Nehemiah 8
1 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.
wo katã wova ƒo ƒu ɖe ablɔ si dze ŋgɔ Tsigbo la me. Wogblɔ na agbalẽfiala Ezra be wòatsɔ Mose ƒe Segbalẽ, si Yehowa tsɔ na Israelviwo la vɛ.
2 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,
Ale le ɣleti adrelia ƒe ŋkeke gbãtɔ dzi la, nunɔla Ezra tsɔ Segbalẽ la do goe ɖe ameha la ŋkume, ŋutsuwo, nyɔnuwo kple ame siwo katã ate ŋu ase nu gɔme la woe ƒo ƒu.
3 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.
Exlẽe na wo kple ɣli tso agudzedze va se ɖe esime ɣe ɖo to. Edze ŋgɔ ablɔ si le Tsigbo la ŋgɔ le ŋutsuwo kple nyɔnuwo kple ame siwo katã ate ŋu ase nu gɔme la ŋkume. Ameawo katã wonɔ to dzi esime wònɔ Segbalẽ la xlẽm.
4 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.
Agbalẽfiala Ezra de agba kɔkɔ aɖe si wowɔ kple ʋuƒo hena ŋkekea la dzi. Matitia, Sema, Anaya, Uria, Hilkia kple Maaseya, wonɔ tsitsre ɖe eƒe ɖusime, eye Pedaya, Misael, Malkiya, Hasum, Hasbadana, Zekaria kple Mesulam wonɔ tsitre ɖe eƒe miame.
5 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.
Ezra ʋu agbalẽ la. Amewo katã ate ŋu akpɔe, elabena etsi tsitre ɖe kɔkɔƒe, eye esi wòʋu agbalẽa la, ameawo katã tsi tsitre.
6 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.
Azɔ la, Ezra kafu Yehowa, Mawu gã la, eye ameawo katã gblɔ be, “Amen! Neva eme!” Wodo woƒe asiwo ɖe dziƒo, wobɔbɔ de ta agu, wotsyɔ mo anyi, eye wosubɔ Yehowa.
7 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.
Yesua, Bani, Serebia, Yamin, Akub, Sabetai, Hodia, Maaseya, Kelita, Azaria, Yozabad, Hanan kple Pelaya, ame siwo nye Levitɔwo la, woxlẽ Se la na ameawo esi wonɔ tsitre ɖe afi ma.
8 And they read in the booke of the Lawe of God distinctly, and gaue the sense, and caused them to vnderstand the reading.
Woxlẽ Mawu ƒe Segbalẽ la na wo, eye woɖe eme wòkɔ ale gbegbe be, ameawo te ŋu se nu si xlẽm wole la gɔme.
9 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.
Ale Gɔvina Nehemia, nunɔla kple agbalẽfiala Ezra kple Levitɔ siwo nɔ nu fiam ameawo la, gblɔ na wo katã be, “Egbee nye ŋkeke kɔkɔe na Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la, eya ta migaxa nu alo afa avi o,” elabena ameawo katã wonɔ avi fam esi wonɔ Se la me nyawo sem.
10 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.
Nehemia gblɔ na wo be, “Miyi miaɖu nuɖuɖu nyui, miano aha vivi, eye miaɖo ɖe ɖe ame siwo mekpɔ naneke ɖa o. Esia nye ŋkeke kɔkɔe na míaƒe Aƒetɔ la. Migaxa nu o, elabena dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ ɖe Yehowa ŋu nye miaƒe ŋusẽ.”
11 And the Leuites made silence throughout all the people, saying, Holde your peace: for the day is holy, be not sad therefore.
Levitɔwo hã fa akɔ na ameawo be, “Miɖi ɖe eme, elabena egbee nye ŋkeke kɔkɔe. Migaxa nu o.”
12 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.
Ale ameawo kaka, woyi ɖadi ŋkekenyuinuwo ɖu, wono nu, eye woɖo nunanawo ɖe wo nɔewo kple hiãtɔwo. Enye dzidzɔŋkekenyui gã aɖe woɖu, elabena wokpɔ mɔnu se Mawu ƒe nya, eye wote ŋu se egɔme hã.
13 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.
Esi ŋu ke la, ƒometatɔwo, nunɔlawo kple Levitɔwo ƒo ƒu, eye wona agbalẽfiala Ezra gaɖe Seawo me na wo tsitotsito.
14 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,
Wode dzesii le Seawo sɔsrɔ̃ me be, Yehowa de se to Mose dzi be, ele na Israelviwo be, woanɔ agbadɔwo me le Agbadɔmeŋkekenyuiwo me.
15 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.
Mawu gblɔ hã be, woaɖe gbeƒã le woƒe duwo katã me kple Yerusalem hã be, “Miyi toawo dzi, eye miatso amiti, gbemiti, mirteti, deti kple gboti ƒe alɔwo atu agbadɔwo, eye mianɔ wo me abe ale si woŋlɔe ɖi ene.”
16 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.
Ale ameawo yi ɖatso atilɔawo hetu agbadɔwo ɖe gbadzaƒewo le xɔwo tame, ɖe xɔxɔnuwo, gbedoxɔ ƒe xɔxɔnu, ɖe gbadzaƒe si le Tsigbo la ŋgɔ kple ɖe gbadzaƒe si le Efraimgbo la ŋgɔ.
17 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.
Ame siwo katã trɔ tso aboyome la tu agbadɔwo, eye wonɔ wo me. Tso Yosua, Nun ƒe vi ƒe ŋkekewo me va se ɖe gbe ma gbe la, Israelviwo megaɖu azã sia kpɔ abe ale si woɖui gbe ma gbe ene o, eye woƒe dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ gbã go.
18 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.
Gbe sia gbe, tso ŋkeke gbãtɔ dzi va se ɖe ŋkeke mamlɛtɔ dzi la, Ezra xlẽ Mawu ƒe Segbalẽ la na wo. Woɖu azã la ŋkeke adre, eye abe ale si wòle Sea nue ene la, woyɔ takpekpe le ŋkeke enyia gbe.
