1And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
2Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.Jeshua: also called, JoshuaZerubbabel: Gr. ZorobabelShealtiel: Gr. Salathiel
3And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
4They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required;as the duty�: Heb. the matter of the day in his day
5And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.
6From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid.the foundation�: Heb. the temple of the LORD was not yet founded
7They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.carpenters: or, workmen
8Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.
9Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.Judah: or, Hodaviah,Chap.2.40together: Heb. as one
10And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.
11Dan mereka menyanyi bersama berturut-turut dalam pujian dan memberi syukur kepada TUHAN; kerana dia baik, sebab belas kasihannya bertahan untuk selamanya terhadap Israel. Dan semua orang bersorak-sorai dengan sorakan besar, ketika mereka memuji TUHAN, kerana dasar rumah TUHAN telah diletakkan.
12Tetapi kebanyakan imam dan orang Lewi dan ketua dari bapa-bapa leluhur, yang merupakan orang yang tua, yang pernah melihat rumah yang pertama, ketika dasar rumah ini diletakkan di hadapan mata mereka, telah menangis dengan suara lantang; dan banyak berseru kuat kerana sukacita:
13Sehingga umat tidak dapat membeza-bezakan bunyi sorakan sukacita dan bunyi tangisan umat itu: sebab umat itu bersorak dengan sorakan yang kuat, dan bunyinya kedengaran sampai jauh.