नहेम्याह 8
1 सारा जनता एउटै मानिसजस्तो गरी पानी ढोकाको सामुन्ने खुला क्षेत्रमा भेला भए । तिनीहरूले परमप्रभुले इस्राएललाई आज्ञा दिनुभएको मोशाको व्यवस्थाको पुस्तक ल्याउन भनी शास्त्री एज्रालाई भने ।
All the people gathered as one man in the open area in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded Israel.
2 सातौँ महिनाको पहिलो दिनमा पुजारी एज्राले सुनेर बुझ्न सक्ने पुरुष र स्त्रीहरू दुवैको समुदायको सामु पुस्तक ल्याए ।
On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear and understand.
3 तिनी पानी ढोकाको सामुन्नेको खुला क्षेत्रमा फर्के, र तिनले पुरुष र स्त्रीहरूको सामु बिहान सबेरैदेखि मध्यदिनसम्म यसबाट पढे, अनि सारा मानिसले व्यवस्थाको पुस्तकलाई ध्यान दिएर सुने ।
He faced the open area in front of the Water Gate, and he read from it from early morning until midday, before men and women, and any who could understand, and all the people listened attentively to the book of the law.
4 तब शास्त्री एज्रा मानिसहरूले त्यस्तै कामको लागि बनाएका काठको उच्च मञ्चमा खडा भए । तिनको दाहिनेपट्टि छेउमा मत्तित्याह, शेमा, अनायाह, उरियाह, हिल्कियाह र मासेयाह उभिएका थिए अनि तिनको देब्रेपट्टि पदायाह, मीशाएल, मल्कियाह, हाशूम, हशबदाना, जकरिया र मशुल्लाम उभिएका थिए ।
Then Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform which the people had made for the purpose. Standing beside him were Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right side; and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam were standing on his left side.
5 एज्रा सारा मानिसभन्दा माथि उभिएकाले तिनले सबैले देख्ने गरी पुस्तक खोले, र तिनले पुस्तक खोल्दा सारा मानिस खडा भए ।
Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was standing above the people, and when he opened it all the people stood up.
6 एज्राले महान् परमेश्वर परमप्रभुलाई धन्यावाद दिए, अनि सारा मानिसले आ-आफ्ना हात उठाएर “आमेन! आमेन!” भने । तब तिनीहरूले आ-आफ्ना शिर झुकाए, र भुइँसम्मै निहुरेर परमप्रभुको आराधना गरे ।
Ezra gave thanks to Yahweh, the great God, and all the people lifted up their hands and answered, “Amen! Amen!” Then they bowed their heads and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground.
7 लेवीहरू येशूअ, बानी, शरेबियाह, यामीन, अक्कूब, सब्बतै, होदियाह, मासेयाह, कलीता, अजर्याह, योजाबाद, हानान, पलयाहले मानिसहरूलाई तिनीहरूकै ठाउँमा व्यवस्था बुझ्नलाई मदत गरे ।
Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah—the Levites—helped the people understand the law, while the people remained in their place.
8 तिनीहरूले त्यो पुस्तक अर्थात् परमेश्वरको व्यवस्था पढे र मानिसहरूले बुझ्न सक्ने गरी अर्थ खोलिदिए ।
They read in the book, The Law of God, making it clear with interpretation and giving the meaning so the people understood the reading.
