ESTHER 8
1 Amah te khohnin ah manghai Ahasuerus loh Judah, Judah aka daengdaeh Haman im te manghainu Esther taengla a paek. A taengkah te Esther loh a puen coeng dongah Mordekai khaw manghai mikhmuh la mop.
On that day hath the king Ahasuerus given to Esther the queen the house of Haman, adversary of the Jews, and Mordecai hath come in before the king, for Esther hath declared what he [is] to her,
2 Manghai loh Haman lamkah aka mael a kutcaeng te a dul tih Mordekai taengla a paek. Esther loh Mordekai te Haman im ah a khueh.
and the king turneth aside his signet, that he hath caused to pass away from Haman, and giveth it to Mordecai, and Esther setteth Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3 Te phoeiah Esther loh a rhaep tih manghai mikhmuh ah a thui pah. A kho kung ah yalh tih rhap. Te vaengah a taengah Agagite Haman kah boethae neh Judah rhoek a taeng thil a kopoek te paa sak ham a bih.
And Esther addeth, and speaketh before the king, and falleth before his feet, and weepeth, and maketh supplication to him, to cause the evil of Haman the Agagite to pass away, and his device that he had devised against the Jews;
4 Te vaengah manghai loh Esther taengla sui mancai a doe. Te dongah Esther te thoo tih manghai mikhmuh ah pai.
and the king holdeth out to Esther the golden sceptre, and Esther riseth, and standeth before the king,
5 Te phoeiah, “Manghai ham khaw then mai tih a mikhmuh ah mikdaithen ka dang mai atah, manghai mikhmuh ah khaw ol te khui coeng. Kai khaw a mikhmuh ah then coeng. Agagite Hammedatha capa Haman kah kopoek cabu te yueh hamla daek mai saeh. Te te manghai paeng pum ah Judah rhoek milh sak ham ni a daek.
and saith, 'If to the king [it be] good, and if I have found grace before him, and the thing hath been right before the king, and I [be] good in his eyes, let it be written to bring back the letters — a device of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite — that he wrote to destroy the Jews who [are] in all provinces of the king,
6 Boethae loh ka pilnam a tlak thil ham te metlam ka ueh vetih ka sawt eh? Ka pacaboeina kah mitmoengnah ham te metlam ka ueh vetih ka sawt eh?” a ti nah.
for how do I endure when I have looked on the evil that doth find my people? and how do I endure when I have looked on the destruction of my kindred?'
7 Te vaengah manghai Ahasuerus loh manghainu Esther taeng neh Judah Mordekai taengah, “Haman im te Esther taengla ka paek coeng. Judah, Judah te a kut a hlah thil dongah amah khaw thing dongah ka kuiok sak coeng.
And the king Ahasuerus saith to Esther the queen, and to Mordecai the Jew, 'Lo, the house of Haman I have given to Esther, and him they have hanged on the tree, because that he put forth his hand on the Jews,
8 Nangmih loh Judah rhoek ham te na mik ah then na ti bangla manghai ming neh daek pah laeh. Te phoeiah ca te manghai kah kutcaeng neh hnah thil. Manghai ming neh a daek tih manghai kutcaeng neh a hnah thil tah a yueh ham voel moenih,” a ti nah.
and ye, write ye for the Jews, as [it is] good in your eyes, in the name of the king, and seal with the signet of the king — for the writing that is written in the name of the king, and sealed with the signet of the king, there is none to turn back.'
9 Te dongah te khohnin ah manghai kah cadaek rhoek khue uh thae. Te te a kum kul kum thum nah, hla thum dongkah Sivan hla ni. Te vaengah Mordekai ol uen boeih te Judah rhoek ham neh khoboei rhoek ham khaw, India lamloh Kusah hil paeng ya pakul parhih kah paeng rhalboei rhoek neh mangpa ham khaw, paeng khat ah amah paeng kah ca neh, pilnam khat taengah amah pilnam ol neh, Judah ham khaw amah ca, amah ol neh a daek pah.
And the scribes of the king are called, at that time, in the third month — it [is] the month of Sivan — in the three and twentieth of it, and it is written, according to all that Mordecai hath commanded, unto the Jews, and unto the lieutenants, and the governors, and the heads of the provinces, that [are] from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces — province and province according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, and unto the Jews according to their writing, and according to their tongue.
10 Manghai Ahasuerus ming neh a daek tih manghai kutcaeng a hnah thil. Te phoeiah cabu te marhangpa, boei leng dongah ngol tih tatloe kut lamloh marhang dongah a pat.
And he writeth in the name of the king Ahasuerus, and sealeth with the signet of the king, and sendeth letters by the hand of the runners with horses, riders of the dromedary, the mules, the young mares,
11 Manghai loh Judah rhoek te khopuei, khopuei boeih ah tingtun ham neh amamih hinglu te pai puei ham, amih aka dum paeng neh pilnam tatthai boeih te tah mitmoeng sak ham, ngawn ham, milh sak ham, huta camoe neh a kutbuem te poelyoe pah ham a paek.
that the king hath given to the Jews who [are] in every city and city, to be assembled, and to stand for their life, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy the whole force of the people and province who are distressing them, infants and women, and their spoil to seize.
12 Te te hla hlai nit, Adar hla hnin hlai thum dongah tah manghai Ahasuerus kah paeng pum ah hnin at neh saii saeh a ti.
In one day, in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month — it [is] the month of Adar —
13 Catlaep ca te paeng, paeng boeih ah olkhan la paek ham, pilnam cungkuem taengah a tai sak. Te daengah ni Judah, Judah rhoek khaw te khohnin ah a thunkha rhoek soah phuloh ham khohrhang neh a coekcoe la a om eh.
a copy of the writing to be made law in every province and province is revealed to all the peoples, and for the Jews being ready at this day to be avenged of their enemies.
14 Boei marhang dongah aka ngol tatloe rhoek loh tlek a thak uh. Te phoeiah manghai ol neh Shushan rhalmah im ah olkhan a paek te a khuen paitok.
The runners, riding on the dromedary, [and] the mules, have gone out, hastened and pressed by the word of the king, and the law hath been given in Shushan the palace.
15 Mordekai khaw manghai mikhmuh lamloh manghai pueinak, a thim, a bok, boeilen sui rhuisam, baibok hni neh, daidi neh cet. Te daengah ni Shushan khopuei khaw hlampan tih a kohoe.
And Mordecai went out from before the king, in royal clothing of blue and white, and a great crown of gold, and a garment of fine linen and purple, and the city of Shushan hath rejoiced and been glad;
16 Judah ham khaw khosae neh kohoenah, omngaihnah neh umponah la a om pah.
to the Jews hath been light, and gladness, and joy, and honour,
17 Paeng neh paeng tom ah khaw, khopuei neh khopuei tom ah khaw, manghai ol neh a olkhan loh a pha nah hmuen ah kohoenah neh omngaihnah om. Judah lakli ah khaw buhkoknah neh khohnin then a buluh. Khohmuen pilnam lamkah te a taengah Judah birhihnah loh a khuk dongah Judah khuila muep kun uh.
and in every province and province, and in every city and city, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, gladness and joy [are] to the Jews, a banquet, and a good day; and many of the peoples of the land are becoming Jews, for a fear of the Jews hath fallen upon them.
