< Esther 2 >

1 After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
Sima na mikolo, kanda ya mokonzi Kizerisesi ekitaki; akomaki kokanisa Vasti, makambo oyo asalaki mpe mobeko oyo azwaki na tina na ye.
2 Then said the young men of the king, who waited upon him, —Let them seek out for the king young virgins, of pleasing appearance;
Bato oyo basalaka epai ya mokonzi balobaki na ye: — Tika ete balukela mokonzi bilenge basi ya kitoko oyo bayebi nanu nzoto ya mibali te.
3 and let the king appoint officers throughout all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them gather together every young virgin of pleasing appearance unto Shusan the palace, unto the house of the women, into the custody of Hegai eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, and let there be given the things needed for their purification;
Tika ete mokonzi atia bato kati na etuka moko na moko ya bokonzi na ye, mpo ete bamema na ndako ya basi oyo ezalaka na Size, engumba mokonzi, bilenge basi nyonso ya kitoko oyo bayebi nanu nzoto ya mibali te. Tika ete bapesa bango na maboko ya Ege, kalaka ya lokumu mpo na mokonzi, oyo baboma ye mokongo mpe abatelaka basi; mpe tika ete bapesa bango mafuta mpe malasi oyo ekomisaka bato kitoko.
4 and, the maiden that is pleasing in the eyes of the king, let her be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing seemed good in the eyes of the king, and he did so.
Tika ete elenge mwasi oyo akosepelisa mokonzi akoma mwasi ya mokonzi na esika ya Vasti. Likanisi oyo esepelisaki mokonzi mpe asalelaki yango.
5 A certain Jew, there was, in Shusan the palace, —whose, name, was Mordecai, son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a man of Benjamin;
Kati na Size, engumba mokonzi batonga makasi, ezalaki na Moyuda moko ya libota ya Benjame; kombo na ye ezalaki « Maridoshe. » Maridoshe azalaki mwana mobali ya Yairi, mwana mobali ya Shimei, mwana mobali ya Kishi.
6 who had been exiled from Jerusalem, with the exiles who were carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, —whom, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, exiled.
Maridoshe azalaki kati na bato oyo Nabukodonozori, mokonzi ya Babiloni, amemaki na bowumbu, longwa na Yelusalemi, elongo na Yekonia, mokonzi ya Yuda.
7 And it came to pass, that he was bringing up Hadassah, the same, was Esther, his uncle’s daughter, for she had neither father nor mother, —and, the maiden, was of beautiful form and pleasing appearance, and when her father and mother died, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
Maridoshe azalaki kobokola Adasa, mwana mwasi ya noko na ye mpo ete azalaki lisusu na tata mpe na mama te. Nzokande, elenge mwasi oyo kombo na ye mosusu ezalaki « Ester » azalaki na ezaleli malamu mpe elongi kitoko. Tango tata mpe mama na ye bakufaki, Maridoshe azwaki ye mpe akomaki kobokola ye lokola mwana na ye penza ya mwasi.
8 So it came to pass, when the king’s command and decree was heard, and there had been gathered together many maidens unto Shusan the palace, unto the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the house of the king, unto the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women;
Tango bapanzaki sango ya mitindo mpe ya mobeko ya mokonzi, basangisaki bilenge basi ebele na engumba Size, mpe Ege azalaki kobatela bango. Boye bamemaki mpe Ester kati na ndako ya mokonzi mpe bapesaki ye na maboko ya Ege, mosali oyo azalaki kobatela ndako ya basi ya mokonzi.
9 and the maiden was pleasing in his eyes, and she received lovingkindness before him, and he hastened to give her, the things needed for her purification, and things apportioned her, and to give her, seven select maidens, out of the house of the king, —and he removed her and her maidens to the best place in the house of the women.
Ester asepelisaki Ege mpe azwaki ngolu na miso na ye. Mbala moko, apesaki ye biloko ya monzele mpe bilei oyo asengeli kolia; apesaki ye mpe basali sambo ya basi oyo aponaki kati na ndako ya mokonzi. Bongo atiaki ye elongo na basali na ye ya basi kati na shambre oyo elekaki kitoko kati na ndako ya basi ya mokonzi.
10 Esther had not told of her people, nor of her kindred, —for, Mordecai, had laid charge upon her, that she should not tell.
Ester atikalaki te koyebisa ekolo mpe libota na ye, pamba te Maridoshe apekisaki ye koloba yango.
11 And, throughout every day, Mordecai, used to walk to and fro, before the court of the house of the women, —to get to know the welfare of Esther, and what would be done with her.
Mikolo nyonso, Maridoshe azalaki koleka liboso ya lopango ya ndako ya basi ya mokonzi mpo na kozwa basango ya Ester mpe koyeba ndenge nini bazalaki kobatela ye.
12 Now, when the turn of each maiden came, to go in unto King Ahasuerus, after it had been done to her according to the law of the women for twelve months, for, so, were filled the days of their purification, —six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfumes, and with things for the purification of the women,
Kolanda ndenge ekatamaki, liboso ete elenge mwasi nyonso akende kokutana na mokonzi Kizerisesi, basengelaki kosala sanza zomi na mibale mpo na kobongisa ye mpo ete akoma kitoko: sanza motoba na mafuta ya mire, mpe sanza motoba mosusu na biloko ya monzele.
