Nehemiah 8
1 And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their towns. And all the people came together like one man into the wide place in front of the water-doorway; and they made a request to Ezra the scribe that he would put before them the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel.
Lè setyèm mwa lanne jwif yo rive, tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo te chita lakay yo nan lavil yo. Lè sa a, yo tout nèt, yo te sanble sou plas piblik ki devan pòtay Dlo yo. Yo mande Esdras, direktè lalwa a, pou li pote liv lalwa Seyè a te bay Moyiz pou pèp Izrayèl la.
2 And Ezra the priest put the law before the meeting of the people, before the men and women and all those who were able to take it in, on the first day of the seventh month.
Esdras, prèt la, pran liv la, li pote l' kote tout moun yo te reyini an: fanm, gason ak tout timoun ki te gen laj konprann. Se te premye jou nan setyèm mwa a.
3 He was reading it in the wide place in front of the water-doorway, from early morning till the middle of the day, in the hearing of all those men and women whose minds were able to take it in; and the ears of all the people were open to the book of the law.
Se konsa, sou plas ki devan pòtay Dlo yo, Esdras li nan liv lalwa a pou yo, depi granmaten jouk rive midi. Tout pèp la, fanm, gason ak tout timoun ki te gen laj konprann, te louvri zòrèy yo pou yo tande sa ki te nan liv lalwa a.
4 And Ezra the scribe took his place on a tower of wood which they had made for the purpose; and by his side were placed Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah on the right; and on the left, Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchijah and Hashum and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam.
Esdras, direktè lalwa a, te kanpe sou yon lestrad an bwa yo te bati espre pou sa. Sou bò dwat li, te gen Matitya, Chema, Anaja, Ourija, Ilkija ak Maseja. Sou bò gòch li, te gen Pedaja, Mikayèl, Malkija, Achoum, Achbadana, Zakarya ak Mechoulam.
5 And Ezra took the book, opening it before the eyes of all the people (for he was higher than the people); and when it was open, all the people got to their feet:
Kote Esdras te kanpe byen wo sou lestrad la, li louvri liv la devan tout moun. Lè sa a, tout pèp la leve kanpe.
6 And Ezra gave praise to the Lord, the great God. And all the people in answer said, So be it, so be it; lifting up their hands; and with bent heads they gave worship to the Lord, going down on their faces to the earth.
Esdras di: -Lwanj pou Seyè a, Bondye ki gen pouvwa a. Tout pèp la leve men yo anlè, yo reponn: -Amèn! Li merite sa vre! Lèfini, yo mete ajenou, yo bese tèt yo jouk atè devan Seyè a.
7 And Jeshua and Bani and Sherebiah and Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites made the law clear to the people: and the people kept in their places.
Apre sa, pèp la leve kanpe epi kèk moun Levi pran esplike yo lalwa a. Se te Jechwa, Bani, Cherebya, Jamen, Akoub, Chabetayi, Odija, Maseja, Kelita, Azarya, Jozabab, Anan, Pelaja.
8 And they gave out the words of the book the law of God, clearly, and gave the sense of it, so that their minds were able to take it in.
Yo t'ap li nan liv lalwa Bondye a, yo t'ap tradwi l' pou yo, yo t'ap esplike l' ba yo, pou yo te ka konprann sa yo t'ap li pou yo a.
9 And Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra, the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were the teachers of the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the Lord your God; let there be no sorrow or weeping; for all the people were weeping on hearing the words of the law.
Lè pèp la tande sa ki te ekri nan liv lalwa a, yo pran kriye. Lè sa a, Neemi, gouvènè a, ansanm ak Esdras, prèt direktè lalwa a, ak lòt moun Levi yo ki t'ap esplike lalwa a di moun yo konsa: -Jou sa a, se yon jou yo mete apa pou Seyè a, Bondye nou an! Pa kite lapenn anvayi kè nou! Pa kriye, mezanmi!
