1 و َفِي أوَّلِ الشَّهرِ السّابِعِ، حِينَ كانَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ مُستَقِرِّينَ فِي مُدُنِهِمْ، اجتَمَعَ الشَّعبُ كُلُّهُ بِنَفسٍ واحِدَةٍ فِي مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

¶ And when the seventh month was come and the sons of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man in Jerusalem.

2 و َبَدَأ يَشُوعُ بْنُ يُوصاداقَ وَرُفَقاؤُهُ الكَهَنَةُ وَزَرُبّابِلُ بْنُ شَألتِئِيلَ وَأقرِباؤُهُ بِإعادَةِ بِناءِ مَذبَحِ إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ لِكَي يُقَدِّمُوا عَلَيهِ ذَبائِحَ، كَما هُوَ مَكتُوبٌ فِي شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى، رَجُلِ اللهِ.

Then stood up Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and they built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings upon it, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God.

3 و َأقامُوا المَذبَحَ عَلَى قَواعِدِهِ الأصلِيَّةِ خَوفاً مِنَ الشُّعُوبِ المُحِيطَةِ بِهِمْ، وَقَدَّمُوا عَلَيهِ الذَّبائِحَ للهِ صَباحاً وَمَساءً.

And they set the altar upon its bases, for fear was upon them because of the peoples of those lands, and they offered burnt offerings upon it unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening.

4 و َاحتَفَلُوا بِعِيدُ السَّقائِفِ كَما تَنُصُّ الشَّرِيعَةُ، وَقَدَّمُوا العَدَدَ المَطلُوبَ مِنَ الذَّبائِحِ لِكُلِّ يَومٍ مِنْ أيّامِ الاحتِفالِ.

They kept also the feast of the tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the ordinance, each thing in its day,

5 و َبَعدَ ذَلِكَ قَدَّمُوا الذَّبائِحَ المُعْتادَةَ وَذَبائِحَ أوائِلِ الشُّهُورِ وَكُلِّ أعيادِ اللهِ المُقَدَّسَةِ، وَكُلِّ شَخصٍ تَبَرَّعَ بِشَئٍ للهِ.

and in addition to this, the continual burnt offering and the new moons and all the sanctified feasts of the LORD and every spontaneous freewill offering unto the LORD.

6 و َبَدَأُوا يُقَدِّمُونَ الذَّبائِحَ للهِ اعتِباراً مِنَ اليَومِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ السّابِعِ، مَعَ أنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا قَد وَضَعُوا أساساتِ هَيكَلِ اللهِ بَعْدُ. إعادةُ بناء الهيكَل

From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid.

7 و َأعطُوا مالاً للبَنائِينَ وَالنَّجّارِينَ، وَقَدَّمُو الطَّعامَ وَالشَّرابَ وَزَيتَ الزَّيتُونِ إلَى أهالِي صِيدا وَصُورَ لِقاءَ نَقلِهِمْ خَشَبَ الأرْزِ إلَيْهِمْ مِنْ لُبنانَ إلَى يافا عَن طَرِيقِ البَحرِ، فَقَد سَمَحَ لَهُمْ بِذَلِكَ كُورُشُ مَلِكُ فارِسَ.

And they gave money unto the masons and to the carpenters; and food and drink and oil unto the Zidonians and to those of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the will of Cyrus, king of Persia, over them.

8 و َفِي الشَّهرِ الثّانِي مِنَ السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةِ مِنْ وُصُولِهِمْ إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ فِي مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ، بَدَأ زَرُبّابِلُ بْنُ شَألتِئِيلَ وَيَشُوعُ بْنُ يُوصاداقَ العَمَلَ إلَى جانِبِ إخْوَتِهِمِ الكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ وَجَمِيعِ الَّذِينَ عادُوا إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ مِنْ سَبيِ بابِلَ. وَعَيَّنُوا اللّاوِيِّينَ مِنْ سِنِّ عِشرِينَ سَنَةً فَصاعِداً مُشرِفِينَ عَلَى بِناءِ بَيتِ اللهِ.

¶ And in the second year of their coming unto the house of God in 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 those 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.

9 و َقامَ يَشُوعُ وَأبناؤُهُ وَإخوَتُهُ قَدْمِيئِيلَ وَبَنُوهُ بَنُو يَهُوذا مَعَ بَنِي حِينادادَ وَبَنِيهِمْ وَإخوَتِهِمِ اللّاوِيِّينَ بِنَفسٍ واحِدَةٍ لِلإشرافِ عَلَى العُمّالِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَبنُونَ بَيتَ اللهِ.

Then Jeshua stood 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.

10 و َلَمّا وَضَعَ البَنّاؤُونَ أساساتِ هَيكَلِ اللهِ ، أخَذَ الكَهَنَةُ أماكِنَهُمُ المُخَصَّصَةَ، وَهُمْ يَرتَدُونَ أثوابَهُمُ الكَهَنُوتِيَّةَ وَيَحمِلُونَ الأبواقَ. وَكانَ اللّاوِيُّونَ بَنُو آسافَ يُسَبِّحُونَ اللهَ وَهُمْ يَحمِلُونَ الصُّنُوجَ، كَما رَتَّبَ داوُدُ مَلِكُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ.

And 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, according to the ordinance of David, king of Israel.

11 و َرَنَّمُوا بِالتَّناوُبِ مُسَبِّحِينَ وَشاكِرِينَ اللهَ: «سَبِّحُوا اللهَ لِأنَّهُ صالِحٌ، لأنَّ رَحمَتَهُ إلَى الأبَدِ.» وَهَتَفَ كُلُّ الشَّعبِ هُتافاً عَظِيماً تَسبِيحاً للهِ ، لأنَّ أساساتِ بَيتِ اللهِ قَد وُضِعَتْ.

And they sang, praising and giving thanks unto the LORD because he is good, for his mercy endures for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, praising the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.

12 و َكَثِيرُونَ مِنَ الكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ وَرُؤَساءِ العَشائِرِ الَّذِينَ سَبَقَ لَهُمْ أن رَأَوْا الهَيكَلَ السّابِقَ، بَكُوا بِصَوتٍ مُرتَفِعٍ لَمّا رَأَوْا أساساتِ الهَيكَلِ الجَّدِيدِ تُوضَعُ أمامَ عُيُونِهِمْ. بَينَما كانَ كَثِيرُونَ غَيرُهُمْ يَصرُخُونَ مِنَ الفَرَحِ،

But many of the priests and Levites and of the heads of the fathers, who were ancient men that had seen the first house, as the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice while many shouted aloud for joy:

13 ف َلَمْ يَكُن بِاستِطاعَةِ أحَدٍ أن يُمَيِّزَ صَوتَ الفَرَحِ مِنْ صَوتِ البُكاءِ! لأنَّ الشَّعبَ كُلَّهُ كانَ يَهتِفُ بِصَوتٍ مُرتَفِعٍ جِداً، حَتَّى إنَّ صَوتَهُمْ كانَ يُسمَعُ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ.

so 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 noise was heard afar off.