Nehemia 8
1 Ary rehefa tonga ny volana fahafito, dia samy tany an-tanànany avy ny Zanak’ Isiraely. Dia nivory tahaka ny olona iray izy rehetra ho eo an-kalalahana teo anoloan’ ny vavahadin-drano; ary niteny tamin’ i Ezra mpanora-dalàna izy mba ho entiny ny bokin’ ny lalan’ i Mosesy izay nandidian’ i Jehovah ny Isiraely.
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 Dia nentin’ i Ezra mpisorona ny lalàna tamin’ ny andro voalohany tamin’ ny volana fahafito ho eo anatrehan’ ny fiangonana, na lehilahy na vehivavy, mbamin’ izay rehetra efa mahahaino.
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 Dia novakina teo an-kalalahana teo anoloan’ ny vavahadin-drano izy hatramin’ ny vao maraina koa ka ambara-pitataovovonan’ ny andro, dia teo anatrehan’ ny lehilahy sy ny vehivavy mbamin’ izay efa mahahaino; ary ny olona rehetra dia nampandry sofina hihaino ny bokin’ ny lalàna.
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 Ary Ezra mpanora-dalàna nitsangana teo ambonin’ ny lampihazo fitoriana, izay efa natao ho fitoriana izany; ary Matitia sy Sema sy Anaia sy Oria sy Hilkia ary Mahaseia no nitsangana teo anilany ankavanana; ary Pedaia sy Misaela sy Malkia sy Hasoma sy Hasbadana sy Zakaria ary Mesolama no teo anilany ankavia kosa.
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 Dia nosokafan’ i Ezra teo imason’ ny olona rehetra ny boky (fa ambony toerana noho ny olona rehetra izy); ary rehefa nosokafany izany, dia nitsangana koa ny olona rehetra.
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 Ary Ezra nisaotra an’ i Jehovah, Andriamanitra lehibe; ary ny olona rehetra nanandra-tanana ka namaly hoe: Amena, Amena; dia niondrika izy sady niankohoka tamin’ ny tany teo anatrehan’ i Jehovah.
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 Ary Jesoa sy Bany sy Serebia sy Jamina sy Akoba sy Sabetahy sy Hodia sy Mahaseia sy Kelita sy Azaria sy Jozabada sy Hanana sy Pelaia ary ny Levita dia nampianatra ny olona ny lalàna; ary ny olona dia teo amin’ izay nitoerany ihany.
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 Dia novakiny mazava ny teny tao amin’ ny bokin’ ny lalàn’ Andriamanitra, sady nohazavainy tsara ny heviny, ka dia azon’ ny olona tsara ny teny novakina.
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 Ary Nehemia governora sy Ezra mpisorona, mpanora-dalàna, ary ny Levita izay nampianatra ny olona dia nanao tamin’ ny olona rehetra hoe: Masìna ho an’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo ity andro ity; koa aza malahelo na mitomany. Fa nitomany ny olona rehetra raha nandre ny tenin’ ny lalàna.
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 Dia hoy izy taminy: Mandehana, hano ny matavy, ary sotroy ny mamy, dia mba anatero anjara izay tsy manan-javatra voavoatra; fa masìna ho an’ ny Tompontsika ity andro ity; koa aza malahelo ianareo, fa ny fifaliana avy amin’ i Jehovah no fiarovana mafy ho anareo.
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 Ary ny Levita nampangina ny olona rehetra ka nanao hoe: Mangìna ianareo, fa masìna ity andro ity; koa aza malahelo ianareo.
So the Levites made all the people quiet, saying, Be quiet, for the day is holy; and do not give way to grief.
12 Dia nandeha ny olona rehetra hihinana sy hisotro sy hanatitra anjara ho an’ ny sasany ary hifaly indrindra, satria azony tsara ny teny izay notorina taminy.
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 Ary nony ampitson’ iny dia vory teo amin’ i Ezra mpanora-dalàna ny lohan’ ny fianakaviana tamin’ ny olona rehetra sy ny mpisorona ary ny Levita mba handinika ny tenin’ ny lalàna.
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 Dia hitany voasoratra teo amin’ ny lalàna, izay nampandidian’ i Jehovah an’ i Mosesy, fa tokony hitoetra ao amin’ ny trano rantsan-kazo ny Zanak’ Isiraely amin’ ny andro firavoravoana amin’ ny volana fahafito,
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 ary tokony hampandre ny olona sy handefa teny mitety ny tanànany rehetra sy Jerosalema ka hanao hoe: Mandehana any an-tendrombohitra, ka makà sampan’ oliva sy sampan’ oliva maniry ho azy sy sampan-drotra sy sampan-drofia ary sampan-kazo be ravina hanaovana trano rantsan-kazo araka, ny voasoratra.
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 Dia nandeha ny olona ka naka, ary samy nanao trano rantsan-kazo ho azy teo amin’ ny tampon-tranony avy sy teo anatin’ ny tokotaniny avy sy teo anatin’ ny kianjan’ ny tranon’ Andriamanitra sy teo an-kalalahana teo akaikin’ ny vavahadin-drano ary teo an-kalalahana akaikin’ ny vavahadin’ i Efraima.
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 Eny, nanao trano rantsan-kazo avokoa ny fiangonana rehetra izay efa niverina avy tamin’ ny fahababoana, ka nipetraka tao anatiny izy; fa tsy mbola nanao toy izany ny Zanak’ Isiraely hatramin’ ny andron’ i Josoa, zanak’ i Nona, ka hatramin’ izany andro izany. Ary dia nisy fifaliana lehibe indrindra.
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 Ary namaky ny teny tao amin’ ny bokin’ ny lalàn’ Andriamanitra isan’ andro isan’ andro izy hatramin’ ny andro voalohany ka hatramin’ ny andro farany. Ary nanao andro firavoravoana hafitoana izy; ary tamin’ ny andro fahavalo dia fara-fivoriana araka ny fanao.
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.