10 Then he said to them, Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready: for this day is holy to our Lord: and let there be no grief in your hearts; for the joy of the Lord is your strong place.
Okontrè, al lakay nou, fè fèt! Separe vyann gra ak bon ti likè nou genyen ak moun ki pa genyen, paske jou sa a se yon jou nou fèt pou mete apa pou Seyè a. Pa kite lapenn pran nou! Kontantman Bondye ap mete nan kè nou an va ban nou fòs!
11 So the Levites made all the people quiet, saying, Be quiet, for the day is holy; and do not give way to grief.
Tout moun Levi yo pran mache nan mitan tout pèp la pou fè yo pe. Yo t'ap di yo: -Pe bouch nou, mezanmi! Siye dlo nan je nou! Jou sa a se yon jou apa pou Bondye li ye!
12 And all the people went away to take food and drink, and to send food to others, and to be glad, because the words which were said to them had been made clear.
Se konsa tout pèp la al lakay yo, yo manje, yo bwè, yo separe sa yo genyen ak lòt moun. Tout moun te kontan, yo t'ap fè fèt, paske yo te konprann sa yo te li pou yo nan liv la.
13 And on the second day the heads of families of all the people and the priests and the Levites came together to Ezra the scribe, to give attention to the words of the law.
Nan denmen, tout chèf branch fanmi pèp Izrayèl yo, prèt yo ak moun Levi yo sanble ankò bò direktè Esdras pou yo te ka etidye pawòl lalwa a.
14 And they saw that it was recorded in the law that the Lord had given orders by Moses, that the children of Israel were to have tents for their living-places in the feast of the seventh month:
Men sa yo jwenn nan lalwa Seyè a te bay Moyiz pou yo a: Pandan y'ap fete fèt setyèm mwa a, moun Izrayèl yo va rete nan ti joupa.
15 And that they were to give out an order, and make it public in all their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, Go out to the mountain and get olive branches and branches of field olives and of myrtle, and palm branches and branches of thick trees, to make tents, as it says in the book.
Lè yo vin konn sa, yo voye fè piblikasyon nan lavil Jerizalèm ak nan tout lavil yo. Yo voye mesaj sa a bay tout moun: -Ale nan mòn. Koupe branch nan pye oliv, nan pye pichpen, nan pye pwadous, ak nan tout lòt kalite pyebwa ansanm ak fèy palmis pou nou fè ti joupa jan sa ekri nan liv la.
16 And the people went out and got them and made themselves tents, every one on the roof of his house, and in the open spaces and in the open squares of the house of God, and in the wide place of the water-doorway, and the wide place of the doorway of Ephraim.
Se konsa, pèp la ale, yo ranmase kont branch bwa yo, epi yo moute yon pakèt ti joupa. Genyen ki bati ti joupa yo sou teras anwo tèt kay yo. Genyen ki fè l' nan lakou lakay yo. Gen lòt ankò ki bati pa yo nan gwo lakou Tanp lan, sou plas piblik ki bò pòtay Dlo yo ak sou plas ki bò pòtay Efrayim lan.
17 All the people who had been prisoners and had come back, made tents and were living in them: for from the time of Jeshua, the son of Nun, till that day, the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very great joy.
Se konsa, tout moun ki te tounen nan peyi kote yo te depòte yo a moute ti joupa epi yo rete anba yo. Depi sou rèy Jozye, pitit Noun lan, se te premye fwa moun pèp Izrayèl yo t'ap fete fèt sa a konsa. Tout moun te kontan. Yo t'ap fete.
18 And day by day, from the first day till the last, he was reading from the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast for seven days: and on the eighth day there was a holy meeting, as it is ordered in the law.
Yo pase sèt jou ap fete. Chak jou, depi premye jou a jouk dènye jou a, yo t'ap li nan liv lalwa Bondye a. Sou wityèm jou a, yo fè yon gwo reyinyon pou fèmen fèt la jan regleman an mande l' la.
