1 Di hidu malama, gei digau Israel guu noho i lodo nadau gowaa, mo i lodo nadau waahale. Dahi laangi hua o di malama deelaa, gei digaula huogodoo ga dagabuli mai gi di gowaa e dahi i Jerusalem, i di malaelae i taalinga di abaaba, dela e haga ingoo bolo di Bontai Wai. Digaula ga tangi gi Ezra bolo gi gaamai di Beebaa Nnaganoho. Ezra la tangada hai mee dabu dela e kabemee huoloo di hai o Nnaganoho a Moses ala ne wanga go Dimaadua gi digau Israel. 2 Malaa, Ezra gaa daa di beebaa, gaa kae gi di gowaa dela e dagabuli ai nia daangada, nia daane, nia ahina mono dama ala gu iloo di hagabaubau ge gu iloo di tonu gi nia mee. 3 Ezra gaa dau di Beebaa Nnaganoho gi digaula i di gowaa dela e hoohoo gi di bontai di abaaba, daamada mai luada gaa dae gi di oodee, gei digaula gu hagalongo hagahumalia huoloo gi di dau o di Beebaa Nnaganoho. 4 Ezra e duu i hongo di hada dela ne hau gi di laangi hagalabagau deenei. Gei ogo digau aanei e tuu i di baahi gau donu o Ezra: go Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, mo Maaseiah, gei ogo digau aanei e tuu i baahi gau ihala o maa: Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, mo Meshullam.

5 Ezra e duu i hongo di hada, gei ogo nia daangada huogodoo e mmada aga gi mee. Di madagoaa o mee ne huge di beebaa, digaula huogodoo guu tuu i nua. 6 Ezra ga helekai, “Gidaadou gi hagaamuina Dimaadua, go di God Aamua!”

Gei ogo digau huogodoo gu taiaga nadau lima, ga helekai, “Amen! Amen!” Gei digaula gaa togo gi lala i hongo di gelegele ga daumaha gi Dimaadua.

7 Gei digaula gaa tuu i nua i nadau lohongo, gei ogo digau Levi aanei ga haga modomodongoohia gi digaula nia haganoho: go Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan mo Pelaiah. 8 Digaula e haga donudonu nia haganoho a God gi nnelekai o tenua deelaa, bolo gi modongoohia gii donu ginai nia daangada.[a]

9 Di madagoaa nia daangada ne longono ginaadou di hai o nia haganoho ala nogo dau, nadau lodo gu ngalungalua, gu daamada gu tangitangi, gei Nehemiah go di gobinaa, mo Ezra tangada hai mee dabu dela e kabemee huoloo di hai o Nnaganoho, mo digau Levi ala e haga modomodongoohia nnaganoho, digaula ga helekai ang gi nia daangada huogodoo, “Dangi nei la di langi e hagadabu ang gi Dimaadua di godou God, goodou hudee tangitangi. 10 Goodou hula gi godou hale, heia godou haga miami. Goodou wanga ina godou meegai mo nia waini gi digau ala hagalee dohu nadau meegai. Dangi nei la di laangi dabu ang gi Dimaadua, goodou hudee manawa gee, idimaa, di tene dela e gowadu go Dimaadua le e hagamaaloo aga goodou.”

11 Digau Levi aalaa ga heehee i mehanga digaula, belee boliboli digaula, mo di helekai ang gi digaula bolo gi hudee manawa gee, idimaa dangi nei la di laangi dabu. 12 Malaa, nia daangada huogodoo guu hula gi nadau hale, gu miamiami mo di inu, mo di tenetene, gei gu haangai nia daangada ala i golo, idimaa, digaula guu donu gi nnelekai ala ne dau gi digaula.

13 Di laangi nomuli, gei nia dagi madahaanau mono gau hai mee dabu mo digau Levi gaa hula gi Ezra, belee aago di hai o nnaganoho. 14 Digaula ga gidee bolo Nnaganoho a Dimaadua ala ne wanga gi Moses belee hagi anga gi digaula, la guu dugu bolo digau Israel la gii noho i lodo nia damaa hale hagaabili i di waalooloo o Tagamiami o nia Damaa hale Hagaabili[b] i di hidu malama. 15 Digaula gaa hai gi digaula bolo gi haga iloo laa lodo Jerusalem mo i lodo nia waahale ala i golo boloo, “Goodou hula gi hongo nia dama gonduu, goweia godou manga laagau ‘pine’, nia manga laagau olib, mo nia manga mai nia hagadilinga laagau ala i golo, nia ‘myrtle’ mo nia niu, e hai ai nia dama hale lligi, be di hai dela guu hai i lodo Nnaganoho.”[c]

16 Malaa, digaula guu hele nadau manga laagau, e hau nadau dama hale i hongo nadau hale, mo i di gili nadau hale, mo i di malaelae di Hale Daumaha mo i nia gowaa ala e heetugi nia daangada ala e hoohoo gi di Bontai Wai mo di Bontai Ephraim. 17 Nia daangada huogodoo ala ne lloomoi i nadau hai hege i Babylon gu haga duu nadau dama hale aalaa, guu noho i no lodo. Deenei di hai matagidagi Taumaha deenei i muli di madagoaa o Joshua, tama daane a Nun. Nia daangada huogodoo gu ngalungalua mo di tenetene. 18 Daamada di dahi laangi o Taumaha deelaa, gaa dae gi di haga odi o di laangi hagamuliagina o Taumaha, digaula e daudau hunu gowaa i lodo di Beebaa Nnaganoho i nia laangi huogodoo. Digaula gu haihai di nadau Daumaha deenei i nia laangi e hidu, ge di walu laangi digaula e hai di nadau daumaha haga lawa, be di hai dela guu dugu i lodo Nnaganoho.

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