Esther 6
1 That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
Usiku ule mfalme hakupata usingizi, hivyo akaagiza aletewe kitabu cha kumbukumbu za matukio ya utawala wake, asomewe.
2 And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
Kitabu hicho kilikutwa na kumbukumbu kwamba Mordekai alikuwa amefichua jinsi Bigthana na Tereshi, waliokuwa maafisa wawili wa mfalme, walinzi wa lango walivyokuwa wamepanga hila ya kumuua Mfalme Ahasuero.
3 The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.
Mfalme akauliza, “Je, ni heshima na shukrani gani Mordekai alipokea kwa ajili ya jambo hili?” Watumishi wake wakajibu, “Hakuna lolote alilofanyiwa.”
4 “Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.
Mfalme akasema, “Ni nani yuko uani?” Wakati huo huo Hamani alikuwa ameingia ua wa nje wa jumba la mfalme kusema na mfalme kuhusu kumwangika Mordekai katika mahali pa kuangikia watu alipokuwa amepajenga kwa ajili yake.
5 So the king’s attendants answered him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” “Bring him in,” ordered the king.
Watumishi wake wakamjibu, “Hamani amesimama uani.” Mfalme akaamuru, “Mleteni ndani.”
6 Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”
Hamani alipoingia, mfalme alimuuliza, “Afanyiwe nini mtu ambaye mfalme apenda kumheshimu?” Basi Hamani akawaza moyoni mwake, “Ni nani mwingine ambaye mfalme angemheshimu kuliko mimi?”
7 And Haman told the king, “For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,
Kwa hiyo akamjibu mfalme, “Kwa mtu ambaye mfalme apenda kumheshimu,
8 have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.
aletewe joho la kifalme ambalo mfalme ameshalivaa na farasi ambaye mfalme alishampanda, ambaye amevikwa taji ya kifalme kichwani mwake.
9 Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”
Kisha joho na farasi vikabidhiwe kwa mmojawapo wa wakuu wa mfalme anayeheshimika sana. Nao wamvike mtu yule ambaye mfalme anapenda kumheshimu, na aongozwe akiwa juu ya farasi kupitia barabara za mji, wakitangaza mbele yake, ‘Hivi ndivyo anavyofanyiwa mtu ambaye mfalme apenda kumheshimu!’”
10 “Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”
Mfalme akamwamuru Hamani, “Nenda mara moja, chukua joho na farasi na ufanye kama vile ulivyopendekeza kwa Mordekai Myahudi, akaaye langoni mwa mfalme. Usipuuze kufanya kitu chochote ulichoshauri.”
11 So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”
Hivyo Hamani akachukua joho na farasi. Akamvika Mordekai, na kumpandisha juu ya farasi akamtembeza katika barabara za mji akitangaza mbele yake, “Hivi ndivyo anavyofanyiwa mtu ambaye mfalme anapenda kumheshimu!”
12 Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
Baadaye Mordekai akarudi kwenye lango la mfalme. Lakini Hamani akakimbia nyumbani, akiwa amejaa huzuni,
13 Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”
naye akamweleza Zereshi mkewe pamoja na rafiki zake wote kila kitu ambacho kimempata. Washauri wake pamoja na Zereshi mkewe wakamwambia, “Kwa kuwa Mordekai, ambaye mbele yake umeanza kuanguka ni wa asili ya Kiyahudi, huwezi kushindana naye; kwa hakika utaanguka!”
14 While they were still speaking with Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed him to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
Walipokuwa bado wakizungumza naye, matowashi wa mfalme wakaja na kumharakisha Hamani aende katika karamu aliyoiandaa Esta.
