¹All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded to Israel.

¹Saß xcuuk li po eb laj Israel queßxchßutub ribeb chixjunileb aran Jerusalén saß li nebâl li cuan chiru li oquebâl bar nequeßnumeß cuiß li nequeßbelan haß. Queßxtzßâma chiru laj Esdras laj tzßîb nak tixcßam chak li hu li tzßîbanbil cuiß li chakßrab li quiqßueheß re laj Moisés xban li Dios chokß reheb laj Israel.

²Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.

²Saß xbên li cutan re li xcuuk li po laj Esdras laj tij quixcßam chak li hu li tzßîbanbil cuiß li chakßrab re târil xsaß chiruheb chixjunileb li chßutchßûqueb aran, joß cuînk, joß ixk ut joß ajcuiß chixjunileb li teßrûk xtaubal ru lix yâlal li âtin li târil saß li hu.

³He read therein before the broad place that was before the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.

³Ut laj Esdras quiril xsaß li hu chiruheb chixjunileb li cuanqueb saß li nebâl li cuan chiru li oquebâl bar nequeßnumeß cuiß li nequeßbelan haß. Quixtiquib rilbal saß li hu tzßîbanbil cuiß li chakßrab chalen ekßela toj quicuulac cuaßleb chiruheb chixjunileb li cuanqueb aran, joß cuînk, joß ixk, ut joß ajcuiß chiruheb li queßru xtaubal ru. Ut chixjunileb queßxcanab rib chirabinquil li cßaßru naxye saß li chakßrab.

⁴Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

⁴Laj Esdras, li nacßutuc re li chakßrab chiruheb li tenamit, xakxo saß xbên li tusbil cheß li queßxyîb re tâxaklîk cuiß. Ut eb li cuînk aßin xakxôqueb chixcßatk saß lix nim ukß laj Esdras: laj Matatías, laj Sema, laj Anías, laj Urías, laj Hilcías, ut laj Maasías. Ut saß lix tzße xakxôqueb laj Pedaías, laj Misael, laj Malquías, laj Hasum, laj Hasbadana, laj Zacarías ut laj Mesulam.

⁵Ezra 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:

⁵Chixjunileb li tenamit li cuanqueb aran queßril nak laj Esdras quixte li hu li tzßîbanbil cuiß li chakßrab xban nak najt xteram li naßajej li xakxo cuiß. Nak quixte li hu, chixjunileb li tenamit queßxakli.

⁶and Ezra blessed Yahweh, the great God. All the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” with the lifting up of their hands. They bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground.

⁶Laj Esdras quixlokßoni li Kâcuaß li nimajcual Dios ut chixjunileb li tenamit queßxtaksi li rukßeb ut queßxye: —¡Joßcan taxak! ¡Joßcan taxak!— Queßxcubsi ribeb chiru li Kâcuaß ut queßxxulub lix jolomeb, ut queßxlokßoni li Dios.

⁷Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stayed in their place.

⁷Ut eb laj levita yôqueb chixchßolobanquil xyâlal li chakßrab chiruheb li tenamit. Ut eb li tenamit queßxqßue xchßôl chirabinquil. Eb laj levita, aßaneb aßin: laj Jesúa, laj Bani, laj Serebías, laj Jamín, laj Acub, laj Sabetai, laj Hodías, laj Maasías, laj Kelita, laj Azarías, laj Jozabed, laj Hanán ut laj Pelaía.

⁸They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.

⁸Eb aßan yôqueb chirilbal xsaß li hu li tzßîbanbil cuiß li chakßrab chi tzßakal re ru ut queßxchßolob xyâlal re nak li tenamit teßxtau ru chi us.

⁹Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, “This day is holy to Yahweh your God. Don’t mourn, nor weep.” For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

⁹Nak queßrabi cßaßru naxye saß li chakßrab queßoc chi yâbac. Ut laj Nehemías li gobernador, ut laj Esdras laj tij, ut laj tzßîb, ut eb laj levita li yôqueb chixchßolobanquil lix yâlal reheb li tenamit, queßxye reheb: —Miyotßeß êchßôl ut mexyâbac xban nak li cutan aßin kßaxal lokß chiru li Kâcuaß li kaDios.—

¹⁰Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved; for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”

¹⁰Ut queßxye ajcuiß reheb: —Chenima ru li cutan aßin xban nak li cutan aßin kßaxal lokß chiru li Kâcuaß. Mirahoß êchßôl. Tzacahomak li châbil tzacaêmk ut ucßumak li châbil vino li quiß ut qßuehomak xtzacaêmk li mâcßaß cuan reheb yîbanbil. Ut chisahokß taxak saß êchßôl xban nak li sahil chßôlej li naxqßue li Kâcuaß, aßan naxqßue xcacuil kachßôl.—

¹¹So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, “Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be grieved.”

