Esdra 3

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Iamque venerat mensis septi mus, et erant filii Israel in civita tibussuis. Congregatus est ergo populus quasi vir unus in Ierusalem.	1 Now when the seventh month came, after the Israelites had settled in their cities, the people gathered at Jerusalem as one man.
2 Et surrexitIesua filius Iosedec et fratres eius sacerdotes et Zorobabel filius Salathiel etfratres eius et aedificaverunt altare Dei Israel, ut offerrent in eoholocautomata, sicut scriptum est in lege Moysi viri Dei.	2 Then Jeshua, son of Jozadak, together with his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, together with his brethren, set about rebuilding the altar of the God of Israel in order to offer on it the holocausts prescribed in the law of Moses, the man of God.
3 Collocaverunt autemaltare super bases suas, deterrentibus eos per circuitum populis terrarum, etobtulerunt super illud holocaustum Domino mane et vespere.	3 Despite their fear of the peoples of the land, they replaced the altar on its foundations and offered holocausts to the LORD on it, both morning and evening.
4 Feceruntquesollemnitatem Tabernaculorum, sicut scriptum est, et holocaustum diebus singulisper ordinem, secundum praeceptum pro singulis diebus;	4 They also kept the feast of Booths in the manner prescribed, and they offered the daily holocausts in the proper number required for each day.
5 et praeter holocaustumsempiternum illa etiam pro calendis et universis sollemnitatibus, quae erantconsecratae Domino, et pro omnibus, quae ultro offerebantur Domino.	5 Thereafter they offered the established holocaust, the sacrifices prescribed for the new moons and all the festivals sacred to the LORD, and those which anyone might offer as a free-will gift to the LORD.
6 A primodie mensis septimi coeperunt offerre holocaustum Domino; porro templum Deinondum fundatum erat.	6 From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer holocausts to the LORD, though the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not yet been laid.
7 Dederunt autem pecunias latomis et fabris, cibum quoque et potum et oleumSidoniis Tyriisque, ut deferrent ligna cedrina de Libano ad mare Ioppe, iuxtaquod concesserat Cyrus rex Persarum eis.	7 Then they hired stonecutters and carpenters, and sent food and drink and oil to the Sidonians and Tyrians that they might ship cedar trees from the Lebanon to the port of Joppa, as Cyrus, king of Persia, had authorized.
8 Anno autem secundo adventus eorum ad templum Dei in Ierusalem mense secundo,coeperunt Zorobabel filius Salathiel et Iesua filius Iosedec et reliqui defratribus eorum sacerdotes et Levitae et omnes, qui venerant de captivitate inIerusalem, et constituerunt Levitas a viginti annis et supra, ut dirigerent opustempli Domini.	8 In the year after their coming to the house of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, son of Jozadak, together with the rest of their brethren, the priests and Levites and all who had come from the captivity to Jerusalem, began by appointing the Levites twenty years of age and over to supervise the work on the house of the LORD.
9 Stetitque Iesua et filii eius et fratres eius, Cadmihel, Bennuiet Odovia quasi vir unus, ut dirigerent eos, qui faciebant opus in templo Dei;itemque filii Henadad et filii eorum et fratres eorum Levitae.	9 Jeshua and his sons and brethren, with Kadmiel and Binnui, son of Henadad, and their sons and their brethren, the Levites, stood as one man to supervise those who were engaged in the work on the house of God.
10 Fundato igitur ab aedificatoribus templo Domini, steterunt sacerdotes inornatu suo cum tubis, et Levitae filii Asaph in cymbalis, ut laudarent Deumiuxta mandatum David regis Israel.	10 When the builders had laid the foundation of the LORD'S temple, the vested priests with the trumpets and the Levites, sons of Asaph, were stationed there with the cymbals to praise the LORD in the manner laid down by David, king of Israel.
11 Et concinebant in hymnis et gratiarumactione Domino: “ Quoniam bonus, quoniam in aeternum misericordia eius ”super Israel. Omnis quoque populus vociferabatur clamore magno in laudandoDominum, eo quod fundatum esset templum Domini.	11 They alternated in songs of praise and thanksgiving to the LORD, "for he is good, for his kindness to Israel endures forever"; and all the people raised a great shout of joy, praising the LORD because the foundation of the LORD'S house had been laid.
12 Plurimi etiam senes desacerdotibus et Levitis et principibus familiarum, qui viderant oculis suisprius templum in loco suo, flebant voce magna; et multi vociferantes in laetitiaelevabant vocem.	12 Many of the priests, Levites, and family heads, the old men who had seen the former house, cried out in sorrow as they watched the foundation of the present house being laid. Many others, however, lifted up their voices in shouts of joy,
13 Nec poterat quisquam agnoscere vocem clamoris laetantium etvocem fletus populi, quoniam populus vociferabatur clamore magno, et strepitusaudiebatur procul.	13 and no one could distinguish the sound of the joyful shouting from the sound of those who were weeping; for the people raised a mighty clamor which was heard afar off.