Ezra 3

vayyigga hakhodesh hashevi'i uvene yisra'el be'arim vayye'asefu ha'am ke'ish ekhad el-yerushalai͏m

When the seventh month arrived—the Israelites being settled in their towns—the entire people assembled as one in Jerusalem.

vayyaqom yeshua ben-yotsadaq ve'ekhayw hakkohanim uzerubbavel ben-she'alti'el ve'ekhayw vayyivnu et-mizbakh elohe yisra'el leha'alot alayw olot kakkatuv betorat mosheh ish-ha'elohim

Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brother priests, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his brothers set to and built the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings upon it as is written in the Teaching of Moses, the agent of God.

vayyakhinu hammizbeakh al-mekhonotayw ki be'emah alehem me'amme ha'aratsot (vyl) [vayya'alu] alayw olot la-Adonai olot labboqer vela'arev

They set up the altar on its site because they were in fear of the peoples of the land, and they offered burnt offerings on it to GOD, burnt offerings each morning and evening.

vayya'asu et-khag hassukkot kakkatuv ve'olat yom beyom bemispar kemishpat devar-yom beyomo

Then they celebrated the festival of Tabernacles as is written, with its daily burnt offerings in the proper quantities, on each day as is prescribed for it,

ve'akhare-khen olat tamid velekhodashim ulekhol-mo'ade Adonai hamequddashim ulekhol mitnaddev nedavah la-Adonai

followed by the regular burnt offering and the offerings for the new moons and for all the sacred fixed times of GOD, and whatever freewill offerings were made to GOD.

miyyom ekhad lakhodesh hashevi'i hekhellu leha'alot olot la-Adonai vehekhal Adonai lo yussad

From the first day of the seventh month they began to make burnt offerings to GOD, though the foundation of the Temple of GOD had not been laid.

vayyittenu-khesef lakhotsevim velekharashim uma'akhal umishteh vashemen latsidonim velatsorim lehavi atse arazim min-hallevanon el-yam yafo kerishyon koresh melekh-paras alehem

They paid the hewers and artisans with money, and the Sidonians and Tyrians with food, drink, and oil to bring cedarwood from Lebanon by sea to Joppa, in accord with the authorization granted them by King Cyrus of Persia.

uvashanah hashenit levo'am el-bet ha'elohim lirushalai͏m bakhodesh hasheni hekhellu zerubbavel ben-she'alti'el veyeshua ben-yotsadaq ushe'ar akhehem hakkohanim vehaleviyyim vekhol-habba'im mehashevi yerushalai͏m vayya'amidu et-haleviyyim mibben esrim shanah vamalah lenatseakh al-melekhet bet-Adonai

In the second year after their arrival at the House of God, at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brother priests and Levites, and all who had come from the captivity to Jerusalem, as their first step appointed Levites from the age of twenty and upward to supervise the work of the House of GOD.

vayya'amod yeshua banayw ve'ekhayw qadmi'el uvanayw bene-yehudah ke'ekhad lenatseakh al-oseh hammelakhah bevet ha'elohim bene khenadad benehem va'akhehem haleviyyim

Jeshua, his sons and brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together were appointed in charge of those who did the work in the House of God; also the sons of Henadad, their sons and their Levite kin.

veyissedu habbonim et-hekhal Adonai vayya'amidu hakkohanim melubbashim bakhatsotserot vehaleviyyim bene-asaf bamtsiltayim lehallel et-Adonai al-yede david melekh-yisra'el

When the builders had laid the foundation of the Temple of GOD, priests in their vestments with trumpets, and Levites sons of Asaph with cymbals were stationed to give praise to GOD, as King David of Israel had ordained.

vayya'anu behallel uvehodot la-Adonai ki tov ki-le'olam khasdo al-yisra'el vekhol-ha'am heri'u teru'ah gedolah vehallel la-Adonai al husad bet-Adonai

They sang songs extolling and praising GOD, “who is good—whose steadfast love for Israel is eternal.” All the people raised a great shout extolling GOD because the foundation of the House of GOD had been laid.

verabbim mehakkohanim vehaleviyyim verashe ha'avot hazzeqenim asher ra'u et-habbayit harishon beyosdo zeh habbayit be'enehem bokhim beqol gadol verabbim bitru'ah vesimkhah leharim qol

Many of the priests and Levites and the heads of the clans, the older ones who had seen the first house, wept loudly at the sight of the founding of this house. Many others shouted joyously at the top of their voices.

ve'en ha'am makkirim qol teru'at hassimkhah leqol bekhi ha'am ki ha'am meri'im teru'ah gedolah vehaqqol nishma ad-lemerakhoq

The people could not distinguish the shouts of joy from the people’s weeping, for the people raised a great shout, the sound of which could be heard from afar.