Nehemia 8
1 ɔmanfo no nyinaa hyiaa wɔ wɔn Asuten Pon no ano. Ɔmanfo no ka kyerɛɛ Ɛsra a ɔyɛ mmara no kyerɛkyerɛfo no se ɔnkenkan Mose mmara a Awurade ahyɛ sɛ Israelfo nni so no.
And all the people assembled themselues together, in the streete that was before the watergate, and they spake vnto Ezra the Scribe, that hee would bring the booke of ye Law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.
2 Enti ɔsram Tisri (bɛyɛ Ahinime) da a ɛto so awotwe no, ɔsɔfo Ɛsra de krataa mmobɔwee a mmara no wɔ mu no baa bagua a mmarima ne mmea ne wɔn a wotumi te asɛm ase no nyinaa no anim.
And Ezra the Priest brought the Lawe before the Congregation both of men and women, and of all that coulde heare and vnderstand it, in the first day of the seuenth moneth,
3 Ɔde nʼani kyerɛɛ aguabɔbea wɔ Asuten Pon no ano, fi anɔpahema kosii owigyinae kenkan mmara no den, maa obiara a ɔte ase no tee. Ɔmanfo no nyinaa wɛn wɔn aso tiee mmara no.
And he read therein in the streete that was before the watergate (from the morning vntill the midday) before men and women, and them that vnderstoode it, and the eares of all the people hearkened vnto the booke of the Lawe.
4 Ɛsra a ɔyɛ mmara no kyerɛkyerɛfo no gyinaa apa tenten bi a wosi maa saa da no so. Nnipa a na wogyinagyina ne nifa so no din de Matitia, Sema, Anaia, Uria, Hilkia ne Maaseia. Wɔn a na wogyinagyina ne benkum so no din de Pedaia, Misael, Malkia, Hasum, Hasbadana, Sakaria ne Mesulam.
And Ezra the Scribe stoode vpon a pulpit of wood which he had made for the preaching, and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Ananiah, and Vriiah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hande, and on his left hand Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
5 Ɛsra gyinaa apa no so a nnipadɔm no nyinaa hu no. Bere a wohuu sɛ wabue nhoma no mu no, wɔn nyinaa sɔresɔre gyinaa wɔn anan so.
And Ezra opened the booke before all the people: for hee was aboue all the people: and when he opened it, all the people stoode vp.
6 Na Ɛsra kamfoo Awurade, Otumfo Nyankopɔn, na ɔmanfo no bɔ gyee so se, “Amen! Amen!” bere a na wɔmemamema wɔn nsa so akyerɛɛ soro. Afei, wɔkotokotow, som Awurade a wɔn anim butubutuw fam.
And Ezra praysed the Lord the great God, and all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting vp their handes: and they bowed themselues, and worshipped the Lord with their faces toward the grounde.
7 Afei, Lewifo a wɔn din de Yesua, Bani, Serebia, Yamin, Akub, Sabetai, Hodia, Maaseia, Kelita, Asaria, Yosabad, Hanan ne Pelaia kyerɛɛ ɔmanfo a wogyinagyina hɔ no nea wɔnyɛ.
Also Ieshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Iamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Iozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Leuites caused the people to vnderstand the lawe, and the people stood in their place.
8 Wɔkenkan fii Onyankopɔn mmara nhoma no mu kyerɛɛ wɔn nea wɔkenkanee no ase, boaa ɔmanfo no ma wɔtee ɔkasapɛn biara ase.
And they read in the booke of the Lawe of God distinctly, and gaue the sense, and caused them to vnderstand the reading.
9 Na amrado Nehemia, ɔsɔfo Ɛsra a na ɔyɛ mmara no kyerɛkyerɛfo ne Lewifo a na wɔrekyerɛkyerɛ ase akyerɛ ɔmanfo no ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Munnsu da a ɛte sɛɛ yi! Efisɛ nnɛ yɛ da kronkron wɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, anim.” Nnipa no tee mmara no mu nsɛm no, wɔn nyinaa sui.
Then Nehemiah (which is Tirshatha) and Ezra the Priest and scribe, and the Leuites that instructed the people, saide vnto all the people, This day is holie vnto ye Lord your God: mourne not, neither weepe: for all the people wept, whe they heard the words of the Lawe.
