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.
İsrailliler kentlerine yerleştikten sonra, yedinci ay tek vücut halinde Su Kapısı'nın karşısındaki alanda toplandılar. Bilgin Ezra'ya RAB'bin Musa aracılığıyla İsrail halkına verdiği buyrukları içeren Yasa Kitabı'nı getirmesini söylediler.
Yedinci ayın birinci günü Kâhin Ezra Yasa Kitabı'nı halkın toplandığı yere getirdi. Dinleyip anlayabilecek kadın erkek herkes oradaydı.
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.
Ezra Su Kapısı'nın karşısındaki alanda kadınların, erkeklerin ve anlayabilecek yaştaki çocukların önünde, sabahtan öğlene kadar Yasa Kitabı'nı okudu. Herkes dikkatle dinledi.
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.
Bilgin Ezra toplantı için hazırlanmış ahşap bir zemin üzerinde duruyordu. Sağında Mattitya, Şema, Anaya, Uriya, Hilkiya ve Maaseya vardı. Solunda ise Pedaya, Mişael, Malkiya, Haşum, Haşbaddana, Zekeriya ve Meşullam duruyordu.
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].
Ezra halkın gözü önünde kitabı açtı. Halktan daha yüksek bir yerde duruyordu. Kitabı açar açmaz herkes ayağa kalktı.
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.
Ezra yüce Tanrı'ya, RAB'be övgüler sundu. Bütün halk ellerini kaldırarak, “Amin! Amin!” diye karşılık verdi. Hep birlikte eğilip yere kapanarak RAB'be tapındılar.
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.
Levililer'den Yeşu, Bani, Şerevya, Yamin, Akkuv, Şabbetay, Hodiya, Maaseya, Kelita, Azarya, Yozavat, Hanan ve Pelaya ayakta duran halka yasayı anlattılar.
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.
Tanrı'nın Yasa Kitabı'nı okuyup açıkladılar, herkesin anlamasını sağlayacak biçimde yorumladılar.
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.
Vali Nehemya, Kâhin ve Bilgin Ezra ve halka öğretmenlik yapan Levililer, “Bugün Tanrınız RAB için kutsal bir gündür. Yas tutup ağlamayın” dediler. Çünkü bütün halk Kutsal Yasa'yı dinlerken ağlıyordu.
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.”
Nehemya da, “Gidin, yağlı yiyip tatlı için” dedi, “Hazırlığı olmayanlara da bir pay gönderin. Çünkü bugün Rabbimiz için kutsal bir gündür. Üzülmeyin. RAB'bin verdiği sevinç sizi güçlü kılar.”
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!”
Levililer, “Sakin olun, bugün kutsal bir gündür, üzülmeyin” diyerek halkı yatıştırdılar.
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.
Böylece herkes yiyip içmek, yiyeceklerini başkalarıyla paylaşmak ve büyük şenlik yapmak üzere evinin yolunu tuttu. Çünkü kendilerine okunanları anlamışlardı.
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.
Ertesi gün bütün aile başları, kâhinler ve Levililer Kutsal Yasa'nın buyruklarını öğrenmek için Bilgin Ezra'nın çevresine toplandılar.
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].
Yasada RAB'bin Musa aracılığıyla verdiği şu buyruğu buldular: Yedinci ayda kutlanan bayramda İsrailliler çardaklarda oturmalı.
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].
Bütün kentlerde ve Yeruşalim'de şu duyuru yapılsın: “Dağlara çıkın; yasada yazılana uygun olarak, çardak yapmak üzere zeytin, iğde, mersin ve hurma dalları, sık yapraklı ağaç dalları getirin.”
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.
Böylece halk dalları getirip damlarında, evlerinin ve Tanrı Tapınağı'nın avlularında, Su Kapısı ve Efrayim Kapısı alanlarında çardaklar yaptı.
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.
Sürgünden dönen herkes yaptığı çardakta oturdu. İsrailliler Nun oğlu Yeşu'nun döneminden beri böyle bir kutlama yapmamışlardı. Herkes büyük sevinç içindeydi.
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.
Ezra ilk günden son güne kadar, her gün Tanrı'nın Yasa Kitabı'nı okudu. Yedi gün bayram yaptılar. Sekizinci gün kural uyarınca kutsal toplantı yapıldı.
