Neemia 8

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Congregatusque est omnis populus quasi vir unus ad plateam, quae est anteportam Aquarum, et dixerunt Esdrae scribae, ut afferret librum legis Moysi, quampraece perat Dominus Israeli.	1 And the seventh month had arrived. Now the sons of Israel were in their cities. And all the people were gathered together, like one man, in the street which is before the water gate. And they spoke to Ezra the scribe, so that he would bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had instructed to Israel.
2 Attulit ergo Esdras sacerdos legem corammultitudine virorum et mulierum cunctisque, qui poterant intellegere, in dieprima mensis septimi.	2 Therefore, Ezra the priest brought the law before the multitude of men and women, and all those who were able to understand, on the first day of the seventh month.
3 Et legit in eo in platea, quae erat ante portam Aquarum,de mane usque ad mediam diem in conspectu virorum et mulierum et eorum, quiintellegere poterant; et aures omnis populi erant erectae ad librum legis.	3 And he read it openly in the street which was before the water gate, from morning even until midday, in the sight of the men and women, and those who understood. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the book.
4 Stetit autem Esdras scriba super gradum ligneum, quem ad hoc fecerant; etsteterunt iuxta eum Matthathias et Sema et Anaia et Uria et Helcia et Maasia addexteram eius, et ad sinistram Phadaia, Misael et Melchia et Hasum et Hasbadana,Zacharia et Mosollam.	4 Then Ezra the scribe stood upon a step of wood, which he had made for speaking. And standing beside him were Mattithiah, and Shemaiah, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right. And on the left were Pedaiah, Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
5 Et aperuit Esdras librum coram omni populo — superuniversum quippe populum eminebat — et, cum aperuisset eum, stetit omnispopulus.	5 And Ezra opened the book before all the people. For he stood out above all the people. And when he had opened it, all the people stood up.
6 Et benedixit Esdras Domino, Deo magno; et respondit omnis populus:“ Amen, amen ”, elevans manus suas. Et incurvati sunt et adoraverunt Deumproni in terram.	6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people responded, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up their hands. And they bowed down, and they adored God, facing the ground.
7 Porro Iesua et Bani et Serebia, Iamin, Accub, Sabethai, Hodia, Maasia, Celita,Azarias, Iozabad, Hanan, Phalaia et Levitae erudiebant populum in lege; populusautem stabat in gradu suo.	7 Then Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, caused the people to be silent in order to hear the law. And the people were standing on their feet.
8 Et legerunt in libro legis Dei distincte etaperierunt sensum et explicaverunt lectionem.	8 And they read from the book of the law of God, distinctly and plainly, so as to be understood. And when it was read, they did understand.
9 Dixit autem Nehemias, ipse estpraepositus, et Esdras sacerdos et scriba et Levitae instruentes populumuniverso populo: “ Dies iste sanctificatus est Domino Deo nostro! Nolitelugere et nolite flere ”. Flebat enim omnis populus, cum audiret verba legis.	9 Then Nehemiah (the same is the cupbearer) and Ezra, the priest and scribe, and the Levites, who were interpreting for all the people, said: “This day has been sanctified to the Lord our God. Do not mourn, and do not weep.” For all of the people were weeping, as they were listening to the words of the law.
10 Et dixit eis: “ Ite, comedite pinguia et bibite mulsum et mittite parteshis, qui non praeparaverunt sibi, quia sanctus dies Domini nostri est; et nolitecontristari, gaudium etenim Domini est fortitudo vestra ”.	10 And he said to them: “Go, eat fat foods and drink sweet drinks, and send portions to those who have not prepared for themselves. For it is the holy day of the Lord. And do not be sad. For the joy of the Lord is also our strength.”
11 Levitae autemsilentium faciebant in omni populo dicentes: “ Tacete, quia dies sanctus est,et nolite dolere ”.	11 Then the Levites caused the people to be silent, saying: “Be quiet. For the day is holy. And do not be sorrowful.”
12 Abiit itaque omnis populus, ut comederet et biberet etmitteret partes et faceret laetitiam magnam, quia intellexerant verba, quaedocuerat eos.	12 And so all the people went forth, so that they might eat and drink, and so that they might send portions, and so that they might make a great rejoicing. For they understood the words that he had taught to them.
13 Et in die secundo congregati sunt principes familiarum universi populi,sacerdotes et Levitae ad Esdram scribam, ut intellegerent verba legis.	13 And on the second day, the leaders of the families of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered together to Ezra the scribe, so that he might interpret for them the words of the law.
14 Etinvenerunt scriptum in lege, quam praecepit Dominus per Moysen, ut habitentfilii Israel in tabernaculis in die sollemni mense septimo	14 And they found written in the law, which the Lord had instructed by the hand of Moses, that the sons of Israel should live in tabernacles on the day of solemnity in the seventh month,
15 et ut praedicentet divulgent vocem in universis urbibus suis et in Ierusalem dicentes: “Egredimini in montem et afferte frondes olivae et frondes oleastri, frondesmyrti et ramos palmarum et frondes ligni nemorosi, ut fiant tabernacula, sicutscriptum est ”.	15 and that they should proclaim and send out a voice in all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying: “Go forth to the mount, and bring olive branches, and the branches of beautiful trees, myrtle branches, and palm branches, and the branches of thick trees,” so that they might make tabernacles, just as it was written.
16 Et egressus est populus, et attulerunt feceruntque sibi tabernacula,unusquisque in domate suo et in atriis suis et in atriis domus Dei et in plateaportae Aquarum et in platea portae Ephraim.	16 And the people went forth and brought. And they made for themselves tabernacles, each one at his own dwelling, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
17 Fecit ergo universa ecclesiaeorum, qui redierant de captivitate, tabernacula et habitaverunt intabernaculis. Non enim fecerant a diebus Iosue filii Nun taliter filii Israelusque ad diem illum; et fuit laetitia magna nimis.	17 Therefore, the entire assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made tabernacles and lived in tabernacles. For from the days of Jeshua, the son of Nun, even to that day, the sons of Israel had not done so. And there was exceedingly great rejoicing.
18 Legit autem in libro legisDei per dies singulos, a die primo usque ad diem novissimum; et feceruntsollemnitatem septem diebus et in die octavo conventum iuxta ordinationem.	18 Now he read in the book of the law of God, throughout each day, from the first day even to the very last day. And they kept the solemnity for seven days. And on the eighth day, there was a gathering according to the ritual.