Nehemiah 8
1 gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn kó ara wọn jọ bí ẹnìkan ní gbangba ìta níwájú ibodè omi. Wọ́n sọ fún Esra akọ̀wé pé kí ó gbé ìwé òfin Mose jáde, èyí tí Olúwa ti pàṣẹ fún Israẹli.
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 Ní ọjọ́ kìn-ín-ní oṣù keje ni àlùfáà Esra gbé ìwé òfin jáde ní iwájú ìjọ ènìyàn, èyí tí ó jẹ́ àpapọ̀ ọkùnrin àti obìnrin àti gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn tí wọ́n le è gbọ́ ọ ní àgbọ́yé.
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 Ó kà á sókè láti òwúrọ̀ títí di ọ̀sán bí ó ti kọjú sí ìta ní iwájú ibodè omi ní ojú u gbogbo ọkùnrin, obìnrin àti àwọn ènìyàn tókù tí òye le è yé tí wọ́n wà níbẹ̀. Gbogbo ènìyàn sì fetísílẹ̀ sí ìwé òfin náà pẹ̀lú ìfarabalẹ̀.
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 Akọ̀wé Esra dìde dúró lórí i pẹpẹ ìdúrólé tí a fi igi kàn fún ètò yìí. Ní ẹ̀gbẹ́ rẹ̀ ọ̀tún ni Mattitiah, Ṣema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah àti Maaseiah gbé dúró sí, ní ẹ̀gbẹ́ òsì rẹ̀ ní Pedaiah, Misaeli, Malkiah, Haṣumu, Haṣabadana, Sekariah àti Meṣullamu dúró sí.
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 Esra ṣí ìwé náà, gbogbo ènìyàn sì le rí í nítorí ó dúró níbi tí ó ga ju gbogbo ènìyàn lọ; bí ó sì ti ṣí ìwé náà, gbogbo ènìyàn dìde dúró.
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 Esra yin Olúwa, Ọlọ́run alágbára; gbogbo ènìyàn gbé ọwọ́ wọn sókè, wọ́n sì wí pé, “Àmín! Àmín!” Nígbà náà ni wọ́n wólẹ̀ wọ́n sì sin Olúwa ní ìdojúbolẹ̀.
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 Àwọn Lefi—Jeṣua, Bani, Ṣerebiah, Jamini, Akkubu, Ṣabbetai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Asariah, Josabadi, Hanani àti Pelaiah—kọ́ wọn ni òfin náà bí àwọn ènìyàn ṣe wà ní ìdúró síbẹ̀.
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 Wọ́n kà láti inú ìwé òfin Ọlọ́run, wọ́n túmọ̀ rẹ̀, wọ́n ṣe àlàyé kí ohun tí wọ́n kà bá à le yé àwọn ènìyàn yékéyéké.
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 Nígbà náà ni Nehemiah tí ó jẹ́ baálẹ̀, Esra àlùfáà àti akọ̀wé, àti àwọn Lefi tí wọ́n ń kọ́ àwọn ènìyàn wí fún gbogbo wọn pé, “Ọjọ́ yìí jẹ́ ọjọ́ mímọ́ fún Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín. Ẹ má ṣe ṣọ̀fọ̀ tàbí sọkún,” nítorí gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn ti ń sọkún bí wọ́n ti ń tẹ́tí sí ọ̀rọ̀ inú òfin náà.
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 Nehemiah wí pé, “Ẹ lọ kí ẹ gbádùn oúnjẹ tí ẹ yàn láàyò kí ẹ sì mú ohun dídùn, kí ẹ sì mú díẹ̀ ránṣẹ́ sí àwọn tí kò ní. Ọjọ́ yìí, mímọ́ ni fún Olúwa wa. Ẹ má ṣe banújẹ́, nítorí ayọ̀ Olúwa ni agbára yín.”
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 Àwọn ọmọ Lefi mú kí gbogbo ènìyàn dákẹ́ jẹ́, wọ́n wí pé, “Ẹ dákẹ́, nítorí mímọ́ ni ọjọ́ yìí. Ẹ má ṣe banújẹ́.”
So the Levites made all the people quiet, saying, Be quiet, for the day is holy; and do not give way to grief.
12 Nígbà náà ni gbogbo ènìyàn lọ láti jẹ àti láti mu, wọ́n sì fi ìpín oúnjẹ ránṣẹ́, wọ́n sì ṣe àjọyọ̀ pẹ̀lú ayọ̀ ńlá, nítorí báyìí àwọn òfin tí a sọ di mímọ́ fun wọn ti yé wọn.
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 Ní ọjọ́ kejì oṣù náà, àwọn olórí, gbogbo ìdílé, àti àwọn àlùfáà àti àwọn ọmọ Lefi, péjọ sọ́dọ̀ Esra akọ̀wé, wọ́n fi ara balẹ̀ láti fetí sí àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ òfin.
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 Wọ́n ri ní àkọsílẹ̀ nínú ìwé òfin, èyí tí Olúwa ti pa ní àṣẹ nípasẹ̀ Mose, kí àwọn ọmọ Israẹli gbé inú àgọ́ ní àkókò àjọ àgọ́ oṣù keje
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 àti kí wọn kéde ọ̀rọ̀ yìí, kí wọn sì tàn án kálẹ̀ ní gbogbo ìlú wọn àti ní Jerusalẹmu: “Ẹ jáde lọ sí ìlú olókè, kí ẹ mú àwọn ẹ̀ka inú olifi àti ẹ̀ka igi olifi igbó, àti láti inú maritili, àwọn imọ̀ ọ̀pẹ àti àwọn igi tí ó léwé dáradára wá, láti ṣe àgọ́”—gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ti kọ ọ́.
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 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn ènìyàn jáde lọ, wọ́n sì mú àwọn ẹ̀ka wá, wọ́n sì kọ́ àgọ́ fún ara wọn sí orí òrùlé ara wọn, ní àgbàlá wọn àti ní àgbàlá ilé Ọlọ́run àti ní ìta gbangba lẹ́gbẹ̀ẹ́ ẹnu ibodè omi àti èyí tí ó wà lẹ́gbẹ̀ẹ́ ẹnu ibodè Efraimu.
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 Gbogbo ìjọ ènìyàn tí wọ́n padà láti ìgbèkùn kọ́ àgọ́, wọ́n sì ń gbé inú wọn. Láti ọjọ́ Jeṣua ọmọ Nuni títí di ọjọ́ náà, àwọn ọmọ Israẹli kò tí ì ṣe àjọyọ̀ ọ rẹ̀ bí irú èyí. Ayọ̀ ọ wọn sì pọ̀.
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 Esra kà nínú ìwé òfin Ọlọ́run, bí ọjọ́ ṣe ń gorí ọjọ́, láti ọjọ́ kìn-ín-ní dé ọjọ́ ìkẹyìn. Wọ́n ṣe àjọyọ̀ àjọ náà fún ọjọ́ méje, ní ọjọ́ kẹjọ wọ́n ní àpéjọ, ní ìbámu pẹ̀lú òfin.
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.
