1 W hen the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man in Jerusalem.

Na, i te takanga mai o te whitu o nga marama, a i nga pa nga tama a Iharaira, me te mea he tangata kotahi te iwi ki te huihui ki Hiruharama.

2 T hen Jozadak’s son Jeshua and his brothers the religious leaders, and Shealtiel’s son Zerubbabel and his brothers, built the altar of the God of Israel, to give burnt gifts on it. They did this as it is written in the Law of Moses, the man of God.

Katahi ka tu a Hehua tama a Iohereke ki runga, me ona teina, nga tohunga, me Herupapera tama a Haratiera, me ona teina, a hanga ana e ratou te aata a te Atua o Iharaira, hei whakaekenga mo nga tahunga tinana, kia rite ai ki te mea i tuhituhia ki te ture a Mohi, a ta te Atua tangata.

3 S o they set up the altar in its place, for they were afraid because of the peoples of the lands. On it they gave burnt gifts in worship to the Lord morning and evening.

Na whakaturia ana e ratou te aata ki tona turanga; i wehi hoki ratou i nga tangata o aua whenua: a whakaekea atu ana e ratou ki runga nga tahunga tinana ki a Ihowa, nga tahunga tinana o te ata, o te ahiahi.

4 T hey kept the Special Supper of Tents, as it is written. They gave the right number of burnt gifts every day by the Law, as was needed for each day.

I mahia ano e ratou te hakari tihokahoka, tera i tuhituhia ra; i whakaekea ano nga tahunga tinana o tenei ra, o tenei ra, rite tonu te maha, rite tonu nga tikanga, ko nga mea mo tenei ra i tenei ra.

5 A fter that they gave the gifts to be burned day and night and for the new moons, and for all the special times of the Lord, and the gifts from every one who brought a free-will gift to the Lord.

A muri iho ko nga tahunga tinana tuturu, ko o nga kowhititanga marama, ko o nga wa katoa i whakaritea e Ihowa, he mea whakatapu nana, me a te hunga katoa i tapae noa i te whakahere ki a Ihowa.

6 F rom the first day of the seventh month they began to give burnt gifts to the Lord. But the house of the Lord had not begun to be built.

No te ra tuatahi o te whitu o nga marama i timata ai te whakaeke i nga tahunga tinana ki a Ihowa: otiia kahore ano te turanga mo te temepara o Ihowa kia takoto noa.

7 S o they gave money to the men who worked with stone and wood. They gave food, drink and oil to the Sidonians and Tyrians so the cedar wood could be brought from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, as King Cyrus of Persia had allowed them. Work on the House of God Begins

Na i haotu e ratou he hiriwa ki nga kaimahi katoa, ki nga kamura; a me etahi mea hei kai; hei inu, me te hinu ma nga Haironi, ma nga Tairani, hei mea mo etahi rakau hita kia kawea mai i Repanona ki te moana, ki Hopa, kia rite ai ki te kupu homai a Hairuha kingi o Pahia ki a ratou.

8 I n 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 brothers the religious leaders and Levites, and all who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem, began the work. And they chose the Levites from twenty years old and older to watch over the work of the Lord’s house.

Na i te rua o nga tau o to ratou taenga ki te whare o te Atua, ki Hiruharama, i te rua o nga marama, ka timata a Herupapera tama a Haratiera, me Hehua tama a Iohereke, me era atu o o ratou teina, o nga tohunga, o nga Riwaiti, me te hunga katoa i maunu mai i te whakarau ki Hiruharama; i whakaritea ano e raua nga Riwaiti, te hunga e rua tekau, maha atu ranei, o ratou tau, hei kaitirotiro i te mahinga o te whare o Ihowa.

9 T hen Jeshua with his sons and brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, and the sons of Henadad with their sons and brothers the Levites, together watched over the workmen in the house of God.

Katahi ka tu a Hehua me ana tama, me ona teina, a Karamiere me ana tama, me nga tama hoki a Hura, ano he tangata kotahi, hei kaitirotiro i nga kaimahi o te whare o te Atua: ko nga tama a Henarara, ratou ko a ratou tama, ko o ratou teina, ko nga R iwaiti.

10 W hen the builders had begun building the house of the Lord, the religious leaders stood in their religious clothing blowing horns. The Levites, the sons of Asaph, stood with brass noise-makers. And they praised the Lord, as they had been told by King David of Israel.

Na i te whakatakotoranga a nga kaimahi i te turanga o te temepara o Ihowa, ka whakaturia nga tohunga, kakahu rawa nga kakahu, he tetere ano kei a ratou, me nga Riwaiti, nga tama a Ahapa e mau himipora ana, hei whakamoemiti mo Ihowa, hei pera me ta Rawiri kingi o Iharaira i whakarite ai.

11 T hey sang, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, saying, “For He is good, for His loving-kindness is upon Israel forever.” All the people called out with a loud voice when they praised the Lord because the work on the house of the Lord had begun.

Na ka waiata ratou tetahi ki tetahi, ka whakamoemiti, ka whakawhetai ki a Ihowa, me te mea, He pai hoki ia, a he mau tonu tana mahi tohu ki a Iharaira. Na hamama katoa ana te iwi, he nui te hamama; ka whakamomemiti ki a Ihowa, no te mea ka takot o te turanga o te whare o Ihowa.

12 B ut many of the religious leaders and Levites and heads of the family groups were old men who had seen the first house of the Lord. And they cried with a loud voice when the work of this house was begun in front of their eyes. But many called out for joy in a loud voice.

Na he tokomaha o nga tohunga, o nga Riwaiti, o nga upoko o nga whare o nga matua, he koroheke, i kite i te whare tuatahi, no to ratou kitenga i te turanga mo tenei whare i to ratou aroaro, ka tangi, he nui te reo; a he tokomaha i hamama te reo i te koa:

13 T he people could not tell the difference between the sound of joy and the sound of crying. For the people called out with a loud voice, and the sound was heard far away.

Na kihai te reo o te hamama koa i taea e te iwi te wehe i roto i te reo o te iwi e tangi ana: he nui hoki te hamama i hamama ai te iwi, ka rangona te reo i tawhiti.