¹Tedaj se je zbralo vse ljudstvo kakor en mož na široki ulici pred Vodnimi vrati; in rekli so Ezru pismouku, naj prinese knjigo zakona Mojzesovega, ki ga je GOSPOD zapovedal Izraelu.

¹And all the people are gathered as one man unto the broad place that [is] before the water-gate, and they say to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, that Jehovah commanded Israel.

²In Ezra duhovnik je prinesel postavo pred zbor, pred može in žene in vse, ki so jo mogli slišati in razumeti, prvi dan sedmega meseca.

²And Ezra the priest bringeth the law before the assembly, both of men and women, and every one intelligent to hear, on the first day of the seventh month,

³In čital jo je na široki ulici, ki je pred Vodnimi vrati, od jutranjega svita do poldne vpričo mož in žen in tistih, ki so mogli razumeti; in vsega ljudstva ušesa so bila obrnjena h knjigi postave.

³and he readeth in it before the broad place that [is] before the water-gate, from the light till the middle of the day, over-against the men, and the women, and those intelligent, and the ears of all the people [are] unto the book of the law.

⁴In Ezra, pismouk, je stal na visokem lesenem stolu, ki so ga bili napravili v ta namen; in zraven njega so stali Matitija, Sema, Anaja, Urija, Hilkija in Maaseja, njemu na desni, na levi pa Pedaja, Misael, Malkija, Hasum, Hasbadana, Zeharija in Mesulam.

⁴And Ezra the scribe standeth on a tower of wood that they made for the purpose, and Mattithiah standeth near him, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right; and on his left Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddana, Zechariah, Meshullam.

⁵In Ezra razgane knjigo pred očmi vsega ljudstva (kajti stal je više nego vse ljudstvo), in ko jo je razganil, vstane vse ljudstvo.

⁵And Ezra openeth the book before the eyes of all the people — for above all the people he hath been — and at his opening [it] all the people have stood up,

⁶In Ezra hvali GOSPODA, vélikega Boga. In vse ljudstvo odgovori: Amen, Amen! povzdigujoč roke svoje. In pripognejo se in poklonijo GOSPODU z obrazom do tal.

⁶and Ezra blesseth Jehovah, the great God, and all the people answer, `Amen, Amen,` with lifting up of their hands, and they bow and do obeisance to Jehovah — faces to the earth.

⁷Tudi Jesua, Bani, Serebija, Jamin, Akub, Sabetaj, Hodija, Maaseja, Kelita, Azarija, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaja, leviti, so razlagali ljudstvu pouk postave; in ljudstvo je stalo na mestu svojem.

⁷And Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, giving the people understanding in the law, and the people, [are] on their station,

⁸In čitali so knjigo, postavo Božjo, razumljivo in razložili pomen, da se je prečitano razumelo.

⁸and they read in the book, in the law of God, explaining — so as to give the meaning, and they give understanding to the convocation.

⁹In Nehemija, ki je bil Tirsata, in Ezra, duhovnik pismouk, in leviti, ki so učili ljudstvo, so rekli vsemu ljudstvu: Ta dan je svet GOSPODU, vašemu Bogu; ne bodite žalostni in ne plakajte! Zakaj vse ljudstvo je plakalo, ko so slišali besede postave.

⁹And Nehemiah — he [is] the Tirshatha — saith (and Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the Levites who are instructing the people) to all the people, `To-day is holy to Jehovah your God, do not mourn, nor weep:` for all the people are weeping at their hearing the words of the law.

¹⁰Zato jim je velel: Pojdite, jejte tolsto in pijte sladko in pošljite tudi darila tem, ki niso ničesar zase pripravili, zakaj ta dan je svet Gospodu našemu; zato se ne žalostite, kajti radost GOSPODOVA je vaša moč.

¹⁰And he saith to them, `Go, eat fat things, and drink sweet things, and sent portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for to-day [is] holy to our Lord, and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.`

¹¹In leviti so tolažili vse ljudstvo, govoreč: Molčíte, kajti ta dan je svet, ne žalostite se!

¹¹And the Levites are keeping all the people silent, saying, `Be silent, for to-day [is] holy, and be not grieved.`

¹²In šlo je vse ljudstvo, da bi jedli in pili in darila pošiljali in napravili veliko veselico; kajti razumeli so besede, ki so jih jim bili oznanjali.

¹²And all the people go to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great joy, because they have understood concerning the words that they made known to them.

¹³In drugega dne so se zbrali poglavarji očetovin vsega ljudstva, duhovniki in leviti k Ezru pismouku, da bi pazili na besede postave.

¹³And on the second day have been gathered heads of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to act wisely concerning the words of the law.

¹⁴In našli so pisano v postavi, da je bil GOSPOD zapovedal po Mojzesu, da naj prebivajo sinovi Izraelovi v šatorih iz zelenja ob prazniku v sedmem mesecu

¹⁴And they find written in the law that Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, that the sons of Israel dwell in booths in the feast, in the seventh month,

¹⁵ter naj oznanijo in pošljejo oklic po vseh mestih svojih in po Jeruzalemu, rekoč: Pojdite na gore in prinesite oljkovih mladik in vej z divje oljke in mirtovih in palmovih vej in mladičja z listnatih dreves, da se napravijo iz njih šatori, kakor je pisano!

¹⁵and that they proclaim and cause to pass over all their cities, (and in Jerusalem,) saying, `Go ye out to the mount, and bring leaves of the olive, and leaves of the oil tree, and leaves of the myrtle, and leaves of the palms, and leaves of thick trees, to make booths as it is written.`

¹⁶Ljudstvo je torej šlo ven, in so prinesli ter si napravili šatore, vsak na strehi svoji, in na svojih dvoriščih in na dvoriščih hiše Božje in na široki ulici pri Vodnih vratih in na široki ulici pri Efraimovih vratih.

¹⁶And the people go out, and bring in, and make for themselves booths, each on his roof, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water-gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.

¹⁷In ves zbor tistih, ki so se bili vrnili iz ujetništva, si je napravil šatore, in prebivali so v njih. Kajti sinovi Izraelovi niso bili tako slovesno praznovali od dni Jozueta, sina Nunovega, do tega dne. In bilo je veselje silno veliko.In bral je v knjigi Božje postave vsak dan, od prvega dne do poslednjega. In so praznovali praznik sedem dni, in osmi dan je bilo slovesno zborovanje, po predpisu.

¹⁷And they make — all the assembly of the captives of the captivity — booths, and they sit in booths; for the sons of Israel had not done, from the days of Jeshua son of Nun, so unto that day, and there is very great joy.

¹⁸In bral je v knjigi Božje postave vsak dan, od prvega dne do poslednjega. In so praznovali praznik sedem dni, in osmi dan je bilo slovesno zborovanje, po predpisu.

¹⁸And he readeth in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day till the last day, and they make a feast seven days, and on the eighth day a restraint, according to the ordinance.