نَحَمْيا 8
| ثُمَّ اجْتَمَعَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ فِي السَّاحَةِ الْوَاقِعَةِ أَمَامَ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَاءِ، وَطَلَبُوا مِنْ عِزْرَا الْكَاتِبِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ بِسِفْرِ شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى الَّتِي أَمَرَ بِها الرَّبُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١ 1 |
All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the wide place that was in front of the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
| فَأَخْرَجَ عِزْرَا الْكَاتِبُ سِفْرَ الشَّرِيعَةِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الأَوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ السَّابِعِ، وَنَشَرَهُ أَمَامَ الْجَمَاعَةِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَكُلِّ مَنْ يَفْهَمُ مَا يَسْمَعُ، | ٢ 2 |
Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
| وَقَرَأَ مِنْهُ أَمَامَ السَّاحَةِ الْوَاقِعَةِ قُبَالَةَ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَاءِ مِنَ الصَّبَاحِ حَتَّى انْتِصَافِ النَّهَارِ، فِي حَضْرَةِ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَالْفَاهِمِينَ، الَّذِينَ أَرْهَفُوا آذَانَهُمْ لِلاسْتِمَاعِ إِلَى كَلِمَاتِ سِفْرِ الشَّرِيعَةِ. | ٣ 3 |
He read from it before the wide place that was in front of the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand. The ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.
| وَوَقَفَ عِزْرَا الْكَاتِبُ عَلَى مِنْبَرٍ مِنْ خَشَبٍ أَعَدُّوهُ خِصِّيصاً لِهَذِهِ الْمُنَاسَبَةِ، وَوَقَفَ إِلَى جِوَارِهِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ كُلٌّ مِنْ مَتَّثْيَا وَشَمَعَ وَعَنَايَا وَأُورِيَّا وَحِلْقِيَّا وَمَعْسِيَا، وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ فَدَايَا وَمِيشَائِيلُ وَمَلْكِيَّا وَحَشُومُ وَحَشْبَدَّانَةُ وَزَكَرِيَّا وَمَشُلّامُ. | ٤ 4 |
Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
| وَإِذْ كَانَ عِزْرَا الْكَاتِبُ يَقِفُ عَلَى مَكَانٍ مُرْتَفِعٍ بِحَيْثُ يَرَاهُ جَمِيعُ الْحَاضِرِينَ، فَتَحَ السِّفْرَ عَلَى مَرْأَى مِنْ كُلِّ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِينَ وَقَفُوا احْتِرَاماً. | ٥ 5 |
Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people (for he was above all the people), and when he opened it, all the people stood up.
| وَبَارَكَ عِزْرَا الرَّبَّ الإِلَهَ الْعَظِيمَ، وَأَجَابَ الشَّعْبُ كُلُّهُ: «آمِين، آمِين» بِأَيْدٍ مَرْفُوعَةٍ. ثُمَّ أَكَبُّوا بِوُجُوهِهِمْ نَحْوَ الأَرْضِ سَاجِدِينَ لِلرَّبِّ. | ٦ 6 |
Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. All the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” with the lifting up of their hands. They bowed their heads, and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
| وَشَرَعَ يَشُوعُ وَبَانِي وَشَرَبْيَا، وَيَامِينُ، وَعَقُّوبُ وَشَبْتَايُ وَهُودِيَّا وَمَعْسِيَا وَقَلِيطَا وَعَزَرْيَا وَيُوزَابَادُ وَحَنَانُ وَفَلايَا وَاللّاوِيُّونَ يَشْرَحُونَ لِلشَّعْبِ الشَّرِيعَةَ وَالشَّعْبُ وَاقِفٌ فِي أَمَاكِنِهِ، | ٧ 7 |
Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law; and the people stayed in their place.
| وَقَرَأُوا مِنْ سِفْرِ شَرِيعَةِ اللهِ بِوُضُوحٍ، وَفَسَّرُوا مُحْتَوَيَاتِهِ، بِحَيْثُ فَهِمَ الشَّعْبُ مَا كَانَ يُقْرَأُ. | ٨ 8 |
They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
| وَإِذْ بَكَى الشَّعْبُ لَدَى سَمَاعِهِمْ نَصَّ الشَّرِيعَةِ، خَاطَبَهُمْ نَحَمْيَا الْوَالِي وَعِزْرَا الْكَاتِبُ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ عَلَّمُوا الشَّعْبَ قَائِلِينَ: «لا تَنُوحُوا وَلا تَبْكُوا، فَهَذَا الْيَوْمُ مُقَدَّسٌ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ» | ٩ 9 |
Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “Today is holy to the LORD your God. Don’t mourn, nor weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
| ثُمَّ اسْتَطْرَدَ نَحَمْيَا: «اذْهَبُوا وَاحْتَفِلُوا آكِلِينَ أَطَايِبَ الطَّعَامِ، وَشَارِبِينَ حُلْوَ الشَّرَابِ، وَابْعَثُوا أَنْصِبَةً لِمَنْ لَمْ يُعَدَّ لَهُمْ. وَلا تَحْزَنُوا لأَنَّ هَذَا الْيَوْمَ مُقَدَّسٌ لِسَيِّدِنَا، فَفَرَحُ الرَّبِّ هُوَ قُوَّتُكُمْ». | ١٠ 10 |
Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
| وَأَخَذَ اللّاوِيُّونَ يُهَدِّئُونَ كُلَّ الشَّعْبِ قَائِلِينَ: «كُفُّوا، لأَنَّ الْيَوْمَ مُقَدَّسٌ فَلا تَحْزَنُوا». | ١١ 11 |
So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Hold your peace, for the day is holy. Don’t be grieved.”
