Ezra 3

Yeshua and Zerubbavel rebuild the mizbeach, reinstate zivkhei tamid and Chag haSukkot, then lay the Beit Hamikdash foundation amid mixed joy and weeping.[2][4]

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and stood up Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his brothers and built [direct object marker] altar God of Israel to offer up on it burnt offerings as it is written in the law of Moses man of God
2 וַ/יָּקָם֩ 𐤅/𐤉𐤒𐤌 vayaqam and stood up HC/Vqw3ms יֵשׁ֨וּעַ 𐤉𐤔𐤅𐤏 yeshua Jeshua HNp בֶּן 𐤁𐤍 ben Bene (Bemba) son of HNcmsc יֽוֹצָדָ֜ק 𐤉𐤅𐤑𐤃𐤒 yotsadaq Jozadak HNp וְ/אֶחָ֣י/ו 𐤅/𐤀𐤇𐤉/𐤅 veechayv and his brothers HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֗ים 𐤄/𐤊𐤄𐤍𐤉𐤌 hakohanim the priests HTd/Ncmpa וּ/זְרֻבָּבֶ֤ל 𐤅/𐤆𐤓𐤁𐤁𐤋 uzerubavel and Zerubbabel HC/Np בֶּן 𐤁𐤍 ben-2 Bene (Bemba) son of HNcmsc שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל֙ 𐤔𐤀𐤋𐤕𐤉𐤀𐤋 shealetiel Shealtiel HNp וְ/אֶחָ֔י/ו 𐤅/𐤀𐤇𐤉/𐤅 veechayv-2 and his brothers HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms וַ/יִּבְנ֕וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤁𐤍𐤅 vayivenu and built HC/Vqw3mp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] HTo מִזְבַּ֖ח 𐤌𐤆𐤁𐤇 mizebach altar HNcmsc אֱלֹהֵ֣י 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 elohey Mulimu (Lozi) God of HNcmpc יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael Israel HNp לְ/הַעֲל֤וֹת 𐤋/𐤄𐤏𐤋𐤅𐤕 lehaalot to offer up HR/Vhc עָלָי/ו֙ 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤅 alayv on it HR/Sp3ms עֹל֔וֹת 𐤏𐤋𐤅𐤕 olot burnt offerings HNcfpa כַּ/כָּת֕וּב 𐤊/𐤊𐤕𐤅𐤁 kakatuv as it is written HRd/Vqsmsa בְּ/תוֹרַ֖ת 𐤁/𐤕𐤅𐤓𐤕 betorat in the law of HR/Ncfsc מֹשֶׁ֥ה 𐤌𐤔𐤄 mosheh Moses HNp אִישׁ 𐤀𐤉𐤔 ish man HNcmsc הָ/אֱלֹהִֽים 𐤄/𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 haelohim Mulimu (Lozi) of God HTd/Ncmpa
and they gave money to the masons and to the carpenters food drink and oil to the Sidonians and to the Tyrians to bring trees cedar from Lebanon to the sea Joppa according to the authorization of Cyrus king of Persia to them
7 וַ/יִּ֨תְּנוּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤕𐤍𐤅 vayitenu and they gave HC/Vqw3mp כֶ֔סֶף 𐤊𐤎𐤐 khesef money HNcmsa לַ/חֹצְבִ֖ים 𐤋/𐤇𐤑𐤁𐤉𐤌 lachotsevim to the masons HRd/Vqrmpa וְ/לֶ/חָרָשִׁ֑ים 𐤅/𐤋/𐤇𐤓𐤔𐤉𐤌 velecharashim and to the carpenters HC/Rd/Ncmpa וּ/מַאֲכָ֨ל 𐤅/𐤌𐤀𐤊𐤋 umaakhal food HC/Ncmsa וּ/מִשְׁתֶּ֜ה 𐤅/𐤌𐤔𐤕𐤄 umisheteh drink HC/Ncmsa וָ/שֶׁ֗מֶן 𐤅/𐤔𐤌𐤍 vashemen and oil HC/Ncmsa לַ/צִּֽדֹנִים֙ 𐤋/𐤑𐤃𐤍𐤉𐤌 latsidonim to the Sidonians HRd/Ngmpa וְ/לַ/צֹּרִ֔ים 𐤅/𐤋/𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 velatsorim and to the Tyrians HC/Rd/Ngmpa לְ/הָבִיא֩ 𐤋/𐤄𐤁𐤉𐤀 lehavi to bring