Nehemiah 8
1 And the seventh month arrived, and the children of Israel [were settled] in their cities; and all the people were gathered as one man to the broad place before the water-gate, and they told Esdras the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord commanded Israel.
| 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 |
2 So Esdras the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and every one who had understanding [was present] to hearken, on the first day of the seventh month.
| فَأَخْرَجَ عِزْرَا الْكَاتِبُ سِفْرَ الشَّرِيعَةِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الأَوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ السَّابِعِ، وَنَشَرَهُ أَمَامَ الْجَمَاعَةِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَكُلِّ مَنْ يَفْهَمُ مَا يَسْمَعُ، | ٢ |
3 And he read in it from the time of sun-rise to the middle of the day, before the men and the women; and they understood [it], and the ears of all the people [were attentive] to the book of the law.
| 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 |
4 And Esdras the scribe stood on a wooden stage, and there stood next to him Mattathias, and Samaeas, and Ananias, and Urias, and Chelcia, and Massia, on his right hand; and on his left Phadaeas, and Misael, and Melchias, and Asom, and Asabadma, and Zacharias, and Mesollam.
| 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 |
5 And Esdras opened the book before all the people, for he was above the people; and it came to pass when he had opened it, [that] all the people stood.
| وَإِذْ كَانَ عِزْرَا الْكَاتِبُ يَقِفُ عَلَى مَكَانٍ مُرْتَفِعٍ بِحَيْثُ يَرَاهُ جَمِيعُ الْحَاضِرِينَ، فَتَحَ السِّفْرَ عَلَى مَرْأَى مِنْ كُلِّ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِينَ وَقَفُوا احْتِرَاماً. | ٥ |
6 And Esdras blessed the Lord, the great God: and all the people answered, and said, Amen, lifting up their hands: and they bowed down and worshipped the Lord with their face to the ground.
| وَبَارَكَ عِزْرَا الرَّبَّ الإِلَهَ الْعَظِيمَ، وَأَجَابَ الشَّعْبُ كُلُّهُ: «آمِين، آمِين» بِأَيْدٍ مَرْفُوعَةٍ. ثُمَّ أَكَبُّوا بِوُجُوهِهِمْ نَحْوَ الأَرْضِ سَاجِدِينَ لِلرَّبِّ. | ٦ |
7 And Jesus and Banaias and Sarabias instructed the people in the law, and the people [stood] in their place.
| وَشَرَعَ يَشُوعُ وَبَانِي وَشَرَبْيَا، وَيَامِينُ، وَعَقُّوبُ وَشَبْتَايُ وَهُودِيَّا وَمَعْسِيَا وَقَلِيطَا وَعَزَرْيَا وَيُوزَابَادُ وَحَنَانُ وَفَلايَا وَاللّاوِيُّونَ يَشْرَحُونَ لِلشَّعْبِ الشَّرِيعَةَ وَالشَّعْبُ وَاقِفٌ فِي أَمَاكِنِهِ، | ٧ |
8 And they read in the book of the law of God, and Esdras taught, and instructed them distinctly in the knowledge of the Lord, and the people understood [the law] in the reading.
| وَقَرَأُوا مِنْ سِفْرِ شَرِيعَةِ اللهِ بِوُضُوحٍ، وَفَسَّرُوا مُحْتَوَيَاتِهِ، بِحَيْثُ فَهِمَ الشَّعْبُ مَا كَانَ يُقْرَأُ. | ٨ |
9 And Neemias, and Esdras the priest and scribe, and the Levites, and they that instructed the people, spoke and said to all the people, It 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.
| 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 |
10 And [the governor] said to them, Go, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them that have nothing; for the day is holy to our Lord: and faint not, for the Lord is our strength.
| 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 |
11 And the Levites caused all the people to be silent, saying, Be silent, for [it is] a holy day, and despond not.
| وَأَخَذَ اللّاوِيُّونَ يُهَدِّئُونَ كُلَّ الشَّعْبِ قَائِلِينَ: «كُفُّوا، لأَنَّ الْيَوْمَ مُقَدَّسٌ فَلا تَحْزَنُوا». | ١١ |
12 So all the people departed to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, for they understood the words which he made known to them.
| فَمَضَى الشَّعْبُ كُلُّهُ لِيَأْكُلَ وَيَشْرَبَ وَيَبْعَثَ بِأَنْصِبَةٍ وَيَحْتَفِلَ بِفَرَحٍ عَظِيمٍ، لأَنَّهُ فَهِمَ نَصَّ الشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتِي عَلَّمُوهُ إِيَّاهَا. | ١٢ |
13 And on the second day the heads of families assembled with all the people, [also] the priests and Levites, to Esdras the scribe, to attend to all the words of the law.
| وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي حَضَرَ رُؤَسَاءُ عَائِلاتِ جَمِيعِ الشَّعْبِ وَالْكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ إِلَى عِزْرَا الْكَاتِبِ لِيُفْهِمَهُمْ نَصَّ الشَّرِيعَةِ، | ١٣ |
14 And they found written in the law which the Lord commanded Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths, in the feast in the seventh month:
| 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 |
15 and that they should sound with trumpets in all their cities, and in Jerusalem. And Esdras said, Go forth to the mountain, and bring branches of olive, and branches of cypress trees, and branches of myrtle, and branches of palm trees, and branches of [every] thick tree, to make booths, according to that which was written.
| 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 |
16 And the people went forth, and brought [them], and made booths for themselves, each one upon his roof, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the streets of the city, and as far as the gate of Ephraim.
| 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 |
17 And all the congregation who had returned from the captivity, made booths, and dwelt in booths: for the children of Israel [had] not done so from the days of Jesus the son of Naue until that day: and there was great joy.
| 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 |
18 And [Esdras] read in the book of the law of God daily, from the first day even to the last day: and they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.
| أَمَّا سِفْرُ شَرِيعَةِ الرَّبِّ فَكَانَ يُتْلَى مِنْهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ طَوَالَ أَيَّامِ الْعِيدِ السَّبْعَةِ. وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّامِنِ اعْتَكَفَ الشَّعْبُ بِمُوْجِبِ مَرَاسِيمِ شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى. | ١٨ |
