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 King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther the property of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, and Mordecai began to serve before the king, for Esther told the king how Mordecai was related 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.
The king took off his signet ring, which he had taken back from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther designated Mordecai to be in charge of Haman's estate.
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.
Then Esther spoke again to the king. She lay facedown on the ground and wept as she pleaded with him to put an end to the evil plan of Haman the Agagite, to the scheme 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.
Then the king held out the golden scepter to Esther, she arose and stood 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.
She said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in your eyes, if the thing seems right before the king, and I am pleasing in your eyes, let a decree be written to revoke the letters written by Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the letters that he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces.
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 could I bear to see disaster fall on my people? How could I endure watching the destruction of my relatives?”
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.
King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Look, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows, because he was going to attack 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.
Write another decree for the Jews in the name of the king and seal it with the king's ring. For the decree that has already been written in the king's name and sealed with the king's ring cannot be revoked.”
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.
Then the king's scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month. A decree was written containing all that Mordecai was commanding concerning the Jews. It was written to the provincial governors, the governors and officials of the provinces that were located from India to Cush, 127 provinces, to every province written in their own writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing and language.
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.
Mordecai wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king's signet ring. He sent the documents by couriers riding on the fast horses that were used in the king's service, bred from the royal stud.
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.
The king gave to the Jews who were in every city permission to gather together and to make a stand to protect their lives: To annihiliate, to kill, and to destroy any armed force from any people or province that might attack them, children and women included, or to plunder their possessions.
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.
This was to be in effect in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which 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 decree was to be issued as a law and publicly displayed to all the peoples. The Jews were to be ready on that day to take vengeance on 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.
So the couriers rode on the royal horses that were used in the king's service. They went without delay. The king's decree was also issued from the palace in Susa.
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.
Then Mordecai left the king's presence wearing royal clothes of blue and white, with a great crown of gold and a purple robe of fine linen, and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.
16 Judah ham khaw khosae neh kohoenah, omngaihnah neh umponah la a om pah.
The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor.
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.
In every province and in every city, wherever the king's decree reached, there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a feast and a holiday. Many from among the variety of peoples of the land became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen on them.
