Nekkemiya 8
1 abantu bonna nga bassa kimu ne bakuŋŋaanira mu kifo ekigazi ekyali mu maaso g’Omulyango gw’Amazzi. Ne bagamba Ezera omuwandiisi, okuleeta Ekitabo ky’Amateeka ga Musa, Mukama ge yalagira Isirayiri.
And the seventh month arrived, and the children of Israel [were settled] in their cities; and all the people were gathered as one man to the broad place before the water-gate, and they told Esdras the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord commanded Israel.
2 Ku lunaku olw’olubereberye olw’omwezi ogw’omusanvu, Ezera kabona n’aleeta Ekitabo ky’Amateeka mu maaso g’ekibiina ekyalimu abasajja n’abakazi n’abalala abaali basobola okutegeera.
So Esdras the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and every one who had understanding [was present] to listen, on the first day of the seventh month.
3 N’akisomera mu kifo ekigazi mu maaso g’Omulyango gw’Amazzi mu ddoboozi ery’omwanguka, okuva ku makya okutuusa essaawa mukaaga ez’omu tuntu, mu maaso g’abasajja n’abakazi n’abalala abasobola okutegeera. Abantu bonna ne batega amatu okuwulira ebyava mu Kitabo ky’Amateeka.
And he read in it from the time of sunrise to the middle of the day, before the men and the women; and they understood [it], and the ears of all the people [were attentive] to the book of the law.
4 Ezera omuwandiisi n’ayimirira ku kituuti eky’embaawo kye baazimbira omukolo ogwo. Mattisiya, ne Sema, ne Anaya, ne Uliya, ne Kirukiya ne Maaseya be baamuliraana ku mukono gwe ogwa ddyo, ate Pedaya, ne Misayeri, ne Malukiya, ne Kasimu, ne Kasubaddana, ne Zekkaliya ne Mesullamu be baamuliraana ku mukono gwe ogwa kkono.
And Esdras the scribe stood on a wooden stage, and there stood next to him Mattathias, and Samaeas, and Ananias, and Urias, and Chelcia, and Massia, on his right hand; and on his left Phadaeas, and Misael, and Melchias, and Asom, and Asabadma, and Zacharias, and Mesollam.
5 Awo Ezera n’abikkula ekitabo, abantu bonna nga bamutunuulidde kubanga ekifo we yali ayimiridde kyali waggulu w’abantu bonna, era bwe yali ng’ayanjuluza ekitabo, abantu bonna ne bayimirira.
And Esdras opened the book before all the people, for he was above the people; and it came to pass when he had opened it, [that] all the people stood.
6 Ezera ne yeebaza Mukama Katonda omukulu; abantu bonna ne bayimusa emikono gyabwe ne baddamu nti, “Amiina! Amiina!” Ne bavuunama amaaso gaabwe ku ttaka ne basinza Mukama.
And Esdras blessed the Lord, the great God: and all the people answered, and said, Amen, lifting up their hands: and they bowed down and worshipped the Lord with their face to the ground.
7 Yesuwa, ne Baani, ne Serebiya, ne Yamini, ne Akkubu, ne Sabbesayi, ne Kodiya, ne Masseya, ne Kerita, ne Azaliya, ne Yozabadi, ne Kanani ne Peraya, Abaleevi ne bannyonnyola abantu Amateeka, abantu nga bayimiridde mu bifo byabwe.
And Jesus and Banaias and Sarabias instructed the people in the law, and the people [stood] in their place.
8 Ne basoma mu Kitabo ky’Amateeka ga Katonda, nga bataputa, era nga bannyonnyola amakulu, abantu bategeere ebyasomebwa.
And they read in the book of the law of God, and Esdras taught, and instructed them distinctly in the knowledge of the Lord, and the people understood [the law] in the reading.
9 Naye Nekkemiya owessaza, ne Ezera kabona era omuwandiisi, n’Abaleevi abaali bayigiriza abantu, ne bagamba abantu bonna nti, “Olunaku lwa leero lutukuvu eri Mukama Katonda wammwe; temunakuwala so temukaaba.”
