1 And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. 2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. 3 And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening. 4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required; 5 And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD. 6 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid. 7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
8 ¶ Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at 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 they 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 Then stood Jeshua 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 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, after the ordinance of David king of Israel. 11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And 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 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: 13 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.
Eloǃoabas ge ǁkhawa ra tsoatsoa
1 Hûǁî ǁkhâb ge hā, ǁaeb ain ge Israelǁîn hoana ǀnai ǁîn di ǃādi ǃnâ ge ǁan hâ i. Tsîn ge ǁîn hoana ǀguiǂâixase Jerusalems ǃnâ ge ǀhao. 2 Ob ge Josadaki ôab Jesuab, ǁîb ǃgâsapristergu tsî Sealtieli ôab Serubabeli tsî ǁîgu di ǀaokhoen tsîna Israeli di Elob di altarsa ge ǂnubikhâi, ǁîs ain khauǁguibade nî ǁguibase, Elob aob Moseb di ǂhanub ǃnâ i a xoamâisa khami. 3 ǃHūb ǃnâ ge ǁan hâ i khoen xan gere ǃao, xawen ge oaǀkhī ge ǃhūsabena altarsa ǀnais ge mâ i ǃkhais ai ǁkhawa ge ǂnubikhâi. Tsîn ge ǁnās khaoǃgâ ǁîs ai ǁgoakhauǁguibadi tsî ǃuikhauǁguibadi tsîna ǃKhūba ge ǁguibatsoatsoa. 4 ǁÎn ge ǁHaodi ǁÂudība xoaǁguigu ǃoa tsēdī tsî mâ tsēs hoasa, tsēs ai nî dīhese xoaǁguisa ǁguibade gere ǁguiba. 5 ǁNās xōǀkhān ge ǁnaetisa khauǁguibadi tsî ǀAsa ǁKhâb Kaitsēs tsî mîǁguisa ǀgoreǀîtsēdi ai ǃKhūba ra hā-ūbahe ǁguibadi tsî māsenxase ra hā-ūhe ǁguibadi tsîna gere ǁguiba. 6 Noxopan ge Tempela ǂnubitsoatsoa tama hâ i, xawen ge ǁîna ǂguro tsēs hûǁî ǁkhâb dis ai khauǁguibade ǃKhūba ge ǁguibatsoatsoa.
Tempeli ge ra ǂnubitsoatsoahe
7 Khoen ge ǀuiǁhā-aogu tsî ǃnaokuru-aogu tsîgu nî matarehega mari-e ge mā, tsî ǂûn tsî āxūn tsî ǀkhera-oli-i tsîna Tirus tsî Sidons ǁga ge sî, Libanonni sederhain, hurib ai Jopasa ǃoa nî hā-ūhen ǃaroma. Nē xūn hoan ge Persiab gao-aob Koresi mā-ams ǀkha ge ī. 8 Tsîn ge ǀgamǁî kurib di ǀgamǁî ǁkhâb, ǁîn ge Tempeli tawa Jerusalems ǃnâ oaǀkhīs dib ǃnâ sîsenni ǀkha ge tsoatsoa. Serubabeli, Jesuab tsî nau aogu ǁaes digu, pristergu, Leviǁîgu tsî ǃhūsisa xu ge Jerusalems ǁga oaǀkhī khoen tsîn hoan ge sîsenna gere dīǀhao. Hoaraga Leviǁîgu ǀgamdisis xa ǃnāsa kuriga ūhâgu ge Tempela ǂnubikhâis di sîsenna gere mûǂam. 9 Leviǁîb Jesuab tsî ǁîb ôagu tsî ǀaokhoegu, Kadmieli tsî ǁîb ôagu (Hodaviab ǃhaoǃnās digu) tsîgu ge Tempela ǂnubikhâis di sîsenna mûǂams ǃnâ gere huiǀhao. (ǁÎgu ge Henadadi ǃhaoǃnās di Leviǁîgu xa gere huihe.)
10 Omaogu ge Tempeli di ǃgaoǃgaoba a ǁgui, o gu ge pristerga ǁîgu saraga ana tsî xâiǁnâde ǃomǁae ūhâse ǁîgu ǃkhaidi ai ge mâ i, tsî Asafi ǃhaoǃnās di Leviǁîgu ge simbaldi ǀkha ge mâ i. Tsî gu ge hoaga gao-aob Davidi ǁaeba xu hâ ǂnûiǂgāde ǃoa ǃKhūba gere koa. 11 ǁÎgu ge ǃKhūba sao rase gere koaǁnaeba:
“ǃKhūb ge a ǃgâi tsî Israela ǀamos kōse a ǀnam.” Tempeli tawa hâ hoaraga khoen ge ǃKhūb di koasa dâxase ge ǂgaiǂui, Tempeli ǃgaoǃgaob di sîsenni ge tsoatsoa ǃkhais ǃaroma. 12 ǂGui kaira pristergu, Leviǁîgu tsî ǃhaoǃnādi di danakhoegu ǂguro Tempela ge mû hâ igu ge nē Tempeli di ǃgaoǃgaob ra ǁguihe ǀgausa gu mâ ra mû hîa gere ā. Xawe nau khoen ge dâxase gere ǃau. 13 Khoe-i xare-i ge dâb di ǃaub tsî āb tsîn ǁaegu ge ǀgora ǁoa i, ǁîn di ǂkhupib ge ǃnūseb kōse gere ǁnâusen xui-ao.
