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Oo dadkii oo dhammu iyagoo ah sidii nin keliya ayay dhammaantood ku soo wada urureen meesha bannaan oo iridda biyaha ka horraysa; oo karraanigii Cesraa ahaa ayay kula hadleen oo u sheegeen inuu keeno kitaabkii sharciga Muuse oo Rabbigu ku amray reer binu Israa'iil. Markaasaa wadaadkii Cesraa sharcigii hor keenay ururkii ahaa rag iyo dumar iyo in alla intii waxgarasho ku maqli kartay oo dhan, oo waxayna ahayd bishii toddobaad maalinteedii kowaad. Oo isna wixii kitaabkii ku qornaa ayuu ku akhriyey meeshii bannaanayd oo iridda biyaha ka horraysay, oo wuxuu akhriyeyey aroortii ilaa hadhkii, wuxuuna ku hor akhriyey raggii iyo dumarkii iyo kuwii garan karayay; oo dadkii oo dhammuna aad bay u dhegaysanayeen kitaabkii sharciga. Oo karraanigii Cesraa ahaa wuxuu kor taagnaa meel sare oo alwaax laga sameeyey oo sababtaas aawadeed loo dhisay; oo dhankiisa midigta waxaa taagnaa Matityaah, iyo Shemac, iyo Canaayaah, iyo Uuriyaah, iyo Xilqiyaah, iyo Macaseeyaah; oo dhankiisa bidixdana waxaa taagnaa Fedaayaah, iyo Miishaa'eel, iyo Malkiyaah, iyo Xaashum, iyo Xashbaddaanaah, iyo Sekaryaah, iyo Meshullaam. Markaasaa Cesraa kitaabkii furay iyadoo dadkii oo dhammu wada arkaan, (waayo, wuu ka wada korreeyey dadka oo dhan;) oo markuu furay ayaa dadkii oo dhammu wada istaagay. Kolkaasaa Cesraa ammaanay Rabbiga ah Ilaaha weyn, oo dadkii oo dhammuna intay gacmaha kor u qaadeen ayay ku jawaabeen, Aamiin, Aamiin; oo intay madaxa foororiyeen ayay Rabbiga u sujuudeen oo wejiga dhulka saareen. Oo weliba waxaa kaloo dadkii sharciga garansiiyey Yeeshuuca, iyo Baanii, iyo Sheereebyaah, iyo Yaamiin, iyo Caquub, iyo Shabbetay, iyo Hoodiyaah, iyo Macaseeyaah, iyo Qeliitaa, iyo Casaryaah, iyo Yoosaabaad, iyo Xaanaan, iyo Felaayaah, iyo kuwii reer Laawi, oo dadkiina meeshoodii ayay istaageen. Oo kitaabkii sharciga Ilaah si bayaan ah ayaa loo akhriyey, waana la micneeyey si dadku u garto waxa la akhriyey. Markaasaa Nexemyaah oo taliyaha ahaa, iyo wadaadkii Cesraa oo karraaniga ahaa, iyo kuwii reer Laawi oo dadka wax bari jiray, waxay dadkii oo dhan ku wada yidhaahdeen, Maanta waxay Rabbiga Ilaahiinna ah u tahay maalin quduus ah, haddaba ha barooranina, hana ooyina, maxaa yeelay, dadkii oo dhammu way wada ooyeen markay maqleen erayadii sharciga. 10 Oo haddana wuxuu iyagii ku yidhi, Taga, oo baruurta cuna, oo wax macaan cabba, oo kii aan wax u diyaarsanaynna qayb u dira, waayo, maanta waxay Rabbigeenna u tahay maalin quduus ah, hana murugoonina, waayo, idinka waxaa xoog idiin ah farxadda Rabbiga. 11 Haddaba kuwii reer Laawi ayaa dadkii oo dhan aamusiiyey, oo waxay ku yidhaahdeen, War maanta waa quduuse iska aamusa oo ha murugoonina. 12 Markaasay dadkii oo dhammu iska tageen inay wax cunaan, oo wax cabbaan, oo ay qaybo diraan, oo ay aad u farxaan, maxaa yeelay, waxay garteen erayadii loo caddeeyey.

