An Altar is built for sacrifice, 4 The feast of Tabernacles solemnly celebrated 8. And in the second year (after their return) the Temple is founded with great joy of the people, and mourning of some.An Altar is built for sacrifice, 4 The feast of Tabernacles solemnly celebrated 8. And in the second yeare ( after their returne ) the Temple is founded with great ioy of the people, and mourning of some.✦
And now the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in their cities: the people thereforeAND now the seuenth moneth was come, and the children of Israel were in their cities: the people therfore✦Jamque venerat mensis septimus, et erant filii Israël in civitatibus suis : congregatus est ergo populus quasi vir unus in Jerusalem.
2was gathered together as it were one man into Jerusalem. And Josue the son of Josedec rose up, and his brethren the Priests, and Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and his brethren, and they built the altar of the God of Israel, that they might offer on it holocautomata: whole burnt offerings, as it is written in the law ofwas gathered together as it were one man into Ierusalem. And Iosue the sonne of Iosedec rose vp, and his brethren the Priestes, and Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel, and his brethren, and they built the altar of the God of Israel, that they might offer on it holocaustes, as it is writen in the law of✦Et surrexit Josue filius Josedec, et fratres ejus sacerdotes, et Zorobabel filius Salathiel, et fratres ejus, et ædificaverunt altare Dei Israël ut offerrent in eo holocautomata, sicut scriptum est in lege Moysi viri Dei.
3Moyses the man of God. And they placed the altar of God upon his feet, the people of the lands round about putting them in fear, and they offered upon it holocaust to our Lord morning and evening.Moyses the man of God. And they placed the altar of God vpon his feete, the people of the lands round about putting them in feare, & they offered vpon it holocaust to our Lord morning and euening.Collocaverunt autem altare Dei super bases suas, deterrentibus eos per circuitum populis terrarum : et obtulerunt super illud holocaustum Domino mane et vespere.
4And they made the solemnitatem: festival, feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and holocaust every day by order according to the precept, the work of the day in his day.And they made the solemnitie of tabernacles, as it is writen, and holocaust euery day by order according to the præcept, the worke of the day in his day.✦Feceruntque solemnitatem tabernaculorum, sicut scriptum est, et holocaustum diebus singulis per ordinem secundum præceptum opus diei in die suo.
5And after these things the continual holocaust, as well in the calendis: the first days of the months, as in all the solemnities of our Lord, that were consecrated, and in all wherein there was offered voluntarily a gift to our Lord.And after these thinges the continual holocaust, as wel in the Calendes, as in al the solemnities of our Lord, that were consecrated, and in al wherein there was offered voluntarily a gift to our Lord.✦Et post hæc holocaustum juge, tam in calendis quam in universis solemnitatibus Domini quæ erant consecratæ, et in omnibus in quibus ultro offerebatur munus Domino.
6From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer holocaust to our Lord: moreover the temple of God was not yet founded.From the first day of the seuenth moneth they began to offer holocaust to our Lord: moreouer the temple of God was not yet founded.A primo die mensis septimi cœperunt offerre holocaustum Domino : porro templum Dei nondum fundatum erat.
7And they gave money to hewers of stones and to masons: meat also and drink, and oil to the Sidonians and Tyrians, that they should bring cedar trees from Libanus to the sea unto Joppe, according to that which Cyrus the king of the Persians had commanded them.And they gaue money to hewers of stones and to masons: meate also and drinke, and oyle to the Sidonians and Tyrians, that they should bring ceder trees from Libanus to the sea vnto Ioppe, according to that which Cyrus the king of the Persians had commanded them.Dederunt autem pecunias latomis et cæmentariis : cibum quoque, et potum, et oleum Sidoniis Tyriisque, ut deferrent ligna cedrina de Libano ad mare Joppe, juxta quod præceperat Cyrus rex Persarum eis.