HR/Vhc עֲצֵ֨י 𐤏𐤑𐤉 atsey trees HNcmpc אֲרָזִ֤ים 𐤀𐤓𐤆𐤉𐤌 arazim cedar HNcmpa מִן 𐤌𐤍 min from HR הַ/לְּבָנוֹן֙ 𐤄/𐤋𐤁𐤍𐤅𐤍 halevanon Lebanon HTd/Np אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to HR יָ֣ם 𐤉𐤌 yam the sea HNcmsc יָפ֔וֹא 𐤉𐤐𐤅𐤀 yafo Joppa HNp כְּ/רִשְׁי֛וֹן 𐤊/𐤓𐤔𐤉𐤅𐤍 kerisheyon according to the authorization HR/Ncmsc כּ֥וֹרֶשׁ 𐤊𐤅𐤓𐤔 koresh of Cyrus HNp מֶֽלֶךְ 𐤌𐤋𐤊 melekhe king HNcmsc פָּרַ֖ס 𐤐𐤓𐤎 paras of Persia HNp עֲלֵי/הֶֽם 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤄𐤌 aleyhem to them HR/Sp3mp
and-in-the-year the-second to-their-coming to house of-God to-Jerusalem in-the-month the-second they-began Zerubbabel son-of Shealtiel and-Jeshua son-of Jozadak and-the-rest-of their-brothers the-priests and-the-Levites and-all those-coming from-the-captivity Jerusalem and-they-appointed [direct-object-marker] the-Levites from-son-of twenty years and-upward to-oversee over work-of house-of YHWH
8 וּ/בַ/שָּׁנָ֣ה 𐤅/𐤁/𐤔𐤍𐤄 uvashanah and-in-the-year HC/Rd/Ncfsa הַ/שֵּׁנִ֗ית 𐤄/𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤕 hashenit the-second HTd/Aofsa לְ/בוֹאָ֞/ם 𐤋/𐤁𐤅𐤀/𐤌 levoam to-their-coming HR/Vqc/Sp3mp אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to HR בֵּ֤ית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt house HNcmsc הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙ 𐤄/𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 haelohim Mulimu (Lozi) of-God HTd/Ncmpa לִ/יר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם 𐤋/𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 lirushalaim to-Jerusalem HR/Np בַּ/חֹ֖דֶשׁ 𐤁/𐤇𐤃𐤔 bachodesh Umwenshi (Bemba) in-the-month HRd/Ncmsa הַ/שֵּׁנִ֑י 𐤄/𐤔𐤍𐤉 hasheni the-second HTd/Aomsa הֵחֵ֡לּוּ 𐤄𐤇𐤋𐤅 hechelu they-began HVhp3cp זְרֻבָּבֶ֣ל 𐤆𐤓𐤁𐤁𐤋 zerubavel Zerubbabel HNp בֶּן 𐤁𐤍 ben Bene (Bemba) son-of HNcmsc שְׁ֠אַלְתִּיאֵל 𐤔𐤀𐤋𐤕𐤉𐤀𐤋 shealetiel Shealtiel HNp וְ/יֵשׁ֨וּעַ 𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤅𐤏 veyeshua and-Jeshua HC/Np בֶּן 𐤁𐤍 ben-2 Bene (Bemba) son-of HNcmsc יֽוֹצָדָ֜ק 𐤉𐤅𐤑𐤃𐤒 yotsadaq Jozadak HNp וּ/שְׁאָ֥ר 𐤅/𐤔𐤀𐤓 ushear and-the-rest-of HC/Ncmsc אֲחֵי/הֶ֣ם 𐤀𐤇𐤉/𐤄𐤌 acheyhem their-brothers HNcmpc/Sp3mp הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֣ים 𐤄/𐤊𐤄𐤍𐤉𐤌 hakohanim the-priests HTd/Ncmpa וְ/הַ/לְוִיִּ֗ם 𐤅/𐤄/𐤋𐤅𐤉𐤌 vehaleviyim and-the-Levites HC/Td/Ngmpa וְ/כָל 𐤅/𐤊𐤋 vekhal and-all HC/Ncmsc הַ/בָּאִים֙ 𐤄/𐤁𐤀𐤉𐤌 habaim those-coming HTd/Vqrmpa מֵ/הַ/שְּׁבִ֣י 𐤌/𐤄/𐤔𐤁𐤉 mehashevi from-the-captivity HR/Td/Ncbsa יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֔ם 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 yerushalaim Jerusalem HNp וַ/יַּעֲמִ֣ידוּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤃𐤅 vayaamidu