Esther 1
1 Now it came about in the days of Ahasuerus, (that Ahasuerus who was ruler of a hundred and twenty-seven divisions of the kingdom, from India as far as Ethiopia: )
Tala makambo oyo esalemaki na tango ya mokonzi Kizerisesi oyo azalaki kokamba bituka nkama moko na tuku mibale na sambo, longwa na Ende kino na Kushi.
2 That in those days, when King Ahasuerus was ruling in Shushan, his strong town,
Na tango wana, Kizerisesi akendeki kovanda na kiti na ye ya bokonzi kuna na Size, engumba mokonzi batonga makasi.
3 In the third year of his rule he gave a feast to all his captains and his servants; and the captains of the army of Persia and Media, the great men and the rulers of the divisions of his kingdom, were present before him;
Na mobu ya misato ya bokonzi na ye, asalisaki feti monene mpo na bato na ye nyonso ya lokumu: bakalaka na ye, bakonzi ya basoda ya mokili ya Persi mpe ya Medi, bankumu mpe bayangeli ya bituka.
4 And for a long time, even a hundred and eighty days, he let them see all the wealth and the glory of his kingdom and the great power and honour which were his.
Na feti yango, azalaki kolakisa ebele ya bomengo ya bokonzi na ye mpe kongenga ya lokumu monene oyo azalaki na yango. Feti yango esalaki mikolo nkama moko na tuku mwambe.
5 And at the end of that time, the king gave a feast for all the people who were present in Shushan, the king's town, small as well as great, for seven days, in the outer square of the garden of the king's house.
Sima na mikolo yango, mokonzi asalisaki kati na elanga ya ndako na ye ya bokonzi, feti mosusu oyo esalaki mikolo sambo mpo na bato nyonso, ezala babola to bazwi, oyo bazalaki kati na Size, engumba mokonzi batonga makasi.
6 There were fair hangings of white and green and blue, fixed with cords of purple and the best linen to silver rings and pillars of polished stone: the seats were of gold and silver on a floor of red and white and yellow and black stone.
Elamba yango ezalaki na banzela ya langi ya mosaka, ya langi ya pembe mpe ya langi ya ble; bakangisaki yango na makonzi oyo basala na mabanga ya marbre, na basinga ya lino ya langi ya pembe mpe ya motane; bongo balekisaki yango kati na bapete ya palata. Batiaki bakiti minene ya wolo mpe ya palata, na etando ya lopango ya bakaro oyo basala na mabanga ya talo ya langi ya ndenge na ndenge: mabanga ya porfire, ya marbre, ya marbre ya mwindo mpe mabanga mosusu ya talo.
7 And they gave them drink in gold vessels, every vessel being different, and wine of the kingdom, freely given by the king.
Bazalaki kokabola masanga ya vino na bakopo ya wolo; kopo na kopo ezalaki na lolenge na yango. Bongo vino ezalaki penza ebele kolanda motema ya kokaba ya mokonzi.
8 And the drinking was in keeping with the law; no one was forced: for the king had given orders to all the chief servants of his house to do as was pleasing to every man.
Mokonzi apesaki mitindo ete moto nyonso oyo abengami na feti amela masanga ndenge alingi, pamba te atindaki bato nyonso oyo bakabolaka masanga kopesa na moto nyonso masanga ya vino kolanda posa ya moto na moto.
9 And Vashti the queen gave a feast for the women in the house of King Ahasuerus.
Vasti, mwasi ya mokonzi, ye mpe asalisaki feti mpo na basi, kati na ndako ya mokonzi Kizerisesi.
10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was glad with wine, he gave orders to Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven unsexed servants who were waiting before Ahasuerus the king,
Na mokolo ya sambo, lokola mokonzi Kizerisesi alangwaki vino, atindaki basoda na ye sambo oyo baboma bango mokongo mpe bazalaki kosalela ye: Mewumani, Bizita, Aribona, Bigita, Abagita, Zetari mpe Karikasi.
11 That Vashti the queen was to come before him, crowned with her crown, and let the people and the captains see her: for she was very beautiful.
Atindaki bango ete bamema liboso na ye Vasti, mwasi ya mokonzi; bongo alata motole na ye ya bokonzi mpo ete alakisa kitoko na ye epai ya bato mpe epai ya bakalaka, pamba te azalaki penza kitoko.
12 But when the servants gave her the king's order, Vashti the queen said she would not come: then the king was very angry, and his heart was burning with wrath.
Kasi tango basoda oyo baboma bango mokongo bayebisaki Vasti, mwasi ya mokonzi, mitindo oyo mokonzi apesaki; Vasti, mwasi ya mokonzi, aboyaki kokende. Mokonzi atombokaki makasi mpe apelaki na kanda.
