Nehemiah 8
1 At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.
Vse ljudstvo se je zbralo skupaj kakor en mož na ulici, ki je bila pred vodnimi velikimi vrati in spregovorili so pisarju Ezru, da prinese knjigo Mojzesove postave, ki jo je Gospod zapovedal Izraelu.
2 On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand.
Duhovnik Ezra je na prvi dan sedmega meseca postavo prinesel pred skupnost tako mož kakor žena in vseh tistih, ki so lahko slišali z razumevanjem.
3 So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.
Bral je tam pred ulico, ki je bila pred vodnimi velikimi vrati od jutra do sredine dneva, pred možmi in ženami in tistimi, ki so lahko razumeli. Ušesa vsega ljudstva so bila pozorna na knjigo postave.
4 Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
Pisar Ezra je stal na leseni prižnici, ki so jo naredili za ta namen. Poleg njega so na njegovi desni roki stali: Matitjá, Šemaá, Anajá, Urijá, Hilkijá in Maasejá, na njegovi levi roki pa: Pedajá, Mišaél, Malkijá, Hašúm, Hašbadána, Zeharjá in Mešulám.
5 Ezra opened the book in full view of all the people, since he was standing above them all, and as he opened it, all the people stood up.
Ezra je odprl knjigo v pogledu vsega ljudstva (kajti on je bil nad vsem ljudstvom); in ko jo je odprl, je vse ljudstvo vstalo.
6 Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
Ezra je blagoslovil Gospoda, vélikega Boga. In vse ljudstvo je z dviganjem svojih rok odgovarjalo: »Amen, amen.« In sklonili so svoje glave ter oboževali Gospoda s svojimi obrazi k tlom.
7 The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.
Tudi Ješúa, Baní, Šerebjá, Jamín, Akúb, Šabetáj, Hodijá, Maasejá, Kelitá, Azarjá, Jozabád, Hanán, Pelajá in Lévijevci so storili ljudstvu, da je razumelo postavo in ljudstvo je stalo na svojem mestu.
8 So they read from the Book of the Law of God, explaining it and giving insight, so that the people could understand what was being read.
Tako so razločno brali v knjigi Božje postave in dali pomen in jim storili, da razumejo branje.
9 Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.
Nehemija, ki je Tirsata in pisar Ezra, duhovnik in Lévijevci, ki so učili ljudstvo, so vsemu ljudstvu rekli: »Ta dan je svet Gospodu, svojemu Bogu; ne žalujte niti ne jokajte.« Kajti vse ljudstvo je jokalo, ko so slišali besede postave.
10 Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
Potem jim je rekel: »Pojdite svojo pot, jejte tolščo, pijte sladko in pošljite deleže tistim, za katere ni ničesar pripravljenega, kajti ta dan je svet našemu Gospodu. Niti ne bodite žalostni, kajti Gospodova radost je vaša moč.«
11 And the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, since today is holy. Do not grieve.”
Tako so Lévijevci umirili vse ljudstvo, rekoč: »Ohranite svoj mir, kajti dan je svet. Niti ne bodite užaloščeni.«
12 Then all the people began to eat and drink, to send out portions, and to rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that had been made known to them.
In vse ljudstvo je odšlo svojo pot, da jedo in da pijejo in da pošljejo deleže in da naredijo veliko veselje, ker so razumeli besede, ki so jim bile naznanjene.
13 On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and Levites, gathered around Ezra the scribe to study the words of the Law.
Na drugi dan so bili zbrani skupaj vodje očetov izmed vsega ljudstva, duhovniki in Lévijevci, k pisarju Ezru, celo da razumejo besede iz postave.
14 And they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month.
In našli so zapisano v postavi, ki jo je Gospod zapovedal po Mojzesu, da naj bi Izraelovi otroci na praznik sedmega meseca prebivali v šotorih
15 So they proclaimed this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”
in da naj bi objavili in razglasili po vseh svojih mestih in v Jeruzalemu, rekoč: »Pojdite naprej na goro in naberite oljčne mladike, borove mladike, mirtine mladike, mladike palm in mladike debelih dreves, da naredite šotore, kakor je to pisano.«
16 And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the court of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.
Tako je ljudstvo šlo naprej in jih prineslo in si naredilo šotore, vsak na strehi svoje hiše, na svojih dvorih, na dvorih Božje hiše, na ulici Vodnih velikih vrat in na ulici Efrájimovih velikih vrat.
17 The whole assembly who had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing.
Vsa skupnost izmed teh, ki so ponovno prišli iz ujetništva, si je naredila šotore in sedela pod šotori, kajti od dni Nunovega sina Ješúa do tega dne Izraelovi otroci niso tako storili. In tam je bilo zelo veliko veselje.
18 Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly, according to the ordinance.
Tudi dan za dnem, od prvega dne do zadnjega dne, je bral v knjigi Božje postave. Praznovanje so imeli sedem dni, na osmi dan pa je bil slovesen zbor, glede na običaj.
