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(A)abantu bonna nga bassa kimu ne bakuŋŋaanira mu kifo ekigazi ekyali mu maaso g’Omulyango gw’Amazzi. Ne bagamba Ezera omuwandiisi, okuleeta Ekitabo ky’Amateeka ga Musa, Mukama ge yalagira Isirayiri.

(B)Ku lunaku olw’olubereberye olw’omwezi ogw’omusanvu, Ezera kabona n’aleeta Ekitabo ky’Amateeka mu maaso g’ekibiina ekyalimu abasajja n’abakazi n’abalala abaali basobola okutegeera. (C)N’akisomera mu kifo ekigazi mu maaso g’Omulyango gw’Amazzi mu ddoboozi ery’omwanguka, okuva ku makya okutuusa essaawa mukaaga ez’omu tuntu, mu maaso g’abasajja n’abakazi n’abalala abasobola okutegeera. Abantu bonna ne batega amatu okuwulira ebyava mu Kitabo ky’Amateeka.

(D)Ezera omuwandiisi n’ayimirira ku kituuti eky’embaawo kye baazimbira omukolo ogwo. Mattisiya, ne Sema, ne Anaya, ne Uliya, ne Kirukiya ne Maaseya be baamuliraana ku mukono gwe ogwa ddyo, ate Pedaya, ne Misayeri, ne Malukiya, ne Kasimu, ne Kasubaddana, ne Zekkaliya ne Mesullamu be baamuliraana ku mukono gwe ogwa kkono.

(E)Awo Ezera n’abikkula ekitabo, abantu bonna nga bamutunuulidde kubanga ekifo we yali ayimiridde kyali waggulu w’abantu bonna, era bwe yali ng’ayanjuluza ekitabo, abantu bonna ne bayimirira. (F)Ezera ne yeebaza Mukama Katonda omukulu; abantu bonna ne bayimusa emikono gyabwe ne baddamu nti, “Amiina! Amiina!” Ne bavuunama amaaso gaabwe ku ttaka ne basinza Mukama.

(G)Yesuwa, ne Baani, ne Serebiya, ne Yamini, ne Akkubu, ne Sabbesayi, ne Kodiya, ne Masseya, ne Kerita, ne Azaliya, ne Yozabadi, ne Kanani ne Peraya, Abaleevi ne bannyonnyola abantu Amateeka, abantu nga bayimiridde mu bifo byabwe. Ne basoma mu Kitabo ky’Amateeka ga Katonda, nga bataputa, era nga bannyonnyola amakulu, abantu bategeere ebyasomebwa.

(H)Naye Nekkemiya owessaza, ne Ezera kabona era omuwandiisi, n’Abaleevi abaali bayigiriza abantu, ne bagamba abantu bonna nti, “Olunaku lwa leero lutukuvu eri Mukama Katonda wammwe; temunakuwala so temukaaba.”

10 (I)Nekkemiya n’abagamba nti, “Mugende mulye ebyassava, munywe n’ebiwoomerera, muweerezeeko n’abo abatalina kye bateeseteese. Leero lunaku lutukuvu eri Mukama, temunakuwala, kubanga essanyu eriva eri Mukama ge maanyi gammwe.”

11 Awo Abaleevi ne bakkakkanya abantu bonna, nga boogera nti, “Mubeere bakkakkamu kubanga leero lunaku lutukuvu. Temunakuwala.”

12 (J)Oluvannyuma abantu bonna ne beddirayo ewaabwe ne balya ne banywa ne baweerezaako ne bannaabwe abatalina kyakulya, era ne basanyuka nnyo, kubanga baategeera amakulu g’ebigambo ebyabategeezebwa.

13 Ku lunaku olwokubiri olw’omwezi ogwo, abakulu b’ennyumba awamu ne bakabona n’Abaleevi, ne bakuŋŋaanira eri Ezera omuwandiisi okusoma n’okutegeera ebigambo by’Amateeka. 14 Ne basanga mu byawandiikibwa mu Mateeka, Mukama ge yalagira Musa, nga Abayisirayiri baali bateekwa okusulanga mu weema mu biseera eby’embaga ey’omwezi ogw’omusanvu, 15 era nga kibagwanidde okubunyisa amawulire ago n’okulangirira mu bibuga byabwe byonna ne mu Yerusaalemi, nga boogera nti, “Mugende mu nsozi mukuŋŋaanye amatabi ag’emizeeyituuni n’ago ag’emizeeyituuni egy’omu nsiko, n’ag’emikadasi,[a] n’ag’enkindu, n’ag’emiti emirala egirina ebikoola ebingi okuzimba weema nga bwe kyawandiikibwa.”

16 (K)Awo abantu ne bagenda ne bagaleeta ne beezimbira weema, abamu ku busolya bwabwe, ne mu mpya zaabwe, ne mu luggya lw’ennyumba ya Katonda, ne mu kibangirizi okuliraana Omulyango gw’Amazzi, ne mu kibangirizi okuliraana Omulyango gwa Efulayimu. 17 (L)Awo ekibiina kyonna ekyakomawo okuva mu buwaŋŋanguse, ne beezimbira weema ne babeera omwo; kubanga okuva mu biro bya Yesuwa[b] mutabani wa Nuuni okutuusa ku lunaku olwo, Abayisirayiri baali tebakwatanga kiseera ekyo bwe batyo. Ne basanyuka nnyo nnyini.

18 (M)Buli lunaku, Ezera n’asomanga mu Kitabo ky’Amateeka ga Katonda okuva ku lunaku olwasooka okutuusa ku lunaku olwasembayo. Ne bakwata embaga okumala ennaku musanvu, ne ku lunaku olw’omunaana, ne bakola olukuŋŋaana, ng’ekiragiro bwe kiri.

Footnotes

  1. 8:15 Emikadasi biti bimpi ebirina akaloosa akalungi.
  2. 8:17 Yesuwa ye Yoswa mutabani wa Nuuni

all the people came together as one in the square before the Water Gate.(A) They told Ezra the teacher of the Law to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses,(B) which the Lord had commanded for Israel.

So on the first day of the seventh month(C) Ezra the priest brought the Law(D) before the assembly, which was made up of men and women and all who were able to understand. He read it aloud from daybreak till noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate(E) in the presence of the men, women and others who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.

Ezra the teacher of the Law stood on a high wooden platform(F) 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.

Ezra opened the book. All the people could see him because he was standing(G) above them; and as he opened it, the people all stood up. Ezra praised the Lord, the great God; and all the people lifted their hands(H) and responded, “Amen! Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

The Levites(I)—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan and Pelaiah—instructed(J) the people in the Law while the people were standing there. They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear[a] and giving the meaning so that the people understood what was being read.

Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites(K) who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.”(L) For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.

10 Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing(M) prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy(N) of the Lord is your strength.”

11 The Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, for this is a holy day. Do not grieve.”

12 Then all the people went away to eat and drink, to send portions of food and to celebrate with great joy,(O) because they now understood the words that had been made known to them.

13 On 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. 14 They found written in the Law, which the Lord had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to live in temporary shelters(P) during the festival of the seventh month 15 and 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.[b]

16 So 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(Q) and the one by the Gate of Ephraim.(R) 17 The whole company that had returned from exile built temporary shelters and lived in them.(S) From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated(T) it like this. And their joy was very great.

18 Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read(U) from the Book of the Law(V) of God. They celebrated the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day, in accordance with the regulation,(W) there was an assembly.(X)

Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 8:8 Or God, translating it
  2. Nehemiah 8:15 See Lev. 23:37-40.