Esther 9
1 And, in the twelfth month, the same, is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day thereof, when the word of the king and his edict arrived to be put in execution, —on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, though it, was changed, so that the Jews themselves should have power over them who hated them,
Sasa katika mwezi wa kumi na mbili, siku ya kumi na tatu ambayo ni siku ya Adari, siku ambayo adui wa Wayahudi walitarajia kutekeleza sheria ya mfalme na kupata nguvu dhidi ya Wayahudi. Badala yake Wayahudi wakapata nguvu dhidi ya adui zao.
2 the Jews assembled themselves together in their cities, throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, to thrust forth a hand against them who were seeking their hurt, and, no man, stood before them, for the dread of them had fallen upon all the peoples.
Wayahudi wote wakakusanyika katika miji yao katika majimbo yote ya Mfalme Ahusiero, kutia mikono juu ya wale waliokusudia ubaya. Hakuna aliye kuwa tayari kusimama zao kwa sababu hofu yao ilikuwa imewaangukia watu wote.
3 And, all the rulers of the provinces, and the satraps and the pashas, and the doers of business that pertained to the king, were extolling the Jews, —for the dread of Mordecai, had fallen upon them;
Wakuu wote wa majimbo, maakida na magavana, na watawala wa mfalme, waliwasaidia Wayahudi kwa kuwa hofu ya Modekai ilikuwa imewaangukia.
4 since great was Mordecai, in the house of the king, and, his fame, was going forth throughout all the provinces, —for, the man Mordecai, went on waxing great.
Kwa kuwa Modekai alikuwa mkuu katika nyumba ya mfalme, na umaarufu wake ukasambaa katika majimbo yote, kwa kuwa Modekai alikuwa akifanyika mkuu.
5 So then the Jews smote all their enemies, with the smiting of the sword and slaughter, and destruction, —and they dealt with them who hated them according to their pleasure.
Wayahudi wakawavamia maadi zao kwa upanga, wakiwatenda vibaya kama walivyokuwa wamekusudiwa mabaya dhidi yao Wakawatenda kama walivyo ona vyema machoni pao.
6 Yea, in Shusan the palace, did the Jews slay and destroy five hundred men.
Katika ngome ya mji wa Shushani pekee jumla ya maadui waliouawa na na kuharibiwa na Wayahudi ni wanaume mia tano.
7 And Parshandatha and Dalphon, and Aspatha;
Miongoni mwa waliouawa ni pamoja na Parishandatha, Dalphoni, Aspatha,
8 and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha;
Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
9 and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vaizatha; —
Parimashita, Arisai, Aridai, Vaizatha,
10 the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the adversary of the Jews, slew they, —but, on the spoil, thrust they not forth their hand.
na wana kumi wa Hamani, mwana wa Hammedatha, adui wa Wayahudi. Lakini hawakuchua mateka yoyote.
11 On that day, came in the number of the slain into Shusan the palace, before the king.
Idadi ya wale waliouawa siku hiyo katika mji wa Shushani, ilifikishwa kwa Mfalme Ahusiero.
12 Then said the king unto Esther the queen, In Shusan the palace, have the Jews slain and caused to perish five hundred men, and the ten sons of Haman, —in the rest of the provinces of the king, what have they done? What, then, is thy petition, that it may be granted thee? and what is thy request further, that it may he performed?
Mfalme akamwambia malkia Esta. Mfalme akamwambia Malkia Esta, “Wayahudi wameua wanaume mia tano katika mji wa Shushani, wakiwemo wana kumi wa Hamani adui wa Wayahudi. Je wamefanya nini katika majimbo mengine? Na sasa haja yako ni nini? Utapewa. Ombi lako ni nini?”
13 Then said Esther, If, unto the king, it seem good, let it be granted, to-morrow also, unto the Jews who are in Shusan, to do according to the edict of to-day, —and that, the ten sons of Haman, be hanged upon the gallows.
Esta akamjibu, “Mfalme kama ikikupendeza, ruhusu Wayuadi walio katika mji wa Shushani wapige mbiu hii na kesho, na miili ya watoto wa Hamani itundikwe juu ya miti.”
14 And the king commanded it to be done so, and there was given an edict, in Shusan, —and, the ten sons of Haman, they hanged.
Mfalme akaamuru ombi la Esta litekelezwe. Mbiu ilipigwa katika mji wa Shushani, na wana kumi wa Hamani wakatundikwa juu ya miti.
15 So the Jews who were in Shusan assembled themselves together, on the fourteenth day also, of the month Adar, and slew in Shusan three hundred men, —but, on the spoil, thrust they not forth their hand.
Wayahudi katika mji wa Shushani walisanyika pamoja siku ya kumi na nne ya mwezi wa Adari, na kuwaua maadui zao mia tatu katika mji wa Shushani, lakini hawakugusa nyara zao.
16 And, the remainder of the Jews who were in the provinces of the king, assembled themselves together and stood for their life, and then had rest from their enemies, having slain of them that hated them seventy-five thousand, —but, on the spoil, thrust they not forth their hand:
Na Wayahudi katika majimbo mengine wakakusanyika ili kujilinda na wakapata faraja kutoka kwa maadui na wakawaua maadui zao elfu sabini na tano, lakini hawakugusa mikono yao kwa vitu vya thamani wale waliouwawa.
17 on the thirteenth day of the month Adar, —and then had rest on the fourteenth day thereof, and made it a day of banqueting and rejoicing.
Katika siku ya kumi na tatu ya mwezi wa Adari, Wayahudi wakapumzika katika siku ya kumi na nne, wakapumzika siku hiyo ya karamu na furaha.