| فَمَضَى الشَّعْبُ كُلُّهُ لِيَأْكُلَ وَيَشْرَبَ وَيَبْعَثَ بِأَنْصِبَةٍ وَيَحْتَفِلَ بِفَرَحٍ عَظِيمٍ، لأَنَّهُ فَهِمَ نَصَّ الشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتِي عَلَّمُوهُ إِيَّاهَا. | ١٢ 12 |
All the people went their way to eat, to drink, to send portions, and to celebrate, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
| وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي حَضَرَ رُؤَسَاءُ عَائِلاتِ جَمِيعِ الشَّعْبِ وَالْكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ إِلَى عِزْرَا الْكَاتِبِ لِيُفْهِمَهُمْ نَصَّ الشَّرِيعَةِ، | ١٣ 13 |
On the second day, the heads of fathers’ households of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered together to Ezra the scribe, to study the words of the law.
| فَوَجَدُوا أَنَّهُ مُدَوَّنٌ فِي الشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتِي أَمَرَ بِها الرَّبُّ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُوسَى أَنَّ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الإِقَامَةَ فِي مَظَلّاتٍ فِي الْعِيدِ الْوَاقِعِ فِي الشَّهْرِ السَّابِعِ، | ١٤ 14 |
They found written in the law how the LORD had commanded by Moses that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month;
| وَالدَّعْوَةَ والمُنَادَاةَ فِي كُلِّ مُدُنِهِمْ وَأُورُشَلِيمَ قَائِلِينَ: «انْطَلِقُوا إِلَى الْجَبَلِ وَاجْلِبُوا أَغْصَانَ زَيْتُونٍ عَادِيٍّ وَبَرِّيٍّ، وَأَغْصَانَ آسٍ وَنَخْلٍ، وَأَغْصَانَ أَشْجَارٍ كَثِيفَةِ الأَوْرَاقِ لِصُنْعِ مَظَلاتٍ»، كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ. | ١٥ 15 |
and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the mountain, and get olive branches, branches of wild olive, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make temporary shelters, as it is written.”
| فَانْطَلَقَ الشَّعْبُ إِلَى التِّلالِ وَجَلَبُوا الأَغْصَانَ، وَصَنَعُوا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ مَظَلّاتٍ أَقَامُوهَا عَلَى سُطُوحِ بُيُوتِهِمْ، وَفِي سَاحَاتِ دُورِهِمْ، وَفِي فِنَاءِ الْهَيْكَلِ، وَفِي سَاحَةِ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَاءِ، وَفِي سَاحَةِ بَوَّابَةِ أَفْرَايِمَ. | ١٦ 16 |
So the people went out and brought them, and made themselves temporary shelters, everyone on the roof of his house, in their courts, in the courts of God’s house, in the wide place of the water gate, and in the wide place of Ephraim’s gate.
| وَهَكَذَا صَنَعَ كُلُّ الرَّاجِعِينَ مِنَ السَّبْيِ مَظَلّاتٍ أَقَامُوا فِيهَا، لأَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمْ يَحْتَفِلُوا هَكَذَا مُنْذُ أَيَّامِ يَشُوعَ بْنِ نُونٍ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، وَعَمَّهُمْ فَرَحٌ عَظِيمٌ جِدّاً. | ١٧ 17 |
All the assembly of those who had come back out of the captivity made temporary shelters and lived in the temporary shelters, for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun to that day the children of Israel had not done so. There was very great gladness.
| أَمَّا سِفْرُ شَرِيعَةِ الرَّبِّ فَكَانَ يُتْلَى مِنْهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ طَوَالَ أَيَّامِ الْعِيدِ السَّبْعَةِ. وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّامِنِ اعْتَكَفَ الشَّعْبُ بِمُوْجِبِ مَرَاسِيمِ شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى. | ١٨ 18 |
Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. They kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.
