1 ا جتَمَعَ كُلُّ الشَّعبِ مَعاً فِي السّاحَةِ قُرْبَ «بابِ الماءِ» وَطَلَبُوا مِنَ المُعَلِّمِ عَزْرا أنْ يُحضِرَ كِتابَ شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى الَّتِي أمَرَ اللهُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ بِأنْ يَتَّبِعُوها.

All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the wide place that was in front of 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.

2 ف َأحضَرَ عَزْرا الكاهِنُ كِتابَ الشَّرِيعَةِ أمامَ الجُمْهُورِ الَّذِي تَألَّفَ مِنَ الرِّجالِ وَالنِّساءِ مَعاً، أي كُلِّ مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ أنْ يَفهَمَ ما يَسْمَعُهُ. وَكانَ ذَلِكَ فِي اليَوْمِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ السّابِعِ.

Ezra 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.

3 و َقَرَأ عَزْرا أمامَ السّاحَةِ، أمامَ «بابِ الماءِ» مِنْ أوَّلِ الصَّباحِ إلَى الظُّهْرِ، لِلرِّجالِ وَالنِّساءِ وَكُلِّ مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ أنْ يَفهَمَ ما يَسْمَعُهُ. وَأصغَى كُلُّ الشَّعبِ إلَى تَعلِيمِ الشَّرِيعَةِ.

He read therein before the wide place that was in front of 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.

4 و َوَقَفَ المُعَلِّمُ عَزْرا عَلَى مِنَصَّةٍ خَشَبِيَّةٍ صُنِعَتْ لِتِلْكَ المُناسَبَةِ. وَعَلَى يَمِينِهِ وَقَفَ مَتَّثْيا وَشَمَعُ وَعَنايا وَأُورِيّا وَحِلْقِيّا وَمَعْسِيّا. وَعَلَى شِمالِهِ وَقَفَ فَدايا وَمِيشائِيلُ وَمَلْكِيّا وَحاشُومُ وَحَشْبَدّانَةُ وَزَكَرِيّا وَمَشُلّامُ.

Ezra 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.

5 و َفَتَحَ عَزْرا الكِتابَ عَلَى مَرْأى مِنْ جَمِيعِ الشَّعبِ، لِأنَّهُ كانَ أعلَى مِنْهُمْ. وَلَمّا فَتَحَ عَزْرا الكِتابَ، وَقَفَ كُلُّ الشَّعبِ.

Ezra 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:

6 و َسَبَّحَ عَزْرا اللهَ ، الإلَهَ العَظِيمَ، فَأجابَ جَمِيعُ الشَّعبِ: «آمِين! آمِين!» وَأيادِيهِمْ مَرفُوعَةٌ. وَانحَنُوا وَعَبَدُوا اللهَ وَوُجُوهُهُمْ إلَى الأرْضِ.

and 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.

7 و َقامَ اللّاوِيُّونَ، وَهُمْ يَشُوعُ وَبانِي وَشَرَبْيا وَيامِينُ وَعَقُّوبُ وَشَبْتايَ وَهُودِيّا وَمَعْسِيّا وَقَلِيطا وَعَزَرْيا وَيُوزابادُ وَحَنانُ وَفَلايا، بِإفْهامِ الشَّعبِ شَرِيعَةَ اللهِ وَالشَّعْبُ واقِفُونَ فِي أماكِنِهِمْ.

Also 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.

8 و َقَرَأُوا كِتابَ شَرِيعَةِ اللهِ قِسْماً قِسْماً وَأوضَحُوا مَعْناها، فَفَهِمَ الشَّعبُ ما قُرِئَ عَلَيهِمْ.

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

9 و َقالَ نَحَمْيا الوالِي وَعَزْرا المُعَلِّمُ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ يُعَلِّمُونَ الشَّعبَ لَهُمْ: «هَذا اليَوْمُ مُخَصَّصٌ لإلَهِكُمْ. فَلا تَحزَنُوا وَلا تَنُوحُوا،» لِأنَّ الشَّعبَ كانُوا جَمِيعاً يَبكُونَ وَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ كَلامَ الشَّرِيعَةِ.

