Nehemia 8
1 HOAKOAKOAIA mai la ka ahakanaka a pau e like me ke kanaka hookahi ma kahi akea ma ke alo o ka puka wai; a olelo aku la lakou ia Ezera i ke kakauolelo e lawe mai i ka buke o ke kanawai o Mose, ka mea a Iehova i kauoha mai ai i ka Iseraela.
And the seventh month came: and the children of Israel were in their cities. And all the people were gathered together as one mall to the street which is before the water gate, and they spoke to Esdras the scribe, to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.
2 A lawe mai la o Ezera ke kahuna i ke kanawai imua o ka ahakanaka o na kane a me na wahine a me na mea a pau i hiki ia lakou ke lohe a e manao iho, i ka la mua o ka malama ehiku.
Then Esdras the priest brought the law before the multitude of men and women, and all those that could understand, in the first day of the seventh month.
3 Heluhelo iho la oia iloko olaila ma ke alo o kahi akea e kupono ana i ka puka wai, mai ka wanaao a hiki i ke awakea, imua o na kane a me na wahine, a me ka poe i hiki ia lakou ke noonoo; a ma ka buke no o ke kanawai na pepeiao o ka ahakanaka a pau.
And he read it plainly in the street that was before the water gate, from the morning until midday, before the men, and the women, and all those that could understand: and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book.
4 Ku ae la o Ezera ke kakauolelo ma ka awai laau, ka mea a lakou i kukulu ai no keia hana; a ku pu ae la me ia o Matitia a me Sema a me Anaia a me Uria a me Hilekia a me Maaseia ma kona lima akau; a ma kona lima hema, o Pedaia, a me Misaela, a me Malekia, a me Hasuma a me Hasebadana, Zekaria, Mesulama.
And Esdras the scribe stood upon a step of wood, which he had made to speak upon, and there stood by him Mathathias, and Semeia, and Ania, and Uria, and Helcia, and Maasia, on his right hand: and on the left, Phadaia, Misael, and Melchia, and Hasum, and Hasbadana, Zacharia and Mosollam.
5 Wehe ae la o Ezera i ka buke imua o na maka o ka ahakanaka a pau; (no ka mea, maluna ae no ia o ka ahakanaka a pau; ) a i kona wehe ana, ku ae la ka ahakanaka a pau iluna:
And Esdras opened the book before all the people: for he was above all the people: and when he had opened it, all the people stood.
6 A hoomaikai aku la o Ezera ia Iehova i ke Akua nui: a pane mai la ka ahakanaka a pau, Amene, Amene, me ka hapai ana i ko lakou mau lima iluna; a kulou iho la lakou, a hoomana aku la ia Iehova ilalo no ko lakou alo ma ka honua.
And Esdras blessed the Lord the great God: and all the people answered, Amen, amen: lifting up their hands: and they bowed down, and adored God with their faces to the ground.
7 A o Iesua, a me Bani, a me Serebia, lamina, Akuba, Sabetai, Hodia, Maaseia, Kelita, Azaria, Iozabada, Hanana, Pelaia, a me na Levi, hoakaka aku la lakou i ka ahakanaka i ke kanawai; aia hoi ka ahakanaka ma ko lakou wahi.
Now Josue, and Bani, and Serebia, Jamin, Accub, Sephtai, Odia, Maasia, Celtia, Azarias, Jozabed, Hanan, Phalaia, the Levites, made silence among the people to hear the law: and the people stood in their place.
8 Heluhelu iho la lakou ma ka buke o ke kanawai o ke Akua me ka pololei, hoakaka'ku no i ke ano, a hoomoakaka hoi i ka heluhelu ana.
And they read in the book of the law of God distinctly and plainly to be understood: and they understood when it was read.
9 A o Nehemia ke kiaaina, a me Ezera ke kahuna, ke kakauolelo, a me na Levi ka poe e ao aku ana i na kanaka, olelo aku la i ka poe kanaka a pau, He la hoano no keia no Iehova ko oakou Akua; mai u, aole hoi e uwe. No ka mea, uwe iho la ka ahakanaka a pau i ko lakou lohe ana i na olelo o Ke kanawai.
