Nehemiah 8
1 All the people gathered as one man in the open area in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded Israel.
Ke malem se akitkosr mwet Israel nukewa elos okaki in acn selos. In len se omeet in malem sac elos nukewa fahsreni nu Jerusalem, ke acn in toeni lun mwet uh sisken na Mutunpot Kof. Elos siyuk sel Ezra, su mwet tol ac mwet sasla ke Ma Sap, tuh elan use book in Ma Sap ma LEUM GOD El tuh sang nu sin mwet Israel sel Moses.
2 On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear and understand.
Ouinge Ezra el use nu yen mwet uh tukeni we — mukul, mutan, ac tulik su matwa fal in kalem kac.
3 He faced the open area in front of the Water Gate, and he read from it from early morning until midday, before men and women, and any who could understand, and all the people listened attentively to the book of the law.
Na el riti Ma Sap nu selos in acn se sisken mutunpot sac, mutawauk ke lututang nwe ke infulwen len, ac mwet nukewa arulana lohang nu kac.
4 Then Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform which the people had made for the purpose. Standing beside him were Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right side; and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam were standing on his left side.
Ezra el tuyak fin sie acn fulat orekla ke sak, ma musaiyukla nu ke toeni sac. Mwet inge tu siskal layen layot: Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, ac Maaseiah; ac mwet inge tu siskal layen lasa: Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, ac Meshullam.
5 Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was standing above the people, and when he opened it all the people stood up.
Ke Ezra el tu in acn sac, fulat liki mwet uh, elos nukewa suilya na. Ke el ikasla book sac, elos nukewa tuyak.
6 Ezra gave thanks to Yahweh, the great God, and all the people lifted up their hands and answered, “Amen! Amen!” Then they bowed their heads and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground.
Ezra el fahk, “Kaksakin LEUM GOD, God fulat!” Mwet nukewa kolak paolos nu lucng ac topuk, “Amen! Amen!” Na elos sikukmutuntei ac faksufi in alu.
7 Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah—the Levites—helped the people understand the law, while the people remained in their place.
Na elos tuyak, ac mwet Levi inge aketeya Ma Sap uh nu selos: Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan ac Pelaiah.
8 They read in the book, The Law of God, making it clear with interpretation and giving the meaning so the people understood the reading.
Elos lungasla Ma Sap lun God ac aketeya tuh mwet uh in ku in kalem kac.
9 Nehemiah the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were interpreting to the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to Yahweh your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
Ke mwet uh lohng ac kalem ke ma oakwuk in Ma Sap elos in oru, arulana purakak insialos ac elos mutawauk in tung. Ouinge Nehemiah su governor, ac Ezra su mwet tol ac mwet sasla ke Ma Sap, ac mwet Levi su aketeya ke Ma Sap, elos fahk nu sin mwet nukewa, “Len se inge mutal nu sin LEUM GOD lowos. Ouinge kowos in tia asor ac tung.
10 Then Nehemiah said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat and have something sweet to drink, and send some of it to one who has nothing prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”
Inge kowos som nu acn suwos ac orek kufwa. Kite mongo nowos ac wain nu selos su tia fal yoro. Len se inge mutal nu sin Leum lasr, ke ma inge nikmet asor. Inse engan su LEUM GOD El sot nu suwos, ac fah akkeye kowos.”
11 So the Levites made the people be quiet, saying, “Hush! for this day is holy. Do not be grieved.”
Mwet Levi elos forfor inmasrlon mwet uh ac akmisyelos, ac fahk tuh elos in tia asor ke len mutal ouinge.
12 Then all the people went their way to eat and to drink and to share food and to celebrate with great joy because they had understood the words that were made known to them.
Na mwet nukewa folokla nu yen selos ac arulana engan ke elos mongo ac nim, ac elos kite ma oasr yorolos nu sin mwet saya, mweyen elos kalem ke ma ritiyuk nu selos.
13 On the second day the leaders of the ancestors' families from all the people, the priests and the Levites, came together to Ezra the scribe to gain insight from the words of the law.
Len se tok ah, sifen sou oayapa mwet tol ac mwet Levi elos som nu yorol Ezra in lutlut ke ma aketeyuki in Ma Sap.
14 They found written in the law how Yahweh had commanded through Moses that the people of Israel should live in shelters during the festival of the seventh month.
Elos konauk tuh Ma Sap, su LEUM GOD El akkalemye sel Moses, sapkakin tuh mwet Israel in muta in iwen aktuktuk ke pacl in Kufwa lun Iwen Aktuktuk.
15 They should make a proclamation in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out into the hill country, and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtle, palms and shade trees, to make shelters, as it is written.”
Ouinge elos sang kas inge in sulkakinyukelik in acn Jerusalem ac siti lulap ac siti srisrik in acn saya, ac fahk, “Kowos som nu fineol uh ac use kutu lesak pine, lesak olive, lesak myrtle, lesak palm ac kutu pac lesak saya ma ungung, in sang orek iwen aktuktuk, fal nu ke ma simla in Ma Sap.”
16 So the people went out and brought the branches back and made themselves shelters, each on their own roofs, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God, in the open area in front of the Water Gate, and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim.
Ouinge mwet uh use lesak uh ac orala iwen aktuktuk ke acn tupasrpasr fin lohm selos ac likinum selos, oayapa in kalkal lun Tempul, ac ke acn in toeni lun mwet uh sisken Mutunpot Kof ac sisken Mutunpot Ephraim.
17 All the assembly of those who had returned from captivity made shelters and lived in them. For since the days of Joshua son of Nun to that day, the people of Israel had not celebrated this festival, and so their joy was very great.
Mwet nukewa su foloko liki sruoh elos orala iwen aktuktuk ac muta loac. Pacl se oemeet orekla ouiya se inge tukun pacl lal Joshua wen natul Nun, ac mwet nukewa arulana pirikyukyak ac engan.
18 Also day by day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the book of the law of God. They kept the festival for seven days and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, in obedience to the decree.
Elos riti kais sie ip ke Ma Sap lun God ke len nukewa, mutawauk na ke len se oemeet lun kufwa ah nwe ke safla. Elos orek akfulat ke len itkosr. Ke len se akoalkosr elos oru sie tukeni in aksaf, fal nu ke oakwuk lun Ma Sap.
