Nehemiah 8
1 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.
Bato nyonso basanganaki lokola moto moko na libanda, liboso ya Ekuke ya Mayi. Balobaki na Esidrasi, molakisi ya Mobeko, ete abimisa buku ya Mobeko ya Moyize, oyo Yawe apesaki bana ya Isalaele.
2 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.
Na mokolo ya liboso ya sanza ya sambo, Nganga-Nzambe Esidrasi amemaki buku ya Mobeko liboso ya lisanga oyo, kati na yango, ezalaki na mibali, basi mpe bato nyonso oyo bazalaki na makoki ya kososola.
3 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.
Atangelaki bango buku yango na mongongo makasi, kobanda na tongo kino na pokwa, na esika oyo etalani na Ekuke ya Mayi. Bato nyonso bazalaki koyoka na bokebi botangi buku ya Mobeko.
4 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.
Esidrasi, molakisi ya Mobeko, atelemaki na etemelo ya kolobela oyo basalaki na mabaya, kaka mpo na mayangani wana. Matitia, Shema, Anaya, Uri, Ilikia mpe Maaseya batelemaki na ngambo ya loboko na ye ya mobali; Pedaya, Mishaeli, Malikiya, Ashumi, Ashibadana, Zakari mpe Meshulami batelemaki na ngambo ya loboko na ye ya mwasi.
5 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.
Mpo ete Esidrasi atelemaki na esika ya likolo koleka bato nyonso, moto nyonso amonaki ye kofungola buku. Mpe tango kaka afungolaki buku yango, bato nyonso batelemaki.
6 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.
Esidrasi akumisaki Yawe, Nzambe Monene; mpe bato nyonso batombolaki maboko na bango mpe bazongisaki: « Amen! » Bongo bafukamaki mpe bakitisaki bilongi na bango kino na se mpo na kogumbamela Yawe.
7 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.
Sima, batelemaki; mpe Balevi oyo: Jozue, Bani, Sherebia, Yamini, Akubi, Shabetayi, Odia, Maaseya, Kelita, Azaria, Yozabadi, Anani mpe Pelaya bakomaki kolimbolela bato Mibeko yango, wana bato bazalaki nanu ya kotelema.
8 And they read in the book of the law of God distinctly and plainly to be understood: and they understood when it was read.
Balevi bazalaki kotanga kati na buku ya Mobeko ya Nzambe mpe kopesa ndimbola na yango, na ndenge ya malembe mpe ya malamu, mpo ete bato bakoka kososola makomi oyo batangi.
9 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.
Bato nyonso bazalaki kolela, wana bazalaki koyoka maloba ya Mibeko. Moyangeli Neyemi mpe Esidrasi, Nganga-Nzambe mpe molakisi ya Mobeko, elongo na Balevi oyo bazalaki kolimbolela bato Mibeko balobaki na bato nyonso: — Mokolo ya lelo ezali bule mpo na Yawe, Nzambe na biso; botika kosala matanga mpe botika kolela!
10 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.
Neyemi alobaki na bango lisusu: — Sik’oyo, bokende, bolia bilei ya kitoko, bomela masanga ya kitoko mpe botinda ndambo epai ya bato oyo bazangi eloko ya kolamba, pamba te mokolo oyo ezali bule mpo na Nkolo na biso. Boye bozala na mawa te, pamba te esengo ya Yawe ezali makasi na bino.
11 And the Levites stilled all the people, saying: Hold your peace, for the day is holy, and be not sorrowful.
Balevi bazalaki kokitisa bato nyonso mitema, bazalaki koloba na bango: — Bozala na kimia, pamba te mokolo ya lelo ezali bule; bozala na mawa te!
12 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.
Bato nyonso bakendeki kolia mpe komela, kotinda ndambo ya bilei epai ya bato oyo bazangaki eloko ya kolamba mpe kosepela na esengo makasi, pamba te basosolaki maloba oyo balimbolelaki bango.
13 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.
Na mokolo ya mibale ya sanza, bakambi ya mabota nyonso elongo na Banganga-Nzambe mpe Balevi basanganaki pembeni ya Esidrasi, molakisi ya Mobeko, mpo na koluka koyeba malamu-malamu maloba ya Mibeko.
14 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:
Bamonaki ete ekomama kati na Mibeko oyo Yawe apesaki na nzela ya Moyize, ete bana ya Isalaele basengeli kovanda kati na bandako oyo batonga na matiti, na tango ya feti ya sanza ya sambo,
15 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.
mpe basengeli kotatola to kopanza kati na bingumba na bango nyonso mpe kati na Yelusalemi liloba oyo: « Bobima wuta na mokili ya bangomba, bomema longwa kuna bitape ya nzete ya olive ya mboka mpe ya zamba, bitape ya nzete ya mirite, mandalala mpe bitape ya nzete ya makasa ebele mpo na kotonga bandako ya matiti, kolanda ndenge ekomama. »
16 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.
Bato babimaki mpe bamemaki longwa kuna bitape ya banzete; batongaki bandako ya matiti, na likolo ya mwanza ya bandako na bango, kati na mapango na bango, kati na lopango ya Ndako ya Nzambe, na libanda ya Ekuke ya Mayi mpe na esika oyo ezalaki pembeni ya Ekuke ya Efrayimi.
17 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.
Lisanga ya bato nyonso oyo bawutaki na bowumbu batongaki bandako ya matiti mpe bavandaki kati na yango. Wuta na tango ya Jozue, mwana mobali ya Nuni, kino na mokolo wana, bana ya Isalaele batikalaki lisusu te kosepela feti yango. Boye, mpo na libaku oyo, bazalaki na esengo makasi.
18 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.
Mokolo na mokolo, kobanda na mokolo ya liboso kino na mokolo ya suka, Esidrasi azalaki kotanga buku ya Mobeko ya Nzambe. Basepelaki feti mikolo sambo; mpe na mokolo ya mwambe, kolanda malako ya Mobeko, basalaki mayangani mpo na kosukisa feti.