13 then, indeed, the maiden came in unto the king, —whatsoever she might mention, was given her, to go with her, out of the house of the women up to the house of the king:
Tala ndenge elenge mwasi nyonso oyo azalaki kokende epai ya mokonzi azalaki: Wuta na ndako ya basi ya mokonzi kino na ndako ya mokonzi, bazalaki kopesa ye eloko nyonso oyo azalaki na yango na bosenga.
14 in the evening, she went in, and, in the morning, she returned—unto the second house of the women, unto the custody of Shaashgaz the king’s eunuch, who kept the concubines, —she went not in again unto the king, except the king delighted in her, and she were called by name.
Boye elenge mwasi azalaki kokende epai ya mokonzi na pokwa; mpe na tongo ya mokolo oyo ezalaki kolanda, azalaki kokende na ndako mosusu ya basi ya mokonzi, oyo Shashigazi azalaki kokamba. Shashigazi azalaki kalaka ya lokumu mpo na mokonzi, baboma ye mokongo mpe azalaki na mokumba ya kobatela bamakangu ya mokonzi. Elenge mwasi azalaki lisusu te kozonga liboso ya mokonzi, longola kaka soki mokonzi ayoki posa na ye mpe abengisi ye na kombo.
15 But, when the turn came for Esther daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai—who had taken her as his own daughter—to go in unto the king, she requested nothing, save what Hegai the king’s eunuch who kept the women might direct, —but so it was, that Esther obtained favour in the eyes of all who beheld her.
Tango ekomaki ngala ya Ester ya kokende epai ya mokonzi; Ester, mwana mwasi ya Abiyaili, noko ya Maridoshe oyo abokolaki Ester, amemaki eloko mosusu te, bobele oyo Ege, kalaka ya lokumu, oyo baboma ye mokongo mpe azalaki na kobatela ndako ya basi ya mokonzi, ayebisaki ye. Mpe Ester azwaki ngolu na miso ya moto nyonso oyo azalaki komona ye.
16 So then Esther was taken unto King Ahasuerus, into his royal house, in the tenth month, the same, was the month Tebeth, —in the seventh year of his reign.
Ezalaki na sanza ya zomi, sanza ya Tebeti, na mobu ya sambo ya bokonzi ya Kizerisesi nde bamemaki Ester liboso ya mokonzi kati na ndako ya mokonzi.
17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained favour and lovingkindness before him, above all the virgins, —so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen, instead of Vashti.
Mokonzi alingaki Ester makasi koleka basi nyonso. Ester azwaki ngolu mpe andimamaki na miso ya mokonzi koleka bilenge basi mosusu. Bongo mokonzi atiaki motole ya bokonzi na moto ya Ester mpe akomisaki ye mwasi ya mokonzi na esika ya Vasti.
18 Then the king made a great banquet, for all his rulers and his servants, the banquet of Esther, —and, a remission, for all the provinces, made he, and gave a present, according to the bounty of a king.
Mokonzi alambisaki biloko ebele mpo na lokumu ya Ester mpe mpo na kosepela elongo na basali na ye nyonso mpe bakalaka na ye. Akataki lisusu ete, na mokolo wana, bituka nyonso efuta mpako te mpe akabolaki bakado na motema ya esengo.
19 Now, when virgins were gathered together second time, then, Mordecai, was sitting in the gate of the king.
Tango basangisaki bilenge basi na mbala ya mibale, Maridoshe avandaki na ekuke ya mokonzi.
20 Esther had not told of her kindred, nor her people, as, Mordecai, had laid charge upon her, —and, the command of Mordecai, Esther performed, like as when she was being brought up with him.
Kasi Ester atikalaki te koloba libota na ye to mpe ekolo na ye, ndenge kaka Maridoshe ayebisaki ye ete aloba yango te. Ester azalaki kokoba kobatela toli ya Maridoshe, ndenge kaka azalaki kosala na tango Maridoshe azalaki kobokola ye.
21 In those days, when, Mordecai, was sitting in the gate of the king, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the eunuchs of the king who guarded the threshold, were wroth, and sought to thrust a hand upon King Ahasuerus;
Tango Maridoshe avandaki na ekuke ya mokonzi, Bigitani mpe Tereshi, basoda mibale oyo baboma bango mokongo mpe bazalaki kobatela ekuke ya mokonzi, batombokaki mpe balukaki koboma mokonzi Kizerisesi.
22 but the thing became known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen, —and Esther told it unto the king, in the name of Mordecai.
Kasi Maridoshe asosolaki makanisi na bango mpe ayebisaki yango epai ya Ester, mwasi ya mokonzi, oyo mpe ayebisaki yango epai ya mokonzi na kombo ya Maridoshe.
23 And, when the thing was searched into and found [true], then were they two hanged upon the gallows, and it was written, in the book of the chronicles, before the king.
Bongo sima na bango koluka koyeba bosolo ya likambo yango, emonanaki ete ezali likambo ya solo. Boye badiembikaki basoda nyonso mibale na nzete mpe bakomaki makambo nyonso wana kati na buku ya masolo, na miso ya mokonzi.

< Esther 2 >