1 After this the heads of the families were chosen according to their tribes, to go up with their wives and sons and daughters, with their male servants and female servants, and their cattle.
2 And Dareyawesh sent a thousand horsemen with them, till they had brought them back to Yerushalayim safely, and with musical instruments tambourines and flutes.
3 And all their brothers played, and he made them go up together with them.
4 And these are the names of the men who went up, according to their families among their tribes, after their several heads.
5 The kohenim, the sons of Pineḥas the son of Aharon: Yĕshua the son of Yotsaḏaq, the son of Serayah, and Yoyaqim the son of Zerubbaḇel, the son of She’alti’ĕl, of the house of Dawiḏ, from the relatives of Perets, of the tribe of Yahuḏah;
6 who spoke wise words before Dareyawesh the sovereign of Paras in the second year of his reign, in the month of Nisan, which is the first month.
7 And these are those of the Yahuḏim who came up from the captivity, where they dwelt as foreigners, whom Neḇuḵaḏnetstsar the sovereign of Baḇel had carried away to Baḇel.
8 And they returned to Yerushalayim, and to the other parts of Yahuḏah, every man to his own city, who came with Zerubbaḇel, with Yĕshua, Neḥemyah and Zeḵaryah and Serayah, Naḥamani, Mordeḵai, Bilshan, Mispar, Re’ĕlayah, Reḥum, and Ba’anah, their guides.
9 The number of those of the nation, and their governors: sons of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two; the sons of Shaphat, four hundred and seventy-two;
10 the sons of Araḥ, seven hundred and fifty-six;
11 the sons of Paḥath-Mo’aḇ, two thousand eight hundred and twelve;
12 the sons of Ĕylam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four; the sons of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five; the sons of Zakkai, seven hundred and five; the sons of Bani, six hundred and forty-eight;
13 the sons of Bĕḇai, six hundred and twenty-three; the sons of Azgaḏ, three thousand two hundred and twenty-two;
14 the sons of Aḏoniqam, six hundred and sixty-seven; the sons of Biḡwai, two thousand and sixty-six; the sons of Aḏin, four hundred and fifty-four;
15 the sons of Atĕr of Ḥizqiyah, ninety-two; the sons of Kilan and Azetah sixty-seven; the sons of Azzur, four hundred and thirty-two;
16 the sons of Ḥananyah, one hundred and one; the sons of Arom, thirty-two; and the sons of Bĕsai, three hundred and twenty-three; the sons of Ḥariph, one hundred and two;
17 the sons of Bether, three thousand and five; the sons of Bĕyth Leḥem, one hundred and twenty-three:
18 those of Netophah, fifty-five; those of Anathoth, one hundred and fifty-eight; those of Bĕyth Shemesh, forty-two;
19 those of Qiryathayim, twenty-five; those of Kephirah and Be’ĕroth, seven hundred and forty-three; those of Pira, seven hundred;
20 those of Qaḏĕsh and Ḥumtah, four hundred and twenty-two; those of Ramah and Geḇa, six hundred and twenty-one;
21 those of Maḥlon, one hundred and twenty-two; those of Bĕyth Ĕl, fifty-two; the sons of Naphish, one hundred and fifty-six;
22 the sons of Loḏ, Ḥaḏiḏ and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five; the sons of Yeriḥo, two hundred and forty-five;
23 the sons of Sena’ah, three thousand three hundred and thirty.
24 The kohenim: the sons of Yeḏayah, the son of Yĕshua among the sons of Elyashiḇ, nine hundred and seventy-two; the sons of Immĕr, one thousand and fifty-two;
25 The sons of Pashḥur, one thousand and forty-seven; the sons of Ḥarim, one thousand and seventeen.
26 The Lĕwites: the sons of Yĕshua, and Qaḏmi’ĕl, and Ba’anah, and Hoḏawyah, seventy-four.
27 The qodesh singers: the sons of Asaph, one hundred and twenty-eight.
28 The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Atĕr, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Aqquḇ, the sons of Ḥatita, the sons of Shoḇai, one hundred and thirty-nine in all.
29 The Nethinim: the sons of Tsiḥa, the sons of Ḥasupha, the sons of Tabba’oth, the sons of Qĕros, the sons of Si’aha, the sons of Paḏon, the sons of Leḇanah, the sons of Ḥaḡaḇah,
30 the sons of Aqquḇ, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Kataḇ, the sons of Ḥaḡaḇ, the sons of Shamlai, the sons of Ḥanan, the sons of Giddĕl, the sons of Gaḥar,
31 The sons of Re’ayah, the sons of Retsin, the sons of Neqoḏa, the sons of Ḥashuḇah, the sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Pasĕaḥ, the sons of Azaryah, the sons of Bĕsai, the sons of Asnah, the sons of Me’unim, the sons of Nephusim, the sons of Baqbuq, the sons of Ḥaqupha, the sons of Ḥarḥur, the sons of Pharaqim, the sons of Batsluth,
32 the sons of Meḥiḏa, the sons of Kutha, the sons of Ḥarsha, the sons of Barqos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Tĕmaḥ, the sons of Netsiyaḥ, the sons of Ḥatipha.
33 The sons of the servants of Shelomoh: the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Peruḏa, the sons of Ya’ala, the sons of Darqon, the sons of Yisra’ĕl, the sons of Shephatyah,
34 The sons of Ḥattil, the sons of Poḵereth, the sons of Tseḇayim, the sons of Tsereth, the sons of Masias, the sons of Gar, the sons of Addus, the sons of Tsoḇa, the sons of Apherra, the sons of Barodis, the sons of Sheḇat, the sons of Allon.
