- 以斯拉称颂耶和华至大的神。众民都举手应声说,阿们,阿们,就低头,面伏于地,敬拜耶和华。
- 耶书亚,巴尼,示利比,雅悯,亚谷,沙比太,荷第雅,玛西雅,基利他,亚撒利雅,约撒拔,哈难,毗莱雅,和利未人使百姓明白律法。百姓都站在自己的地方。
- 他们清清楚楚地念神的律法书,讲明意思,使百姓明白所念的。
- 省长尼希米和作祭司的文士以斯拉,并教训百姓的利未人,对众民说,今日是耶和华你们神的圣日,不要悲哀哭泣。这是因为众民听见律法书上的话都哭了。
- 又对他们说,你们去吃肥美的,喝甘甜的,有不能豫备的,就分给他。因为今日是我们主的圣日。你们不要忧愁,因靠耶和华而得的喜乐是你们的力量。
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- And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
- Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
- So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
- And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
- Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
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