Esta 8
1 Chiengʼno ruoth Ahasuerus nomiyo Esta mwandu mag Haman, jasik jo-Yahudi. Kendo Modekai nobiro e nyim ruoth, nimar Esta nosenyise ni en watne.
On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.
2 Ruoth nogolo terene mane oyudo osegolo kuom Haman, mi nomiyo Modekai. Kendo Esta nokete mondo orit mwandu mane mag Haman.
The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3 Esta nochako ohombo ruoth mopodho e tiende koywak. Ne okwaye mondo oketh chenro marach mane Haman ja-Agag oseloso, mondo otimne jo-Yahudi.
Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his plan that he had planned against the Jews.
4 Eka ruoth notingʼo ludhe mar dhahabu ne Esta bangʼe noa malo mochungʼ e nyim ruoth.
Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
5 Nowacho niya, “Ka ber ne ruoth kendo ka ayudo ngʼwono e wangʼi kendo kiparo ni en gima ber timo kendo ka imor koda, to yie mondo igol chik mondiki maketho mano mane Haman wuod Hamedatha, ja-Agag oketo mondo otiek jo-Yahudi e gwenge duto ma ruoth orito.
She said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seems right to the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.
6 Nimar ere kaka dalingʼ alingʼa ka aneno masira mabiro ne ogandana? Kata ere kaka dalingʼ alingʼa ka aneno ka idwaro tiek joodwa.”
For how can I endure to see the evil that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?”
7 Ruoth Ahasuerus nodwoko Esta ma mikache gi Modekai ma ja-Yahudi niya, Nikech Haman ne obuko jo-Yahudi ma ema omiyo asemiyo Esta mwandune, to en to osenege, kongʼawe e yath.
Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, “See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows because he laid his hand on the Jews.
8 Koro ndik chik machielo gi nying ruoth kar jo-Yahudi kaka ineno ni berni, kendo iketie sei mar nying ruoth bangʼe ketie ranyisi mar tere mar ruoth, nimar gik moko duto mondiki e nying ruoth kendo oketie tere mar ruoth ok nyal loki kata kethi.
Write also to the Jews as it pleases you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring; for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may not be reversed by any man.”
9 Kuom mano, noluong jondiko mag ruoth chiengʼ tarik piero ariyo gadek dwe mar adek miluongo ni Sivan. Negindiko weche duto mane Modekai ochiko ne ondiki ne jo-Yahudi, askeche, jotelo, kod joka ruoth modak e pinje mia achiel gi piero ariyo gabiriyo kochakore e piny India nyaka chop Kush. Chikegi nondiki e dhok mar piny ka piny kata mana mar jo-Yahudi bende nondiki e dhogi giwegi.
Then the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the local governors, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing, and in their language.
10 Modekai nondiko gi teko mar ruoth Ahasuerus mokete sei gi tere mar ruoth bangʼe nooro barupego gi jongʼwech maringo matek koidho farese mag ruoth.
He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by courier on horseback, riding on royal horses that were bred from swift steeds.
11 Chik mane ruoth ogolono noyiene jo-Yahudi man e mier madongo duto mondo giritre kendgi; kendo mondo giketh kendo ginegi mi gitieki joma obiro nigi gi gige lweny moa e oganda moro amora, kata gwengʼ moro momonjogi gi mondgi gi nyithindgi kendo gipe mwandu mag wasikgi.
In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together and to defend their lives—to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions,
12 Chiengʼ mane oyier ne jo-Yahudi mondo otimie magi e gwenge duto mag pinyruodh Ahasuerus ne en tarik apar gadek dwe mar apar gariyo dwe miluongo ni Adar.
on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
13 Chikno nyaka landi e pinje duto kendo ne ogendini duto, mondo jo-Yahudi oikre ne chiengʼ chulo kuor ne wasikgi.
A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that the Jews should be ready for that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
14 Joote mane oidho farese maka ruoth noringo matek kadhi kaluwore gi chik mane ruoth ogolo. Milomeno bende nogo e ohinga mar Susa.
So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa.
15 Modekai nowuok e nyim ruoth korwakore gi law marambulu mokikore gi rachar, osimbo mar duongʼ mar dhahabu, to gi kandho maralik molos law mayom. Kendo dala maduongʼ mar Susa notimo nyasi gi mor malich.
Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and was glad.
16 To ne jo-Yahudi, ne en kinde mar mor, gi ilo kod pak.
The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honour.
17 Kamoro amora e gwenge kendo e mier madongo kuonde mane barup ruoth oterie, jo-Yahudi nobedo gi mor ahinya kane giyweyo kendo gitimo nyasi. Joma ok jo-Yahudi nobedo ka jo-Yahudi nikech luoro mar jo-Yahudi nomakogi.
In every province and in every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast and a holiday. Many from amongst the peoples of the land became Jews, for the fear of the Jews had fallen on them.