9 राज्यपाल नहेम्याह, पुजारीसाथै शास्त्री एज्रा र मानिसहरूलाई अर्थ खोलिदिने लेवीहरूले सारा मानिसलाई भने, “यो दिन परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरका लागि पवित्र दिन हो । शोक नगर र नरोओ ।” किनकि तिनीहरूले व्यवस्थाका वचन सुन्दा सारा मानिस रोएका थिए ।
Nehemiah the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were interpreting to the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to Yahweh your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
10 तब नहेम्याहले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “आ-आफ्नो बाटो लाग, पुस्टाइएको पशु मारेर खाओ, मिठो पेय पदार्थ पिओ अनि आफ्ना निम्ति तयार पार्न नसक्नेहरूका निम्ति पनि थोरै भाग पठाइदेओ किनकि परमप्रभुको आनन्द नै तिमीहरूको शक्ति हो ।”
Then Nehemiah said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat and have something sweet to drink, and send some of it to one who has nothing prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”
11 त्यसैले लेवीहरूले यसो भन्दै मानिसहरूलाई शान्त गराए, “चुप लाग, किनकि यो दिन पवित्र छ । शोक नगर ।”
So the Levites made the people be quiet, saying, “Hush! for this day is holy. Do not be grieved.”
12 तब सारा मानिस खानपान गर्न, पिउन, भोजन बाँडचुँड गर्न र बडो आनन्दसाथ उत्सव मनाउन आ-आफ्नो बाटो लागे किनकि तिनीहरूलाई बताइएका वचनहरू तिनीहरूले बुझेका थिए ।
Then all the people went their way to eat and to drink and to share food and to celebrate with great joy because they had understood the words that were made known to them.
13 दोस्रो दिनमा सारा मानिसका परिवार-परिवारका मुख्य-मुख्य मानिसहरू, पुजारीहरूसाथै लेवीहरू व्यवस्थाका वचनहरूबाट अन्तर्ज्ञान प्राप्त गर्न शास्त्री एज्राकहाँ आए ।
On the second day the leaders of the ancestors' families from all the people, the priests and the Levites, came together to Ezra the scribe to gain insight from the words of the law.
14 सातौँ महिनाको चाडमा इस्राएलीहरू छाप्रोमा बस्नपर्छ भनी परमप्रभुले मोशाद्वारा आज्ञा गर्नुभएको वचन तिनीहरूले व्यवस्थामा लेखिएको भेट्टाए ।
They found written in the law how Yahweh had commanded through Moses that the people of Israel should live in shelters during the festival of the seventh month.
15 तिनीहरूले तिनीहरूका सबै सहर र यरूशलेममा यसो भन्दै घोषणा गर्नुपर्छ, “लेखिएअनुसार छाप्रा बनाउनलाई पहाडी देशमा गएर जैतून, जङ्गली जैतून, मेहदी, खजूरका हाँगाहरूसाथै अन्य पातहरू भएका हाँगाहरू लिएर आओ ।”
They should make a proclamation in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out into the hill country, and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtle, palms and shade trees, to make shelters, as it is written.”
16 तब मानिसहरू बाहिर गए, र हाँगाहरू ल्याए अनि हरेकले आ-आफ्नो निम्ति घरको छाना र चोकमा, परमेश्वरका भवनका चोकहरूमा, पानी ढोकाको सामुन्नेको चोकमा र एफ्राएमका ढोकाको चोकमा छाप्राहरू बनाए ।
So the people went out and brought the branches back and made themselves shelters, each on their own roofs, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God, in the open area in front of the Water Gate, and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim.
17 निर्वासनबाट फर्केकाहरू सबै समुदायले छाप्राहरू बनाई तिनमा बसे । किनकि नूनका छोरा यहोशूको समयदेखि त्यस दिनसम्म इस्राएलीहरूले यो चाड मनाएका थिएनन् । त्यसैले तिनीहरू बडो आनन्दित भए ।
All the assembly of those who had returned from captivity made shelters and lived in them. For since the days of Joshua son of Nun to that day, the people of Israel had not celebrated this festival, and so their joy was very great.
18 यसबाहेक, पहिलो दिनदेखि पछिल्लो दिनसम्म दिनप्रतिदिन एज्राले परमेश्वरको व्यवस्थाको पुस्तकबाट पढ्ने गर्थै । तिनीहरूले सात दिनसम्म चाड मनाए, र आज्ञाअनुसार आठौँ दिनमा पवित्र सभा थियो ।
Also day by day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the book of the law of God. They kept the festival for seven days and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, in obedience to the decree.
