Esther 5
1 Three days later, Esther [prepared a big banquet/feast. Then she] put on the robes that showed that she was queen, and she went to the inner courtyard of the palace, across from the room where the king was. He was sitting on the throne, facing the entrance [of the room].
Sou twazyèm jou a, Estè mete rad larenn li sou li, li ale, li kanpe nan lakou anndan palè a, devan salon wa a. Wa a te chita sou fòtèy li anndan salon an anfas pòt pou antre a.
2 When the king saw Esther standing there in the courtyard, he extended the gold scepter/staff toward her [to signal that he would be glad to talk to her]. So Esther came close and touched the tip of the scepter/staff.
Lè wa a wè larenn Estè kanpe deyò a, sa te fè kè l' kontan, li lonje baton an lò ki te nan men l' lan ba li. Estè antre, li manyen pwent baton an.
3 Then the king asked her, “Esther, what do you want? Tell me, and I will give you what you want, even if you ask me to give you half of my kingdom!”
Wa a mande l': -Sa ki genyen, larenn Estè? Sa ou bezwen? Ou te mèt mande m' mwatye nan peyi a, m'ap ba ou li.
4 Esther replied, “[Your majesty, ] if it pleases you, you and Haman come to the banquet that I have prepared for you!”
Estè reponn li: -Si sa fè wa a plezi, mwen ta renmen wa a vini ansanm ak Aman nan yon ti fèt m'ap fè pou li lakay mwen aswè a.
5 The king said [to his servants], “Go and tell Haman to come quickly to a banquet that Esther has prepared for the two of us!” So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared for them.
Lamenm wa a di: -Kouri vit al chache Aman pou n' al kay Estè ki envite nou. Se konsa, wa a ale nan ti fèt Estè te fè pou li a ansanm ak Aman.
6 While they were drinking wine, the king said to Esther, “Tell me what you [really] want. I will give it to you, even if [you ask for] half of my kingdom.”
Pandan yo t'ap bwè diven, wa a mande Estè konsa: -Di m' sa ou vle, m'ap ba ou li. Ou te mèt mande m' mwatye nan peyi a, m'ap ba ou li.
7 Esther replied, “[I will tell you] what I want [most of all. Your majesty], if you are pleased with me, and if you are willing to give me what I am requesting, please come [again] tomorrow to another banquet that I will prepare for the two of you. Then I will tell you [what I really want”].
Estè reponn, li di konsa: -Sa m' bezwen...? Sa m' ta mande ou...?
Si wa a kontan avè m', si se plezi li pou li ban m' sa m' vle a, pou li fè sa m'a mande l' fè a. mwen ta renmen wa a ansanm ak Aman vini denmen lakay mwen pou yon lòt ti fèt m'ap fè pou li ansanm ak Aman. Lè sa a, m'a di monwa sa m' bezwen.
9 Haman was feeling very happy as he left the banquet. But then he saw Mordecai sitting at the gate of the palace. Mordecai did not stand up and tremble fearfully in front of Haman, so Haman became extremely angry.
Jou sa a, lè Aman soti nan fèt la, li te kontan, li t'ap ri ak tout moun. Men, lè li rive bò pòtay palè a, li wè Madoche pa menm fè yon rimay leve lè l'ap pase. Li move anpil sou Madoche,
10 However, he did not show that he was angry; he [just] went home. Then he gathered together his wife Zeresh and his friends,
men li pa kite moun wè sa, epi li al lakay li. Lèfini, li fè chache zanmi l' yo, epi li mande madanm li Zerès pou li vini tou.
11 and he boasted to them about being very rich, and about having many children. He also boasted that the king had greatly honored him, and that the king had (promoted him/given him the second-most important job in the empire), so that [all] the other officials had to respect him.
Aman konmanse pale devan yo, li di yo jan li rich, jan li gen lajan, konbe pitit gason li genyen, jan wa a te moute l' grad, li te mete l' chèf anwo tout lòt chèf ak tout lòt moun k'ap sèvi nan gouvenman an.
12 Then Haman added, “And that is not all! Queen Esther invited just two of us, the king and me, to a banquet she prepared for us today. And she is inviting [only] the two of us to another banquet that she will prepare tomorrow!”
Lèfini, li di: -Sa ki pi rèd, larenn Estè fè fèt pou wa a, kilès ou kwè li envite? Mwen menm ase, pèsonn ankò! Men li envite m' pou denmen ankò!
13 Then Haman said, “But those things (mean nothing to me/do not make me happy) while I keep seeing that Jew, Mordecai, [just] sitting there at the gate of the palace [and ignoring me]!”
Men, tou sa pa di m' anyen, toutotan m'a wè jwif yo rele Madoche a chita nan papòt palè wa a.
14 So Haman’s wife Zeresh and all his friends [who were there] suggested, “[Why don’t you quickly] set up (a gallows/posts on which to hang someone). Make it 75 feet tall. Then tomorrow morning ask the king to hang Mordecai on it. After that, you can go to the banquet with the king and be cheerful.” That idea pleased Haman [very much], so he gave [men] orders to set up the gallows/posts.
Lè sa a, Zerès, madanm li, ak tout zanmi l' yo di l' konsa: -Poukisa ou pa fè yo kanpe yon poto swasannkenz pye wotè nan lakou lakay ou? Denmen maten, w'a mande wa a pou yo pann Madoche nan poto a. Apre sa, wa va ale nan fèt la ak kè kontan. Aman wè se te yon bon lide yo te ba li la a. Li fè kanpe yon poto swasannkenz pye wotè nan lakou lakay li.
