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.
Da no ara, Ɔhene Ahasweros de Haman a ɔyɛ Yudafo tamfo no agyapade maa Ɔhemmea Ɛster. Na afei, wɔde Mordekai baa ɔhene anim, efisɛ na Ɛster akyerɛ sɛnea ɔne no bɔ abusua fa.
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.
Ɔhene no worɔw kaa a ogye fii Haman nkyɛn no de hyɛɛ Mordekai. Na Ɛster yii Mordekai sɛ ɔno na ɔnhwɛ Haman agyapade so.
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.
Bio, Ɛster baa ɔhene no nkyɛn bɛhwee ne nan ase, de su srɛɛ no se, Haman pɔw a ɔbɔ de tiaa Yudafo no wɔmma wonnyae.
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,
Na ɔhene no soo sika ahempema no mu, de kyerɛɛ Ɛster so. Enti ɔsɔre gyinaa nʼanim
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.
kae se, “Sɛ mesɔ Ɔhempɔn ani na sɛ osusuw sɛ eye a, hyɛ mmara a etia sɛe a na Hamedata babarima Haman pɛ sɛ ɔsɛe Yudafo a wɔwɔ ɔhene amantam nyinaa no mu no.
6 For how call I endure the murdering and slaughter of my people?
Na mɛyɛ dɛn atena ase ahwɛ sɛ wɔrekunkum me nkurɔfo ne mʼabusuafo, asɛe wɔn?”
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.
Na ɔhene Ahasweros ka kyerɛɛ Ɔhemmea Ɛster ne Yudani Mordekai se, “Mede Haman agyapade ama Ɛster, na wɔasɛn no wɔ dua so, efisɛ ɔpɛɛ sɛ ɔsɛe Yudafo.
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.
Afei, fa ɔhene din kyerɛw mmara foforo wɔ Yudafo no din mu, ka nea wopɛ biara wɔ mu, na fa ɔhene kaa no sɔw ano. Biribiara a wɔakyerɛw wɔ ɔhene din mu de ne kaa asɔw ano no, wɔnnan ani.”
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.
Enti Siwan ɔsram (bɛyɛ Ayɛwohomumɔ) da a ɛto so aduonu anum no, wɔfrɛɛ ɔhene akyerɛwfo. Mordekai kaa nsɛm no, na wɔkyerɛw mmara kɔmaa Yudafo ne mmapɔmma, amradofo ne mpasua no mu adwumayɛfo a wɔwɔ amantam ɔha aduonu ason no mu, efi India kosi Etiopia. Wɔkyerɛw mmara no wɔ kasa ahorow a nnipa no ka wɔ ahemman no mu, a Yudafo no ka ho.
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.
Mordekai de Ɔhene Ahasweros din na ɛkyerɛwee, na ɔde ɔhene no kaa sɔw ano. Ɔde nkrataa no somaa abɔfo ahoɔharefo a wɔtenatenaa apɔnkɔ a wɔayɛn wɔn ama ɔhene som no so.
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.
Ɔhene no mmara no maa Yudafo a wɔwɔ kurow biara so tumi ma wɔkaa wɔn ho bɔɔ mu, bɔɔ wɔn nkwa ho ban. Wɔmaa wɔn ho kwan sɛ ɔman anaa ɔmantam biara a ebetu wɔn mma anaa wɔn yerenom so sa no, wɔwɔ ho kwan sɛ wokunkum wɔn, tɔre wɔn ase, fow wɔn atamfo no agyapade.
12 And one day of revenge was appointed through all the provinces, to wit, the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar.
Da pɔtee a wotu sii hɔ maa nneyɛe yi wɔ ɔhene Ahasweros mantam mu no yɛ Adar ɔsram (bɛyɛ Ɔbɛnem) da a ɛto so ason wɔ afe a na wɔrebesi mu no mu.
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.
Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔfa mmara yi sɛso wɔ ɔmantam biara mu sɛ mmara, na wɔda no adi kyerɛ ɔmanfo nyinaa. Sɛ ɛba saa a, saa da no, Yudafo no besiesie wɔn ho, atɔ wɔn atamfo so were.
14 So the swift posts went out carrying the messages, and the king’s edict was hung up in Susan.
Ɔhene asɛm no nti, abɔfo no de apɔnkɔ a wɔayɛn wɔn ama ɔhene no tuu mmirikatɛntɛ. Wɔhyɛɛ mmara koro no ara bi wɔ Susa aban no mu.
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.
Na Mordekai hyɛɛ ahentade tuntum ne fufu ne sikakɔkɔɔ ahenkyɛw, na ɔhyɛɛ batakari tamkɔkɔɔ nguguso fɛfɛ bi guu so. Na ɔmanfo a wɔwɔ Susa no hyɛɛ mmara foforo no ho fa.
16 But to the Jews a new light seemed to rise, joy, honour, and dancing.
Anigye ne ahosɛpɛw hyɛɛ Yudafo no ma, na wɔhyɛɛ wɔn anuonyam wɔ baabiara.
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.
Kuropɔn biara ne ɔmantam biara a ɔhene no mmara no dui no, Yudafo no sɛpɛw wɔn ho, hyɛɛ fa kɛse na wodii ho afoofi. Na asase no so nnipa bebree yɛɛ wɔn ho Yudafo, efisɛ na wosuro nea Yudafo no bɛyɛ wɔn.
