以斯拉记 3
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Simplified)
Berean Standard Bible
1到了七月， 以色列 人住在各城；那时他们如同一人，聚集在 耶路撒冷 。
1By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people assembled as one man in Jerusalem.
2约萨达 的儿子 耶书亚 和他的弟兄众祭司，并 撒拉铁 的儿子 所罗巴伯 与他的弟兄，都起来建筑 以色列 神的坛，要照神人 摩西 律法书上所写的，在坛上献燔祭。
2Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
3他们在原有的根基上筑坛，因惧怕邻国的民，又在其上向耶和华早晚献燔祭，
3They set up the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the LORD—both the morning and evening burnt offerings—even though they feared the people of the land.
4又照律法书上所写的守住棚节，按数照例 献 每日所当献的燔祭；
4They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day.
5其后献常献的燔祭，并在月朔与耶和华的一切圣节献祭，又向耶和华献各人的甘心祭。
5After that, they presented the regular burnt offerings and those for New Moons and for all the appointed sacred feasts of the LORD, as well as all the freewill offerings brought to the LORD.
6从七月初一日起，他们就向耶和华献燔祭。但耶和华殿的根基尚未立定。
6On the first day of the seventh month, the Israelites began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, although the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not been laid.
7他们又将银子给石匠、木匠，把粮食、酒、油给 西顿 人、 泰尔 人，使他们将香柏树从 黎巴嫩 运到海里，浮海运到 约帕 ，是照 波斯 王 塞鲁士 所允准的。
7They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.
8百姓到了 耶路撒冷 神殿的地方。第二年二月， 撒拉铁 的儿子 所罗巴伯 ， 约萨达 的儿子 耶书亚 和其余的弟兄，就是祭司、 利未 人，并一切被掳归回 耶路撒冷 的人，都兴工建造；又派 利未 人，从二十岁以外的，督理建造耶和华殿的工作。
8In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.
9于是 犹大 的后裔，就是 耶书亚 和他的子孙与弟兄， 甲篾 和他的子孙， 利未 人 希拿达 的子孙与弟兄，都一同起来，督理那在 神殿做工的人。
9So Jeshua and his sons and brothers, Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Yehudah), and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers—all Levites—joined together to supervise those working on the house of God.
10匠人立耶和华殿根基的时候，祭司皆穿礼服吹号， 亚萨 的子孙 利未 人敲钹，照 以色列 王 大卫 所定的例，都站着赞美耶和华。
10When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.
11他们彼此唱和，赞美称谢耶和华 说 ： 他本为善， 他向 以色列 人永发慈爱。 他们赞美耶和华的时候，众民大声呼喊，因耶和华殿的根基已经立定。
11And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.
12然而有许多祭司、 利未 人、族长，就是见过旧殿的老年人，现在亲眼看见立这殿的根基，便大声哭号，也有许多人大声欢呼，
12But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.
13甚至百姓不能分辨欢呼的声音和哭号的声音；因为众人大声呼喊，声音听到远处。
13The people could not distinguish the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people were making so much noise. And the sound was heard from afar.
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