Esther 8
1 On that day has King Ahasuerus given to Esther the queen the house of Haman, adversary of the Jews, and Mordecai has come in before the king, for Esther has declared what he [is] to her,
Awo ku lunaku olwo Kabaka Akaswero n’awa Nnabagereka Eseza ebintu byonna ebya Kamani omulabe w’Abayudaaya. Eseza n’ategeeza Kabaka nti alina oluganda ku Moluddekaayi, era okuva mu kiseera ekyo Moluddekaayi n’ajjanga mu maaso ga Kabaka.
2 and the king turns aside his signet, that he has caused to pass away from Haman, and gives it to Mordecai, and Esther sets Mordecai over the house of Haman.
Kabaka n’aggyako empeta ye gye yaggya ku Kamani n’agiwa Moluddekaayi, ate era ne Eseza n’afuula Moluddekaayi okuvunaanyizibwa ebintu ebyali ebya Kamani.
3 And Esther adds, and speaks before the king, and falls before his feet, and weeps, and makes supplication to him, to cause the evil of Haman the Agagite to pass away, and his scheme that he had devised against the Jews;
Awo Eseza n’agenda ewa Kabaka nate ng’amwegayirira ng’agwa ku bigere bye n’okukaaba nga bw’akaaba, ng’amusaba akomye enteekateeka embi zonna eza Kamani Omwagaagi, n’enkwe ze yali asalidde Abayudaaya.
4 and the king holds out to Esther the golden scepter, and Esther rises, and stands before the king,
Kabaka n’agololera Eseza omuggo ogwa zaabu, amangu ago Eseza n’agolokoka n’ayimirira mu maaso ga Kabaka.
5 and says, “If to the king [it be] good, and if I have found grace before him, and the thing has been right before the king, and I [am] good in his eyes, let it be written to bring back the letters—a scheme of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite—that he wrote to destroy the Jews who [are] in all provinces of the king,
Eseza n’ayogera nti, “Kabaka bw’anasiima, era obanga ŋŋaanze mu maaso ga Kabaka, nange obanga musanyusa, bawandiike ekiragiro okujjulula ebbaluwa Kamani mutabani wa Kammedasa Omwagaagi, ze yayiiya era n’awandiika okuzikiriza Abayudaaya mu bitundu byonna ebya kabaka.
6 for how do I endure when I have looked on the evil that finds my people? And how do I endure when I have looked on the destruction of my family?”
Nnyinza ntya okugumiikiriza okulaba obulabe obulijja ku bantu bange, era n’okulaba okuzikirizibwa okw’ennyumba yange?”
7 And King Ahasuerus says to Esther the queen, and to Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, the house of Haman I have given to Esther, and him they have hanged on the tree, because that he put forth his hand on the Jews,
Awo Kabaka Akaswero n’agamba Nnabagereka Eseza ne Moluddekaayi Omuyudaaya nti, “Olw’okuba Kamani yali ayagala kuzikiriza Abayudaaya, ebintu bye mbiwadde Eseza, era n’okuwanikibwa awanikibbwa ku Kalabba.
8 and you, write for the Jews, as [it is] good in your eyes, in the name of the king, and seal with the signet of the king—for the writing that is written in the name of the king, and sealed with the signet of the king, there is none to turn back.”
Noolwekyo muwandiike ekiwandiiko ekirala mu linnya lya Kabaka ku lw’Abayudaaya nga bwe musiima, era mukisseeko akabonero n’empeta ya Kabaka, kubanga tewali kiwandiiko ekiwandiikiddwa mu linnya lya Kabaka era ekiteekeddwako akabonero n’empeta ya Kabaka ekiyinza okujjululwa.”
9 And the scribes of the king are called, at that time, in the third month—it [is] the month of Sivan—in the twenty-third [day] of it, and it is written, according to all that Mordecai has commanded, to the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the governors, and the heads of the provinces, that [are] from Hodu even to Cush, one hundred twenty-seven provinces—province and province according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their tongue.
