¹In ko se je približal sedmi mesec in so že bili sinovi Izraelovi v svojih mestih, tedaj se zbere ljudstvo kakor en mož v Jeruzalemu.

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

²Tedaj vstane Jesua, sin Jozadakov, in bratje njegovi, duhovniki, in Zerubabel, sin Sealtielov, in bratje njegovi, in zgrade oltar Boga Izraelovega, da se darujejo na njem žgalne daritve, kakor je pisano v postavi Mojzesa, moža Božjega.

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.

³In postavili so oltar na njegovi podstavi, kajti strah jih je bilo zaradi ljudstev sosednjih dežel; in darovali so na njem žgalne daritve GOSPODU, žgalne daritve zjutraj in zvečer.

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.

⁴In praznovali so praznik šatorov, kakor je predpisano, in darovali žgalščine vsak dan po številu, soglasno s predpisom, kakor je bilo vsak dan obvezno.

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;

⁵In potem stalno žgalno daritev in daritve ob mlajih in ob vseh določenih praznikih GOSPODOVIH, ki so bili posvečeni, in daritve vsakega, ki je GOSPODU prinesel prostovoljno darilo.

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.

⁶Prvi dan sedmega meseca so začeli darovati žgalščine GOSPODU, ko še ni bila položena podstava templju GOSPODOVEMU.

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,

⁷In dali so denarja kamenosekom in tesarjem in živeža, pijače in olja tistim iz Sidona in iz Tira, da bi privažali cedrov les z Libanona na morje v Jafo, kakor jih je pooblastil Cir, kralj Perzije.

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.

⁸In v drugem letu po njih prihodu k hiši Božji v Jeruzalem, v drugem mesecu, so začeli Zerubabel, sin Sealtielov, in Jesua, sin Jozadakov, in ostali njih bratje, duhovniki in leviti, in vsi, ki so bili prišli iz ujetništva v Jeruzalem, in so postavili levite, dvajsetletne in starejše, da nadzorujejo delo hiše GOSPODOVE.

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.

⁹Tedaj so stali, kakor en mož, Jesua s sinovi in z brati svojimi, Kadmiel in sinovi njegovi, sinovi Hodavijevi, da bi nadzorovali delavce pri hiši Božji, tudi sinovi Henadadovi s svojimi sinovi in brati, leviti, vred.

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.

¹⁰In ko so stavbarji pokladali podstavo templju GOSPODOVEMU, so postavili duhovnike v njih oblačilih s trobentami in levite, sinove Asafove, s cimbali, da hvalijo GOSPODA po naredbi Davida, kralja Izraelovega.

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.

¹¹In odpevali so drugi drugim, hvaleč in zahvaljujoč GOSPODA, ker je dobrotljiv, ker vekomaj traja milost njegova nad Izraelom. In vse ljudstvo je zagnalo radostno ukanje ob hvali GOSPODOVI, ker je položil temelj hiši GOSPODOVI.

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.

¹²A mnogi iz duhovnikov in levitov in poglavarjev očetovskih družin, stari možje, ki so bili videli prejšnjo hišo, so glasno jokali, ko se je pokladal temelj tej hiši pred njih očmi; mnogi so pa glasno vriskali od veselja;tako da ljudstvo ni moglo razločiti veselega vriskanja od glasnega jokanja med ljudstvom, zakaj ljudstvo je vriskalo z močnim glasom, in glas se je daleč razlegal.

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;

¹³tako da ljudstvo ni moglo razločiti veselega vriskanja od glasnega jokanja med ljudstvom, zakaj ljudstvo je vriskalo z močnim glasom, in glas se je daleč razlegal.

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.