Esther 9
1 On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.
Sasa katika mwezi wa kumi na mbili, siku ya kumi na tatu ambayo ni siku ya Adari, siku ambayo adui wa Wayahudi walitarajia kutekeleza sheria ya mfalme na kupata nguvu dhidi ya Wayahudi. Badala yake Wayahudi wakapata nguvu dhidi ya adui zao.
2 In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.
Wayahudi wote wakakusanyika katika miji yao katika majimbo yote ya Mfalme Ahusiero, kutia mikono juu ya wale waliokusudia ubaya. Hakuna aliye kuwa tayari kusimama zao kwa sababu hofu yao ilikuwa imewaangukia watu wote.
3 And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.
Wakuu wote wa majimbo, maakida na magavana, na watawala wa mfalme, waliwasaidia Wayahudi kwa kuwa hofu ya Modekai ilikuwa imewaangukia.
4 For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.
Kwa kuwa Modekai alikuwa mkuu katika nyumba ya mfalme, na umaarufu wake ukasambaa katika majimbo yote, kwa kuwa Modekai alikuwa akifanyika mkuu.
5 The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.
Wayahudi wakawavamia maadi zao kwa upanga, wakiwatenda vibaya kama walivyokuwa wamekusudiwa mabaya dhidi yao Wakawatenda kama walivyo ona vyema machoni pao.
6 In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,
Katika ngome ya mji wa Shushani pekee jumla ya maadui waliouawa na na kuharibiwa na Wayahudi ni wanaume mia tano.
7 including Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
Miongoni mwa waliouawa ni pamoja na Parishandatha, Dalphoni, Aspatha,
8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha.
Parimashita, Arisai, Aridai, Vaizatha,
10 They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
na wana kumi wa Hamani, mwana wa Hammedatha, adui wa Wayahudi. Lakini hawakuchua mateka yoyote.
11 On that day the number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king,
Idadi ya wale waliouawa siku hiyo katika mji wa Shushani, ilifikishwa kwa Mfalme Ahusiero.
12 who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”
Mfalme akamwambia malkia Esta. Mfalme akamwambia Malkia Esta, “Wayahudi wameua wanaume mia tano katika mji wa Shushani, wakiwemo wana kumi wa Hamani adui wa Wayahudi. Je wamefanya nini katika majimbo mengine? Na sasa haja yako ni nini? Utapewa. Ombi lako ni nini?”
13 Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”
Esta akamjibu, “Mfalme kama ikikupendeza, ruhusu Wayuadi walio katika mji wa Shushani wapige mbiu hii na kesho, na miili ya watoto wa Hamani itundikwe juu ya miti.”
14 So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
Mfalme akaamuru ombi la Esta litekelezwe. Mbiu ilipigwa katika mji wa Shushani, na wana kumi wa Hamani wakatundikwa juu ya miti.
15 On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
Wayahudi katika mji wa Shushani walisanyika pamoja siku ya kumi na nne ya mwezi wa Adari, na kuwaua maadui zao mia tatu katika mji wa Shushani, lakini hawakugusa nyara zao.
16 The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
Na Wayahudi katika majimbo mengine wakakusanyika ili kujilinda na wakapata faraja kutoka kwa maadui na wakawaua maadui zao elfu sabini na tano, lakini hawakugusa mikono yao kwa vitu vya thamani wale waliouwawa.
17 This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.
Katika siku ya kumi na tatu ya mwezi wa Adari, Wayahudi wakapumzika katika siku ya kumi na nne, wakapumzika siku hiyo ya karamu na furaha.
18 The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.
Lakini Wayahudi walioishi katika mji wa Shushani wakaja pamoja siku ya kumi na tatu na ya kumi na nne. Na siku ya kumi na tano wakapumzika na wafanya karamu na kufurahia.
19 This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.
Hii ndiyo sababu Wayahudi wa vijijini, wanaishi maeneo ya vijijini, huadhimisha siku ya kumi na nne ya mwezi wa Adari kama siku ya furaha na karamu na siku ambayo hutumiana zawadi kwa kila mmoja.
20 Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,
Modekai akaweka mambo haya na akatuma nyaraka kwa Wayahudi wote waliokuwa katika utawala wa Mfalme Ahusiero,
21 to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
akiwataka kuazimisha siku ya kumi na nne na kumi na tano ya mwezi wa Adari kila mwaka.
22 as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.
Hizi zilikuwa ndizo siku ambazo Wahudi walipata faraja kutoka kwa maadui zao na wakati huu ndio wakati ambao huzuni ya Wayahudi iligeuzwa kuwa furaha, na kutoka kwa maombolezo hadi kwenye pumziko. Walipaswa kuzifanya siku za karamu na furaha, na kutumiana zawadi ya chakula, na zawadi kwa masikini.
23 So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.
Wayahudi wakaendelea na maadhimisho wakifanya kile ambacho Modekai alikuwa amewaandikia.
24 For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.
Na wakati huo Modekai mwana wa Hammedatha mwagagi, adui wa Wayahudi aliyekuwa amepanga njama ya kuwaangamiza Wayahudi, na kwa kupiga Puri (yaani akapiga kura) ili kuwaangamiza kabisa.
25 But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
Lakini Mfalme Ahusiero alipopata taarifa ya mpango mbaya huu alioupanga Modekai dhidi ya Wayahudi, aliagiza kwa nyaraka afanyiwe Modekai mwenyewe, na kwamba yeye na wana wake wanyongwe juu ya miti.
26 Therefore these days are called Purim, from the word Pur. Because of all the instructions in this letter, and because of all they had seen and experienced,
Hivyo Wayahudi wakaziita siku hizi Purimu, kutokana na jina Puri. Kwa sababu ya mambo yote yaliyo kuwa yameandika katika barua, na mambo yote ambayo walikuwa wameyaona kwa macho yao, na yale yalikuwa yamewapata,
27 the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.
Wayahudi wakapokea jukumu na desturi mpya. Desturi hii iwe kwa ajili yao, watoto wao, na kila ambaye aliyeungana nao. Na itakuwa kwamba maadhimisho haya watayafanya kwa kila mwaka. Wataadhimisha kwa namna fulani na nyakati hizo hizo kila mwaka.
28 These days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.
Siku hizi zilipaswa kuadhimishwa katika kila kizazi, kila familia, kila jimbo na kwa kila mji. Wayahudi hawa na watoto wao hawakuacha kuadhimisha siku hizi za Purimu, ili kwamba wasizisahau.
29 So Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.
Malkia Esta na Modekai wakaandika kwa mamlaka yote na kuthibitisha barua hii ya pili kuhusu Purimu.
30 And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,
Barua zilipelekwa katika majimbo 127 ya mfalme Ahusiero, zikiwatakia Wayahudi wote amani na kweli.
31 in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.
Na kuthibitisha siku za Purimu sawa sawa na maelekezo ya Modekai na Esta yaliyowataka Wayahudi waadhimishe. Wayahudi wakatii maagizo kwa ajili yao na uzao wao, kama walivyotii siku za kufunga na kuomboleza.
32 So Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, which were written into the record.
Agizo la Esta likahakikisha sheria hizi kuhusu Purimu, na ikaandikwa katika kitabu.
