Nehemiah 8
1 Ke malem se akitkosr mwet Israel nukewa elos okaki in acn selos. In len se omeet in malem sac elos nukewa fahsreni nu Jerusalem, ke acn in toeni lun mwet uh sisken na Mutunpot Kof. Elos siyuk sel Ezra, su mwet tol ac mwet sasla ke Ma Sap, tuh elan use book in Ma Sap ma LEUM GOD El tuh sang nu sin mwet Israel sel Moses.
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 Ouinge Ezra el use nu yen mwet uh tukeni we — mukul, mutan, ac tulik su matwa fal in kalem kac.
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 Na el riti Ma Sap nu selos in acn se sisken mutunpot sac, mutawauk ke lututang nwe ke infulwen len, ac mwet nukewa arulana lohang nu kac.
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 Ezra el tuyak fin sie acn fulat orekla ke sak, ma musaiyukla nu ke toeni sac. Mwet inge tu siskal layen layot: Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, ac Maaseiah; ac mwet inge tu siskal layen lasa: Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, ac Meshullam.
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 Ke Ezra el tu in acn sac, fulat liki mwet uh, elos nukewa suilya na. Ke el ikasla book sac, elos nukewa tuyak.
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 Ezra el fahk, “Kaksakin LEUM GOD, God fulat!” Mwet nukewa kolak paolos nu lucng ac topuk, “Amen! Amen!” Na elos sikukmutuntei ac faksufi in alu.
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 Na elos tuyak, ac mwet Levi inge aketeya Ma Sap uh nu selos: Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan ac Pelaiah.
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 Elos lungasla Ma Sap lun God ac aketeya tuh mwet uh in ku in kalem kac.
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 Ke mwet uh lohng ac kalem ke ma oakwuk in Ma Sap elos in oru, arulana purakak insialos ac elos mutawauk in tung. Ouinge Nehemiah su governor, ac Ezra su mwet tol ac mwet sasla ke Ma Sap, ac mwet Levi su aketeya ke Ma Sap, elos fahk nu sin mwet nukewa, “Len se inge mutal nu sin LEUM GOD lowos. Ouinge kowos in tia asor ac tung.
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 Inge kowos som nu acn suwos ac orek kufwa. Kite mongo nowos ac wain nu selos su tia fal yoro. Len se inge mutal nu sin Leum lasr, ke ma inge nikmet asor. Inse engan su LEUM GOD El sot nu suwos, ac fah akkeye kowos.”
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 Mwet Levi elos forfor inmasrlon mwet uh ac akmisyelos, ac fahk tuh elos in tia asor ke len mutal ouinge.
So the Levites made all the people quiet, saying, Be quiet, for the day is holy; and do not give way to grief.
12 Na mwet nukewa folokla nu yen selos ac arulana engan ke elos mongo ac nim, ac elos kite ma oasr yorolos nu sin mwet saya, mweyen elos kalem ke ma ritiyuk nu selos.
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 Len se tok ah, sifen sou oayapa mwet tol ac mwet Levi elos som nu yorol Ezra in lutlut ke ma aketeyuki in Ma Sap.
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 Elos konauk tuh Ma Sap, su LEUM GOD El akkalemye sel Moses, sapkakin tuh mwet Israel in muta in iwen aktuktuk ke pacl in Kufwa lun Iwen Aktuktuk.
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 Ouinge elos sang kas inge in sulkakinyukelik in acn Jerusalem ac siti lulap ac siti srisrik in acn saya, ac fahk, “Kowos som nu fineol uh ac use kutu lesak pine, lesak olive, lesak myrtle, lesak palm ac kutu pac lesak saya ma ungung, in sang orek iwen aktuktuk, fal nu ke ma simla in Ma Sap.”
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 Ouinge mwet uh use lesak uh ac orala iwen aktuktuk ke acn tupasrpasr fin lohm selos ac likinum selos, oayapa in kalkal lun Tempul, ac ke acn in toeni lun mwet uh sisken Mutunpot Kof ac sisken Mutunpot Ephraim.
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 Mwet nukewa su foloko liki sruoh elos orala iwen aktuktuk ac muta loac. Pacl se oemeet orekla ouiya se inge tukun pacl lal Joshua wen natul Nun, ac mwet nukewa arulana pirikyukyak ac engan.
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 Elos riti kais sie ip ke Ma Sap lun God ke len nukewa, mutawauk na ke len se oemeet lun kufwa ah nwe ke safla. Elos orek akfulat ke len itkosr. Ke len se akoalkosr elos oru sie tukeni in aksaf, fal nu ke oakwuk lun Ma Sap.
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.