13 And the king said to the wise men, who had knowledge of the times, (for this was the king's way with all who were expert in law and in the giving of decisions:
Asololaki na bato na ye ya bwanya oyo bayebaka kososola tango, pamba te ezalaki momesano ete makambo ya mokonzi esengeli koya liboso ya bato nyonso ya bwanya, ba-oyo bayebi malamu makambo etali mibeko mpe bosembo, mpo ete basosola yango.
14 And second only to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven rulers of Persia and Media, who were friends of the king, and had the first places in the kingdom: )
Nzokande, ezalaki na bato sambo ya lokumu, bato ya Persi mpe ya Medi, oyo bazalaki bapesi toli oyo mokonzi azalaki kolinga makasi; bazalaki kosangana na mayangani ya mokonzi mpe basimbaki misala oyo eleki minene. Bakombo na bango ezalaki: Karishena, Shetari, Adimata, Tarsisi, Meresi, Marisena mpe Memukani.
15 What is to be done by law to Vashti the queen, because she has not done what King Ahasuerus, by his servants, gave her orders to do?
Mokonzi atunaki bango: — Kolanda mobeko, esengi kosala nini epai ya Vasti, mwasi ya mokonzi, mpo ete aboyi kotosa mitindo ya mokonzi Kizerisesi, mitindo oyo basoda oyo baboma bango mokongo bayebisaki ye?
16 And before the king and the captains, Memucan gave his answer: Vashti the queen has done wrong, not only to the king, but to all the captains and to all the peoples in all the divisions of the kingdom of King Ahasuerus;
Memukani azongiselaki mokonzi liboso ya bakalaka na ye: — Vasti, mwasi ya mokonzi, asali mabe kaka liboso ya mokonzi te; kasi mpe, liboso ya bakalaka nyonso mpe ya bato nyonso kati bituka nyonso ya mokonzi Kizerisesi.
17 For news of what the queen has done will come to the ears of all women, and they will no longer give respect to their husbands when it is said to them, King Ahasuerus gave orders for Vashti the queen to come before him and she came not.
Pamba te sango ya ezaleli mabe ya mwasi ya mokonzi ekoyebana kati na basi nyonso; na bongo, bakokoma kotiola bokonzi ya mibali na bango na koloba: « Mokonzi Kizerisesi kutu apesaki mitindo ete babenga Vasti mpo ete akende liboso na ye, kasi mwasi ya mokonzi aboyaki kokende! »
18 And the wives of the captains of Persia and Media, hearing what the queen has done, will say the same to all the king's captains. So there will be much shame and wrath.
Kaka na mokolo ya lelo, basi ya bakalaka ya bato ya Persi mpe ya Medi, oyo bayoki sango ya ezaleli mabe ya mwasi ya mokonzi, bakozongisela bakalaka nyonso ya mokonzi kaka ndenge moko. Boye, kozanga na bango limemia mpe botosi ekoluka ete mibali na bango bakoma na kanda.
19 If it is pleasing to the king, let an order go out from him, and let it be recorded among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it may never be changed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her place to another who is better than she.
Yango wana, soki esepelisi mokonzi, tika ete mokonzi azwa mobeko oyo ekoki kobongwana te; mpe tika ete mobeko yango ekomama kati na mibeko ya Persi mpe ya Medi: Vasti akoki lisusu te kotelema liboso ya mokonzi Kizerisesi; mokonzi akopesa lokumu na ye ya mwasi ya mokonzi epai ya mwasi mosusu oyo azali malamu koleka ye.
20 And when this order, given by the king, is made public through all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give honour to their husbands, great as well as small.
Boye tango mobeko ya mokonzi ekopanzana na mokili na ye mobimba, basi nyonso bakotosa mibali na bango, ezala babola to bazwi.
21 And this suggestion seemed good to the king and the captains; and the king did as Memucan said;
Toli oyo esepelisaki mokonzi elongo na bakalaka na ye. Mokonzi asalaki ndenge Memukani alobaki.
22 And sent letters to all the divisions of the kingdom, to every division in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs, saying that every man was to be the ruler in his house, and that this order was to be given out in the language of his people.
Atindaki mikanda na bituka nyonso ya mokili: etuka na etuka kolanda ndenge ezali ekomeli na yango; mpe bato na bato, kolanda lokota na bango. Mikanda yango elobaki ete mobali nyonso asengeli kozala mokonzi ya ndako na ye mpe koloba monoko ya mboka na ye.