And Neemias, and Esdras the priest and scribe, and the Levites, and they that instructed the people, spoke and said to all the people, It 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 Nekkemiya n’abagamba nti, “Mugende mulye ebyassava, munywe n’ebiwoomerera, muweerezeeko n’abo abatalina kye bateeseteese. Leero lunaku lutukuvu eri Mukama, temunakuwala, kubanga essanyu eriva eri Mukama ge maanyi gammwe.”
And [the governor] said to them, Go, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them that have nothing; for the day is holy to our Lord: and faint not, for the Lord is our strength.
11 Awo Abaleevi ne bakkakkanya abantu bonna, nga boogera nti, “Mubeere bakkakkamu kubanga leero lunaku lutukuvu. Temunakuwala.”
And the Levites caused all the people to be silent, saying, Be silent, for [it is] a holy day, and despond not.
12 Oluvannyuma abantu bonna ne beddirayo ewaabwe ne balya ne banywa ne baweerezaako ne bannaabwe abatalina kyakulya, era ne basanyuka nnyo, kubanga baategeera amakulu g’ebigambo ebyabategeezebwa.
So all the people departed to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, for they understood the words which he made known to them.
13 Ku lunaku olwokubiri olw’omwezi ogwo, abakulu b’ennyumba awamu ne bakabona n’Abaleevi, ne bakuŋŋaanira eri Ezera omuwandiisi okusoma n’okutegeera ebigambo by’Amateeka.
And on the second day the heads of families assembled with all the people, [also] the priests and Levites, to Esdras the scribe, to attend to all the words of the law.
14 Ne basanga mu byawandiikibwa mu Mateeka, Mukama ge yalagira Musa, nga Abayisirayiri baali bateekwa okusulanga mu weema mu biseera eby’embaga ey’omwezi ogw’omusanvu,
And they found written in the law which the Lord commanded Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths, in the feast in the seventh month:
15 era nga kibagwanidde okubunyisa amawulire ago n’okulangirira mu bibuga byabwe byonna ne mu Yerusaalemi, nga boogera nti, “Mugende mu nsozi mukuŋŋaanye amatabi ag’emizeeyituuni n’ago ag’emizeeyituuni egy’omu nsiko, n’ag’emikadasi, n’ag’enkindu, n’ag’emiti emirala egirina ebikoola ebingi okuzimba weema nga bwe kyawandiikibwa.”
and that they should sound with trumpets in all their cities, and in Jerusalem. And Esdras said, Go forth to the mountain, and bring branches of olive, and branches of cypress trees, and branches of myrtle, and branches of palm trees, and branches of [every] thick tree, to make booths, according to that which was written.
16 Awo abantu ne bagenda ne bagaleeta ne beezimbira weema, abamu ku busolya bwabwe, ne mu mpya zaabwe, ne mu luggya lw’ennyumba ya Katonda, ne mu kibangirizi okuliraana Omulyango gw’Amazzi, ne mu kibangirizi okuliraana Omulyango gwa Efulayimu.
And the people went forth, and brought [them], and made booths for themselves, each one upon his roof, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the streets of the city, and as far as the gate of Ephraim.
17 Awo ekibiina kyonna ekyakomawo okuva mu buwaŋŋanguse, ne beezimbira weema ne babeera omwo; kubanga okuva mu biro bya Yesuwa mutabani wa Nuuni okutuusa ku lunaku olwo, Abayisirayiri baali tebakwatanga kiseera ekyo bwe batyo. Ne basanyuka nnyo nnyini.
And all the congregation who had returned from the captivity, made booths, and lived in booths: for the children of Israel [had] not done so from the days of Jesus the son of Naue until that day: and there was great joy.
18 Buli lunaku, Ezera n’asomanga mu Kitabo ky’Amateeka ga Katonda okuva ku lunaku olwasooka okutuusa ku lunaku olwasembayo. Ne bakwata embaga okumala ennaku musanvu, ne ku lunaku olw’omunaana, ne bakola olukuŋŋaana, ng’ekiragiro bwe kiri.
And [Esdras] read in the book of the law of God daily, from the first day even to the last day: and they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.
