Nehemiah 8
1 All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the square that was before the Water Gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the scroll of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
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.
2 Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
I prvoga dana sedmoga mjeseca svećenik Ezra donese Zakon pred zbor ljudi, žena i sviju koji su bili sposobni da ga razumiju.
3 And he read it before the square that was before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the scroll of the law.
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.
4 Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
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.
5 Ezra opened the scroll in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people; ) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
Ezra je otvorio knjigu naočigled svemu narodu - jer je bio poviše od svega naroda - a kad ju je otvorio, sav narod ustade.
6 and Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. All the people answered, "Amen, Amen," with the lifting up of their hands. They bowed their heads, and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
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.
7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, explained the law to the people, and the people stayed in their place.
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.
8 They read in the scroll, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
I čitahu iz knjige Božjeg zakona po odlomcima i razlagahu smisao da narod može razumjeti što se čita.
9 Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, "This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn, nor weep." For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
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.
10 Then he said to them, "Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved; for the joy of the LORD is your strength."
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.”
11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, "Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be grieved."
I leviti umirivahu sav narod govoreći: “Umirite se: ovaj je dan svet. Ne tugujte!”
12 All the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
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.
13 On the second day were gathered together the heads of ancestral houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law.
Drugog dana skupiše se glavari obitelji svega naroda, svećenici i leviti oko književnika Ezre da prouče riječi Zakona.
14 They found written in the law, how that the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month;
I nađoše napisano u Zakonu što ga je Jahve naredio preko sluge Mojsija: “Sinovi Izraelovi neka borave pod sjenicama za svečanosti u sedmom mjesecu.”
15 and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, "Go out to the mountain, and get olive branches, and branches of wild olive, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written."
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.”
16 So the people went out, and brought them, and made themselves booths, everyone on the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of God's house, and in the broad place of the Water Gate, and in the broad place of the Ephraim Gate.
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.
17 All the assembly of those who had come again out of the captivity made booths, and lived in the booths; for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day the children of Israel had not done so. There was very great gladness.
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.
18 Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the scroll of the law of God. They kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.
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.
