Ester 7
1 Ale Haman kple Fia Ahasuerus va kplɔ̃ si Ester ɖo la ŋu.
So the king and Haman went to drink with Queen Esther.
2 Fia la gabia Ester esi wonɔ wain nom la be, “Nu kae nèdi be yeabia, Fianyɔnu Ester? Nu ka nèdi? Nu sia nu si wòanye la, matsɔe na wò, ne anye nye fiaɖuƒe la ƒe afãe gɔ̃ hã la, mana wò!”
As they were drinking wine on that second day, the king again said to Esther, ‘Whatever your petition is, Queen Esther, it will be granted to you. Whatever you request it will be done, even if it takes half of the kingdom.’
3 Fianyɔnu Ester ɖo eŋu azɔ be, “Nenye be nye nu nyo ŋuwò, O! Fia bubutɔ, ne edze ŋuwò la, ɖe nye agbe. Esiae nye nye kukuɖeɖe, eye nàve nye amewo, Yudatɔwo hã nu. Esiae nye nye biabia,
Then Queen Esther answered, ‘Your Majesty, if I have won your favour, and if it seems best to Your Majesty, let my life be given me as my petition, and my people as my request,
4 elabena wotsɔ nye kple nye amewo dzra be woagbã mi, woawu mí, eye woatsrɔ̃ mi, gake ne woadzra mí míazu kluviwo kple kosiviwo ɖeɖe ko la, anye ne mazi ɖoɖoe, gake nunana si ŋugbe futɔ la do la, made nu gbogbo siwo fia la abu la nu o.”
for I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed, and completely annihilated! If we had been merely sold into slavery I would not have disturbed your peace, because such a fate would not have affected the interests of the king.’
5 Fia Ahasuerus bia Fiasrɔ̃ Ester be, “Ame kae? Afi ka ŋutsu si dɔ eɖokui be yeawɔ nu sia la le?”
Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, ‘Who is he and where is he whose heart has impelled him to do this?’
6 Ester ɖo eŋu be, “Míaƒe futɔ kple ketɔ lae nye Haman vɔ̃ɖi sia.” Tete vɔvɔ̃ na Haman ɖi vo, eye eƒe mo da tu le fia la kple fiasrɔ̃ la ƒe ŋkume.
‘A foe, an enemy: this wicked Haman.’ Esther answered. Haman shrank in terror before the king and the queen.
7 Fia la tsi tsitre enumake kple dziku le eƒe wain gbɔ, eye wòyi fiasã la ƒe abɔ me. Esi Haman kpɔ be fia la ɖo nugbe ɖe ye ŋu xoxo la, etsi kplɔ̃a ŋu be yeaɖe kuku na Fiasrɔ̃ Ester ɖe yeƒe agbe ta.
In his wrath the king rose from the place where he was drinking wine and went into the palace garden. Haman stayed to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he saw that the king was fully determined to bring calamity upon him.
8 Esi fia la trɔ gbɔ tso fiasã la ƒe abɔ me hege ɖe kplɔ̃ɖoƒe la ko la, ekpɔ Haman wòmu dze Fiasrɔ̃ Ester dzi le zikpui legbe si dzi wòdze ŋe ɖo la dzi. Fia la blu be, “Aa! Ɖe wòle asi de ge fiasrɔ̃ la ŋu esi wòli kplim le nye aƒe mea?” Fia la mekpɔ wu nuƒo la nu hafi wova tsɔ nu tsyɔ mo na Haman o.
As the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman had flung himself on Esther’s couch. The king cried, ‘Is he going to rape my queen while I am present in my own house?’ As the king spoke these words, the attendants covered Haman’s face
9 Harbona, fia la ƒe subɔlawo dometɔ ɖeka gblɔ be, “Fia bubutɔ, Haman na wotu kadeveti aɖe si kɔ mita blaeve-vɔ-etɔ̃ la ɖe Mordekai, ame si ɖe fia la ƒe agbe la ŋu, ele Haman ƒe aƒe ƒe xɔxɔnu.” Fia la ɖe gbe be, “Mide ka ve na Haman ɖe kadeveti la ŋu!”
and Harbonah, one of those who waited on the king, said, ‘There are the gallows, seventy-five feet high, which Hainan erected for Mordecai, who spoke a good word in behalf of the king, standing in the house of Haman!’ The king said ‘Hang him on them.’
10 Ale wode ka ve nɛ ɖe kadeveti si wòtu na Mordekai la ŋu, eye fia la ƒe dziku nu fa.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king was pacified.
