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,
Siku hiyo Mfalme Ahusiero akampa Malkia Esta mali yote ya Hamani, adui wa Wayahudi. Na kisha akampandisha cheo Modekai ili atumike mbele zake, kwa sababu Malkia Esta alikuwa amemueleza Mfalme uhusiano wake na Modekai.
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.
Kisha Mfalme akampa pete yake aliyokuwa amempa Hamani. Malkia Esta akampandisha Modekai ili awe mkuu katika shamba la Hamani.
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;
Kisha Esta akaongea tena na mfalme. Akaanguka chini na kulia mbele za mfalme akimsihi Mfalme abatilishe njama ya kuwaua Wayahudi wote iliyokuwa imetangazwa na Hamani Muagagi
4 and the king holds out to Esther the golden scepter, and Esther rises, and stands before the king,
kisha mfalme akamnyoshea Esta fimbo yake ya dhahabu, akainuka na kusimama mbele ya mfalme.
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,
Esta akasema, “Kama ikikupendeza na kama nimepata kibali mbele zako, agiza mbiu ipigwe ili kubatilisha barua zilizoandikwa na Hamani mwana wa Hammedatha muagagi, barua alizoziandika ili kuwa angamiza Wayahudi wote walikuwa katika majimbo yote ya mfalme.
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?”
Ninawezaje kuona ubaya ukiwapa watu wangu? Ninawezaje kutazama uharibifu wa jamaa zangu?”
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,
Mfalme Ahusiero akamwambia Esta na Modekai, Muyahudi, tazama nimempa Esta nyumba yote ya Hamani na wamemtundika Hamani katika mti kwa sababu alikuwa amekusudia kuwaangamiza Wayahudi wote.
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.”
Hivyo andika mbiu nyingine kwa ajili ya Wayahudi kwa jina la mfalme na uipige muhuri kwa pete ya mfalme. Kwa sababu mbiu imekwisha andikwa kwa jina la mfalme na kugongwa muhuri kwa pete ya mfamle na haiwezi kubatilishwa.”
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.
Kisha waandishi wa mfalme wakakusanyika kwa wakati huo huo katika mwezi wa tatu, ambao ni mwezi wa Sivani, siku ya ishirini ya mwezi wa tatu. Mbiu iliandikwa yote ambayo Modekai aliyaamuru kwa Wayahudi watendewe na wenyeji wa kila jimbo. Mbiu iliandikwa kwa maakida magavana na wakuu wa majimbo yote yaliyokuwa toka India hadi Ethiopia, majimbo 127 kila jimbo iliandikwa kuwa maandishi yake, na kila watu kwa lugha yao, na kwa Wayahudi kwa maandishi na lugha yao.
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,
Modekai akaandika kwa jina la Mfalme Ahusiero na akazipiga muhuri kwa pete ya mfalme. Akapeleka nyaraka kwa matarishi, akawapandisha kwenye farasi waendao kwa haraka waliotumika kwa huduma ya mfalme, waliozaliwa kwa mfalme.
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.
Mfalme akawapa Wayahudi wote katika majimbo ya utawala wake kibali cha kukusanyika na kujilinda na ruhusa ya kuangamiza, kuua na kuharibu mtu yeyote aliyekuwa na kusudi la kuwaua Wayahudi wote na kupora mali zao.
12 In one day, in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month—it [is] the month of Adar—
Jambo hili lilipaswa litekelezwe katika majimbo yote ya Mfalme Ahusiero, siku ya ya kumi na tatu ya mwezi wa kumi na mbili, ambao ni mwezi wa Adari.
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.
Nakala ya mbiu ilipaswa kutolewa kama sheria na kutangazwa kwa watu wote. Wayahudi walikuwa tayari kwa siku hiyo kulipa kisasi kwa adui zao.
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.
Hivyo matarishi wakaendesha farasi waliokuwa wakitumiwa katika huduma za kifalme. Walienda kwa haraka sana. Mbiu hii pia ilikuwa imetolewa katika mji wa Shushani pia.
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;
Kisha Mosekai akaondoka mbele za mfalme akiwa amevaa mavazi ya kifalme, nguo buluu na nyeupe na taji kubwa ya dhahabu na joho la zambarau. Mji wa Shushani ukafurahia.
16 to the Jews has been light, and gladness, and joy, and honor,
Wayahudi walikuwa na nuru, na furaha na heshima. Mji wowote ambao mbiu hii ilipigwa, Wayahudi walifurahia na walifanya karamu na pumziko.
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.
Watu wengi wakatamani kuwa Wayahudi sababu ya hofu ya Wayahudi iliyokuwa juu yao.
