Nehemias 8
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Binasa ni Ezra ang Kautusan
8 Sumapit ang ikapitong buwan ng taon at ang mga Israelita'y nakabalik na sa kani-kanilang bayan. Nagtipun-tipon silang lahat sa Jerusalem, sa liwasang-bayan sa harapan ng Pintuan ng Tubig. Hiniling nila kay Ezra na pari at dalubhasa sa Kautusan na kunin nito ang aklat ng Kautusan ni Moises na ibinigay ni Yahweh para sa Israel. 2 Kaya't nang unang araw ng ikapitong buwan, kinuha ni Ezra ang aklat. Dinala niya ito sa kapulungang binubuo ng mga lalaki, babae at mga batang may sapat nang gulang at pang-unawa. 3 Mula sa pagsikat ng araw hanggang sa katanghaliang-tapat, binasa niya ang Kautusan sa harap ng mga taong natitipon sa liwasang-bayan sa harap ng Pintuan ng Tubig. Ang lahat ay nakikinig nang mabuti.
4 Nakatayo si Ezra, ang tagapagturo ng Kautusan, sa isang entabladong kahoy na sadyang ginawa para sa pagkakataong iyon. Sa kanan niya'y nakatayo sina Matitias, Sema, Anaya, Urias, Hilkias at Maaseias. Sa gawing kaliwa nama'y naroon sina Pedaias, Misael, Malquias, Hasum, Hasbadana, Zacarias at Mesulam.
5 Si Ezra ay nakikita ng lahat sapagkat mataas ang kanyang kinatatayuan. Ang lahat ay tumayo nang buksan niya ang aklat. 6 “Purihin si Yahweh, ang dakilang Diyos!” sabi ni Ezra.
Itinaas naman ng mga tao ang kanilang mga kamay at sumagot, “Amen, Amen.” Nagsiyuko rin sila at sumamba kay Yahweh.
7 Pagkatapos, tumayo ang mga tao, at ang Kautusa'y ipinaliwanag sa kanila ng mga Levitang sina Jeshua, Bani, Serebias, Jamin, Akub, Sabetai, Hodias, Maaseias, Kelita, Azarias, Jozabad, Hanan at Pelaias. 8 Binasa nila ang Kautusan ng Diyos at isinalin ito sa kanilang wika at ipinaliwanag ito upang maunawaan ng mga tao.
9 Nang malaman ng mga tao ang dapat nilang gawin ayon sa Kautusan, nabagbag ang kanilang kalooban at sila'y umiyak. “Ang araw na ito ay banal para kay Yahweh na inyong Diyos, kaya't huwag kayong malungkot o umiyak,” wika ni Nehemias na gobernador, ni Ezra na pari at dalubhasa sa Kautusan, at ng mga Levita na nagpapaliwanag ng Kautusan. Sinabi nila sa mga tao, 10 “Umuwi na kayo at magdiwang, kumain kayo at uminom ng bagong alak! Bigyan ninyo ang mga walang pagkain at inumin sapagkat ang araw na ito ay banal para kay Yahweh, kaya huwag kayong malungkot. Ang kagalakang dulot ni Yahweh ang magpapalakas sa inyo.”
11 Ang mga taong-bayan ay pinayapa ng mga Levita. Sinabi nila sa mga ito, “Huwag kayong malungkot, sapagkat banal ang araw na ito.” 12 Umuwing masaya ang lahat upang magdiwang. Kumain sila at uminom at binahaginan naman ang mga walang pagkain at inumin sapagkat naunawaan nila ang ipinaliwanag sa kanila.
Ipinagdiwang ang Pista ng mga Tolda
13 Nang sumunod na araw, nagtipon sa harapan ni Ezra ang mga pinuno ng mga angkan kasama ang mga pari at mga Levita upang pag-aralan ang mga turo ng Kautusan. 14 Natuklasan(A) nila sa Kautusan na nagbigay si Yahweh ng utos kay Moises tungkol sa Pista ng mga Tolda. Sinabi sa utos na dapat silang tumira ng pansamantala sa mga kubol sa kapistahang iyon. 15 Kaya't nagpalabas sila ng utos para sa mga taga-Jerusalem at iba pang mga lunsod at bayan: “Lumabas kayo sa mga burol at pumutol ng mga sanga ng punong olibo, ligaw man o hindi, mirto, palma at iba pang punongkahoy na maraming dahon upang gawing mga kubol.” 16 Sinunod nga nila ang utos. Gumawa sila ng kubol sa kani-kanilang bubungan at bakuran, at sa palibot ng Templo. Gumawa rin sila ng mga kubol sa liwasan sa pagpasok sa Pintuan ng Tubig at sa Pintuan ni Efraim. 17 Ang lahat ng bumalik mula sa pagkabihag ay gumawa ng kanya-kanyang kubol at doon sila tumira. Iyon ang unang pagkakataon na ginawa ito ng mga Israelita mula noong panahon ni Josue na anak ni Nun. Masayang-masaya ang lahat. 18 Ang Aklat ng Kautusan ay binabasa araw-araw, mula sa unang araw hanggang katapusan. Pitong araw silang nagpista at sa ikawalong araw ay nagkaroon sila ng isang banal na pagtitipon bilang pagtatapos ayon sa itinatakda ng Kautusan.
Nehemiah 8
English Standard Version
Ezra Reads the Law
8 And all the people gathered as one man into the square before (A)the Water Gate. And they told (B)Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel. 2 So Ezra the priest (C)brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, (D)on the first day of the seventh month. 3 (E)And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law. 4 And Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform that they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand, and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam on his left hand. 5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people, and as he opened it all the people stood. 6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, (F)“Amen, Amen,” (G)lifting up their hands. (H)And they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground. 7 (I)Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites,[a] (J)helped the people to understand the Law, (K)while the people remained in their places. 8 They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly,[b] and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.
This Day Is Holy
9 And Nehemiah, who was (L)the governor, and Ezra (M)the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, (N)“This day is holy to the Lord your God; (O)do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law. 10 Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and (P)send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” 11 So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be quiet, for this day is holy; do not be grieved.” 12 And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because (Q)they had understood the words that were declared to them.
Feast of Booths Celebrated
13 On the second day the heads of fathers' houses of all the people, with the priests and the Levites, came together to Ezra the scribe in order to study the words of the Law. 14 And they found it written in the Law that the Lord had commanded by Moses (R)that the people of Israel should dwell in booths[c] during the feast of the seventh month, 15 and that they should proclaim it and (S)publish it in all their towns and (T)in Jerusalem, “Go out to the hills and bring (U)branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths, as it is written.” 16 So the people went out and brought them and made booths for themselves, each (V)on his roof, and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God, and in the square at (W)the Water Gate and in the square at (X)the Gate of Ephraim. 17 And all the assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and lived in the booths, for from the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day (Y)the people of Israel had not done so. And there was (Z)very great rejoicing. 18 And day by day, from the first day to the last day, (AA)he read from the Book of the Law of God. They kept the feast seven days, and (AB)on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the rule.
Footnotes
- Nehemiah 8:7 Vulgate; Hebrew and the Levites
- Nehemiah 8:8 Or with interpretation, or paragraph by paragraph
- Nehemiah 8:14 Or temporary shelters
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