And Nehemias (he is Athersatha) and Esdras the priest and scribe, and the Levites who interpreted to all the people, said: This is a holy day to the Lord our God: do not mourn, nor weep: for all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
10 I aku la oia ia lakou, E hele aku oukou e ai i na mea momona, e inu hoi i na mea ono, a e haawi aku i kauwahi na ka poe i makaukau ole kahi mea no lakou; no ka mea, he la hoano keia no ko kakou Haku: a mai noho a kaumaha; no ka mea, o ka olioli o Iehova oia no ko oukou pakaua.
And he said to them: Go, eat fat meats, and drink sweet wine, and send portions to them that have not prepared for themselves: because it is the holy day of the Lord, and be not sad: for the joy of the Lord is our strength.
11 Pela i hoomalielie aku ai na Levi i ka ahakanaka a pau, i aku la, E hamau, no ka mea, he la hoano keia; mai noho a kaumaha.
And the Levites stilled all the people, saying: Hold your peace, for the day is holy, and be not sorrowful.
12 A hele aku la ka ahakanaka a pau e ai, a e inu, a e haawi aku i kauwahi, a e hana i ka olioli nui, no ka mea, ua ike lakou i na olelo i haiia'ku ai ia lakou.
So all the people went to eat and drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth: because they understood the words that he had taught them.
13 Ai ka lua o ka la houluuluia mai la ka poe koikoi o na makua o ka ahakanaka a pau, o na kahuna a me na Levi io Ezera la i ke kakauolelo, e ike i na olelo o ke kanawai.
And on the second day the chiefs of the families of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered together to Esdras the scribe, that he should interpret to them the words of the law.
14 A loaa ia lakou ka mea i kakauia'i ma ke kanawai, ka mea a Iehova i hauoha mai ai ma o Mose la, i noho ka Iseraela iloko o na kauhalelewa i ka ahaaina o ka hiku o ka malama:
And they found written in the law, that the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in tabernacles, on the feast, in the seventh month:
15 A i kala aku ai lakou a hai aku ma na kulanakauhale a pau o lakou, a ma Ierusalema, me ka i ana'ku, Ou haele aku i ka mauna, a e lawe mai i na lala oliva, a me na lala o ka oliva ulu wale, a me na lala hadasa, a me na lala loulu, a me na lala o ka laau ulu nui, e hana i na hale malumalu e like me ka mea i kakauia'i.
And that they should proclaim and publish the word in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying: Go forth to the mount, and fetch branches of olive, and branches of beautiful wood, branches of myrtle, and branches of palm, and branches of thick trees, to make tabernacles, as it is written.
16 A haele aku la ka ahakanaka, a lawe mai la, a hana iho la no lakou i na hale malumalu, kela kanaka keia kanaka maluna iho o kona hale, a ma ko lakou mau kahua, a ma na kahua o ka hale o ke Akua, a ma kahi akea o ka puka wai, a ma kahi akea o ka puka o Eperaima.
And the people went forth, and brought. And they made themselves tabernacles every man on the top of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
17 A o ka ahakanaka a pau i hoi mai la mai ka lawe pio ana mai, hana iho la lakou i na hale malumalu, a noho no hoi iloko o na hale malumalu; no ka mea, aole i hana ka Iseraela pela mai na la mai o Iosua ke keiki a Nuna a hiki mai i neia la. A nui loa iho la ka hanoli ana.
And all the assembly of them that were returned from the captivity, made tabernacles, and dwelt in tabernacles: for since the days of Josue the son of Nun the children of Israel had not done so, until that day: and there was exceeding great joy.
18 A heluhelu iho la oia ma ka buke o ke kanawai o ke Akua i kela la i keia la, mai ka la mua mai a hiki i ka la hope. Hana iho la lakou i ka ahaaina i na la ehiku, a i ka walu o ka la he halawai, e like me ka mea i kauohaia'i.
And he read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day till the last, and they kept the solemnity seven days, and in the eighth day a solemn assembly according to the manner.