13 Oo madaxdii qabiilooyinka dadka oo dhan, iyo wadaaddadii, iyo kuwii reer Laawi ayaa maalintii labaad karraanigii Cesraa ugu soo wada urureen inay erayada sharciga aad u dhegaystaan. 14 Oo waxaa sharcigii ku qornaa oo ay ka dhex heleen in Rabbigu Muuse ku amray in reer binu Israa'iil ay waabab ku hoydaan inta lagu jiro iidda bisha toddobaad, 15 iyo inay iyaga waajib ku tahay inay kaga dhawaaqaan oo ka naadiyaan magaalooyinkooda oo dhan iyo xataa Yeruusaalem gudaheeda, oo ay yidhaahdaan, Buurta taga oo ka soo gura laamo saytuun ah, iyo kuwo saytuun dibadeed ah, iyo laamo ah geedo hadaas la yidhaahdo, iyo laamo cawbaar ah, iyo geedo waaweyn laamahood in laga sameeyo waabab sida qoran. 16 Sidaas daraaddeed dadkii way bexeen, oo laamihii keeneen, oo waxay dhisteen waabab, oo mid waluba wuxuu ka dhistay saqafka gurigiisa, iyo barxadahooda, iyo barxadihii guriga Ilaah, iyo meeshii bannaanayd oo Iridda Biyaha, iyo meeshii bannaanayd oo Iridda Efrayim. 17 Oo kulli intii maxaabiisnimada ka soo noqotay ururkoodii oo dhammu waxay dhisteen waabab oo waxay degeen waababkii; waayo, reer binu Israa'iil saas ma ay yeelin tan iyo wakhtigii Yashuuca ina Nuun iyo ilaa maalintaas. Oo ayaantaas waxaa jirtay farxad aad u weyn. 18 Oo maalintii ugu horraysay ilaa maalintii ugu dambaysay ayuu maalin kasta kitaabkii sharciga Ilaah akhriyi jiray. Oo toddoba maalmood way iidayeen, oo maalintii siddeedaadna waxaa jiray shir iidda lagu dhammaynayay sida qaynuunka waafaqsanayd.

all the people came together as one in the square before the Water Gate.(A) They told Ezra the teacher of the Law to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses,(B) which the Lord had commanded for Israel.

So on the first day of the seventh month(C) Ezra the priest brought the Law(D) before the assembly, which was made up of men and women and all who were able to understand. He read it aloud from daybreak till noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate(E) in the presence of the men, women and others who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.

Ezra the teacher of the Law stood on a high wooden platform(F) built for the occasion. Beside him on his right stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah and Maaseiah; and on his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam.

Ezra opened the book. All the people could see him because he was standing(G) above them; and as he opened it, the people all stood up. Ezra praised the Lord, the great God; and all the people lifted their hands(H) and responded, “Amen! Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

The Levites(I)—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan and Pelaiah—instructed(J) the people in the Law while the people were standing there. They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear[a] and giving the meaning so that the people understood what was being read.

Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites(K) who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.”(L) For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.

10 Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing(M) prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy(N) of the Lord is your strength.”

11 The Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, for this is a holy day. Do not grieve.”

12 Then all the people went away to eat and drink, to send portions of food and to celebrate with great joy,(O) because they now understood the words that had been made known to them.

13 On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and the Levites, gathered around Ezra the teacher to give attention to the words of the Law. 14 They found written in the Law, which the Lord had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to live in temporary shelters(P) during the festival of the seventh month 15 and that they should proclaim this word and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem: “Go out into the hill country and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtles, palms and shade trees, to make temporary shelters”—as it is written.[b]

16 So the people went out and brought back branches and built themselves temporary shelters on their own roofs, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God and in the square by the Water Gate(Q) and the one by the Gate of Ephraim.(R) 17 The whole company that had returned from exile built temporary shelters and lived in them.(S) From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated(T) it like this. And their joy was very great.

18 Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read(U) from the Book of the Law(V) of God. They celebrated the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day, in accordance with the regulation,(W) there was an assembly.(X)

Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 8:8 Or God, translating it
  2. Nehemiah 8:15 See Lev. 23:37-40.