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NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Iamque venerat mensis septi mus, et erant filii Israel in civita tibussuis. Congregatus est ergo populus quasi vir unus in Ierusalem.	1 When the seventh month came after the Israelites had been resettled in their towns, the peoplegathered as one person in Jerusalem.
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, with his brother priests, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, with his brothers,set about rebuilding the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it as prescribed in the Law of Mosesman of God.
3 Collocaverunt autemaltare super bases suas, deterrentibus eos per circuitum populis terrarum, etobtulerunt super illud holocaustum Domino mane et vespere.	3 They erected the altar on its old site, despite their fear of the people of the country, and on it theypresented burnt offerings to Yahweh, burnt offerings morning and evening;
4 Feceruntquesollemnitatem Tabernaculorum, sicut scriptum est, et holocaustum diebus singulisper ordinem, secundum praeceptum pro singulis diebus;	4 they celebrated the feast of Shelters as prescribed, offering daily the number of burnt offerings requiredfrom day to day,
5 et praeter holocaustumsempiternum illa etiam pro calendis et universis sollemnitatibus, quae erantconsecratae Domino, et pro omnibus, quae ultro offerebantur Domino.	5 and in addition presented the continual burnt offerings prescribed for the Sabbaths, for the New Moonsand for al the festivals sacred to Yahweh, as well as those voluntary offerings made by individuals to Yahweh.
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 presenting burnt offerings to Yahweh, though thefoundations of the Temple of Yahweh 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 They also contributed money for the masons and carpenters, and food, drink and oil for the Sidoniansand Tyrians for bringing cedar wood from Lebanon by sea to Jaffa, for which Cyrus king of Persia had givenpermission.
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 It was in the second month of the second year after their arrival at the Temple of God in Jerusalem thatZerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak, with the rest of their brothers, the priests, the Levitesand all the people who had returned to Jerusalem from captivity, began the work by appointing some of theLevites who were twenty years old or more to superintend the work on the Temple of Yahweh.
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 The Levites, Jeshua, his sons and his brothers, with Kadmiel, Binnui and his sons, the sons ofHodaviah, agreed to superintend the men working on the Temple 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 foundations of the Temple of Yahweh, the priests in their robes stoodforward with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise Yahweh according to theordinances of 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 chanted praise and thanksgiving to Yahweh because for Israel, they said, 'he is good, andeverlasting in his faithful love.' Then al the people raised a mighty shout of praise to Yahweh, since thefoundations of the Temple of Yahweh had now 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 older priests, Levites and heads of families, who had seen the first temple, wept veryloudly when the foundations of this one were laid before their eyes, but many others shouted aloud for joy,
13 Nec poterat quisquam agnoscere vocem clamoris laetantium etvocem fletus populi, quoniam populus vociferabatur clamore magno, et strepitusaudiebatur procul.	13 so that nobody could distinguish the noise of the joyful shout from the noise of the people's weeping;for the people shouted so loudly that the noise could be heard far away.