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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.
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Ezra Reads the Law
1all the people came together as one in the square before the Water Gate. They told Ezra the teacher of the Law to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded for Israel.
2So on the first day of the seventh month Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, which was made up of men and women and all who were able to understand.
3He read it aloud from daybreak till noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate in the presence of the men, women and others who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.
4Ezra the teacher of the Law stood on a high wooden platform built for the occasion. Beside him on his right stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah and Maaseiah; and on his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam.
5Ezra opened the book. All the people could see him because he was standing above them; and as he opened it, the people all stood up.
6Ezra praised the Lord, the great God; and all the people lifted their hands and responded, “Amen! Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
7The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law while the people were standing there.
8They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear⚓ and giving the meaning so that the people understood what was being read.
9Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.
10Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
11The Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, for this is a holy day. Do not grieve.”
12Then all the people went away to eat and drink, to send portions of food and to celebrate with great joy, because they now understood the words that had been made known to them.
13On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and the Levites, gathered around Ezra the teacher to give attention to the words of the Law.
14They found written in the Law, which the Lord had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to live in temporary shelters during the festival of the seventh month
15and that they should proclaim this word and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem: “Go out into the hill country and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtles, palms and shade trees, to make temporary shelters”—as it is written.⚓
16So the people went out and brought back branches and built themselves temporary shelters on their own roofs, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God and in the square by the Water Gate and the one by the Gate of Ephraim.
17The whole company that had returned from exile built temporary shelters and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated it like this. And their joy was very great.
18Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. They celebrated the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day, in accordance with the regulation, there was an assembly.