Neemi 8
1 Lè setyèm mwa lanne jwif yo rive, tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo te chita lakay yo nan lavil yo. Lè sa a, yo tout nèt, yo te sanble sou plas piblik ki devan pòtay Dlo yo. Yo mande Esdras, direktè lalwa a, pou li pote liv lalwa Seyè a te bay Moyiz pou pèp Izrayèl la.
All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the wide place that was in front of the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
2 Esdras, prèt la, pran liv la, li pote l' kote tout moun yo te reyini an: fanm, gason ak tout timoun ki te gen laj konprann. Se te premye jou nan setyèm mwa a.
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.
3 Se konsa, sou plas ki devan pòtay Dlo yo, Esdras li nan liv lalwa a pou yo, depi granmaten jouk rive midi. Tout pèp la, fanm, gason ak tout timoun ki te gen laj konprann, te louvri zòrèy yo pou yo tande sa ki te nan liv lalwa a.
He read from it before the wide place that was in front of the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand. The ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.
4 Esdras, direktè lalwa a, te kanpe sou yon lestrad an bwa yo te bati espre pou sa. Sou bò dwat li, te gen Matitya, Chema, Anaja, Ourija, Ilkija ak Maseja. Sou bò gòch li, te gen Pedaja, Mikayèl, Malkija, Achoum, Achbadana, Zakarya ak Mechoulam.
Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
5 Kote Esdras te kanpe byen wo sou lestrad la, li louvri liv la devan tout moun. Lè sa a, tout pèp la leve kanpe.
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 Esdras di: -Lwanj pou Seyè a, Bondye ki gen pouvwa a. Tout pèp la leve men yo anlè, yo reponn: -Amèn! Li merite sa vre! Lèfini, yo mete ajenou, yo bese tèt yo jouk atè devan Seyè a.
Then 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.
7 Apre sa, pèp la leve kanpe epi kèk moun Levi pran esplike yo lalwa a. Se te Jechwa, Bani, Cherebya, Jamen, Akoub, Chabetayi, Odija, Maseja, Kelita, Azarya, Jozabab, Anan, Pelaja.
Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law; and the people stayed in their place.
8 Yo t'ap li nan liv lalwa Bondye a, yo t'ap tradwi l' pou yo, yo t'ap esplike l' ba yo, pou yo te ka konprann sa yo t'ap li pou yo a.
They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
9 Lè pèp la tande sa ki te ekri nan liv lalwa a, yo pran kriye. Lè sa a, Neemi, gouvènè a, ansanm ak Esdras, prèt direktè lalwa a, ak lòt moun Levi yo ki t'ap esplike lalwa a di moun yo konsa: -Jou sa a, se yon jou yo mete apa pou Seyè a, Bondye nou an! Pa kite lapenn anvayi kè nou! Pa kriye, mezanmi!
Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “Today 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.
10 Okontrè, al lakay nou, fè fèt! Separe vyann gra ak bon ti likè nou genyen ak moun ki pa genyen, paske jou sa a se yon jou nou fèt pou mete apa pou Seyè a. Pa kite lapenn pran nou! Kontantman Bondye ap mete nan kè nou an va ban nou fòs!
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 today is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
11 Tout moun Levi yo pran mache nan mitan tout pèp la pou fè yo pe. Yo t'ap di yo: -Pe bouch nou, mezanmi! Siye dlo nan je nou! Jou sa a se yon jou apa pou Bondye li ye!
So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Hold your peace, for the day is holy. Do not be grieved.”
12 Se konsa tout pèp la al lakay yo, yo manje, yo bwè, yo separe sa yo genyen ak lòt moun. Tout moun te kontan, yo t'ap fè fèt, paske yo te konprann sa yo te li pou yo nan liv la.
All the people went their way to eat, to drink, to send portions, and to celebrate, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
13 Nan denmen, tout chèf branch fanmi pèp Izrayèl yo, prèt yo ak moun Levi yo sanble ankò bò direktè Esdras pou yo te ka etidye pawòl lalwa a.
On the second day, the heads of fathers’ households of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered together to Ezra the scribe, to study the words of the law.
14 Men sa yo jwenn nan lalwa Seyè a te bay Moyiz pou yo a: Pandan y'ap fete fèt setyèm mwa a, moun Izrayèl yo va rete nan ti joupa.
They found written in the law how the LORD had commanded by Moses that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month;
15 Lè yo vin konn sa, yo voye fè piblikasyon nan lavil Jerizalèm ak nan tout lavil yo. Yo voye mesaj sa a bay tout moun: -Ale nan mòn. Koupe branch nan pye oliv, nan pye pichpen, nan pye pwadous, ak nan tout lòt kalite pyebwa ansanm ak fèy palmis pou nou fè ti joupa jan sa ekri nan liv la.
and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the mountain, and get olive branches, branches of wild olive, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make temporary shelters, as it is written.”
16 Se konsa, pèp la ale, yo ranmase kont branch bwa yo, epi yo moute yon pakèt ti joupa. Genyen ki bati ti joupa yo sou teras anwo tèt kay yo. Genyen ki fè l' nan lakou lakay yo. Gen lòt ankò ki bati pa yo nan gwo lakou Tanp lan, sou plas piblik ki bò pòtay Dlo yo ak sou plas ki bò pòtay Efrayim lan.
So the people went out and brought them, and made themselves temporary shelters, everyone on the roof of his house, in their courts, in the courts of God’s house, in the wide place of the water gate, and in the wide place of Ephraim’s gate.
17 Se konsa, tout moun ki te tounen nan peyi kote yo te depòte yo a moute ti joupa epi yo rete anba yo. Depi sou rèy Jozye, pitit Noun lan, se te premye fwa moun pèp Izrayèl yo t'ap fete fèt sa a konsa. Tout moun te kontan. Yo t'ap fete.
All the assembly of those who had come back out of the captivity made temporary shelters and lived in the temporary shelters, for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun to that day the children of Israel had not done so. There was very great gladness.
18 Yo pase sèt jou ap fete. Chak jou, depi premye jou a jouk dènye jou a, yo t'ap li nan liv lalwa Bondye a. Sou wityèm jou a, yo fè yon gwo reyinyon pou fèmen fèt la jan regleman an mande l' la.
Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. They kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.