10 Na Nehemia toaa so sɛ, “Momfa nnuan pa ne anonne a ɛyɛ dɛ nkodi afahyɛ no na mo ne wɔn a wonni nnuan pa a wɔanoa no nnidi. Nnɛ yɛ da kronkron wɔ Awurade anim. Munnni abooboo ne awerɛhow, na Awurade mu anigye no yɛ ahoɔden.”
He saide also vnto the, Go, and eate of the fat, and drinke the sweete, and send part vnto them, for whome none is prepared: for this day is holie vnto our Lord: be ye not sorie therefore: for the ioy of the Lord is your strength.
11 Na Lewifo no nso kasae se, “Hwɛ! Munnsu. Efisɛ nnɛ yɛ da kronkron” de dwudwoo wɔn.
And the Leuites made silence throughout all the people, saying, Holde your peace: for the day is holy, be not sad therefore.
12 Na nnipa no kodidii, kyɛɛ nnuan, nomee, dii dapɔnna no anigye so, efisɛ wɔtee Onyankopɔn nsɛm no, tee ase.
Then all the people went to eate and to drinke, and to send away part, and to make great ioy, because they had vnderstand the wordes that they had taught them.
13 Na ɔsram Tisri (bɛyɛ Ahinime) da a ɛto so akron no, mmusua ntuanofo no ne asɔfo no ne Lewifo no ne Ɛsra hyiae sɛ, wɔrehwehwɛ mmara no mu fekɔfekɔ.
And on the second day the chiefe fathers of all the people, the Priests and the Leuites were gathered vnto Ezra the scribe, that he also might instruct them in the wordes of the Lawe.
14 Wɔkɔɔ mmara no mu no, wohuu sɛ Awurade nam Mose so ahyɛ sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ Israelfo no tena asese mu afahyɛ a wɔrebedi no saa ɔsram no mu no.
And they found written in the Law, (that the Lord had commanded by Moses) that the children of Israel should dwel in boothes in the feast of the seuenth moneth,
15 Waka se, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔbɔ ɔhyɛ no ho dawuru wɔ wɔn nkurow nyinaa so, ne titirw no, Yerusalem nam so aka akyerɛ ɔmanfo no se, wɔnkɔ nkoko so nkɔhwehwɛ ngodua mman, kranku mman, ohuamnnua mman, bere ne nnua kusukusuu mman, na wɔmfa mmɛbobɔ asese ntena mu, sɛnea wɔakyerɛw no mmara no mu no.
And that they shoulde cause it to bee declared and proclaimed in all their cities, and in Ierusalem, saying, Go forth vnto the mount, and bring oliue branches, and pine branches, and branches of myrtus, and palme branches, and branches of thicke trees, to make boothes, as it is written.
16 Enti nnipa no kotwitwaa nnua mman, na wɔde sisii asese wɔ wɔn afi, wɔn adiwo, Onyankopɔn asɔredan adiwo anaa aguabɔbea a ɛwowɔ Asuten Pon no ne Efraim Pon no mu.
So the people went foorth and brought them, and made them boothes, euerie one vpon the roofe of his house, and in their courtes, and in the courtes of the house of God, and in the streete by the watergate, and in the streete of the gate of Ephraim.
17 Enti obiara a wafi afiasenna mu aba no kɔtenaa saa asese yi mu wɔ afahyɛbere no mu nnanson; na obiara ani gyee yiye. Efi Nun babarima Yosua bere so no, na Israelfo nnii afahyɛ no wɔ saa kwan yi so da.
And all the Congregation of them that were come againe out of the captiuitie made boothes, and sate vnder the boothes: for since the time of Ieshua the sonne of Nun vnto this day, had not the children of Israel done so, and there was very great ioy.
18 Ɛsra de nnanson kenkan Onyankopɔn mmara nhoma no wɔ afahyɛ no ase da biara, efi da a edi kan de kosi da a etwa to. Afei, Tisri ɔsram (bɛyɛ Ahinime) da a ɛto so dunum no, wɔyɛɛ nhyiamu, sɛnea Mose mmara no kyerɛ no.
And he read in the booke of the Lawe of God euery day, from the first day vnto the last day. and they kept the feast seuen dayes, and on the eight day a solemne assemblie, according vnto the maner.
