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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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;

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

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.”

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.