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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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Pơdơ̆ng Glaĭ Kơnưl Ngă Yang

¹Hlâo kơ blan tal tơjuh truh, abih bang ƀing Israel hơmâo dŏ laih amăng khul plei pla gơñu pô. Giŏng anŭn, abih bang ƀing gơñu pơjơnum glaĭ sa pran amăng plei prŏng Yerusalaim. ²Yêsua ană đah rơkơi Yôzadak, ƀing khua ngă yang hrŏm hăng ñu, Zeruƀabel ană đah rơkơi Sealtiêl, wơ̆t hăng ƀing adơi ai ñu, čơdơ̆ng pơdơ̆ng đĭ kơnưl kơ Ơi Adai ƀing Israel. Tui anŭn, ƀing gơñu dưi čuh pơyơr đĭ khul gơnam pơyơr čuh ƀơi kơnưl anŭn tui hăng tơlơi hơmâo čih pioh laih amăng tơlơi juăt Môseh, jing ding kơna Ơi Adai anŭn.⚓ ³Wơ̆t tơdah ƀing gơñu huĭ hyưt kơ ƀing mơnuih tuai dŏ jum dar gơñu, jing ƀing hơdip amăng anih lŏn anŭn, samơ̆ ƀing gơñu ăt pơdơ̆ng đĭ kơnưl ngă yang ƀơi anih hơđăp hlâo adih. Giŏng anŭn, ƀing gơñu čơdơ̆ng čuh pơyơr đĭ dơ̆ng kơ Yahweh khul gơnam pơyơr čuh ƀơi kơnưl anŭn rĭm mơguah klăm.⚓ ⁴Ƀing gơñu djă̱ hơdơr glaĭ khul tơlơi Phet Sang Than Jăng Jai tui hăng khul tơlơi phiăn; rĭm hrơi ƀing gơñu pơyơr khul gơnam pơyơr čuh pơkă djŏp kơ hrơi anŭn yơh.⚓ ⁵Tơdơi kơ anŭn, ƀing gơñu ba rai khul gơnam ngă yang kiăng kơ pơyơr čuh rĭm hrơi, khul gơnam ngă yang kiăng kơ pơyơr đĭ ƀơi tơlơi phet Blan Phrâo laih anŭn khul gơnam ngă yang kiăng kơ pơyơr amăng abih bang khul tơlơi phet rơgoh hiam pơkŏn ƀơi anih kơkuh pơpŭ kơ Yahweh. Ƀing gơñu ăt ba rai khul gơnam pơyơr rơngai mơ̆n kơ Yahweh.⚓ ⁶Ƀơi hrơi tal sa amăng blan tal tơjuh yơh, ƀing gơñu čơdơ̆ng pơyơr đĭ khul gơnam pơyơr čuh kơ Yahweh, wơ̆t tơdah ƀing gơñu aka pơdơ̆ng đĭ ôh atur Sang Yang Yahweh.

Čơdơ̆ng Pơdơ̆ng Glaĭ Sang Yang Yahweh

⁷Giŏng anŭn, gơñu apăh prăk kơ ƀing treh pơtâo laih anŭn kơ ƀing trah kơyâo, laih anŭn pha brơi gơnam ƀơ̆ng, gơnam mơñum wơ̆t hăng ia rơmuă ôliwơ mơ̆n kơ ƀing mơnuih pơ plei pơnăng Sidôn laih anŭn Tir kiăng kơ ƀing gơñu pơđu̱ng rai khul tơmĕh kơyâo sar mơ̆ng anih lŏn Lebanôn tui hăng jơlan ia rơsĭ truh kơ anih Yoppa. Abih bang bruă anŭn ƀing gơñu ngă tui hăng tơlơi dưi Sirus pơtao dêh čar Persia brơi laih.
⁸Tui anŭn, amăng blan tal dua thŭn tal dua tơdơi kơ ƀing gơñu wơ̆t glaĭ laih pơ anih Sang Yang Ơi Adai amăng plei prŏng Yerusalaim, ƀing gơñu čơdơ̆ng ma̱n pơdơ̆ng Sang Yang anŭn yơh. Khua ba akŏ Zeruƀabel ană đah rơkơi Sealtiêl, khua ngă yang prŏng hloh Yêsua ană đah rơkơi Yôzadak laih anŭn abih bang ƀing khua ngă yang, ƀing Lêwi laih anŭn abih bang ƀing mơnuih pơkŏn hơmâo wơ̆t glaĭ laih pơ plei prŏng Yerusalaim, pơgop mă bruă hrŏm hơbĭt yơh. Abih bang ƀing Lêwi čơdơ̆ng mơ̆ng duapluh thŭn pơ ngŏ grơ̆ng glăm amăng bruă pơdơ̆ng glaĭ Sang Yang Yahweh. ⁹Ƀing ană tơčô Hôdawiah mơ̆ng kơnung djuai Lêwi jing Yêsua wơ̆t hăng ƀing ană đah rơkơi ñu adơi ai ñu, laih anŭn Kadmiel wơ̆t hăng ƀing ană đah rơkơi ñu, pơgop hrŏm hơbĭt amăng bruă grơ̆ng glăm pơdơ̆ng glaĭ sang yang. Ƀing ană tơčô Henadad yơh ăt jing ƀing Lêwi mơ̆n, djru ƀing gơ̆ amăng bruă grơ̆ng glăm anŭn.
¹⁰Tơdang ƀing ma̱n pơdơ̆ng hơmâo pơkra laih atur Sang Yang Yahweh, hơmâo ƀing khua ngă yang buh ao phyung tơlơi phiăn gơñu dŏ dơ̆ng, djă̱ tơdiăp ƀơi tơngan gơñu, laih anŭn ƀing ană tơčô Asap jing ƀing Lêwi ăt dŏ dơ̆ng, djă̱ răng răi ƀơi tơngan gơñu. Ƀing gơñu bơni hơơč kơ Yahweh tui hăng tơlơi Dawid jing pơtao Israel hơmâo pơtă laih hlâo adih.⚓ ¹¹Ƀing gơñu adoh bơni kơ Yahweh hăng tơlơi hơdơr tơngia bơni hơơč tui anai:
“Yahweh jing hiam klă;
Ñu khăp kơ ƀing Israel hlŏng lar.”
Giŏng anŭn, abih bang mơnuih ur kraih krin biă mă kiăng bơni hơơč kơ Yahweh, yuakơ bruă pơdơ̆ng đĭ atur sang yang Yahweh hơmâo pơgiŏng hĭ laih.⚓ ¹²Samơ̆ hơmâo đơđa ƀing khua ngă yang tha ƀiă, ƀing Lêwi laih anŭn ƀing djă̱ akŏ sang anŏ, jing ƀing hơmâo ƀuh laih Sang Yang Ơi Adai hlâo adih; tơdang ƀing gơñu dŏ lăng atur sang yang phrâo anai, ƀing gơñu hia hăng pơkrao kraih krin yơh. Samơ̆ đơđa ƀing mơnuih pơ anŭn ur dreo kraih mơak mơai. ¹³Ƀu hơmâo hlơi pô dưi thâo krăn ôh tŏng krah dơnai ur dreo ƀôdah dơnai čŏk hia, yuakơ dơnai ƀing gơñu ur ngañ kơtang biă mă laih anŭn dơnai anŭn arăng dưi hơmư̆ mơ̆ng ataih mơ̆n.