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 had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to 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 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.

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

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

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.

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

Afterwards 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.

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 to the Lord, although the foundation of the temple of the Lord had not been 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.

They 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

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.

Now 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.

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 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.

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.

When 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 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 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.

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 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,

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 sound was heard afar off.