Nehemiah 8
1 and to gather all [the] people like/as man one to(wards) [the] street/plaza which to/for face: before gate [the] Water (Gate) and to say to/for Ezra [the] secretary to/for to come (in): bring [obj] scroll: book instruction Moses which to command LORD [obj] Israel
And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
2 and to come (in): bring Ezra [the] priest [obj] [the] instruction to/for face: before [the] assembly from man and till woman and all to understand to/for to hear: hear in/on/with day one to/for month [the] seventh
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
3 and to call: read out in/on/with him to/for face: before [the] street/plaza which to/for face: before gate [the] Water (Gate) from [the] light till half [the] day before [the] human and [the] woman and [the] to understand and ear all [the] people to(wards) scroll: book [the] instruction
And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.
4 and to stand: stand Ezra [the] secretary upon tower tree: wood which to make to/for word: because and to stand: stand beside him Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah upon right his and from left his Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchijah and Hashum and Hashbaddanah Zechariah Meshullam
And Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
5 and to open Ezra [the] scroll: book to/for eye: seeing all [the] people for from upon all [the] people to be and like/as to open he to stand: stand all [the] people
And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people; ) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
6 and to bless Ezra [obj] LORD [the] God [the] great: large and to answer all [the] people amen amen in/on/with lifting hand their and to bow and to bow to/for LORD face land: soil [to]
And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
7 and Jeshua and Bani and Sherebiah Jamin Akkub Shabbethai Hodiah Maaseiah Kelita Azariah Jozabad Hanan Pelaiah and [the] Levi to understand [obj] [the] people to/for instruction and [the] people upon post their
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
8 and to call: read out in/on/with scroll: book in/on/with instruction [the] God to declare and to set: name understanding and to understand in/on/with assembly
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
9 and to say Nehemiah he/she/it [the] governor and Ezra [the] priest [the] secretary and [the] Levi [the] to understand [obj] [the] people to/for all [the] people [the] day holy he/she/it to/for LORD God your not to mourn and not to weep for to weep all [the] people like/as to hear: hear they [obj] word [the] instruction
And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
10 and to say to/for them to go: went to eat fat piece and to drink sweetness and to send: depart portion to/for nothing to establish: prepare to/for him for holy [the] day to/for lord our and not to hurt for joy LORD he/she/it security your
Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy to our LORD: neither be you sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
11 and [the] Levi be silent to/for all [the] people to/for to say to silence for [the] day holy and not to hurt
So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be you grieved.
12 and to go: went all [the] people to/for to eat and to/for to drink and to/for to send: depart portion and to/for to make joy great: large for to understand in/on/with word which to know to/for them
And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
13 and in/on/with day [the] second to gather head: leader [the] father to/for all [the] people [the] priest and [the] Levi to(wards) Ezra [the] secretary and to/for be prudent to(wards) word [the] instruction
And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.
14 and to find to write in/on/with instruction which to command LORD in/on/with hand: by Moses which to dwell son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with booth in/on/with feast in/on/with month [the] seventh
And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:
15 and which to hear: proclaim and to pass voice: message in/on/with all city their and in/on/with Jerusalem to/for to say to come out: come [the] mountain: mount and to come (in): bring leaf olive and leaf tree oil and leaf myrtle and leaf palm and leaf tree leafy to/for to make booth like/as to write
And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth to the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
16 and to come out: come [the] people and to come (in): bring and to make to/for them booth man: anyone upon roof his and in/on/with court their and in/on/with court house: temple [the] God and in/on/with street/plaza gate [the] Water (Gate) and in/on/with street/plaza gate Ephraim (Gate)
So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one on the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
17 and to make all [the] assembly [the] to return: return from [the] captivity booth and to dwell in/on/with booth for not to make: do from day Jeshua son: child Nun so son: descendant/people Israel till [the] day [the] he/she/it and to be joy great: large much
And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.
18 and to call: read out in/on/with scroll: book instruction [the] God day: daily in/on/with day: daily from [the] day: daily [the] first till [the] day: daily [the] last and to make: do feast seven day and in/on/with day: daily [the] eighth assembly like/as justice: judgement
Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the manner.
