Esther 8
1 On that day king Assuerus gave the house of Aman, the Jews’ enemy, to queen Esther, and Mardochai came in before the king. For Esther had confessed to him that he was her uncle.
Chiengʼno ruoth Ahasuerus nomiyo Esta mwandu mag Haman, jasik jo-Yahudi. Kendo Modekai nobiro e nyim ruoth, nimar Esta nosenyise ni en watne.
2 And the king took the ring which he had commanded to be taken again from Aman, and gave it to Mardochai. And Esther set Mardochai over her house.
Ruoth nogolo terene mane oyudo osegolo kuom Haman, mi nomiyo Modekai. Kendo Esta nokete mondo orit mwandu mane mag Haman.
3 And not content with these things, she fell down at the king’s feet and wept, and speaking to him besought him, that he would give orders that the malice of Aman the Agagite, and his most wicked devices which he had invented against the Jews, should be of no effect.
Esta nochako ohombo ruoth mopodho e tiende koywak. Ne okwaye mondo oketh chenro marach mane Haman ja-Agag oseloso, mondo otimne jo-Yahudi.
4 But he, as the manner was, held out the golden sceptre with his hand, which was the sign of clemency: and she arose up and stood before him,
Eka ruoth notingʼo ludhe mar dhahabu ne Esta bangʼe noa malo mochungʼ e nyim ruoth.
5 And said: If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and my request be not disagreeable to him, I beseech thee, that the former letters of Aman the traitor and enemy of the Jews, by which he commanded that they should be destroyed in all the king’s provinces, may be reversed by new letters.
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.
6 For how call I endure the murdering and slaughter of my people?
Nimar ere kaka dalingʼ alingʼa ka aneno masira mabiro ne ogandana? Kata ere kaka dalingʼ alingʼa ka aneno ka idwaro tiek joodwa.”
7 And king Assuerus answered Esther the queen, and Mardochai the Jew: I have given Aman’s house to Esther, and I have commanded him to be hanged on a gibbet, because he durst lay hands on the Jews.
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.
8 Write ye therefore to the Jews, as it pleaseth you, in the king’s name, and seal the letters with my ring. For this was the custom, that no man durst gainsay the letters which were sent in the king’s name, and were sealed with his ring.
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.
9 Then the king’s scribes and secretaries were called for (now it was the time of the third month which is called Siban) the three and twentieth day of the month, and letters were written, as Mardochai had a mind, to the Jews, and to the governors, and to the deputies, and to the judges, who were rulers over the hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia: to province and province, to people and people, according to their languages and characters, and to the Jews, according as they could read and hear.
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.
10 And these letters which were sent in the king’s name, were sealed with his ring, and sent by posts: who were to run through all the provinces, to prevent the former letters with new messages.
Modekai nondiko gi teko mar ruoth Ahasuerus mokete sei gi tere mar ruoth bangʼe nooro barupego gi jongʼwech maringo matek koidho farese mag ruoth.
11 And the king gave orders to them, to speak to the Jews in every city, and to command them to gather themselves together, and to stand for their lives, and to kill and destroy all their enemies with their wives and children and all their houses, and to take their spoil.
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.
12 And one day of revenge was appointed through all the provinces, to wit, the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar.
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.
13 And this was the content of the letter, that it should be notified in all lands and peoples that were subject to the empire of king Assuerus, that the Jews were ready to be revenged of their enemies.
Chikno nyaka landi e pinje duto kendo ne ogendini duto, mondo jo-Yahudi oikre ne chiengʼ chulo kuor ne wasikgi.
14 So the swift posts went out carrying the messages, and the king’s edict was hung up in Susan.
Joote mane oidho farese maka ruoth noringo matek kadhi kaluwore gi chik mane ruoth ogolo. Milomeno bende nogo e ohinga mar Susa.
15 And Mardochai going forth out of the palace, and from the king’s presence, shone in royal apparel, to wit, of violet and sky colour, wearing a golden crown on his head, and clothed with a cloak of silk and purple. And all the city rejoiced and was glad.
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.
16 But to the Jews a new light seemed to rise, joy, honour, and dancing.
To ne jo-Yahudi, ne en kinde mar mor, gi ilo kod pak.
17 And in all peoples, cities, and provinces, whithersoever the king’s commandments came, there was wonderful rejoicing, feasts and banquets, and keeping holy day: insomuch that many of other nations and religion, joined themselves to their worship and ceremonies. For a great dread of the name of the Jews had fallen upon all.
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.