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

10 و َقالَ لَهُمْ عَزْرا: «اذْهَبُوا وَكُلُوا طَعاماً دَسِماً وَاشْرَبُوا شَراباً حُلْواً، وَأرسِلُوا حِصَّةً لِلَّذِينَ لَمْ يُحضِرُوا طَعاماً، لِأنَّ اليَوْمَ مُخَصَّصٌ لِرَبِّنا. وَلا تَحزَنُوا لِأنَّ فَرَحَ اللهِ يَجْعَلُكُمْ أقْوِياءَ.»

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

11 و َكانَ اللّاوِيُّونَ يُهَدِّئُونَ الشَّعبَ بِقَولِهِمْ: «اسْكُتُوا وَلا تَحزَنُوا، فَهَذا يَوْمٌ مُخَصَّصٌ للهِ.»

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

12 ف َقامَ جَمِيعُ الشَّعبِ لِيَأْكُلُوا وَيَشْرَبُوا وَيُرْسِلُوا حِصَصاً مِنَ الطَّعامِ، وَيَحتَفِلُوا بِفَرَحٍ عَظِيمٍ، لِأنَّهُمْ فَهِمُوا الكَلامَ الَّذِي أُعلِنَ لَهُمْ.

All 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.

13 و فِي اليَوْمِ الثّانِي مِنَ الشَّهْرِ، اجْتَمَعَ رُؤَساءُ جَمِيعِ العائِلاتِ وَالكَهَنَةُ اللّاوِيُّونَ مَعَ المُعَلِّمِ عَزْرا لِدِراسَةِ كَلامِ الشَّرِيعَةِ وَتَعلِيمِها.

On 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.

14 و َوَجَدُوا فِيها ما أمَرَ بِهِ اللهُ عَلَى فَمِ مُوسَى. وَأنَّ عَلَى بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ أنْ يَسْكُنُوا فِي سَقائِفَ مُؤَقَّتَةٍ فِي عِيدِ الشَّهْرِ السّابِعِ.

They 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;

15 و َأنْ يُنادُوا بِالكَلِماتِ التّالِيَةِ وَيَنشُرُوها عَبْرَ مُدُنِهِمْ وَفِي القُدْسِ: «اخْرُجُوا إلَى المَناطِقِ الجَبَلِيَّةِ وَأحْضِرُوا أغصاناً مِنَ الزَّيتُونِ وَالزَّيتُونِ البَرِّيِّ وَالآسِ وَالنَّخِيلِ وَأشْجارٍ مُورِقَةٍ أُخْرَى لِكَي تَصنَعُوا سَقائِفَ كَما هُوَ مَكتُوبٌ فِي الشَّرِيعَةِ.»

and 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.”

16 ف َخَرَجَ الشَّعبُ وَأحضَرُوا أغصاناً وَصَنَعُوا سَقائِفَ مُؤَقَّتَةً لِأنفُسِهِمْ، كُلُّ واحِدٍ عَلَى سَطْحِ بَيتِهِ وَفِي ساحَةِ مَنزِلِهِ، وَفِي ساحاتِ بَيتِ اللهِ، وَفِي السّاحَةِ القَرِيبَةِ مِنْ بابِ الماءِ، وَالسّاحَةِ القَرِيبَةِ مِنْ بابِ أفْرايِمَ.

So 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 wide place of the water gate, and in the wide place of Ephraim’s gate.

17 و َصَنَعَتْ كُلُّ الجَماعَةِ الَّتِي عادَتْ مِنَ السَّبِي سَقائِفَ مُؤَقَّتَةً، وَأقامُوا فِيها. لِأنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَفعَلُوا هَذا مِنْ أيّامِ يَشُوعَ بْنِ نُونَ. وَكانَ فَرَحُهُمْ عَظِيماً.

All 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.

18 و َكانَ عَزْرا يَقرَأُ مِنْ كِتابِ شَرِيعَةِ اللهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مِنْ أوَّلِ يَوْمٍ إلَى آخِرِ يَوْمٍ فِي الاحتِفالِ. وَاحتَفَلُوا سَبعَةَ أيّامٍ، وَفِي اليَوْمِ الثّامِنِ كانَ هُناكَ اجتِماعٌ خاصٌّ كَما تَقُولُ الشَّرِيعَةُ.

Also 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.