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1Now all ⚓the people gathered together as one man in the open square that was⚓in front of the Water Gate; and they told Ezra the ⚓scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded Israel.
2So Ezra the priest brought ⚓the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could hear with understanding ⚓on the first day of the seventh month.
3Then he ⚓read from it in the open square that was in front of the Water Gate from morning until midday, before the men and women and those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.
4So Ezra the scribe stood on a platform of wood which they had made for the purpose; and beside him, at his right hand, stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Urijah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah; and at his left hand Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
5And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people ⚓stood up.
6And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God.
Then all the people ⚓answered, “Amen, Amen!” while ⚓lifting up their hands. And they ⚓bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
7Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, ⚓helped the people to understand the Law; and the people ⚓stood in their place.
8So they read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading.
9⚓And Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, ⚓“This day is holy to the Lord your God; ⚓do not mourn nor weep.” For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the Law.
10Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, ⚓and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
11So the Levites quieted all the people, saying, “Be still, for the day is holy; do not be grieved.”
12And all the people went their way to eat and drink, to ⚓send portions and rejoice greatly, because they ⚓understood the words that were declared to them.
The Feast of Tabernacles
13Now on the second day the heads of the fathers’ houses of all the people, with the priests and Levites, were gathered to Ezra the scribe, in order to understand the words of the Law.
14And they found written in the Law, which the Lord had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in ⚓booths during the feast of the seventh month,
15and ⚓that they should announce and proclaim in all their cities and ⚓in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the mountain, and ⚓bring olive branches, branches of oil trees, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”
16Then the people went out and brought them and made themselves booths, each one on the ⚓roof of his house, or in their courtyards or the courts of the house of God, and in the open square of the ⚓Water Gate ⚓and in the open square of the Gate of Ephraim.
17So the whole assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and sat under the booths; for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun until that day the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very ⚓great gladness.
18Also ⚓day by day, from the first day until the last day, he read from the Book of the Law of God. And they kept the feast ⚓seven days; and on the ⚓eighth day there was a sacred assembly, according to the prescribed manner.
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Y-Êsra Uănh Nau Vay Ma Phung Ƀon Lan
1Rnôk nây, lĕ rngôch phung ƀon lan tâm rƀŭn ndrel nâm bu du huê nuyh, tanăp ƀon Mpông Pêr Dak. Khân păng lah ma Y-Êsra jêng kôranh chih sămƀŭt djôt leo ndrom sămƀŭt nau vay Y-Môis, nau Yêhôva ntăm ma phung Israel.
2Kôranh chih sămƀŭt Y-Êsra djôt leo nau vay ta năp phung tâm rƀŭn, phung bu ur jêh ri buklâu, jêh ri lĕ rngôch phung gŭ iăt dơi gĭt rbăng; ta năng nguay khay pơh.
3Păng dâk panăp ƀon ta Mpông Pêr Dak, rŏ tâm ndrom sămƀŭt ntơm ƀhit rvi ang tât ma nklang bôk nar, rĭng nŭm bu ur, bu klâu jêh ri lĕ rngôch dơi rbăng da dê. Lĕ rngôch phung ƀon lan rkêng tôr iăt rŏ tâm ndrom nau vay.
4Kôranh chih sămƀŭt Y-Êsra dâk ta kalơ râng (gre) ƀư ma ndap si bu ƀư rnôk nây; phung gŭ dâk meng păng geh Y-Matithia, Y-Sêma, Y-Maseya, Y-Anaya, Y-Uria, Y-Hilkia, jêh ri Y-Maseya mpeh pama păng; bi mpeh pachiau păng geh: Y-Phedaya, Y-Misaêl, Y-Makija, Y-Hasum, Y-Hasba dana, Y-Sakari, jêh ri Y-Mêsulam.
5Y-Êsra pơk ndrom sămƀŭt ta năp lĕ rngôch phung ƀon lan, yorlah păng gŭ prêh lơn khân păng; jêh ri tơlah păng pơk ndrom sămƀŭt lĕ rngôch ƀon lan dâk da dê.
6Y-Êsra mŏt ton ma Yêhôva Brah Ndu Dŭt Prêh; lĕ rngôch phung ƀon lan yơr ti plơ̆ lah: Amen, Amen! Jêh nây khân păng kŭnh bôk, chon mon mbah ma Yêhôva.
