Nehemia 8
1 wo katã wova ƒo ƒu ɖe ablɔ si dze ŋgɔ Tsigbo la me. Wogblɔ na agbalẽfiala Ezra be wòatsɔ Mose ƒe Segbalẽ, si Yehowa tsɔ na Israelviwo la vɛ.
And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
2 Ale le ɣleti adrelia ƒe ŋkeke gbãtɔ dzi la, nunɔla Ezra tsɔ Segbalẽ la do goe ɖe ameha la ŋkume, ŋutsuwo, nyɔnuwo kple ame siwo katã ate ŋu ase nu gɔme la woe ƒo ƒu.
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation, both men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
3 Exlẽe na wo kple ɣli tso agudzedze va se ɖe esime ɣe ɖo to. Edze ŋgɔ ablɔ si le Tsigbo la ŋgɔ le ŋutsuwo kple nyɔnuwo kple ame siwo katã ate ŋu ase nu gɔme la ŋkume. Ameawo katã wonɔ to dzi esime wònɔ Segbalẽ la xlẽm.
And he read therein before the broad place that was before the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were [attentive] unto the book of the law.
4 Agbalẽfiala Ezra de agba kɔkɔ aɖe si wowɔ kple ʋuƒo hena ŋkekea la dzi. Matitia, Sema, Anaya, Uria, Hilkia kple Maaseya, wonɔ tsitsre ɖe eƒe ɖusime, eye Pedaya, Misael, Malkiya, Hasum, Hasbadana, Zekaria kple Mesulam wonɔ tsitre ɖe eƒe miame.
And Ezra the scribe stood upon 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.
5 Ezra ʋu agbalẽ la. Amewo katã ate ŋu akpɔe, elabena etsi tsitre ɖe kɔkɔƒe, eye esi wòʋu agbalẽa la, ameawo katã tsi tsitre.
And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people; ) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
6 Azɔ la, Ezra kafu Yehowa, Mawu gã la, eye ameawo katã gblɔ be, “Amen! Neva eme!” Wodo woƒe asiwo ɖe dziƒo, wobɔbɔ de ta agu, wotsyɔ mo anyi, eye wosubɔ Yehowa.
and Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with the lifting up of their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
7 Yesua, Bani, Serebia, Yamin, Akub, Sabetai, Hodia, Maaseya, Kelita, Azaria, Yozabad, Hanan kple Pelaya, ame siwo nye Levitɔwo la, woxlẽ Se la na ameawo esi wonɔ tsitre ɖe afi ma.
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people [stood] in their place.
8 Woxlẽ Mawu ƒe Segbalẽ la na wo, eye woɖe eme wòkɔ ale gbegbe be, ameawo te ŋu se nu si xlẽm wole la gɔme.
And they read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
9 Ale Gɔvina Nehemia, nunɔla kple agbalẽfiala Ezra kple Levitɔ siwo nɔ nu fiam ameawo la, gblɔ na wo katã be, “Egbee nye ŋkeke kɔkɔe na Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la, eya ta migaxa nu alo afa avi o,” elabena ameawo katã wonɔ avi fam esi wonɔ Se la me nyawo sem.
And Nehemiah, which was the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
10 Nehemia gblɔ na wo be, “Miyi miaɖu nuɖuɖu nyui, miano aha vivi, eye miaɖo ɖe ɖe ame siwo mekpɔ naneke ɖa o. Esia nye ŋkeke kɔkɔe na míaƒe Aƒetɔ la. Migaxa nu o, elabena dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ ɖe Yehowa ŋu nye miaƒe ŋusẽ.”
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye grieved; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
11 Levitɔwo hã fa akɔ na ameawo be, “Miɖi ɖe eme, elabena egbee nye ŋkeke kɔkɔe. Migaxa nu o.”
So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
12 Ale ameawo kaka, woyi ɖadi ŋkekenyuinuwo ɖu, wono nu, eye woɖo nunanawo ɖe wo nɔewo kple hiãtɔwo. Enye dzidzɔŋkekenyui gã aɖe woɖu, elabena wokpɔ mɔnu se Mawu ƒe nya, eye wote ŋu se egɔme hã.
And 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 unto them.
13 Esi ŋu ke la, ƒometatɔwo, nunɔlawo kple Levitɔwo ƒo ƒu, eye wona agbalẽfiala Ezra gaɖe Seawo me na wo tsitotsito.
And on the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers’ [houses] of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law.
14 Wode dzesii le Seawo sɔsrɔ̃ me be, Yehowa de se to Mose dzi be, ele na Israelviwo be, woanɔ agbadɔwo me le Agbadɔmeŋkekenyuiwo me.
And 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:
15 Mawu gblɔ hã be, woaɖe gbeƒã le woƒe duwo katã me kple Yerusalem hã be, “Miyi toawo dzi, eye miatso amiti, gbemiti, mirteti, deti kple gboti ƒe alɔwo atu agbadɔwo, eye mianɔ wo me abe ale si woŋlɔe ɖi ene.”
and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch 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.
16 Ale ameawo yi ɖatso atilɔawo hetu agbadɔwo ɖe gbadzaƒewo le xɔwo tame, ɖe xɔxɔnuwo, gbedoxɔ ƒe xɔxɔnu, ɖe gbadzaƒe si le Tsigbo la ŋgɔ kple ɖe gbadzaƒe si le Efraimgbo la ŋgɔ.
So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.
17 Ame siwo katã trɔ tso aboyome la tu agbadɔwo, eye wonɔ wo me. Tso Yosua, Nun ƒe vi ƒe ŋkekewo me va se ɖe gbe ma gbe la, Israelviwo megaɖu azã sia kpɔ abe ale si woɖui gbe ma gbe ene o, eye woƒe dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ gbã go.
And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and dwelt in the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.
18 Gbe sia gbe, tso ŋkeke gbãtɔ dzi va se ɖe ŋkeke mamlɛtɔ dzi la, Ezra xlẽ Mawu ƒe Segbalẽ la na wo. Woɖu azã la ŋkeke adre, eye abe ale si wòle Sea nue ene la, woyɔ takpekpe le ŋkeke enyia gbe.
Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly according unto the ordinance.