18 But, the Jews who were in Shusan, assembled themselves together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth day thereof, —and then had rest on the fifteenth day thereof, and made it a day of banqueting and rejoicing.
Lakini Wayahudi walioishi katika mji wa Shushani wakaja pamoja siku ya kumi na tatu na ya kumi na nne. Na siku ya kumi na tano wakapumzika na wafanya karamu na kufurahia.
19 For this cause, the country Jews, who dwelt in the country towns, were making the fourteenth day of the month Adar one of rejoicing and banqueting, and a day of happiness, —and of sending portions every one to his neighbour.
Hii ndiyo sababu Wayahudi wa vijijini, wanaishi maeneo ya vijijini, huadhimisha siku ya kumi na nne ya mwezi wa Adari kama siku ya furaha na karamu na siku ambayo hutumiana zawadi kwa kila mmoja.
20 And Mordecai wrote these things, —and sent letters unto all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, near, and far off;
Modekai akaweka mambo haya na akatuma nyaraka kwa Wayahudi wote waliokuwa katika utawala wa Mfalme Ahusiero,
21 to establish for them, that they should continue to observe the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day thereof, —always year by year;
akiwataka kuazimisha siku ya kumi na nne na kumi na tano ya mwezi wa Adari kila mwaka.
22 according to the days wherein the Jews found rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned for them, from sorrow to joy, and from mourning to a happy day, —that they should make them days of banqueting and rejoicing, and of sending portions, every one to his neighbour, and gifts, unto the needy.
Hizi zilikuwa ndizo siku ambazo Wahudi walipata faraja kutoka kwa maadui zao na wakati huu ndio wakati ambao huzuni ya Wayahudi iligeuzwa kuwa furaha, na kutoka kwa maombolezo hadi kwenye pumziko. Walipaswa kuzifanya siku za karamu na furaha, na kutumiana zawadi ya chakula, na zawadi kwa masikini.
23 And the Jews took upon them that which they had begun to do, —and that which Mordecai had written unto them;
Wayahudi wakaendelea na maadhimisho wakifanya kile ambacho Modekai alikuwa amewaandikia.
24 because, Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews, to cause them to perish, —and had cast Pur, the same, is the Lot, to terrify them, and to destroy them;
Na wakati huo Modekai mwana wa Hammedatha mwagagi, adui wa Wayahudi aliyekuwa amepanga njama ya kuwaangamiza Wayahudi, na kwa kupiga Puri (yaani akapiga kura) ili kuwaangamiza kabisa.
25 but, by [Esther’s] going in before the king, he commanded by letter, that his wicked plot which he had plotted against the Jews, should return, upon his own head, —and that he and his sons should be hanged upon the gallows.
Lakini Mfalme Ahusiero alipopata taarifa ya mpango mbaya huu alioupanga Modekai dhidi ya Wayahudi, aliagiza kwa nyaraka afanyiwe Modekai mwenyewe, na kwamba yeye na wana wake wanyongwe juu ya miti.
26 For this cause, called they these days Purim, after the name Pur, for this cause, —for all the words of this epistle, —and what they had seen concerning such a matter, and what had reached unto them.
Hivyo Wayahudi wakaziita siku hizi Purimu, kutokana na jina Puri. Kwa sababu ya mambo yote yaliyo kuwa yameandika katika barua, na mambo yote ambayo walikuwa wameyaona kwa macho yao, na yale yalikuwa yamewapata,
27 The Jews established and took upon themselves—and upon their seed, and upon all who should join themselves unto them, that it might not pass away, that they would continue to keep these two days, according to the writing concerning them and at their set time, —always year by year.
Wayahudi wakapokea jukumu na desturi mpya. Desturi hii iwe kwa ajili yao, watoto wao, na kila ambaye aliyeungana nao. Na itakuwa kwamba maadhimisho haya watayafanya kwa kila mwaka. Wataadhimisha kwa namna fulani na nyakati hizo hizo kila mwaka.
28 And, these days, were to be remembered and to be kept, always from generation to generation, by every family, every province, and every city, —that, these days of Purim, should not pass away, out of the midst of the Jews, and, the memorial of them, not cease from their seed.
Siku hizi zilipaswa kuadhimishwa katika kila kizazi, kila familia, kila jimbo na kwa kila mji. Wayahudi hawa na watoto wao hawakuacha kuadhimisha siku hizi za Purimu, ili kwamba wasizisahau.
29 Then wrote Esther the queen daughter of Abihail and Mordecai the Jew, with all authority, —to confirm this second epistle concerning the Purim;
Malkia Esta na Modekai wakaandika kwa mamlaka yote na kuthibitisha barua hii ya pili kuhusu Purimu.
30 and he sent letters unto all the Jews, throughout the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, —words of peace and stability:
Barua zilipelekwa katika majimbo 127 ya mfalme Ahusiero, zikiwatakia Wayahudi wote amani na kweli.
31 to establish these days of the Purim, in their set times, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined upon them, and according as they had enjoined upon their own soul, and upon their seed, —the story of the fastings and of their outcry.
Na kuthibitisha siku za Purimu sawa sawa na maelekezo ya Modekai na Esta yaliyowataka Wayahudi waadhimishe. Wayahudi wakatii maagizo kwa ajili yao na uzao wao, kama walivyotii siku za kufunga na kuomboleza.
32 And, the command of Esther, confirmed the story of these Purim, —and it was written in a book.
Agizo la Esta likahakikisha sheria hizi kuhusu Purimu, na ikaandikwa katika kitabu.
