Esdras readeth the law before the people. 9. Nehemias comforteth them. 13. They celebrate the feast of tabernacles seven days: 13. & of collection the eighth day.Esdras readeth the law before the people. 9. Nehemias conforteth them. 13. They celebrate the feast of tabernacl's seuen dayes: 13. & of collection the eight day.✦
And all the people was gathered together as it were one man to the street, which is before the water and they said to Esdras the scribe, that he should bring the book of the law of Moyses, which our Lord had commanded Israel.AND al the people was gathered togethor as it were one man to the streate, which is before the water and they sayd to Esdras the scribe, that he should bring the booke of the law of Moyses, which our Lord had commanded Israel.✦Et venerat mensis septimus : filii autem Israël erant in civitatibus suis. Congregatusque est omnis populus quasi vir unus ad plateam quæ est ante portam aquarum : et dixerunt Esdræ scribæ ut afferret librum legis Moysi, quam præceperat Dominus Israëli.
2Esdras therefore the priest brought the law before the multitude of men and women, and all that could understand, in the first day of the seventh month.Esdras therfore the priest brought the law before the multitude of men and wemen, and al that could vnderstand, in the first day of the seuenth moneth.Attulit ergo Esdras sacerdos legem coram multitudine virorum et mulierum, cunctisque qui poterant intelligere, in die prima mensis septimi.
3And he read it plainly in the street that was before the water gate, from morning until midday, in the presence of the men, and women, and of these that understood: and the ears of all the people were erectæ: attentive to the book.And he read it playnly in the streate that was before the water gate, from morning vntil midday, in the presence of the men, and wemen, and of these that vnderstood: and the eares of al the people were attent to the booke.Et legit in eo aperte in platea quæ erat ante portam aquarum, de mane usque ad mediam diem, in conspectu virorum et mulierum, et sapientium : et aures omnis populi erant erectæ ad librum.
4And Esdras the scribe stood upon a step of wood, which he made to speak upon: and there stood by him Mathathias, and Semeia, and Ania, and Uria, and Helcia, and Maasia, on his right hand: and on the left: Phadaia, Misael, and Melchia, and Hasum, and Hasbadana, Zacharia, and Mosollam.And Esdaas the scribe stood vpon a steppe of wood, which he made to speake vpon: and there stood by him Mathathias, and Semeia, and Ania, and Vria, and Helcia, and Maasia, on his right hand: and on the left: Phadaia, Misael, and Melchia, and Hasum, and Hasbadana, Zacharia, and Mosollam.✦Stetit autem Esdras scriba super gradum ligneum, quem fecerat ad loquendum : et steterunt juxta eum Mathathias, et Semeia, et Ania, et Uria, et Helcia, et Maasia, ad dexteram ejus : et ad sinistram, Phadaia, Misaël, et Melchia, et Hasum, et Hasbadana, Zacharia, et Mosollam.
5And Esdras opened the book before all the people: for he appeared above all the people: and when he had opened it, all the people stood.And Esdras opened the booke before al the people: for he appeared aboue al the people: and when he had opened it, al the people stood.✦Et aperuit Esdras librum coram omni populo : super universum quippe populum eminebat : et cum aperuisset eum, stetit omnis populus.
6And Esdras blessed our Lord the great God: and all the people answered: Amen, amen: lifting up their hands, and they bowed, and adored God flat on the earth.And Esdras blessed our Lord the great God: and al the people answred: Amen, amen: lifting vp their handes, and they bowed, and adored God flatte on the earth.Et benedixit Esdras Domino Deo magno : et respondit omnis populus : Amen, amen, elevans manus suas : et incurvati sunt, et adoraverunt Deum proni in terram.
7Moreover Josue, & Bani, and Serebia, Jamin, Accub, Septhai, Odia, Maasia, Celita, Azarias, Jozabed, Hanan, Phalaia: Levites made silence in the people to hear the law: and the people stood in their gradu: place, station.Moerouer Iosue, & Bani, and Serebia, Iamin, Accub, Septhai, Odia, Maasia, Celita, Azarias, Iozabed, Hanan, Phalaia: Leuites made silence in the people to heare the law: and the people stoode in their degree.Porro Josue, et Bani, et Serebia, Jamin, Accub, Septhai, Odia, Maasia, Celita, Azarias, Jozabed, Hanan, Phalaia, Levitæ, silentium faciebant in populo ad audiendam legem : populus autem stabat in gradu suo.
8And they read in the book of the law of God distinctly and plainly, for to understand: and they understood when it was read.And they read in the booke of the law of God distinctly and playnly, for to vnderstand: and they vnderstood when it was read.✦Et legerunt in libro legis Dei distincte, et aperte ad intelligendum : et intellexerunt cum legeretur.
9And Nehemias said (the same is Athersatha) and Esdras the Priest and scribe, and the Levites interpreting to all the people: It is a day sanctified to the Lord our God, mourn ye not, and weep not. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.And Nehemias said (the same is Athersatha)and Esdras the Priest and scribe, and the Leuites interpreting to al the people: It is a day sanctified to the Lord our God, mourne ye not, and weepe not. For al the people wept, when they heard the wordes of the law.✦Dixit autem Nehemias (ipse est Athersatha) et Esdras sacerdos et scriba, et Levitæ interpretantes universo populo : Dies sanctificatus est Domino Deo nostro : nolite lugere, et nolite flere. Flebat enim omnis populus cum audiret verba legis.
