Ezra 3
1 ઇસ્રાએલના પુત્રો પોતાનાં નગરોમાં વસ્યા પછી, સાતમો માસ આવ્યો ત્યારે તેઓ બધા એક દિલથી યરૂશાલેમમાં ભેગા થયા.
2 યોસાદાકનો પુત્ર યેશૂઆએ તેના યાજકો સાથે તથા શઆલ્તીએલનો પુત્ર ઝરુબ્બાબેલ અને તેના સાથીઓએ ઇસ્રાએલના દેવની વેદી ફરીથી બાંધી, જેથી દેવના સેવક મૂસાના નિયમશાસ્ત્ર પ્રમાણે તેની પર દહનાર્પણો ચઢાવી શકાય.
3 આજુબાજુના બીજા લોકોનો ડર હોવા છતાં તેમણે પહેલાંને સ્થાને જ વેદી ઊભી કરી અને તેના પર સવાર સાંજ યહોવાને દહનાર્પણો આપવાનું શરૂ કર્યુ.
4 તેઓએ મૂસાના નિયમશાસ્ત્રમાં લખ્યા પ્રમાણે માંડવાપર્વ ઊજવ્યો અને નિયમ પ્રમાણે દરરોજ જોઇતા પ્રમાણમાં દહનાર્પણો ચઢાવ્યા.
5 એના પછી લોકોએ નિત્યનાં દહનાર્પણો, ચંદ્રદર્શનના દિવસની ઉજવણીના અર્પણો તથા બીજાં વાષિર્ક પવોર્ની ઉજવણીનાં અર્પણો ચઢાવ્યા જે યહોવાને માટે પવિત્ર હતા એ લોકોએ ઉપહાર પણ અર્પણ કર્યા.
6 તેઓએ સાતમા મહિનાના પ્રથમ દિવસથી યહોવાને દહનાર્પણો ચઢાવવાનું શરૂ કર્યુ; પરંતુ યહોવાના મંદિરનો પાયો હજી નંખાયો ન હતો.
7 તેમણે કડિયાઓને અને સુથારોને પૈસા આપ્યા અને સિદોન અને તૂરના લોકોને ખોરાક પાણી અને તેલ મોકલ્યાં, જેથી તેઓ લબાનોનથી સમુદ્રમાગેર્ યાફા સુધી દેવદારનું લાકડું લઇ આવે. ઇરાનના રાજા કોરેશે એ માટે પરવાનગી આપી હતી.
8 બીજા વર્ષના બીજા મહિનામાં યરૂશાલેમમાં દેવના મંદિરમાં પહોચ્યા પછી, શઆલ્તીએલનો પુત્ર ઝરુબ્બાબેલે અને યોસાદાકનો પુત્ર યેશૂઆએ તેમના બીજા જાતભાઇઓની મદદ વડે, યાજકો લેવીઓ અને દેશવટેથી યરૂશાલેમ પાછા ફરેલા બાકીના બધા લોકોની મદદથી મંદિરનું ખરેખરું બાંધકામ શરૂ કર્યુ. તેમણે વીસ વર્ષના અને તેથી મોટા લેવીઓને યહોવાના મંદિરનાં બાંધકામની દેખરેખ રાખવા નીમ્યા.
9 આ સમગ્ર યોજના પર દેખરેખ રાખવાનું કામ યેશૂઆ, કાદમીએલ અને તેના પુત્રો, હેનાદાદ અને તેઓના પુત્રો તથા સબંધીઓને સોંપવામા આવ્યું. તેઓ સર્વ લેવીઓ હતા.
10 જ્યારે યહોવાના મંદિરનો પાયો નાખવાનું કામ પૂરું થયું ત્યારે, યહોવાની સ્તુતિ કરવા માટે તેઓએ ઇસ્રાએલના રાજા દાઉદના હુકમ પ્રમાણે, યાજકોને તેઓના પોશાક પહેરાવીને રણશિંગડા સાથે તથા લેવીઓને તેમના હાથમાં ઝાંઝની જોડી આપીને ઊભા રાખ્યા.
11 તેઓએ યહોવાની સ્તુતિ અને આભાર ગીત ગાયાં; “દેવ ભલા છે અને તેમનો પ્રેમ તથા દયા ઇસ્રાએલીઓ પર સદાકાળ રહેશે.” ત્યારે બધા લોકો ઊંચે સાદે યહોવાની સ્તુતિ કરવા લાગ્યા, કારણ; યહોવાના મંદિરનો પાયો નંખાઇ ચૂક્યો હતો.