35 All the Nethinim, and the sons of the servants of Shelomoh, were three hundred and seventy-two.
36 These came up from Tĕl Melaḥ and Tĕl Ḥarsha, Keruḇ, Addan, and Immĕr;
37 though could not show their families, nor their seed, how they were of Yisra’ĕl: the sons of Delayah, the son of Toḇiyah, the sons of Neqoḏa, six hundred and fifty-two.
38 And of the kohenim that assumed the office of the kehunnah, and were not found: the sons of Ḥaḇayah, the sons of Qots, the sons of Yaddua, who married Ḥaggiyah one of the daughters of Barzillai, and was named after his name.
39 And when the genealogy of the relatives of these men was sought in the register, and was not found, they were removed from performing the office of the kehunnah;
40 for Neḥemyah the governor said to them that they should not be partakers of the qodesh matters, till there rose up a kohĕn ha’gadol wearing the Urim and the Tummin.
41 So from those twelve years old and upward of Yisra’ĕl, besides male and female servants, all numbered forty two thousand three hundred and sixty.
42 Their male and female servants were seven thousand three hundred and forty-seven; the male and female singers, two hundred and forty-five;
43 four hundred and thirty-five camels, seven thousand and thirty-six horses, two hundred and forty-five mules, five thousand five hundred and twenty-five beasts for the yoke.
44 And some of the chiefs of their families, when they came to the Hĕyḵal of Elohim that is in Yerushalayim, vowed to put up the House again in its place according to their ability,
45 and to give into the qodesh treasury, one thousand minas of gold, five thousand of silver for the work, and one hundred garments for the kehunnah.
46 And so the kohenim and the Lĕwites and the people dwelt in Yerushalayim, and in the land; also the singers and the gatekeepers, and all Yisra’ĕl in their villages.
47 But when the seventh month came, and when the children of Yisra’ĕl were each in his own place, they all came together with one accord into the open place of the first gate which is toward the east.
48 Then Yĕshua the son of Yotsaḏaq stood up, and his brothers the kohenim and Zerubbaḇel the son of She’alti’ĕl, and his brothers, and prepared the altar of the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl,
49 to offer burnt offerings upon it according to the Command in the Book of Mosheh, the man of Elohim.
50 And some from the other nations of the land were gathered to them. And they put up the altar in its place, because all the nations of the land were at enmity with them, and oppressed them; and they brought offerings at the appointed times, and burnt offerings to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 both morning and evening.
51 They also held the Feast of Sukkoth, as it is commanded in the Torah, and brought offerings daily, as appointed.
52 And after that, the continual offerings, and the offering of the Shabbathoth, and of the new moons, and of all qodesh Feasts.
53 And all those who had made any vow to Elohim began to offer offerings to Elohim from the first day of the seventh month, although the Hĕyḵal of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 had not yet been built.
54 And they gave silver, food and drink to the masons and carpenters with gladness.
55 To those of Tsiḏon and Tsor they also gave by weight, that they should bring cedars from Leḇanon, which would be brought by boat to the harbour of Yapho, according to the command given them by Koresh sovereign of Paras.
56 And in the second year and second month after their coming to the Hĕyḵal of Elohim at Yerushalayim, Zerubbaḇel the son of She’alti’ĕl, and Yĕshua the son of Yotsaḏaq, and their brothers, and the kohenim, and the Lĕwites began, and all those who had come to Yerushalayim out of the captivity;
57 and they laid the foundation of the House of Elohim on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come to Yahuḏah and Yerushalayim.
58 And they appointed the Lĕwites from twenty years old over the works of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄. Then Yĕshua stood up, and his sons and brothers, and Qaḏmi’ĕl his brother, and the sons of Mĕyḏeḇa, with the sons of Yaḏa the son of Elyaḏa, with their sons and brothers; all Lĕwites, with one accord pressed forward with the work, labouring to advance the work on the House of Elohim. So the workmen built the Hĕyḵal of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
59 And the kohenim stood dressed in their garments with musical instruments and trumpets; and the Lĕwites, the sons of Asaph had cymbals,
60 singing songs of thanksgiving, and praising 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, as directed by Dawiḏ the sovereign of Yisra’ĕl.
61 And they sang songs to the praise of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 with loud voices, because His kindness and esteem in all Yisra’ĕl is forever.
62 And all the people sounded trumpets, and shouted with a loud voice, singing songs of thanksgiving to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 for the raising of the House of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
63 Also of the kohenim and Lĕwites, and of the chief of their families, the elders who had seen the former House came to the building with crying and great weeping.
64 And many with trumpets and joy shouted with a loud voice,
65 so that the trumpets could not be heard for the weeping of the people; yet the crowd sounded greatly, so that it was heard from afar.
66 Therefore when the enemies of the tribe of Yahuḏah and Binyamin heard it, they came to know what the noise of trumpets meant.
67 And they perceived that those who were from the captivity had built the Hĕyḵal to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Elohim of Yisra’ĕl.
68 So they went to Zerubbaḇel and Yĕshua, and to the heads of the families, and said to them, “We shall build together with you,
69 for we also, as you, obey your Aḏon, and have slaughtered to Him from the days of Ĕsarḥaddon the sovereign of Ashshur, who brought us here.”
70 Then Zerubbaḇel and Yĕshua and the heads of the families of Yisra’ĕl said to them, “It is not for you and us to build a House to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 our Elohim together.
71 “We ourselves alone shall build to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of Yisra’ĕl, according to the command given us by Koresh the sovereign of Paras.”
72 But the foreigners of the land relying heavily on the inhabitants of Yahuḏah, and restricting their supplies, hindered their building;
73 and by their secret schemes, and popular persuasions and unrest, they hindered the completion of the building the whole time that Sovereign Koresh lived; so they were hindered from building for the space of two years, until the reign of Dareyawesh.