7Tâm ban lĕ Y-Jêsua, Y-Bani, Y-Sêrêbia, Y-Jamin, Y-Akup, Y-Sabêthai, Y-Hôdia, Y-Maseya, Y-Kêlita, Y-Asaria, Y-Jôsabat, Y-Hanan, Y-Pêlaya, phung Lêvi kơl phung ƀon lan gĭt rbăng nau vay; jêh ri dôl phung ƀon lan gŭ ta ntŭk khân păng.
8Khân păng rŏ sărlah tâm ndrom sămƀŭt nau vay bơh Brah Ndu, jêh nây rbang kloh rah vah, ăn bu gĭt nau ngơi khân păng rŏ.
9Y-Nêhêmi, kôranh chiă uănh, jêh ri Y-Êsra kôranh ƀư brah jêh ri kôranh chih sămƀŭt, nđâp phung Lêvi nti ntĭm phung ƀon lan, nti lah ma lĕ rngôch phung Israel, lah: "Nar aơ jêng kloh ueh ma Yêhôva Brah Ndu khân may. Lơi nglâng khĭt, mâu lah nhĭm vơl ôh." Yorlah lĕ rngôch phung ƀon lan nhĭm da dê tơlah gŭ iăt nau ngơi bu chih tâm nau vay.
10Y-Nêhêmi lah ma khân păng, "Hăn hom sa ndơ rmŏng-ngi, nhêt dak kriăk ƀâu njŭng, jêh ri njuăl du kô̆ ndơ nây ma nơm bu mâu geh nkra ôh; yorlah nar aơ jêng kloh ueh, prăp êng ma Yêhôva Kôranh Brah he. Lơi ta rngot klâng ôh, yorlah nau răm maak bơh Yêhôva jêng nau katang khân may."
11Pôri, phung Lêvi ăn lĕ rngôch phung ƀon lan gŭ răk klăk, lah: "Gŭ rklăk hom, yorlah nar aơ jêng kloh ueh, lơi rngot ôh."
12Lĕ rngôch ƀon lan hăn sông sa jêh ri nhêt, njuăl nkô̆ ndơ sa, ma nau răm maak ngăn, yorlah khân păng gĭt vât jêh nau ngơi bu mbơh ma khân păng.
13Tât nar tal bar, phung kôranh tâm noi deh jêh ri lĕ ƀon lan, phung kôranh ƀư brah, jêh ri phung Lêvi, tâm rƀŭn da dê ndrel ma Y-Êsra, jêng kôranh chih sămƀŭt, ŭch nti nau ngơi tă bơh nau vay.
14Khân păng saơ jêh nau bu chih tâm nau vay Yêhôva ntăm jêh ma Y-Môis ăn phung ƀon lan Israel gŭ tâm vâl ndưp dôl nhêt sa khay pơh,
15jêh ri khân păng nkoch mbơh tâm ăp mƀon jêh ri tâm ƀon Yêrusalem tăng, "Hăn joi hom tâm gôl yôk n'gĭng tơm si Ôlivơ jêh ri n'gĭng Ôlivơ bri, tơm si mirtơ, tơm đung, jêh ri tơm si êng âk pŭm n'ha gay ƀư vâl ndưp tĭng nâm nau hŏ chih jêh."
16Pôri phung ƀon lan hăn joi jêh ri ndjôt sĭt lĕ ntil n'ha si nây, ăp nơm ƀư ndưp n'ha si ta kalơ chor ngih khân păng nơm. Jêh ri tâm nkual nhuang ngih păng, jêh ri tâm nkual toyh ta Mpông Pêr Êphraim.
17Lĕ rngôch phung rƀŭn phung lĕ sĭt tă bơh nau jêng bună jêh ri ƀư ndưp, gŭ tâm ndưp nây.
Ntơm bơh rô̆ Y-Yôsuê kon bu klâu Y-Nun, n'ho tât ma nar nây, phung ƀon lan Israel mâu mâp ƀư toyh nâm bu pônây ôh. Yori yơh geh nau rhơn răm ngăn ngên.
18Ăp nar, ntơm bơh nar saơm tât nar nglĕ dŭt, nơm rŏ tâm ndrom sămƀŭt nau vay Brah Ndu. Khân păng nhêt sa pơh năng nar; jêh ri tât năng pham geh nau tâm rƀŭn ma nau yơk, tĭng nâm nau hŏ ntăm jêh.