Worship Restored at Jerusalem

And when the (A)seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem. Then [a]Jeshua the son of (B)Jozadak[b] and his brethren the priests, (C)and Zerubbabel the son of (D)Shealtiel and his brethren, arose and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is (E)written in the Law of Moses the man of God. Though fear had come upon them because of the people of those countries, they set the altar on its [c]bases; and they offered (F)burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and evening burnt offerings.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 3:2 Or Joshua
  2. Ezra 3:2 Jehozadak, 1 Chr. 6:14
  3. Ezra 3:3 foundations

重建祭坛

到了七月,以色列人已安居各城,他们万众一心地聚集在耶路撒冷。 约萨达的儿子耶书亚及其他祭司、撒拉铁的儿子所罗巴伯及其亲属,一起重新筑造以色列上帝的祭坛,为要照上帝的仆人摩西在律法书上的记载在坛上献燔祭。 他们虽然惧怕当地的居民,还是在原来的根基上重建祭坛,并早晚在上面向耶和华献燔祭。

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