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.
E chegado o setimo mez, e estando os filhos d'Israel nas suas cidades, todo o povo se ajuntou como um só homem, na praça, diante da porta das aguas: e disseram a Esdras, o escriba, que trouxesse o livro da lei de Moysés, que o Senhor tinha ordenado a Israel.
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.
E Esdras, o sacerdote, trouxe a lei perante a congregação, assim d'homens como de mulheres, e de todos os entendidos para ouvirem, no primeiro dia do setimo mez.
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.
E leu n'elle diante da praça, que está diante da porta das aguas, desde a alva até ao meio dia, perante homens e mulheres, e entendidos: e os ouvidos de todo o povo estavam attentos ao livro da lei.
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.
E Esdras, o escriba, estava sobre um pulpito de madeira, que fizeram para aquillo: e estava em pé junto a elle, á sua mão direita, Mattithias, e Sema, e Anaias, e Urias, e Hilkias, e Maaseias; e á sua mão esquerda, Pedaias, e Misael, e Melchias, e Hasum, e Hasbaddana, Zacharias, e Mesullam.
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:
E Esdras abriu o livro perante os olhos de todo o povo; porque estava acima de todo o povo; e, abrindo-o elle, todo o povo se poz em pé.
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.
E Esdras louvou ao Senhor, o grande Deus: e todo o povo respondeu, Amen, Amen! levantando as suas mãos; e inclinaram-se, e adoraram ao Senhor, com os rostos em terra.
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.
E Jesua, e Bani, e Serebias, Jamin, Akkub, Sabbethai, Hodias, Maaseias, Kelita, Azarias, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaias, e os levitas ensinavam o povo na lei: e o povo estava no seu posto.
8 They read in the scroll, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
E leram no livro, na lei de Deus; e declarando, e explicando o sentido, faziam que, lendo, se entendesse.
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.
E Nehemias (que era o tirsatha), e o sacerdote Esdras, o escriba, e os levitas que ensinavam ao povo, disseram a todo o povo: Este dia é consagrado ao Senhor vosso Deus, pelo que não vos lamenteis, nem choreis. Porque todo o povo chorava, ouvindo as palavras da lei.
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."
Disse-lhes mais: Ide, comei as gorduras, e bebei as doçuras, e enviae porções aos que não teem nada preparado para si; porque este dia é consagrado ao nosso Senhor: portanto não vos entristeçaes: porque a alegria do Senhor é a vossa força.
11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, "Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be grieved."
E os levitas fizeram calar a todo o povo, dizendo: Calae-vos; porque este dia é santo: por isso não vos entristeçaes.
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.
Então todo o povo se foi a comer, e a beber, e a enviar porções, e a fazer grandes alegrias: porque entenderam as palavras que lhes fizeram saber.
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.
E no dia seguinte ajuntaram-se os cabeças dos paes de todo o povo, os sacerdotes, e os levitas, a Esdras, o escriba: e isto para attentarem nas palavras da lei.
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;
E acharam escripto na lei que o Senhor ordenara, pelo ministerio de Moysés, que os filhos d'Israel habitassem em cabanas, na solemnidade da festa, no setimo mez.
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."
Assim o publicaram, e fizeram passar pregão por todas as suas cidades, e em Jerusalem, dizendo: Sahi ao monte, e trazei ramos d'oliveiras, e ramos d'arvores olearias, e ramos de murtas, e ramos de palmeiras, e ramos d'arvores espessas, para fazer cabanas, como está escripto.
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.
Saiu pois o povo, e os trouxeram, e fizeram para si cabanas, cada um no seu terrado, e nos seus pateos, e nos atrios da casa de Deus, e na praça da porta das aguas, e na praça da porta d'Ephraim.
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.
E toda a congregação dos que voltaram do captiveiro fizeram cabanas e habitaram nas cabanas, porque nunca fizeram assim os filhos d'Israel, desde os dias de Josué, filho de Nun, até áquelle dia: e houve mui grande alegria.
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.
E de dia em dia se leu no livro da lei de Deus, desde o primeiro dia até ao derradeiro; e celebraram a solemnidade da festa sete dias, e no oitavo dia, o dia da prohibição, segundo o rito.
