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Esdra 3
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Esdra 3
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
La ripresa del culto
3 Giunse il settimo mese e gli Israeliti si erano ormai insediati nelle loro città.
Il popolo si radunò come un solo uomo a Gerusalemme. 2 Allora Giosuè figlio di Iozadàk con i fratelli, i sacerdoti, e Zorobabele figlio di Sealtiel con i suoi fratelli, si misero al lavoro per ricostruire l'altare del Dio d'Israele, per offrirvi olocausti, come è scritto nella legge di Mosè uomo di Dio. 3 Ristabilirono l'altare al suo posto, pur angustiati dal timore delle popolazioni locali, e vi offrirono sopra olocausti al Signore, gli olocausti del mattino e della sera. 4 Celebrarono la festa delle capanne secondo il rituale e offrirono olocausti quotidiani nel numero stabilito dal regolamento per ogni giorno. 5 In seguito continuarono ad offrire l'olocausto perenne e i sacrifici dei giorni di novilunio e di tutte le solennità consacrate al Signore, più tutte le offerte volontarie al Signore.
6 Cominciarono a offrire olocausti al Signore dal primo giorno del mese settimo, benché del suo tempio non fossero ancora poste le fondamenta.
7 Allora diedero denaro ai tagliapietre e ai falegnami; e alimenti, bevande e olio alla gente di Sidòne e di Tiro, perché trasportassero il legname di cedro dal Libano per mare fino a Giaffa: ciò secondo la concessione loro fatta da Ciro re di Persia.
8 Nel secondo anno dal loro arrivo al tempio di Dio in Gerusalemme, nel secondo mese, diedero inizio ai lavori Zorobabele figlio di Sealtiel, e Giosuè figlio di Iozadàk, con gli altri fratelli sacerdoti e leviti e quanti erano tornati dall'esilio a Gerusalemme. Essi incaricarono i leviti dai vent'anni in su di dirigere i lavori del tempio.
9 Giosuè, i suoi figli e i suoi fratelli, Kadmiel, Binnui e Odavia si misero come un solo uomo a dirigere i lavoratori dell'impresa riguardante il tempio. Così pure i figli di Chenadàd con i loro figli e fratelli, leviti.
10 Quando i costruttori ebbero gettato le fondamenta del tempio, invitarono a presenziare i sacerdoti con i loro paramenti e le trombe e i leviti, figli di Asaf, con i cembali per lodare il Signore con i canti di Davide re d'Israele.
11 Essi cantavano a cori alterni lodi e ringraziamenti al Signore perché è buono, perché la sua grazia dura sempre verso Israele. Tutto il popolo faceva risuonare il grido della grande acclamazione, lodando così il Signore perché erano state gettate le fondamenta del tempio.
12 Tuttavia molti tra i sacerdoti e i leviti e i capifamiglia anziani, che avevano visto il tempio di prima, mentre si gettavano le nuove fondamenta di questo tempio sotto i loro occhi piangevano ad alta voce, ma i più continuavano ad alzare la voce con il grido dell'acclamazione e della gioia. 13 Così non si poteva distinguere il grido dell'acclamazione di gioia dal grido del pianto del popolo, perché il popolo faceva echeggiare la grande acclamazione e la voce si sentiva lontano.
Ezra 3
Legacy Standard Bible
Ezra 3
Legacy Standard Bible
The Altar Is Built and Daily Offerings Begin
3 Then the seventh month came, and (A)the sons of Israel were in the cities. And the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem. 2 Then (B)Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests, and (C)Zerubbabel the son (D)of Shealtiel and his brothers arose and (E)built the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings on it, (F)as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God. 3 So they set up the altar on its foundation, for [a](G)they were terrified because of the peoples of the lands; and they (H)offered burnt offerings on it to Yahweh, burnt offerings morning and evening. 4 They celebrated the (I)Feast of [b]Booths, (J)as it is written, and offered [c]the fixed number of burnt offerings daily, (K)according to the legal judgment, as each day required; 5 and afterward there was a (L)continual burnt offering, also (M)for the new moons and (N)for all the appointed times of Yahweh that were set apart as holy, and from everyone who offered a freewill offering to Yahweh. 6 From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to Yahweh, but the foundation of the temple of Yahweh had not been laid. 7 Then they gave money to the masons and [d]carpenters, and (O)food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and to the Tyrians, (P)to bring cedar wood from Lebanon to the sea at (Q)Joppa, according to the permission they had [e]from (R)Cyrus king of Persia.