Ku lunaku olw’amakumi abiri mu esatu mu mwezi ogwokusatu, gwe mwezi Sivaani abawandiisi ba Kabaka ne bayitibwa ne bawandiika byonna Moluddekaayi bye yalagira Abayudaaya, ebbaluwa n’eweerezebwa eri abaamasaza, ne bagavana n’abakungu abaafuganga mu bitundu ekikumi mu abiri mu omusanvu okuva e Buyindi okutuusa ku Buwesiyopya. Ebiragiro by’awandiikibwa eri buli ssaza ng’empandiika yaalyo bwe yali, n’eri buli ggwanga ng’olulimi lwabwe bwe lwali, n’eri Abayudaaya mu mpandiika yaabwe era ne mu lulimi lwabwe.
10 And he writes in the name of King Ahasuerus, and seals with the signet of the king, and sends letters by the hand of the runners with horses, riders of the dromedary, the mules, the young mares,
Moluddekaayi n’awandiika mu linnya lya Kabaka Akaswero, ebbaluwa n’azissaako akabonero n’empeta ya Kabaka, n’aziweereza zitwalibwe ababaka abeebagala embalaasi ezidduka ennyo ate nga zaakuzibwa mu bisibo bya Kabaka.
11 that the king has given to the Jews who [are] in each and every city, to be assembled, and to stand for their life, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy the whole force of the people and province who are distressing them, infants and women, and their spoil to seize.
Ekiragiro kya Kabaka ky’awa Abayudaaya mu buli kibuga olukusa okukuŋŋaana n’okwekuuma; okuzikiriza, n’okutta, n’okusaanyaawo eggye lyonna ery’eggwanga lyonna oba essaza lyonna erinaabalumba, abakazi baabwe n’abaana baabwe abato, ate era n’okunyaga ebintu by’abalabe baabwe.
12 In one day, in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month—it [is] the month of Adar—
Olunaku olwalondebwa Abayudaaya okukola bino mu bitundu byonna ebya Kabaka Akaswero lwe lwali olunaku olw’ekkumi n’essatu mu mwezi ogw’ekkumi n’ebiri, gwe mwezi Adali.
13 a copy of the writing to be made law in each and every province is revealed to all the peoples, and for the Jews being ready at this day to be avenged of their enemies.
Ebyaggyibwa mu kiragiro ekyo byali bya kuba nga tteeka mu buli kitundu, era n’okumanyibwa eri abantu aba buli ggwanga, nti ku lunaku olwo Abayudaaya beeteekereteekere okulwanyisa abalabe baabwe.
14 The runners, riding on the dromedary, [and] the mules, have gone out, hurried and pressed by the word of the king, and the law has been given in Shushan the palace.
Awo ababaka abeebagala embalaasi za Kabaka, ne bagenda mbiro, ku kiragiro kya Kabaka, era n’ekiragiro ekiwandiikiddwa ne kirangirirwa mu lubiri lw’e Susani.
15 And Mordecai went out from before the king, in royal clothing of blue and white, and a great crown of gold, and a garment of fine linen and purple, and the city of Shushan has rejoiced and been glad;
Awo Moluddekaayi n’ava mu maaso ga Kabaka ng’ayambadde ebyambalo bya Kabaka ebya kaniki n’ebyeru, era ng’atikkiddwa engule ennene eya zaabu, era ng’ayambadde omunagiro ogwa bafuta ennungi n’olugoye olw’effulungu. Ekibuga ekya Susani ne kisanyuka nnyo.
16 to the Jews has been light, and gladness, and joy, and honor,
Ate n’eri Abayudaaya kyali kiseera kya ssanyu, n’okujaguza n’ekitiibwa.
17 and in each and every province, and in each and every city, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, gladness and joy [are] to the Jews, a banquet, and a good day; and many of the peoples of the land are becoming Jews, for a fear of the Jews has fallen on them.
Mu buli kitundu, ne mu buli kibuga, ekiragiro kya Kabaka we kyatuuka, waaliyo essanyu n’okujaguza n’embaga nnene ddala mu Bayudaaya. Era abantu bangi abamawanga amalala ne bafuuka Abayudaaya olw’entiisa ey’Abayudaaya eyali ebakutte.