and-they-appointed HC/Vhw3mp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct-object-marker] HTo הַ/לְוִיִּ֗ם 𐤄/𐤋𐤅𐤉𐤌 haleviyim the-Levites HTd/Ngmpa מִ/בֶּ֨ן 𐤌/𐤁𐤍 miben Bene (Bemba) from-son-of HR/Ncmsc עֶשְׂרִ֤ים 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌 eserim twenty HAcbpa שָׁנָה֙ 𐤔𐤍𐤄 shanah years HNcfsa וָ/מַ֔עְלָ/ה 𐤅/𐤌𐤏𐤋/𐤄 vamaelah and-upward HC/D/Sd לְ/נַצֵּ֖חַ 𐤋/𐤍𐤑𐤇 lenatsecha to-oversee HR/Vpc עַל 𐤏𐤋 al over HR מְלֶ֥אכֶת 𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊𐤕 melekhet work-of HNcfsc בֵּית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt-2 house-of HNcmsc יְהוָֽה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) YHWH HNp
and stood Jeshua his sons and his brothers Kadmiel and his sons sons of Judah together to oversee over the workers the work in the house of God sons of Henadad their sons and their brothers the Levites
9 וַ/יַּעֲמֹ֣ד 𐤅/𐤉𐤏𐤌𐤃 vayaamod and stood HC/Vqw3ms יֵשׁ֡וּעַ 𐤉𐤔𐤅𐤏 yeshua Jeshua HNp בָּנָ֣י/ו 𐤁𐤍𐤉/𐤅 banayv Bene (Bemba) his sons HNcmpc/Sp3ms וְ֠/אֶחָי/ו 𐤅/𐤀𐤇𐤉/𐤅 veechayv and his brothers HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms קַדְמִיאֵ֨ל 𐤒𐤃𐤌𐤉𐤀𐤋 qademiel Kadmiel HNp וּ/בָנָ֤י/ו 𐤅/𐤁𐤍𐤉/𐤅 uvanayv Bene (Bemba) and his sons HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms בְּנֵֽי 𐤁𐤍𐤉 beney Bene (Bemba) sons of HNcmpc יְהוּדָה֙ 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 yehudah Judah HNp כְּ/אֶחָ֔ד 𐤊/𐤀𐤇𐤃 keechad Eka (Bemba) together HR/Acmsa לְ/נַצֵּ֛חַ 𐤋/𐤍𐤑𐤇 lenatsecha to oversee HR/Vpc עַל 𐤏𐤋 al over HR עֹשֵׂ֥ה 𐤏𐤔𐤄 oseh the workers HVqrmsc הַ/מְּלָאכָ֖ה 𐤄/𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊𐤄 hamelakhah the work HTd/Ncfsa בְּ/בֵ֣ית 𐤁/𐤁𐤉𐤕 beveyt in the house of HR/Ncmsc הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים 𐤄/𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 haelohim Mulimu (Lozi) God HTd/Ncmpa בְּנֵי֙ 𐤁𐤍𐤉 beney-2 Bene (Bemba) sons of HNcmpc חֵֽנָדָ֔ד 𐤇𐤍𐤃𐤃 chenadad Henadad HNp בְּנֵי/הֶ֥ם 𐤁𐤍𐤉/𐤄𐤌 beneyhem Bene (Bemba) their sons HNcmpc/Sp3mp וַ/אֲחֵי/הֶ֖ם 𐤅/𐤀𐤇𐤉/𐤄𐤌 vaacheyhem and their brothers HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp הַ/לְוִיִּֽם 𐤄/𐤋𐤅𐤉𐤌 haleviyim the Levites HTd/Ngmpa
and-when-they-laid the-builders [direct object marker] temple YHWH and-they-set the-priests clothed with-trumpets and-the-Levites sons-of Asaph with-cymbals to-praise [direct object marker] YHWH according-to hands-of David king Israel