12 ઘણા યાજકો, લેવીઓ અને કુટુંબના આગેવાનો અને વડીલો, જેમણે પહેલાનું મૂળ મંદિર જોયું હતું તેઓ પોતાની નજર સામે પાયો નંખાતો જોઇને રડી પડ્યા, પણ બીજા ઘણા લોકો મોટે સાદે હર્ષના પોકારો કરતા હતા.
13 તેથી લોકોના પોકારો હર્ષના છે કે વિલાપના છે તે પારખી શકાતા નહોતા, કારણકે લોકો દૂર સુધી સંભળાય એટલે મોટે અવાજે પોકારો કરતા હતા.
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.
Zechariah 2 in Tamil and English
1 তারপর আমি চোখ তুলে চেয়ে দেখলাম মাপার ফিতে হাতে একজন মানুষ|
I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2 আমি জিজ্ঞেস করলাম, “আপনি কোথায যাচ্ছেন?”তিনি আমায় বললেন, “আমি জেরুশালেম মেপে দেখতে চাই তা দৈর্ঘ্যে ও প্রস্থে কতখানি|”
Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
3 তখন য়ে দেবদূতটি আমার সঙ্গে কথা বলেছিলেন তিনি চলে গেলেন এবং আরেকটি দেবদূত তাঁর সঙ্গে কথা বলবার জন্য এগিয়ে এলেন|
And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
4 তিনি তাকে বললেন, “দৌড়ে গিয়ে সেই যুবকদের বল য়ে জেরুশালেম মাপার পক্ষে অতিশয বড়| তার কাছে গিয়ে এই কথাগুলো বল:‘জেরুশালেম হবে প্রাচীরবিহীন একটি শহর কারণ জেরুশালেমে বসবাসকারী মানুষ ও পশুর সংখ্যা হবে অনেক|’
And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:
5 প্রভু বলেছেন, ‘আমি শহরের চারধারে একটি আগুনের প্রাচীর তৈরী করে তাকে রক্ষা করব| এবং সেই শহরের মহিমা আনয়ণ করবার জন্য আমি সেখানে বাস করব|”‘
For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
6 প্রভু বলেছেন, “তাড়াতাড়ি কর, উত্তরে অবস্থিত দেশটি ত্যাগ কর! হ্যাঁ, এটা সত্যি য়ে আমি তোমার লোকেদের চতুর্দ্দিকে ছড়িয়ে দিয়েছিলাম|”
Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord.
7 ওহে সিয়োনের লোকেরা, যারা বাবিলে বাস করছ, তোমাদের প্রাণ বাঁচাতে এ জায়গা ছেড়ে যাও| ঐ শহর ছেড়ে পালাও! সর্বশক্তিমান প্রভুই এই কথা বলেছেন| তিনি আমাকে সেই জাতিগুলির মধ্যে পাঠিয়েছেন যারা তোমাদের লুঠ করেছিল| তিনি আমাকে পাঠিয়েছেন তোমাদের কাছে সম্মান আনতে|
Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
8 কারণ তোমাদের আঘাত করা, ঈশ্বরের চোখের মণিকে আঘাত করবার তুল্য|
For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
9 বাবিলের লোকেরা আমার লোকেদের কারারুদ্ধ করেছিল এবং তাদের এীতদাস বানিয়েছিল| কিন্তু আমি তাদের আঘাত করলে তারা আমার লোকেদের দাস হয়ে যাবে| তখন তোমরা জানবে য়ে সর্বশক্তিমান প্রভুই আমায় পাঠিয়েছেন|”
For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me.
10 প্রভু বলেছেন, “সিয়োন, আনন্দ করো এবং সুখী হও! কারণ আমি আসছি এবং আমি তোমার শহরে বাস করব|
Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.
11 সেই সময়ে বহু জাতি আমার কাছে আসবে| তারা আমার লোক হবে এবং আমি তোমার শহরে বাস করব|” আর তুমি জানবে য়ে সর্বশক্তিমান প্রভু আমায় তোমার কাছে পাঠিয়েছেন|”
And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
12 প্রভু জেরুশালেমকে তাঁর বিশেষ শহর হিসেবে আবার মনোনীত করবেন| যিহূদা হবে পবিত্র ভূমিতে তাঁর অংশ|
And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
13 প্রত্যেকে নীরব হও! প্রভু তাঁর পবিত্র আবাস হতে আসছেন|
Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.