Verse 9

Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all of them, 'This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.' For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Nehemja, stattholderen, Esra, presten og skriftlæren, og levittene som underviste folket, sa til hele folket: 'Denne dagen er hellig for Herren deres Gud. Vær ikke triste og gråt ikke.' For hele folket gråt av sorg da de hørte lovens ord.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Nehemja, som var stattholderen, Esra, presten og skriveren, og levittene som underviste folket, sa til folket: Denne dag er hellig for Herren deres Gud; sørg ikke, og gråt ikke. For hele folket gråt da de hørte lovens ord.

• Norsk King James

  Og Nehemja, som er Tirshatha, Esra, presten og skriveren, og levittene som underviste folket, sa til folket: Denne dagen er hellig for Herren deres Gud; ikke vær lei deg, og gråt ikke. For hele folket gråt da de hørte ordene i loven.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Nehemja, fylkesmannen, Esra, presten, og de skriftlærde samt levittene som lærte folket, sa til dem: «Denne dagen er hellig for Herren deres Gud; sørg ikke og gråt ikke,» for folket gråt når de hørte ordene fra loven.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Nehemja, han som var stattholderen, Esra, presten og den skriftlærde, og levittene som underviste folket, sa til hele folket: 'Denne dagen er hellig for Herren deres Gud. Sørg ikke og gråt ikke!' For hele folket gråt da de hørte lovens ord.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og Nehemja, som var stattholderen, og Esra, presten og den skriftlærde, og levittene som lærte folket, sa til hele folket: «Denne dagen er hellig for Herren deres Gud. Sørg ikke og gråt ikke.» For hele folket gråt da de hørte lovens ord.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og Nehemia, som var kjent som Tirshatha, sammen med Ezra, presten og skriveren, og levittene som underviste folket, sa til alle: «Denne dagen er hellig for Herren, deres Gud; sørg ikke, og gråt ikke.» For hele folket gråt da de hørte lovens ord.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Og Nehemja, som var stattholderen, og Esra, presten og den skriftlærde, og levittene som lærte folket, sa til hele folket: «Denne dagen er hellig for Herren deres Gud. Sørg ikke og gråt ikke.» For hele folket gråt da de hørte lovens ord.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Nehemja, som var stattholderen, Esra, presten og skriveren, og levittene som underviste folket, sa til hele folket: «Denne dagen er hellig for Herren deres Gud. Ikke sørg og gråt ikke!» For hele folket gråt da de hørte lovens ord.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Og Nehemja, som var guvernøren, og Esra, presten og den skriftlærde, og levittene som underviste folket, sa til hele folket: 'Denne dagen er hellig for Herren deres Gud. Sørg ikke og gråt ikke.' For hele folket gråt da de hørte lovens ord.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Nehemia — han er den Hattirsatha — og Esra, Præsten, den Skriftlærde, og Leviterne, som underviste Folket, sagde til alt Folket: Denne Dag er Herren eders Gud hellig, (derfor) sørger ikke og græder ikke; thi alt Folket græd, der de hørte Lovens Ord.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And hemiah, 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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og Nehemja, som var stattholderen, og Esra, presten og skriftlæreren, og levittene som lærte folket, sa til hele folket: Denne dagen er hellig for Herren deres Gud; sørg ikke og gråt ikke. For hele folket gråt da de hørte ordene i loven.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And Nehemiah, who is the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Nehemja, stattholderen, Esra, presten og den skriftlærde, og levittene som underviste folket, sa til hele folket: "Denne dagen er hellig for Herren deres Gud; sørg ikke og gråt ikke." For hele folket gråt da de hørte lovens ord.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Nehemja, som var stattholder (og Esra, presten og skriveren, og levittene som instruerte folket), sa til hele folket: «Denne dagen er hellig for Herren deres Gud; sørg ikke og gråt ikke!» For hele folket gråt da de hørte lovens ord.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og Nehemja, som var stattholderen, og Esra, presten og den skriftlærde, og levittene som lærte folket, sa til hele folket: Denne dagen er hellig for Herren deres Gud; sørg ikke og gråt ikke. For hele folket gråt da de hørte lovens ord.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og Nehemja, som var stattholderen, og Esra, presten og skriveren, og levittene som underviste folket, sa til hele folket: Denne dagen er hellig for Herren deres Gud; ikke sørg eller gråt; for alle folket gråt da de hørte ordene i loven.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Nehemias (which is Hathirsatha) and Esdras the prest and scrybe, and the Leuites yt caused the people to take hede, sayde vnto all the people: This daye is holy vnto the LORDE youre God: be not ye sory therfore, & wepe not. For all ye people wepte, wha they herde the wordes of the lawe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Nehemiah (which is Tirshatha) and Ezra the Priest and scribe, and the Leuites that instructed the people, saide vnto all the people, This day is holie vnto ye Lord your God: mourne not, neither weepe: for all the people wept, whe they heard the words of the Lawe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Nehemia which is Athirsatha, and Esdras the priest and scribe, and the Leuites that caused the people to take heede, said vnto al the people, This day is holy vnto the Lorde your God, be not ye sory, and weepe not: For all the people wept when they heard the wordes of the lawe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Yahweh your God; don't mourn, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Nehemiah -- he `is' the Tirshatha -- saith (and Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the Levites who are instructing the people) to all the people, `To-day is holy to Jehovah your God, do not mourn, nor weep:' for all the people are weeping at their hearing the words of the law.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto Jehovah your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra, the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were the teachers of the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the Lord your God; let there be no sorrow or weeping; for all the people were weeping on hearing the words of the law.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, "This day is holy to Yahweh your God. Don't mourn, nor weep." For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priestly scribe, and the Levites who were imparting understanding to the people said to all of them,“This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping when they heard the words of the law.

