Nehemiah 8
1 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.
E chegado o sétimo mes, e estando os filhos de Israel nas suas cidades, todo o povo se ajuntou como um só homem, na praça, diante da porta das águas: e disseram a Esdras, o escriba, que trouxesse o livro da lei de Moisés, que o Senhor tinha ordenado a Israel.
2 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.
E Esdras, o sacerdote, trouxe a lei perante a congregação, assim de homens como de mulheres, e de todos os entendidos para ouvirem, no primeiro dia do sétimo mês.
3 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.
E leu nele diante da praça, que está diante da porta das águas, desde a alva até ao meio dia, perante homens e mulheres, e entendidos: e os ouvidos de todo o povo estavam atentos ao livro da lei.
4 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.
E Esdras, o escriba, estava sobre um púlpito de madeira, que fizeram para aquilo: e estava em pé junto a ele, à sua mão direita, Mattithias, e Sema, e Anaias, e Urias, e Hilkias, e Maaseias; e à sua mão esquerda, Pedaias, e Misael, e Melchias, e Hasum, e Hasbaddana, Zacarias, e Mesullam.
5 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:
E Esdras abriu o livro perante os olhos de todo o povo; porque estava acima de todo o povo; e, abrindo-o ele, todo o povo se pôs em pé.
6 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.
E Esdras louvou ao Senhor, o grande Deus: e todo o povo respondeu, amém, amém! levantando as suas mãos; e inclinaram-se, e adoraram ao Senhor, com os rostos em terra.
7 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.
E Jesua, e Bani, e Serebias, Jamin, Akkub, Sabbethai, Hodias, Maaseias, Kelita, Azarias, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaias, e os levitas ensinavam o povo na lei: e o povo estava no seu posto.
8 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.
E leram no livro, na lei de Deus; e declarando, e explicando o sentido, faziam que, lendo, se entendesse.
9 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.
E Nehemias (que era o tirsatha), e o sacerdote Esdras, o escriba, e os levitas que ensinavam ao povo, disseram a todo o povo: Este dia é consagrado ao Senhor vosso Deus, pelo que não vos lamenteis, nem choreis. Porque todo o povo chorava, ouvindo as palavras da lei.
10 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.
Disse-lhes mais: Ide, comei as gorduras, e bebei as doçuras, e enviai porções aos que não tem nada preparado para si; porque este dia é consagrado ao nosso Senhor: portanto não vos entristeçais: porque a alegria do Senhor é a vossa força.
11 So the Levites made all the people quiet, saying, Be quiet, for the day is holy; and do not give way to grief.
E os levitas fizeram calar a todo o povo, dizendo: calai-vos; porque este dia é santo: por isso não vos entristeçais.
12 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.
Então todo o povo se foi a comer, e a beber, e a enviar porções, e a fazer grandes alegrias: porque entenderam as palavras que lhes fizeram saber.
13 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.
E no dia seguinte ajuntaram-se os cabeças dos pais de todo o povo, os sacerdotes, e os levitas, a Esdras, o escriba: e isto para atentarem nas palavras da lei.
14 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:
E acharam escrito na lei que o Senhor ordenara, pelo ministério de Moisés, que os filhos de Israel habitassem em cabanas, na solenidade da festa, no sétimo mês.
15 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.
Assim o publicaram, e fizeram passar pregão por todas as suas cidades, e em Jerusalém, dizendo: saí ao monte, e trazei ramos de oliveiras, e ramos de árvores olearias, e ramos de murtas, e ramos de palmeiras, e ramos de árvores espessas, para fazer cabanas, como está escrito.
16 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.
Saiu pois o povo, e os trouxeram, e fizeram para si cabanas, cada um no seu terrado, e nos seus pátios, e nos átrios da casa de Deus, e na praça da porta das águas, e na praça da porta de Ephraim.
17 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.
E toda a congregação dos que voltaram do cativeiro fizeram cabanas e habitaram nas cabanas, porque nunca fizeram assim os filhos de Israel, desde os dias de Josué, filho de Nun, até àquele dia: e houve mui grande alegria.
18 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.
E de dia em dia se leu no livro da lei de Deus, desde o primeiro dia até ao derradeiro; e celebraram a solenidade da festa sete dias, e no oitavo dia, o dia da proibição, segundo o rito.