¹¹Eb laj levita yôqueb ajcuiß xcßojobanquil xchßôleb li tenamit ut queßxye reheb: —Mirahoß chic lê chßôl. Canabomak yâbac xban nak li cutan aßin kßaxal lokß chiru li Kâcuaß, chanqueb.

¹²All the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.

¹²Ut chixjunileb li tenamit queßxninkßei ru li cutan. Queßcôeb chi cuaßac ut chi ucßac ut queßxqßue ajcuiß xcuaheb li mâcßaß cuan reheb. Ut cßajoß nak queßsahoß saß xchßôleb xban nak queßxtau ru li âtin li quiyeheß saß xxiqueb.

¹³On the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers’ households of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law.

¹³Ut joß cuulajak chic queßxchßutub ribeb riqßuin laj Esdras laj tzßîb, eb laj levita ut eb laj tij joßqueb ajcuiß chixjunileb li nequeßjolomin re li junjûnk cabal re xtaubal ru chi us li naxye saß li chakßrab.

¹⁴They found written in the law, how that Yahweh had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month;

¹⁴Ut queßxtau retalil tzßîbanbil saß li chakßrab li quiqßueheß re laj Moisés xban li Kâcuaß nak eb laj Israel teßxyîb lix cocß muhebâleb re teßcuânk cuiß nak teßninkßeîk saß xcuuk li po.

¹⁵and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the mountain, and get olive branches, and branches of wild olive, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.”

¹⁵Ut queßxtakla resil saß eb li tenamit joß ajcuiß Jerusalén ut queßxye reheb: —Ayukex saß eb li tzûl ut têsicß chak rukßeb li cheß Olivo, li cheß mirto, li cheß palma ut li chaj joß ajcuiß chixjunileb li cheß li cuan xxak chi us re xyîbanquil lê cocß muhebâl joß tzßîbanbil saß li chakßrab, chanqueb.

¹⁶So the people went out, and brought them, and made themselves booths, everyone on the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of God’s house, and in the broad place of the water gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.

¹⁶Joßcan nak côeb chixjunileb li tenamit ut queßxsicß rukßeb li cheß re teßxyîb lix cocß muhebâleb. Cuan queßxyîb lix cocß muhebâleb saß li nebâl li cuan saß xbên li rochocheb. Ut cuan queßxyîb saß li nebâl re li rochocheb. Ut queßxyîb ajcuiß saß li nebâl re lix templo li Dios. Ut queßxyîb ajcuiß saß li nebâl li cuan cuiß li oquebâl bar nequeßnumeß cuiß li nequeßbelan haß ut queßxyîb ajcuiß cuan cuiß li oquebâl Efraín xcßabaß.

¹⁷All the assembly of those who had come again out of the captivity made booths, and lived in the booths; for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day the children of Israel had not done so. There was very great gladness.

¹⁷Chixjunileb li queßsukßi cuißchic Jerusalén queßxyîb lix cocß muhebâleb ut aran queßcuan chi saß nak yôqueb chi ninkßeîc. Chalen saß eb li cutan nak quicuan laj Josué li ralal laj Nun, mâ jun sut queßxbânu chi joßcan. Ut cßajoß nak queßsahoß saß xchßôleb laj Israel.Laj Esdras rajlal cutan quiril xsaß li hu li tzßîbanbil cuiß li chakßrab li quiqßueheß reheb xban li Dios. Saß li xbên cutan quixtiquib rilbal xsaß li hu chiruheb li tenamit toj quirakeß li ninkße. Ut saß lix cuakxak li cutan queßxchßutub ribeb re xlokßoninquil li Kâcuaß joß cßaynakeb xbânunquil.

¹⁸Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. They kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.

¹⁸Laj Esdras rajlal cutan quiril xsaß li hu li tzßîbanbil cuiß li chakßrab li quiqßueheß reheb xban li Dios. Saß li xbên cutan quixtiquib rilbal xsaß li hu chiruheb li tenamit toj quirakeß li ninkße. Ut saß lix cuakxak li cutan queßxchßutub ribeb re xlokßoninquil li Kâcuaß joß cßaynakeb xbânunquil.