Esta 7
1 Eze na Heman gara iri oriri ahụ Esta nwunye eze kpọrọ ha,
So the king and Haman went to dine with Esther the queen,
2 mgbe ha nọ na-aṅụ mmanya, nʼụbọchị nke abụọ ahụ, eze jụrụ Esta ajụjụ sị, “Gịnị bụ arịrịọ gị, Esta, eze nwanyị? Gịnị ka ị chọrọ? Ihe ọbụla ọ bụ, aga m enye gị ya, ọ bụladị otu ọkara alaeze m.”
and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”
3 Nʼikpeazụ, Esta nwunye eze zara sị, “Eze biko, ọ bụrụ na m ahụtala amara nʼihu gị, ọ bụrụkwa na ọ masịrị gị, zọpụta ndụ m na ndụ ndị m.
Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.
4 Nʼihi na mụ na ndị m abụrụla ndị erere ere nʼaka ndị ga-ala anyị nʼiyi. Anyị abụrụla ndị a ga-egbu, na ndị aghaghị ịla nʼiyi. A sị na e rere anyị dịka ndị ohu nwoke na nwanyị, agaara m agba nkịtị, hapụ inye gị nsogbu, ma nʼihi nʼọdịghị ihe ga-akwụ ụgwọ isogbu eze.”
For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”
5 Eze, bụ Sekses, jụrụ Esta, bụ nwunye eze, “Onye ka mmadụ ahụ bụ, olee ebe ọ nọ, bụ onye na-ezube ime ihe ọjọọ dị otu a?”
Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”
6 Esta zara, “Ọ bụ onye iro na onye mmegide. Ọ bụ Heman, nwoke ọjọọ a!” Mgbe ahụ, ụjọ dị ukwu jidere Heman nʼihu eze na nwunye eze.
Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.
7 Eze biliri ọtọ nʼiwe, hapụ mmanya ya site nʼebe oriri ahụ pụọ, gaa nʼime ubi ya a gbara ogige dị nʼụlọeze. Ma Heman nọdụrụ ịrịọ eze nwanyị, bụ Esta arịrịọ maka ndụ ya, nʼihi na ọ maara na eze ekpebiela ịla ndụ ya nʼiyi.
In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.
8 Mgbe eze sitere nʼubi a gbara ogige lọghachita nʼụlọ oriri ahụ, lee ka Heman tụrụ onwe ya nʼelu oche ahụ Esta na-adabere nʼelu ya. Eze sịrị, “Ọ chọrọ iwedakwa nwunye eze nʼala nʼihu m nʼụlọ m?” Ngwangwa okwu a si nʼọnụ eze pụta, ha kpuchiri Heman akwa nʼihu.
Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
9 Mgbe ahụ kwa, Habona otu nʼime ndị ozi eze gwara eze sị, “Onyenwe m, lee na Heman enyela iwu ka a kwadoo osisi nke ịdị elu ya bụ iri mita abụọ na atọ, ebe ọ chọrọrị ịnọ kwụgbuo Mọdekai, nwoke ahụ mere ka a ghara igbu eze. Osisi ahụ guzokwa ugbu a nʼihu ụlọ Heman.” Eze sịrị, “Kwụgbuonụ ya nʼosisi ahụ!”
Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.
10 Ya mere, ha kwụgburu Heman nʼosisi ahụ ọ kwadoro maka Mọdekai. Iwe eze dajụkwara.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
