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63 And there came many of the priests, and of (the) deacons [or Levites], and of (the) presidents after (the) towns (or of the princes of the towns), to the elders that had seen the rather house (or the first Temple), and at the building up of this house, with cry(ing), and with great wailing;

64 and many with trumps, and great joy,

65 so that the people heard not the trumps, for the great wailing of the people. Forsooth there was a company singing worshipfully in trumps (or with the trumpets), so that it was heard afar.

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