The Foundation of the Temple of Yahweh
8 Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem in the second month, (S)Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and (T)appointed the Levites from twenty years and older to direct the work of the house of Yahweh. 9 Then (U)Jeshua with his sons and brothers stood united with Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of [f]Judah and the sons of Henadad with their sons and brothers the Levites, to direct those who do the work in the house of God.
10 So the builders (V)laid the foundation of the temple of Yahweh. Then [g]the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise Yahweh (W)according to the [h]directions of King David of Israel. 11 (X)And they sang, praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, saying, “(Y)For He is good, for His lovingkindness endures forever upon Israel.” And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised Yahweh because the foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid. 12 Yet many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, (Z)the old men who had seen the first house of Yahweh, were weeping with a loud voice when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, while many in loud shouts with gladness were raising their voice, 13 so that the people could not distinguish the [i]voices of the shouting of gladness from the [j]voices of the weeping of the people, for the people were shouting with a loud shout, and those [k]voices were heard far away.
Footnotes
- Ezra 3:3 Lit terror was upon them
- Ezra 3:4 Or Tabernacles
- Ezra 3:4 Lit by number
- Ezra 3:7 Or craftsmen of wood, cf. 2 Sam 5:11
- Ezra 3:7 Lit of
- Ezra 3:9 In Ezra 2:40, Hodaviah
- Ezra 3:10 As in Gr and some mss; M.T. they set the priests
- Ezra 3:10 Lit hands
- Ezra 3:13 Lit voice
- Ezra 3:13 Lit voice
- Ezra 3:13 Lit voice
Ezra 3
New International Version
Ezra 3
New International Version
Rebuilding the Altar
3 When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns,(A) the people assembled(B) together as one in Jerusalem. 2 Then Joshua(C) son of Jozadak(D) and his fellow priests and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel(E) and his associates began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, in accordance with what is written in the Law of Moses(F) the man of God. 3 Despite their fear(G) of the peoples around them, they built the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and evening sacrifices.(H) 4 Then in accordance with what is written, they celebrated the Festival of Tabernacles(I) with the required number of burnt offerings prescribed for each day. 5 After that, they presented the regular burnt offerings, the New Moon(J) sacrifices and the sacrifices for all the appointed sacred festivals of the Lord,(K) as well as those brought as freewill offerings to the Lord. 6 On the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, though the foundation of the Lord’s temple had not yet been laid.
Rebuilding the Temple
7 Then they gave money to the masons and carpenters,(L) and gave food and drink and olive oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, so that they would bring cedar logs(M) by sea from Lebanon(N) to Joppa, as authorized by Cyrus(O) king of Persia.
8 In the second month(P) of the second year after their arrival at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel(Q) son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jozadak and the rest of the people (the priests and the Levites and all who had returned from the captivity to Jerusalem) began the work. They appointed Levites twenty(R) years old and older to supervise the building of the house of the Lord. 9 Joshua(S) and his sons and brothers and Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Hodaviah[a]) and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers—all Levites—joined together in supervising those working on the house of God.
10 When the builders laid(T) the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests in their vestments and with trumpets,(U) and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their places to praise(V) the Lord, as prescribed by David(W) king of Israel.(X) 11 With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the Lord:
“He is good;
his love toward Israel endures forever.”(Y)
And all the people gave a great shout(Z) of praise to the Lord, because the foundation(AA) of the house of the Lord was laid. 12 But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads, who had seen the former temple,(AB) wept(AC) aloud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid, while many others shouted for joy. 13 No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy(AD) from the sound of weeping, because the people made so much noise. And the sound was heard far away.
Footnotes
- Ezra 3:9 Hebrew Yehudah, a variant of Hodaviah
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