ネヘミヤ 記 8
1 その時民は皆ひとりのようになって水の門の前の広場に集まり、主がイスラエルに与えられたモーセの律法の書を持って来るように、学者エズラに求めた。
all the people gathered together as one man to the open place that was before the water-gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded Israel.
2 祭司エズラは七月の一日に律法を携えて来て、男女の会衆およびすべて聞いて悟ることのできる人々の前にあらわれ、
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 水の門の前にある広場で、あけぼのから正午まで、男女および悟ることのできる人々の前でこれを読んだ。民はみな律法の書に耳を傾けた。
And he read in it before the open place that was before the water-gate from the morning until midday, in presence of 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 学者エズラはこの事のために、かねて設けた木の台の上に立ったが、彼のかたわらには右の方にマッタテヤ、シマ、アナヤ、ウリヤ、ヒルキヤおよびマアセヤが立ち、左の方にはペダヤ、ミサエル、マルキヤ、ハシュム、ハシバダナ、ゼカリヤおよびメシュラムが立った。
And Ezra the scribe stood upon a high stage of wood, which they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkijah, and Maaseiah on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddana, Zechariah, Meshullam.
5 エズラはすべての民の前にその書を開いた。彼はすべての民よりも高い所にいたからである。彼が書を開くと、すべての民は起立した。
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 エズラは大いなる神、主をほめ、民は皆その手をあげて、「アァメン、アァメン」と言って答え、こうべをたれ、地にひれ伏して主を拝した。
And Ezra blessed Jehovah, the great God; and all the people answered, Amen, Amen! with lifting up of their hands; and they bowed their heads, and worshipped Jehovah with their faces to the ground.
7 エシュア、バニ、セレビヤ、ヤミン、アックブ、シャベタイ、ホデヤ、マアセヤ、ケリタ、アザリヤ、ヨザバデ、ハナン、ペラヤおよびレビびとたちは民に律法を悟らせた。民はその所に立っていた。
And 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 彼らはその書、すなわち神の律法をめいりょうに読み、その意味を解き明かしてその読むところを悟らせた。
And they read in the law of God distinctly out of the book, and gave the sense, and caused [them] to understand the reading.
9 総督であるネヘミヤと、祭司であり、学者であるエズラと、民を教えるレビびとたちはすべての民に向かって「この日はあなたがたの神、主の聖なる日です。嘆いたり、泣いたりしてはならない」と言った。すべての民が律法の言葉を聞いて泣いたからである。
And Nehemiah, that is, the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that explained to the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Jehovah your God: mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
10 そして彼らに言った、「あなたがたは去って、肥えたものを食べ、甘いものを飲みなさい。その備えのないものには分けてやりなさい。この日はわれわれの主の聖なる日です。憂えてはならない。主を喜ぶことはあなたがたの力です」。
And 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 the day is holy to our Lord; and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.
11 レビびともまたすべての民を静めて、「泣くことをやめなさい。この日は聖なる日です。憂えてはならない」と言った。
And the Levites quieted all the people, saying, Be still! for the day is holy; neither be grieved.
12 すべての民は去って食い飲みし、また分け与えて、大いに喜んだ。これは彼らが読み聞かされた言葉を悟ったからである。
And all the people went their way, to eat and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great rejoicing. For they had understood the words that were declared to them.
13 次の日、すべての民の氏族の長たち、祭司、レビびとらは律法の言葉を学ぶために学者エズラのもとに集まってきて、
And on the second day were gathered together the chief fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to gain wisdom as to the words of the law.
14 律法のうちに主がモーセに命じられたこと、すなわちイスラエルの人々は七月の祭の間、仮庵の中に住むべきことがしるされているのを見いだした。
And they found written in the law which Jehovah had commanded through Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month,
15 またすべての町々およびエルサレムにのべ伝えて、「あなたがたは山に出て行って、オリブと野生のオリブ、ミルトス、なつめやし、および茂った木の枝を取ってきて、しるされてあるとおり、仮庵を造れ」と言ってあるのを見いだした。
and that they should publish and proclaim through all their cities, and at Jerusalem, saying, Go forth to the mount, and fetch olive-branches, and wild olive-branches, and myrtle-branches, and palm-branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
16 それで民は出て行って、それを持って帰り、おのおのその家の屋根の上、その庭、神の宮の庭、水の門の広場、エフライムの門の広場などに仮庵を造った。
And the people went forth and brought [them], and made themselves booths, everyone upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the open space of the water-gate, and in the open space of the gate of Ephraim.
17 捕囚から帰って来た会衆は皆仮庵を造って、仮庵に住んだ。ヌンの子ヨシュアの日からこの日まで、イスラエルの人々はこのように行ったことがなかった。それでその喜びは非常に大きかった。
And all the congregation of them that had come back from the captivity made booths, and dwelt in the booths. For since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun until that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.
18 エズラは初めの日から終りの日まで、毎日神の律法の書を読んだ。人々は七日の間、祭を行い、八日目になって、おきてにしたがって聖会を開いた。
Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they observed the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.
