzalem poèeli graditi, postavili su levite od dvadeset godina naviše da upravljaju poslovima oko Doma Jahvina.

9. And Jeshua and his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, and the sons of Judah, like one man, stood so that they might have charge over those who did the work in the temple of God: the sons of Henadad, and their sons, and their brothers, the Levites.

9. Ješua, njegovi sinovi i braæa njegova Kadmiel, Binuj i Hodavja bijahu postavljeni da kao jedan upravljaju poslenicima na gradnji Doma Božjega.

10. And when the builders had founded the temple of the Lord, the priests stood in their adornment with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, stood with cymbals, so that they might praise God by the hand of David, the king of Israel.

10. Kad su zidari bili postavili temelje Svetišta Jahvina, postavili su se sveæenici u sveèanim odjeæama, s trubama, a tako i leviti, sinovi Asafovi, s cimbalima da slave Jahvu prema odredbama Davida, kralja Izraelova.

11. And they sung together with hymns and confession to the Lord: “For he is good. For his mercy is over Israel unto eternity.” And likewise, all the people shouted with a great clamor in praise to the Lord, because the temple of the Lord had been founded.

11. I pjevahu Jahvi hvalu i slavu: "Jer je dobar, jer je vjeèna njegova ljubav prema Izraelu." I sav je narod klicao hvaleæi Jahvu, jer je Dom Jahvin bio postavljen na svoje temelje.

12. And many of the priests and the Levites, and the leaders of the fathers and of the elders, who had seen the former temple, when now this temple was founded and was before their eyes, wept with a great voice. And many of them, shouting for joy, lifted up their voice.

12. Zaista, mnogi sveæenici, mnogi leviti i glavari obiteljski i starješine, koji su svojim oèima vidjeli temelje prijašnjega Hrama, plakahu iza glasa, a mnogi opet snažno klicahu od radosti.

13. Neither could anyone distinguish between the voice of clamor of joy, and a voice of weeping of the people. For the shouting of the people mixed into a great clamor, and the voice was heard from far away.

13. I tako nitko nije mogao razlikovati radosno klicanje od plaèa u narodu; jer je narod glasno klicao i vika se èula vrlo daleko.