Nehemiah 8
1 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.
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 Ouinge Ezra el use nu yen mwet uh tukeni we — mukul, mutan, ac tulik su matwa fal in kalem kac.
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 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.
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 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.
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 Ke Ezra el tu in acn sac, fulat liki mwet uh, elos nukewa suilya na. Ke el ikasla book sac, elos nukewa tuyak.
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 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.
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 worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
7 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.
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 Elos lungasla Ma Sap lun God ac aketeya tuh mwet uh in ku in kalem kac.
They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
9 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.
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. Don’t mourn, nor weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
10 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.”
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. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
11 Mwet Levi elos forfor inmasrlon mwet uh ac akmisyelos, ac fahk tuh elos in tia asor ke len mutal ouinge.
So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Hold your peace, for the day is holy. Don’t be grieved.”
12 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.”
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
