Nehemiah 8
1 Ezra, who taught people the laws of Moses, [had a scroll on which] the laws of Moses were written. Those were the laws that Yahweh had commanded the Israeli people [to obey]. On October 8 of that year, all the people gathered together in the plaza/square that was close to the Water Gate. Men and women and [children] who [were old enough to] understand gathered together. Someone told Ezra to bring out that scroll.
Тада се скупи сав народ једнодушно на улицу која је пред вратима воденим, и рекоше Јездри књижевнику да донесе књигу закона Мојсијевог који даде Господ Израиљу.
И донесе Јездра свештеник закон пред збор, у коме беху људи и жене и сви који могаху разумети, првог дана седмог месеца.
3 So he brought it out and read it to the people. He started reading it early in the morning and continued reading it until noontime. All the people listened carefully to the laws that were written on the scroll.
И чита је на улици која је пред вратима воденим од јутра до подне пред људима и женама и оним који могаху разумети, и уши свему народу беху обраћене ка књизи законској.
4 Ezra stood on top of a high wooden platform that had been built just for that event. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah. At his left side stood Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
А Јездра књижевник стајаше на месту повисоку, које беху начинили од дрвета за то; и до њега стајаше Мататија и Сема и Анаја и Урија и Хелкија и Масија с десне стране, а с леве Федаја и Мисаило и Малахија и Асум и Асвадана, Захарија и Месулам.
5 Ezra stood on the platform above the people, where they could all see him. He opened the scroll; and as he did that, all the people stood up, [and they continued to stand, to show respect for God’s word].
И отвори Јездра књигу на видику свем народу, јер беше више свега народа, и кад је отвори, уста сав народ.
6 Then Ezra praised Yahweh, the great God, and all the people lifted up their hands and said, “Amen! Amen!” Then they all bowed down with their foreheads touching the ground, and they worshiped Yahweh.
И Јездра благослови Господа Бога великог, а сав народ одговори: Амин, амин, подигнувши руке своје, па се савише и поклонише се Господу лицем до земље.
7 Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah, were all (Levites/men who worked in the temple). They explained the meaning of the laws of Moses to the people who were standing there.
А Исус и Ваније и Сервевија, Јамин, Акув, Саветај, Одија, Масија, Келита, Азарија, Јозавад, Анан, Фелаја и други Левити поучаваху народ закону, и народ стајаше на месту.
8 They also read from scrolls that contained the laws that God [gave to Moses], and they interpreted [into the Aramaic language] what they read, making the meaning clear so that the people could understand the meaning.
И читаху књигу, закон Божји, разговетно и разлагаху смисао, те се разумеваше шта се читаше.
9 Then I, Nehemiah the governor, and Ezra, and the Levites who were interpreting what was being read to the people, said to them, “Yahweh your God considers that this day is very holy/sacred. So do not be sad or cry!” They said that because all the people were crying as they were listening to the laws of Moses.
Потом Немија, који је Тирсата, и свештеник Јездра књижевник и Левити који научаваху народ, рекоше свему народу: Овај је дан свет Господу Богу вашем; не тужите ни плачите. Јер плакаше сав народ слушајући шта говори закон.
10 Then I said to them, “Now go home and enjoy [some] good food and drink [some] sweet wine. And send some of it to people who do not have anything [to eat or drink]. This is a day that Yahweh considers sacred. Do not be sad! Yahweh will cause you to be joyful and make you strong.”
И рече им: Идите и једите претило и пијте слатко и шаљите делове онима који немају ништа зготовљено, јер је овај дан свет Господу нашем. Зато не будите жалосни, јер је радост Господња ваша сила.
11 The Levites also caused the people to be quiet, saying “Be quiet [and do not cry], because this is a sacred day! Do not be sad!”
И Левити утишаше народ говорећи: Ћутите, јер је овај дан свет, и не будите жалосни.
12 So the people went away, and they ate and drank, and they sent portions of food [to those who did not have any]. They celebrated very joyfully, because they had heard and understood what had been read to them.
И отиде сав народ да једе и пије и да шаље делове, и веселише се веома што разумеше речи које им се казаше.
13 The next day, the leaders of the families and the priests and [other] descendants of Levi met with Ezra to study carefully the laws that Yahweh had given to Moses.
А сутрадан скупише се главари домова отачких из свега народа, свештеници и Левити, к Јездри књижевнику да уче шта закон говори.
14 While they were doing that, they realized that Yahweh had told Moses to command the Israeli people to live in shelters during that month, [to remember that their ancestors lived in shelters when they left Egypt].
И нађоше написано у закону да је Господ заповедио преко Мојсија да синови Израиљеви бораве у сеницама на празник седмог месеца.
15 They also learned that they should proclaim in Jerusalem and in all the towns that the people should go to the hills and cut branches from olive trees [that they have planted] and from wild olive trees and from myrtle trees and palm trees and fig trees. They should make shelters from these branches, and live in those shelters during the festival, just as Moses wrote [that they should do].
И објавише и прогласише по свим градовима својим и у Јерусалиму говорећи: Идите у гору, и донесите грање маслиново и грање од дивље маслине и грање миртово и палмово и грање од шумнатих дрвета, да начините сенице, како је написано.
16 So the people went out [of the city] and cut branches and used them to build shelters. They built shelters on the [flat] roofs [of their houses], in their courtyards, in the courtyards of the temple, and in the plazas/squares close to the Water Gate and the Ephraim Gate.
И народ изиђе и донесе и начини сенице сваки на свом крову и у свом трему и у тремовима дома Божјег и на улици код врата водених и на улици код врата Јефремових.
17 All of the Israeli people who had returned from Babylon built shelters and lived in them [for one week]. The Israeli people had not celebrated that festival like that since the time that Joshua lived. And they were very joyful.
И тако начини сенице сав збор, што се беше вратио из ропства, и борављаху под сеницама. А од времена Исуса, сина Навиног, до тог дана не чинише тако синови Израиљеви. И би весеље веома велико.
18 Every day during that week Ezra read to the people from the scroll that contained the laws that God [gave Moses]. Then on the eighth day, just as one of the laws of God said that they should do, they gathered together to end the celebration.
И читаше се књига закона Божјег сваки дан, од првог дана до последњег; и празноваше празник седам дана, а осми дан би сабор, како је уређено.