10And he said to them: Go, eat fat things, and drink the sweet wine, and send portions to them, that have not prepared for themselves: because it is the holy day of our Lord, and be not sad: for the joy of our Lord is our strength.And he said to them: Goe, eate fat thinges, and drinck the sweete wine, and send portions to them, that haue not prepared for them selues: because it is the holie day of our Lord, and be not sadde: for the ioy of our Lord is our strength.✦Et dixit eis : Ite, comedite pinguia, et bibite mulsum, et mittite partes his qui non præparaverunt sibi, quia sanctus dies Domini est : et nolite contristari : gaudium etenim Domini est fortitudo nostra.
11And the Levites made silence in all the people, saying: Hold your peace, because the day is holy, and be not sorrowful.And the Leuites made silence in al the people, saying: Hold your peace, because the day is holie, and be not sorowful.Levitæ autem silentium faciebant in omni populo, dicentes : Tacete, quia dies sanctus est, et nolite dolere.
12Therefore all the people went to eat and drink, and to send portions, and to make great joy: because they understood the words, that he had taught them.Therefore al the people went to eate and drinck, and to send portions, and to make great ioy: because they vnderstood the wordes, that he had taught them.Abiit itaque omnis populus ut comederet, et biberet, et mitteret partes, et faceret lætitiam magnam : quia intellexerant verba quæ docuerat eos.
13And in the second day were gathered the princes of the families of all the people, the Priests and Levites to Esdras the scribe, that he should interpret unto them the words of the law.And in the second day were gathered the princes of the families of al the people, the Priests and Leuites to Esdras the scribe, that he should interpret vnto them the wordes of the law.✦Et in die secundo congregati sunt principes familiarum universi populi, sacerdotes et Levitæ, ad Esdram scribam, ut interpretaretur eis verba legis.
14And they found written in the law, that our Lord commanded in the hand of Moyses, that the children of Israel should dwell in tabernacles, on the solemn day, the seventh month:And they found written in the law, that our Lord commanded in the hand of Moyses, that the children of Israel should dwel in tabernacles, on the solemne day, the seuenth moneth:Et invenerunt scriptum in lege præcepisse Dominum in manu Moysi ut habitent filii Israël in tabernaculis in die solemni, mense septimo :
15and that they should proclaim and publish a voice in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying: Go ye forth into the mount, and fetch branches of the olive tree, and branches of the most fair tree, branches of the myrtle tree, and boughs of the palm trees, and branches of the thick leaved tree, that tabernacles may be made, as it is written.and that they should proclame and publish a voice in al their cities, and in Ierusalem, saying: Goe ye forth into the mount, and fetch branches of the oliue tree, and branches of the most fayre tree, branches of the mirtle tree, and boughes of the palme trees, and branches of the thicke leaued tree, that tabernacles may be made, as it is written.✦et ut prædicent, et divulgent vocem in universis urbibus suis, et in Jerusalem, dicentes : Egredimini in montem, et afferte frondes olivæ, et frondes ligni pulcherrimi, frondes myrti, et ramos palmarum, et frondes ligni nemorosi, ut fiant tabernacula, sicut scriptum est.
16And the people went forth, and brought. And they made themselves tabernacles every man in his housetop, and in his 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 EphraimAnd the people went forth, and brought. And they made them selues tabernacles euery man in his house toppe, and in his courtes, and in the courtes of the house of God, and in the streate of the water gate, and in the streate of the gate of Ephraim✦Et egressus est populus, et attulerunt. Feceruntque sibi tabernacula unusquisque in domate suo : et in atriis suis, et in atriis domus Dei, et in platea portæ aquarum, et in platea portæ Ephraim.
17Therefore all the church of them, that were returned from the captivity, made tabernacles, and dwelt in tabernacles. For from the days of Josue the son of Nun the children of Israel had not done it in such sort, until that day: and there was exceeding great joy.Therefore al the church of them, that were returned from the captiuitie, made tabernacles, and dwelt in tabernacles. For from the daies of Iosue the sonne of Nun the children of Israel had not done it in such sort, vntil that day: and there was exceeding great ioy.✦Fecit ergo universa ecclesia eorum qui redierant de captivitate, tabernacula, et habitaverunt in tabernaculis : non enim fecerant a diebus Josue filii Nun taliter filii Israël usque ad diem illum. Et fuit lætitia magna nimis.
18And he read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day till the last, and they made the solemnity seven days, & in the eighth day a collectam: a solemn closing assembly according to the rite.And he reade in the booke of the law of God day by day, from the first day til the last, and they made the solemnitie seuen dayes, & in the eight day a collect according to the rite.✦Legit autem in libro legis Dei per dies singulos, a die primo usque ad diem novissimum. Et fecerunt solemnitatem septem diebus, et in die octavo collectam juxta ritum.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.