느헤미야 8
1 이스라엘 자손이 그 본성에 거하였더니 칠월에 이르러는 모든 백성이 일제히 수문 앞 광장에 모여 학사 에스라에게 여호와께서 이스라엘에게 명하신 모세의 율법 책을 가지고 오기를 청하매
And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their towns. And all the people came together like one man into the wide place in front of the water-doorway; and they made a request to Ezra the scribe that he would put before them the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel.
2 칠월 일일에 제사장 에스라가 율법책을 가지고 남자 여자 무릇 알아 들을 만한 회중 앞에 이르러
And Ezra the priest put the law before the meeting of the people, before the men and women and all those who were able to take it in, on the first day of the seventh month.
3 수문 앞 광장에서 새벽부터 오정까지 남자, 여자 무릇 알아 들을 만한 자의 앞에서 읽으매 뭇백성이 그 율법책에 귀를 기울였는데
He was reading it in the wide place in front of the water-doorway, from early morning till the middle of the day, in the hearing of all those men and women whose minds were able to take it in; and the ears of all the people were open to the book of the law.
4 때에 학사 에스라가 특별히 지은 나무 강단에 서매 그 우편에 선자는 맛디댜와, 스마와, 아나야와, 우리야와, 힐기야와, 마아세야요 그 좌편에 선자는 브다야와, 미사엘과, 말기야와, 하숨과, 하스밧다나와, 스가랴와, 므술람이라
And Ezra the scribe took his place on a tower of wood which they had made for the purpose; and by his side were placed Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah on the right; and on the left, Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchijah and Hashum and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam.
5 학사 에스라가 모든 백성 위에 서서 저희 목전에 책을 펴니 책을 펼때에 모든 백성이 일어서니라
And Ezra took the book, opening it before the eyes of all the people (for he was higher than the people); and when it was open, all the people got to their feet:
6 에스라가 광대하신 하나님 여호와를 송축하매 모든 백성이 손을 들고 아멘 아멘 응답하고 몸을 굽혀 얼굴을 땅에 대고 여호와께 경배하였느니라
And Ezra gave praise to the Lord, the great God. And all the people in answer said, So be it, so be it; lifting up their hands; and with bent heads they gave worship to the Lord, going down on their faces to the earth.
7 예수아와, 바니와, 세레뱌와, 야민과, 악굽과, 사브대와, 호디야와, 마아세야와, 그리다와, 아사랴와, 요사밧과, 하난과, 블라야와, 레위 사람들이 다 그 처소에 섰는 백성에게 율법을 깨닫게 하는데
And Jeshua and Bani and Sherebiah and Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites made the law clear to the people: and the people kept in their places.
8 하나님의 율법책을 낭독하고 그 뜻을 해석하여 백성으로 그 낭독하는 것을 다 깨닫게 하매
And they gave out the words of the book the law of God, clearly, and gave the sense of it, so that their minds were able to take it in.
9 백성이 율법의 말씀을 듣고 다 우는지라 총독 느헤미야와 제사장겸 학사 에스라와 백성을 가르치는 레위 사람들이 모든 백성에게 이르기를 `오늘은 너희 하나님 여호와의 성일이니 슬퍼하지 말며 울지말라' 하고
And Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra, the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were the teachers of the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the Lord your God; let there be no sorrow or weeping; for all the people were weeping on hearing the words of the law.
10 느헤미야가 또 이르기를 `너희는 가서 살진 것을 먹고 단 것을 마시되 예비치 못한 자에게는 너희가 나누어 주라 이 날은 우리 주의 성일이니 근심하지 말라! 여호와를 기뻐하는 것이 너희의 힘이니라!' 하고
Then he said to them, Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready: for this day is holy to our Lord: and let there be no grief in your hearts; for the joy of the Lord is your strong place.
11 레위 사람들도 모든 백성을 정숙케하여 이르기를 `오늘은 성일이니 마땅히 종용하고 근심하지 말라' 하매
So the Levites made all the people quiet, saying, Be quiet, for the day is holy; and do not give way to grief.
12 모든 백성이 곧 가서 먹고 마시며 나누어 주고 크게 즐거워하였으니 이는 그 읽어 들린 말을 밝히 앎이니라
And all the people went away to take food and drink, and to send food to others, and to be glad, because the words which were said to them had been made clear.
13 그 이튿날 뭇백성의 족장들과 제사장들과 레위 사람들이 율법의 말씀을 밝히 알고자 하여 학사 에스라의 곳에 모여서
And on the second day the heads of families of all the people and the priests and the Levites came together to Ezra the scribe, to give attention to the words of the law.
14 율법책을 본즉 여호와께서 모세로 명하시기를 이스라엘 자손은 칠월 절기에 초막에 거할지니라 하였고
And they saw that it was recorded in the law that the Lord had given orders by Moses, that the children of Israel were to have tents for their living-places in the feast of the seventh month:
15 또 일렀으되 모든 성읍과 예루살렘에 공포하여 이르기를 `너희는 산에 가서 감람나무 가지와 들 감람나무 가지와 화석류나무 가지와 종려나무 가지와 기타 무성한 나무 가지를 취하여 기록한 바를 따라 초막을 지으라 하라' 하였는지라
And that they were to give out an order, and make it public in all their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, Go out to the mountain and get olive branches and branches of field olives and of myrtle, and palm branches and branches of thick trees, to make tents, as it says in the book.
16 백성이 이에 나가서 나무 가지를 취하여 혹은 지붕 위에, 혹은 뜰안에, 혹은 하나님의 전 뜰에, 혹은 수문 광장에, 혹은 에브라임 문광장에 초막을 짓되
And the people went out and got them and made themselves tents, every one on the roof of his house, and in the open spaces and in the open squares of the house of God, and in the wide place of the water-doorway, and the wide place of the doorway of Ephraim.
17 사로잡혔다가 돌아온 회 무리가 다 초막을 짓고 그 안에 거하니 눈의 아들 여호수아 때로부터 그 날까지 이스라엘 자손이 이같이 행함이 없었으므로 이에 크게 즐거워하며
All the people who had been prisoners and had come back, made tents and were living in them: for from the time of Jeshua, the son of Nun, till that day, the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very great joy.
18 에스라는 첫날부터 끝날까지 날마다 하나님의 율법책을 낭독하고 무리가 칠일 동안 절기를 지키고 제 팔일에 규례를 따라 성회를 열었느니라
And day by day, from the first day till the last, he was reading from the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast for seven days: and on the eighth day there was a holy meeting, as it is ordered in the law.
