Esta 8
1 A wannan rana, Sarki Zerzes ya ba wa Esta mallakar Haman, abokin gāban Yahudawa. Mordekai kuma ya zo gaban sarki, gama Esta ta faɗa yadda ta haɗa dangi da shi.
[Later] on that same day, King Xerxes declared that everything that Haman, the enemy of the Jews, owned, would now belong to Queen Esther. Esther told the king that Mordecai was her cousin. [When] the king [heard that, he sent a message to tell] Mordecai to come in.
2 Sarki ya cire zobensa na hatimi, wanda ya karɓo daga Haman ya ba Mordekai. Esta kuma ta naɗa shi a kan mallakar Haman.
When Mordecai came in, the king took off the ring that had his official seal on it, the ring that he had [previously] given to Haman, and gave it to Mordecai, [to indicate that Mordecai was now his most important official]. And Esther appointed Mordecai to be in charge of everything that had belonged to Haman.
3 Esta ta sāke roƙon sarki, ta fāɗi a ƙafafunsa tana kuka. Ta roƙe shi yă kawo ƙarshen mugun shirin nan na Haman, mutumin Agag; wanda ya shirya a kan Yahudawa.
Esther again [came to] talk to the king. She prostrated herself at his feet, crying. She [wanted to] plead for him to stop what Haman had planned, to kill all the Jews.
4 Sai sarki ya miƙa wa Esta sandan sarauta na zinariya, ta kuwa tashi ta tsaya a gabansa.
The king held out his gold scepter/staff toward Esther, so Esther arose and stood in front of him.
5 Ta ce, “In sarki ya yarda, in kuma na sami tagomashi daga gare shi, idan kuma ya gamshe shi yă yi abin da yake daidai, idan yana jin daɗina, bari a rubuta umarni a soke hukuncin saƙonin da Haman ɗan Hammedata, mutumin Agag, ya shirya ya kuma rubuta domin a hallaka Yahudawa a dukan lardunan sarki.
She said, “Your majesty, if you are pleased with me, and if you think that it is the right thing to do, make a new law to cancel what Haman decreed, that all the Jews in all the provinces in your empire should be killed.
6 Gama yaya zan jure da ganin masifa ta faɗa a kan mutanena? Yaya zan jure in ga an hallaka iyalina?”
I cannot bear seeing all my family and [all the rest of] my people killed.”
7 Sarki Zerzes ya amsa wa Esta da Mordekai mutumin Yahuda, “Domin Haman ya kai wa Yahudawa hari, na ba da mallakarsa ga Esta, an kuma rataye shi a wurin rataye mai laifi.
King Xerxes replied to Queen Esther and Mordecai, “Because Haman tried to get rid of all the Jews, I have given to Esther everything that belonged to Haman, and I have ordered [my soldiers] to hang Haman.
8 Yanzu ku rubuta wata doka, a sunan sarki, a madadin Yahudawa, yadda kuka ga ya fi kyau ku kuma hatimce ta da zoben hatimin sarki, gama babu takardar da aka rubuta da sunan sarki, aka kuma hatimce da zobensa da za a iya sokewa.”
So now I am also permitting you to write other letters, to [save] your people. You may put my name [on the letters], and use my ring to seal them because no letter that has my name on it and which is sealed with my ring can ever be changed.”
9 Nan da nan aka kira magatakardun fada, a ranar ashirin da uku ga watan uku, wato, watan Siban. Suka rubuta dukan umarnan Mordekai ga Yahudawa, da kuma ga shugabanni, da gwamnoni, da hakiman larduna 127 tun daga Indiya har zuwa Kush. Aka rubuta waɗannan umarnan a rubutun kowane lardi, da kuma cikin harshen kowane mutane. Aka kuma rubuta ga Yahudawa a rubutunsu da harshensu.
Then the king summoned his secretaries, on June 25th, and [Mordecai told them to] write letters to the Jews and to all the governors and other officials in all of the 127 provinces, which extended from India [in the east] to Ethiopia [in the west]. They wrote these letters in all the languages that the people in each area spoke. They also wrote letters to the Jewish people, in their language.
10 Mordekai ya yi rubutu da sunan Sarki Zerzes, ya hatimce saƙonin da zoben hatimin sarki, ya kuma aika da su ta hannun masu’yan aika a kan dawakai, waɗanda sukan hau dawakai masu gudu sosai, da aka yi kiwonsu musamman saboda sarki.
They wrote in those letters that the Jews in every city were permitted by the king to gather together to protect themselves. They also were permitted to kill any group of soldiers who attacked them. They were also permitted to kill the women and children of those who attacked them, and to take the possessions of the people whom they killed.
11 Dokar sarki ta ba wa Yahudawa a kowace birni izini su taru, su kuma kāre kansu, domin su hallaka, su kashe, su kuma hallaka kowace ƙungiyar mayaƙa, na kowace ƙasa, ko lardi, da wataƙila za su kai musu, da matansu, da yaransu hari; su kuma washe mallakar abokan gābansu.
12 Ranar da aka shirya domin Yahudawa su yi wannan a dukan lardunan Sarki Zerzes, ita ce ranar goma sha uku ga watan goma sha biyu, wato, watan Adar.
[All this was to be done] on March 7th of the following year. Mordecai signed the king’s name on the letters, and sealed them with the seal that was on the king’s ring. Then he gave them to messengers, who rode on fast horses that had been raised especially for the king.
13 Za a ba da kofi na rubutacciyar dokar a matsayin ƙa’ida a kowane lardi, a kuma sanar wa mutanen kowace ƙasa, domin Yahudawa su zauna da shiri a ranar, domin su ɗau fansa a kan maƙiyansu.
Copies of this law were to be nailed to posts in every province and read to all the people, in order that the Jews would be ready to (get revenge on/fight against) their enemies on March 7th.
14 ’Yan aikan, a kan dawakan fada, suka fita a guje, umarnin sarki yana iza su. Aka kuma ba da dokar a mazaunin masarauta wadda take Shusha.
The king commanded the men who took these letters [to all the provinces] to ride quickly on the king’s horses. And copies of the letter were also posted and read to the people in [the capital city, ] Susa.
15 Mordekai kuwa ya fita a gaban sarki da rigunan sarauta, masu ruwan shuɗi, da fari, da babban kambi na zinariya, da alkyabba ta lilin mai ruwan shunayya. Aka yi sowa don murna a birnin Shusha.
Before Mordecai left the palace, he put on the blue and white robe and a large gold crown that the king had given him. He also put on a coat made of fine purple cloth. When the people in Susa heard the new law, they all shouted and cheered.
16 Ga Yahudawa kuwa, lokaci ne na murna da farin ciki, da jin daɗi da bangirma.
The Jews in Susa were very happy, and [other people] honored [them].
17 A kowane lardi da kowace birni, ko’ina da dokar sarki ta kai, aka yi farin ciki a cikin Yahudawa, cike da bukukkuwa. Yawan mutane da waɗansu ƙasashe suka zama Yahudawa, don tsoron Yahudawa ya kama su.
And when the new law arrived in every city and province, the Jews there celebrated and prepared feasts and were very joyful. And many men throughout the empire [were circumcised and] became Jews, because they were now afraid of [what] the Jews [would do to them if they were not Jews].