8And in the second year of their coming to the temple of God in Jerusalem, the second month, began Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Josue the son of Josedec, and the rest of their brethren the Priests, and the Levites, and all that were come from the captivity into Jerusalem, and they appointed Levites from twenty years and upward, that they should hasten forward the work of our Lord.And in the second yeare of their coming to the temple of God in Ierusalem, the second moneth, began Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel, and Iosue the sonne of Iosedec, and the rest of their brethren the Priestes, and the Leuites, and al that were come from the captiuitie into Ierusalem, and they appoynted Leuites from twentie yeares and vpward, that they should hasten forward the worke of our Lord.✦Anno autem secundo adventus eorum ad templum Dei in Jerusalem, mense secundo, cœperunt Zorobabel filius Salathiel, et Josue filius Josedec, et reliqui de fratribus eorum sacerdotes, et Levitæ, et omnes qui venerant de captivitate in Jerusalem, et constituerunt Levitas a viginti annis et supra, ut urgerent opus Domini.
9And Josue stood and his sons, and his brethren, Cedmihel, and his sons, and the children of Juda, as it were one man, that they might be instarent: pressing, insistent upon them, that did the work in the temple of God: the sons of Henadad, and their sons, and their brethren Levites.And Iosue stood and his sonnes, and his brethren, Cedmihel, and his sonnes, and the children of Iuda, as it were one man, that they might be instant vpon them, that did the worke in the temple of God: the sonnes of Henadad, and their sonnes, and their brethren Leuites.Stetitque Josue et filii ejus et fratres ejus, Cedmihel et filii ejus, et filii Juda, quasi vir unus, ut instarent super eos qui faciebant opus in templo Dei : filii Henadad, et filii eorum, et fratres eorum Levitæ.
10The temple therefore of our Lord being founded by the masons, the Priests stood in their attire with trumpets: and the Levites the children of Asaph in cymbals, to praise God by the hands of David the king of Israel.The temple therfore of our Lord being founded by the masons, the Priestes stood in their attyre with trumpettes: and the Leuites the children of Asaph in cymbals, to prayse God by the handes of Dauid the king of Israel.✦Fundato igitur a cæmentariis templo Domini, steterunt sacerdotes in ornatu suo cum tubis, et Levitæ filii Asaph in cymbalis, ut laudarent Deum per manus David regis Israël.
11And they sang together in hymns, and confession to our Lord: Because he is good, because his mercy is for ever upon Israel. All the people also made a shout with a loud cry in praising our Lord, because the temple of our Lord was founded.And they sang together in hymnes, and confession to our Lord: Because he is good, because his mercie is for euer vpon Israel. Al the people also made a shoute with a lowde crie in praysing our Lord, because the temple of our Lord was founded.✦Et concinebant in hymnis, et confessione Domino : Quoniam bonus, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus super Israël. Omnis quoque populus vociferabatur clamore magno in laudando Dominum, eo quod fundatum esset templum Domini.
12Very many also of the Priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers, and the ancients, that had seen the former temple, when they saw this temple founded, they wept with a loud voice: and many shouting in joy, lifted up their voice.Verie manie also of the Priestes and the Leuites, and the princes of the fathers, & the ancients, that had seene the former temple, when they saw this temple founded, they wept with a lowd voyce: and manie shouting in ioy, lifted vp their voyce.✦Plurimi etiam de sacerdotibus et Levitis, et principes patrum, et seniores, qui viderant templum prius cum fundatum esset, et hoc templum, in oculis eorum, flebant voce magna : et multi vociferantes in lætitia, elevabant vocem.
13Neither could any man discern the voice of the cry of them that rejoiced, and the voice of the weeping of the people: for one with another the people shouted with a loud cry, and the voice was heard far off.Neither could anie man discerne the voice of the crie of them that reioyced, and the voice of the weeping of the people: for one with an other the people showted with a lowd crie, and the voice was heard far of.Nec poterat quisquam agnoscere vocem clamoris lætantium, et vocem fletus populi : commistim enim populus vociferabatur clamore magno, et vox audiebatur procul.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.