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Worship Restored at Jerusalem

¹And when the ⚓seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem. ²Then Jeshua the son of ⚓Jozadak and his brethren the priests, ⚓and Zerubbabel the son of ⚓Shealtiel and his brethren, arose and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is⚓written in the Law of Moses the man of God. ³Though fear had come upon them because of the people of those countries, they set the altar on its bases; and they offered ⚓burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and evening burnt offerings. ⁴⚓They also kept the Feast of Tabernacles, ⚓as it is written, and ⚓offered the daily burnt offerings in the number required by ordinance for each day. ⁵Afterwards they offered the ⚓regular burnt offering, and those for New Moons and for all the appointed feasts of the Lord that were consecrated, and those of everyone who willingly offered a freewill offering to the Lord. ⁶From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, although the foundation of the temple of the Lord had not been laid. ⁷They also gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and ⚓food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to the sea, to ⚓Joppa, ⚓according to the permission which they had from Cyrus king of Persia.

Restoration of the Temple Begins

⁸Now in the second month of the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, ⚓Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began work⚓and appointed the Levites from twenty years old and above to oversee the work of the house of the Lord. ⁹Then Jeshua with his sons and brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, and the sons of Judah, arose as one to oversee those working on the house of God: the sons of Henadad with their sons and their brethren the Levites.
¹⁰When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, ⚓the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord, according to the ⚓ordinance of David king of Israel. ¹¹⚓And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord:
⚓“For He is good,
⚓For His mercy endures forever toward Israel.”
Then all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.
¹²But many of the priests and Levites and ⚓heads of the fathers’ houses, old men who had seen the first temple, wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this temple was laid before their eyes. Yet many shouted aloud for joy, ¹³so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people, for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the sound was heard afar off.

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Jiez Gorn Ceix Ziec-Dorngh Hnangv Loz Wuov Nor

¹Taux cietv hlaax, I^saa^laa^en Mienh, gorqv-mienh yiem njiec gorqv-mienh nyei buonv-mungv mi'aqv. Ninh mbuo yietc zungv daaih gapv zunv yiem Ye^lu^saa^lem Zingh. ²Yo^saa^ndakc nyei dorn, Ye^su^aa, caux juangc zoux sai mienh nyei mienh, caux Se^an^ti^en nyei dorn, Se^lupv^mbaa^mben, caux ninh nyei muoz-doic cien-ceqv jiez gorn ceix I^saa^laa^en Mienh nyei Tin-Hungh nyei ziec-dorngh,⚓ weic bun ninh mbuo dorh ga'naaiv daaih buov ziec ziux fiev jienv Tin-Hungh nyei mienh, Mose, nyei Leiz-Latc Sou. ³Maiv gunv ninh mbuo gamh nziex weih gormx nyei buonv-deic mienh, ninh mbuo yiem loz-gorn-ndoqv ceix ziec-dorngh yaac ndorm-ndorm muonz-muonz dorh ga'naaiv mingh buov ziec bun Ziouv. ⚓ ⁴Ziux fiev jienv leiz-latc, ninh mbuo yaac jiex ⟨Mbiorv Liuh nyei Zipv.⟩⚓ Ei jienv leiz nyei soux mouc ninh mbuo hnoi-hnoi dorh ga'naaiv mingh buov ziec. ⁵Nqa'haav ninh mbuo aengx dorh zanc-zanc buov ziec nyei ga'naaiv caux bieqc Siang-Hlaax ziec nyei, caux ziux norm-norm zipv ziec nyei, aengx caux gorqv-mienh cuotv fim ziec bun Ziouv nyei ga'naaiv.⚓ ⁶Cietv hlaax saeng-yietv, mienh jiez gorn dorh ga'naaiv mingh ziec bun Ziouv, maiv gunv ninh mbuo maiv gaengh liepc zaangc Ziouv nyei biauv nyei gorn-ndoqv.

Jiez Gorn Ceix Zaangc Tin-Hungh Nyei Biauv

⁷I^saa^laa^en Mienh zorqv nyaanh bun la'bieiv-zaangc caux ndiangx-zaangc. Aengx zorqv nyanc hopv caux ga'lanv youh bun Sai^ndorn Mienh caux Tailaqv Mienh weic zorqv Le^mbaa^norn Mbong nyei si^ndaa zongh ndiangx wuonc njiec taux koiv, aengx wuonc gan koiv njiec taux Yapv^faa, ziux Besie Guoqv nyei hungh, Sailatv, nqoi nzuih bun ninh mbuo zoux.
⁸Nzuonx Ye^lu^saa^lem Zingh, zaangc Tin-Hungh nyei biauv, da'nyeic hnyangx nyeic hlaax, Se^an^ti^en nyei dorn, Se^lupv^mbaa^mben, caux Yo^saa^ndakc nyei dorn, Ye^su^aa, caux ninh mbuo nyei muoz-doic cien-ceqv, se dongh sai mienh caux Lewi Mienh, caux yietc zungv zuqc guaatv mingh aengx nzuonx daaih nyei I^saa^laa^en Mienh, jiez gorn zoux gong. Ninh mbuo paaiv hnyangx-jeiv nyic ziepc hnyangx faaux maengx nyei Lewi Mienh zoux ceix zaangc Ziouv nyei biauv nyei gunv gong mienh. ⁹Ye^su^aa⚓ caux ninh nyei dorn mbuo caux ninh nyei cien-ceqv, caux Katc^mi^en caux ninh nyei dorn mbuo (se Ho^ndaa^wi^yaa⚓ nyei zeiv-fun) caux He^naa^ndatc nyei bungh buonc dorn-jueiv fun-faqv caux muoz-doic, se naaiv deix Lewi Mienh tengx jienv gunv ceix zaangc Tin-Hungh nyei biauv nyei gong-mienh.
¹⁰Zaangc mienh liepc Ziouv nyei biauv nyei gorn-ndoqv wuov zanc, zuangx sai mienh zuqv jienv zoux sai nyei lui-houx, nanv jienv nzatc cuotv daaih. Lewi Mienh, ⟨Aasaapc⟩ nyei zeiv-fun, nanv jienv caauh zeiv. Ninh mbuo lomh nzoih ceng Ziouv ziux zinh ndaangc I^saa^laa^en Mienh nyei hungh, Ndaawitv, dingc daaih nyei yietc nyeic.⚓ ¹¹Ninh mbuo baaux nzung ceng yaac laengz zingh Ziouv gorngv,
“Ziouv za'gengh longx haic.
Ninh yietc liuz hnamv I^saa^laa^en Mienh
taux maanc gouv maanc doic.”⚓
Zuangx mienh lomh nzoih heuc qiex mbui nyei ceng Ziouv weic zuqc zaangc Ziouv nyei biauv nyei gorn-ndoqv liepc jiez daaih aqv. ¹²Mv baac maaih hnyangx-jeiv gox nyei sai mienh camv nyei, caux Lewi Mienh, caux bungh buonc nyei bieiv zeiv, dongh buatc jiex loz wuov norm zaangc Tin-Hungh nyei biauv nyei mienh, buatc ih zanc liepc naaiv norm nyei siang-gorn-ndoqv ziouc nyiemv duqv mbui haic. Aengx maaih mienh camv! nyei njien-youh nyei heuc. ¹³Yiem wuov nyei zuangx mienh maiv maaih haaix dauh haih samx duqv cuotv wuov deix qiex mbui, haaix nyungc se njien-youh nyei qiex haaix nyungc se nyiemv nyei qiex, weic zuqc zuangx mienh za'gengh! mbui haic. Yiem go nyei mienh yaac muangx duqv haiz.