10 וְ/יִסְּד֥וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤎𐤃𐤅 veyisedu and-when-they-laid HC/Vpp3cp הַ/בֹּנִ֖ים 𐤄/𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌 habonim the-builders HTd/Vqrmpa אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] HTo הֵיכַ֣ל 𐤄𐤉𐤊𐤋 heykhal temple HNcmsc יְהוָ֑ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) YHWH HNp וַ/יַּעֲמִידוּ֩ 𐤅/𐤉𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤃𐤅 vayaamidu and-they-set HC/Vhw3mp הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֨ים 𐤄/𐤊𐤄𐤍𐤉𐤌 hakohanim the-priests HTd/Ncmpa מְלֻבָּשִׁ֜ים 𐤌𐤋𐤁𐤔𐤉𐤌 melubashim clothed HVPsmpa בַּ/חֲצֹֽצְר֗וֹת 𐤁/𐤇𐤑𐤑𐤓𐤅𐤕 bachatsotserot with-trumpets HRd/Ncfpa וְ/הַ/לְוִיִּ֤ם 𐤅/𐤄/𐤋𐤅𐤉𐤌 vehaleviyim and-the-Levites HC/Td/Ngmpa בְּנֵֽי 𐤁𐤍𐤉 beney Bene (Bemba) sons-of HNcmpc אָסָף֙ 𐤀𐤎𐤐 asaf Asaph HNp בַּֽ/מְצִלְתַּ֔יִם 𐤁/𐤌𐤑𐤋𐤕𐤉𐤌 bametsiletayim with-cymbals HRd/Ncfda לְ/הַלֵּל֙ 𐤋/𐤄𐤋𐤋 lehalel to-praise HR/Vpc אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 [direct object marker] HTo יְהוָ֔ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah-2 Nyambe (Lozi) YHWH HNp עַל 𐤏𐤋 al according-to HR יְדֵ֖י 𐤉𐤃𐤉 yedey hands-of HNcbdc דָּוִ֥יד 𐤃𐤅𐤉𐤃 david David HNp מֶֽלֶךְ 𐤌𐤋𐤊 melekhe king HNcmsc יִשְׂרָאֵֽל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael Israel HNp
and many of the priests and the Levites and heads of fathers the elders who had seen direct object marker the house the first when it was founded this house in their eyes weeping with a voice loud and many with shouting with joy to raise voice
12 וְ/רַבִּ֡ים 𐤅/𐤓𐤁𐤉𐤌 verabim and many HC/Aampa מֵ/הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֣ים 𐤌/𐤄/𐤊𐤄𐤍𐤉𐤌 mehakohanim of the priests HR/Td/Ncmpa וְ/הַ/לְוִיִּם֩ 𐤅/𐤄/𐤋𐤅𐤉𐤌 vehaleviyim and the Levites HC/Td/Ngmpa וְ/רָאשֵׁ֨י 𐤅/𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤉 verashey and heads HC/Ncmpc הָ/אָב֜וֹת 𐤄/𐤀𐤁𐤅𐤕 haavot of fathers HTd/Ncmpa הַ/זְּקֵנִ֗ים 𐤄/𐤆𐤒𐤍𐤉𐤌 hazeqenim the elders HTd/Aampa אֲשֶׁ֨ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher who HTr רָא֜וּ 𐤓𐤀𐤅 rau had seen HVqp3cp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et direct object marker HTo הַ/בַּ֤יִת 𐤄/𐤁𐤉𐤕 habayit the house HTd/Ncmsa הָֽ/רִאשׁוֹן֙ 𐤄/𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤅𐤍 harishon the first HTd/Aomsa בְּ/יָסְד֔/וֹ 𐤁/𐤉𐤎𐤃/𐤅 beyasedo when it was founded HR/Vqc/Sp3ms זֶ֤ה 𐤆𐤄 zeh this HPdxms הַ/בַּ֨יִת֙ 𐤄/𐤁𐤉𐤕 habayit-2 house HTd/Ncmsa בְּ/עֵ֣ינֵי/הֶ֔ם 𐤁/𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉/𐤄𐤌 beeyneyhem in their eyes HR/Ncbdc/Sp3mp בֹּכִ֖ים 𐤁𐤊𐤉𐤌 bokhim weeping HVqrmpa בְּ/ק֣וֹל 𐤁/𐤒𐤅𐤋 beqol with a voice HR/Ncmsa גָּד֑וֹל 𐤂𐤃𐤅𐤋 gadol loud HAamsa וְ/רַבִּ֛ים 𐤅/𐤓𐤁𐤉𐤌 verabim-2 and many HC/Aampa בִּ/תְרוּעָ֥ה 𐤁/𐤕𐤓𐤅𐤏𐤄 biteruah with shouting HR/Ncfsa בְ/שִׂמְחָ֖ה 𐤁/𐤔𐤌𐤇𐤄 vesimechah with joy HR/Ncfsa לְ/הָרִ֥ים 𐤋/𐤄𐤓𐤉𐤌 leharim to raise HR/Vhc קֽוֹל 𐤒𐤅𐤋 qol voice HNcmsa
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