Yǐsīlājì 3:1-3

1 Dào le qī yuè , Yǐsèliè rén zhù zaì gè chéng , nàshí tāmen rútóng yī rén , jùjí zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng .

2 Yuēsàdá de érzi Yéshūyà hé tāde dìxiōng zhòng jìsī , bìng Sǎlātiĕ de érzi Suǒluóbābó , yǔ tāde dìxiōng , dōu qǐlai jiànzhù Yǐsèliè shén de tán , yào zhào shén rén Móxī lǜfǎ shū shang suǒ xiĕ de , zaì tán shang xiàn Fánjì .

3 Tāmen zaì yuán yǒude gēnjī shang zhú tán , yīn jùpà lín guó de mín , yòu zaì qí shang xiàng Yēhéhuá zǎo wǎn xiàn Fánjì .

Yǐsīlājì 3:1-3 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 3

This chapter relates how that the people of Israel returned from captivity, gathered to Jerusalem, and set up the altar, where sacrifices were offered, Ezr 3:1-3, and kept the feast of tabernacles, and offered the sacrifices of that, besides the daily sacrifice, and of other festivals; and contributed to the workmen that prepared for the building of the temple, Ezr 3:4-7 and began it by laying the foundation of it; which to some was matter of joy, to others of grief, on different accounts, Ezr 3:8-13.