Referenced Verses

• Neh 7:65 : 65 The governor told them not to eat the most holy food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.
• Neh 7:70 : 70 Some of the family heads also gave to the treasury for the work: 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 minas of silver.
• Neh 8:2 : 2 So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, which included men, women, and all who could understand what they heard. This happened on the first day of the seventh month.
• Deut 12:7 : 7 There, in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has blessed you with.
• Deut 12:12 : 12 You shall rejoice before the Lord your God—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance with you.
• Deut 16:11 : 11 Rejoice before the Lord your God—you, your son and daughter, your male and female servants, the Levite in your towns, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow living among you, in the place the Lord your God chooses to establish His name.
• Deut 16:14-15 : 14 Be joyful at your festival—you, your son and daughter, your male and female servants, the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who live in your towns. 15 For seven days celebrate the festival to the Lord your God at the place the Lord will choose. For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.
• Lev 23:24 : 24 Speak to the Israelites and tell them: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall hold a day of rest, a memorial with trumpet blasts, a sacred assembly.
• Ezra 2:63 : 63 The governor instructed them not to eat of the most holy things until a priest could consult the Urim and Thummim.
• Eccl 3:4 : 4 A time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance.
• Neh 10:1 : 1 In all this, we make a covenant and sign it. On the sealed document are our leaders, Levites, and priests.
• Neh 12:26 : 26 These were in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest, the scribe.
• Isa 61:3 : 3 To provide for those who mourn in Zion—giving them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, a garment of praise instead of a spirit of faintness. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord to display His splendor.
• Hos 4:6 : 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
• Mal 2:13 : 13 And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the Lord with tears, weeping and groaning, because He no longer regards your offering or accepts it with favor from your hands.
• Rom 3:20 : 20 Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
• Rom 7:9 : 9 At one time I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin came to life and I died.
• 2 Cor 7:9-9 : 9 Now I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because your grief led to repentance. For you were grieved as God intended, so that you would not suffer any loss from us. 10 For godly sorrow produces repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow produces death. 11 See what earnestness this godly sorrow has produced in you! What eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what readiness to see justice done! At every point you have proved yourselves to be pure in this matter.
• Ezra 7:11 : 11 This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, a scribe skilled in the commandments of the Lord and His statutes for Israel:
• Num 29:1-6 : 1 In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall hold a sacred assembly. You shall do no regular work. It shall be a day of trumpet blasts for you. 2 You shall offer a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord—one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs a year old, all without defect. 3 Along with their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the ram, 4 and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs. 5 Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you. 6 These are in addition to the burnt offering of the New Moon with its grain offering, and the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and their drink offerings, according to their prescribed laws, as a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to the Lord.
• Neh 8:7-8 : 7 The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—helped the people understand the Law as they stood in their places. 8 They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear and giving the meaning so that the people could understand what was being read.
• Deut 26:14 : 14 I have not eaten any of it while in mourning, I have not removed any of it while unclean, nor have I offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the voice of the LORD my God and have done everything you commanded me.
• 2 Kgs 22:11 : 11 When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes.
• 2 Kgs 22:19 : 19 Because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and its inhabitants—that they would become a desolation and a curse—and because you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you, declares the LORD.
• 2 Chr 15:3 : 3 For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without the law.
• 2 Chr 30:22 : 22 Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites, who showed good understanding of the service to the LORD. They ate throughout the appointed seven days, offering fellowship sacrifices and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their ancestors.
• 2 Chr 34:19 : 19 When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes in distress.
• 2 Chr 34:21 : 21 "Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah about the words of this scroll that has been found. For great is the LORD's wrath that is poured out on us because our ancestors did not obey the words of the LORD by following everything written in this scroll."
• 2 Chr 35:3 : 3 He said to the Levites, who instructed all Israel and were consecrated to the LORD: 'Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon son of David, king of Israel, built. You will no longer need to carry it on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel.'