Nehemija 8
1 Tada se skupi sav narod kao jedan čovjek na trg koji je pred Vodenim vratima. Rekoše književniku Ezri da donese knjigu Mojsijeva zakona što ga je Jahve dao Izraelu.
And the seventh month came: and the children of Israel were in their cities. And all the people were gathered together as one mall to the street which is before the water gate, and they spoke to Esdras the scribe, to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.
2 I prvoga dana sedmoga mjeseca svećenik Ezra donese Zakon pred zbor ljudi, žena i sviju koji su bili sposobni da ga razumiju.
Then Esdras the priest brought the law before the multitude of men and women, and all those that could understand, in the first day of the seventh month.
3 Na trgu koji je pred Vodenim vratima počeo je čitati knjigu, od ranoga jutra do podneva, pred ljudima, ženama i pred onima koji su bili zreli. Sav je narod pozorno slušao knjigu Zakona.
And he read it plainly in the street that was before the water gate, from the morning until midday, before the men, and the women, and all those that could understand: and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book.
4 Književnik Ezra stajaše na drvenu besjedištu koje su podigli za tu zgodu. Kraj njega stajahu: s desne strane Matitja, Šema, Anaja, Urija, Hilkija i Maaseja, a s lijeve strane Pedaja, Mišael, Malkija, Hašum, Hašbadana, Zaharija i Mešulam.
And Esdras the scribe stood upon a step of wood, which he had made to speak upon, and there stood by him Mathathias, and Semeia, and Ania, and Uria, and Helcia, and Maasia, on his right hand: and on the left, Phadaia, Misael, and Melchia, and Hasum, and Hasbadana, Zacharia and Mosollam.
5 Ezra je otvorio knjigu naočigled svemu narodu - jer je bio poviše od svega naroda - a kad ju je otvorio, sav narod ustade.
And Esdras opened the book before all the people: for he was above all the people: and when he had opened it, all the people stood.
6 Tada Ezra blagoslovi Jahvu, Boga velikoga, a sav narod, podignutih ruku, odgovori: “Amen! Amen!” Zatim su kleknuli i poklonili se pred Jahvom, licem do zemlje.
And Esdras blessed the Lord the great God: and all the people answered, Amen, amen: lifting up their hands: and they bowed down, and adored God with their faces to the ground.
7 A leviti Ješua, Bani, Šerebja, Jamin, Akub, Šabtaj, Hodija, Maaseja, Kelita, Azarja, Jozabad, Hanan i Pelaja objašnjavahu Zakon narodu, a narod stajaše na svome mjestu.
Now Josue, and Bani, and Serebia, Jamin, Accub, Sephtai, Odia, Maasia, Celtia, Azarias, Jozabed, Hanan, Phalaia, the Levites, made silence among the people to hear the law: and the people stood in their place.
8 I čitahu iz knjige Božjeg zakona po odlomcima i razlagahu smisao da narod može razumjeti što se čita.
And they read in the book of the law of God distinctly and plainly to be understood: and they understood when it was read.
9 Potom namjesnik Nehemija, i svećenik i književnik Ezra, i leviti koji poučavahu narod rekoše svemu narodu: “Ovo je dan posvećen Jahvi, Bogu vašemu! Ne tugujte, ne plačite!” Jer sav narod plakaše slušajući riječi Zakona.
And Nehemias (he is Athersatha) and Esdras the priest and scribe, and the Levites who interpreted to all the people, said: This is a holy day to the Lord our God: do not mourn, nor weep: for all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
10 I još im reče Nehemija: “Pođite i jedite masna jela, i pijte slatko, i pošaljite dio onima koji nemaju ništa pripremljeno, jer ovo je dan posvećen našem Gospodu. Ne žalostite se: radost Jahvina vaša je jakost.”
And he said to them: Go, eat fat meats, and drink sweet wine, and send portions to them that have not prepared for themselves: because it is the holy day of the Lord, and be not sad: for the joy of the Lord is our strength.
11 I leviti umirivahu sav narod govoreći: “Umirite se: ovaj je dan svet. Ne tugujte!”
And the Levites stilled all the people, saying: Hold your peace, for the day is holy, and be not sorrowful.
12 I ode sav narod da jede i pije, i da šalje obroke, i da slavi veliko slavlje: jer su shvatili riječi koje su im objavljene.
So all the people went to eat and drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth: because they understood the words that he had taught them.
13 Drugog dana skupiše se glavari obitelji svega naroda, svećenici i leviti oko književnika Ezre da prouče riječi Zakona.
And on the second day the chiefs of the families of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered together to Esdras the scribe, that he should interpret to them the words of the law.
14 I nađoše napisano u Zakonu što ga je Jahve naredio preko sluge Mojsija: “Sinovi Izraelovi neka borave pod sjenicama za svečanosti u sedmom mjesecu.”
And they found written in the law, that the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in tabernacles, on the feast, in the seventh month:
15 Čim su čuli, proglasiše u svim svojim gradovima i u Jeruzalemu: “Idite u goru i donesite granja maslinova i granja divlje masline, mirtovih i palmovih grana i granja ostaloga lisnatog drveća da načinimo sjenice, kako je propisano.”
And that they should proclaim and publish the word in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying: Go forth to the mount, and fetch branches of olive, and branches of beautiful wood, branches of myrtle, and branches of palm, and branches of thick trees, to make tabernacles, as it is written.
16 I ode narod i donese granja i načiniše sjenice, svaki na svom krovu i svojim dvorištima, u predvorjima Doma Božjega, na trgu kod Vodenih vrata i na onom kod Efrajimovih vrata.
And the people went forth, and brought. And they made themselves tabernacles every man on the top of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
17 Sav zbor onih koji su se vratili iz sužanjstva načini sjenice i boravili su u njima - Izraelci nisu toga činili od vremena Jošue, sina Nunova, sve do toga dana. I bila je veoma velika radost.
And all the assembly of them that were returned from the captivity, made tabernacles, and dwelt in tabernacles: for since the days of Josue the son of Nun the children of Israel had not done so, until that day: and there was exceeding great joy.
18 Ezra je čitao knjigu Zakona Božjeg svakog dana, od prvoga do posljednjega. Sedam se dana svetkovao blagdan, a osmoga je dana bio svečani zbor, kako je propisano.
And he read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day till the last, and they kept the solemnity seven days, and in the eighth day a solemn assembly according to the manner.
