¹And the seventh month cometh, and the sons of Israel [are] in the cities, and the people are gathered, as one men, unto Jerusalem.

¹Kui seitsmes kuu kätte jõudis ja Iisraeli lapsed olid juba oma linnades, kogunes rahvas nagu üks mees Jeruusalemma.

²And rise doth Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and they build the altar of the God of Israel, to cause to ascend upon it burnt-offerings, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God.

²Ja Jeesua, Joosadaki poeg, ja tema vennad preestrid ja Serubbaabel, Sealtieli poeg, ja tema vennad võtsid kätte ja ehitasid üles Iisraeli Jumala altari, et selle peal ohverdada põletusohvreid, nõnda nagu jumalamehe Moosese Seaduses on kirjutatud.

³And they establish the altar on its bases, because of the fear upon them of the peoples of the lands, and he causeth burnt-offerings to ascend upon it to Jehovah, burnt-offerings for the morning and for the evening.

³Nad ehitasid altari selle endisesse kohta, kuigi maa elanikud olid nende vastu vaenulikud; ja nad ohverdasid selle peal Issandale põletusohvreid, hommikusi ja õhtusi põletusohvreid.

⁴And they make the feast of the booths as it is written, and the burnt-offering of the day daily in number according to the ordinance, the matter of a day in its day;

⁴Ja nad pidasid lehtmajadepüha, nagu oli ette kirjutatud, ja ohverdasid igapäevaseid põletusohvreid vastaval arvul, nagu igaks päevaks oli määratud;

⁵and after this a continual burnt-offering, and for new moons, and for all appointed seasons of Jehovah that are sanctified; and for every one who is willingly offering a willing-offering to Jehovah.

⁵ja seejärel korralisi põletusohvreid, noorkuu- ja kõigi Issanda pühitsetud pühade ohvreid, ja kõigi nende ohvreid, kes tõid Issandale vabatahtliku ohvri.

⁶From the first day of the seventh month they have begun to cause burnt-offerings to ascend to Jehovah, and the temple of Jehovah hath not been founded,

⁶Seitsmenda kuu esimesest päevast alates hakkasid nad Issandale põletusohvreid ohverdama, kuigi Issanda templile ei olnud veel alust pandud.

⁷and they give money to hewers and to artificers, and food, and drink, and oil to Zidonians and to Tyrians, to bring in cedar-trees from Lebanon unto the sea of Joppa, according to the permission of Cyrus king of Persia concerning them.

⁷Ja nad andsid raha kiviraiujaile ja puuseppadele, ning toitu, jooki ja õli siidonlastele ja tüüroslastele, et nad tooksid seedripuid Liibanonist mere äärde Jaafosse Pärsia kuninga Koorese loal, mis neile oli antud.

⁸And in the second year of their coming in unto the house of God, to Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all those coming from the captivity to Jerusalem, and they appoint the Levites from a son of twenty years and upward, to overlook the work of the house of Jehovah.

⁸Ja teisel aastal pärast nende jõudmist Jumala koja juurde Jeruusalemma, teises kuus, tegid alguse Serubbaabel, Sealtieli poeg, ja Jeesua, Joosadaki poeg, ja nende muud vennad, preestrid ja leviidid ja kõik, kes vangist olid tulnud Jeruusalemma, ja seadsid kahekümneaastasi ja vanemaid leviite Issanda koja tööd juhatama.

⁹And Jeshua standeth, [and] his sons, and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, sons of Judah together, to overlook those doing the work in the house of God; the sons of Henadad, [and] their sons and their brethren the Levites.

⁹Ja Jeesua, tema pojad ja vennad, Kadmiel ja tema pojad, Juuda järeltulijad, asusid nagu üks mees juhatama neid, kes tegid Jumala koja tööd; nõndasamuti Heenadadi pojad, nende pojad ja nende vennad leviidid.

¹⁰And those building have founded the temple of Jehovah, and they appoint the priests, clothed, with trumpets, and the Levites, sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise Jehovah, by means of [the instruments of] David king of Israel.

¹⁰Ja kui ehitajad Issanda templile alust panid, siis astusid ette ametirüüs preestrid pasunatega, ja leviidid, Aasafi pojad, simblitega, et Iisraeli kuninga Taaveti korra järgi Issandat kiita.

¹¹And they respond in praising and in giving thanks to Jehovah, for good, for to the age His kindness [is] over Israel, and all the people have shouted — a great shout — in giving praise to Jehovah, because the house of Jehovah hath been founded.

¹¹Ja nad laulsid Issandat kiites ning tänades: 'Sest tema on hea, sest tema heldus kestab igavesti Iisraeli vastu!' Ja kogu rahvas tõstis suurt rõõmukisa Issandat kiites, et Issanda kojale oli alus pandud.

¹²And many of the priests, and the Levites, and the heads of the fathers, the aged men who had seen the first house — in this house being founded before their eyes — are weeping with a loud voice, and many with a shout, in joy, lifting up the voice;

¹²Aga paljud preestritest ja leviitidest ning perekondade peameestest, vanad, kes olid endist koda näinud, nutsid suure häälega, kui sellele kojale nende silma all alus pandi; ent paljud tõstsid rõõmuga hõisates häält.

¹³and the people are not discerning the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people, for the people are shouting — a great shout — and the noise hath been heard unto a distance.

¹³Ja ükski ei suutnud vahet teha rõõmuhõiskehääle ja nutuhääle vahel, sest rahvas tõstis suurt rõõmukisa ja hääl kostis kaugele.