Esta 9
1 Nʼabalị iri na atọ nke ọnwa iri na abụọ, nke bụ ọnwa Ada, bụ ụbọchị a gaara emezu iwu ahụ eze nyere. Nʼụbọchị a, ndị iro ndị Juu lere anya na ha ga-ekpochapụ ha. Ma ugbu a, a tụgharịala iwu ahụ, mee ya ka ọ bụrụ ihe megidere ndị ahụ kpọrọ ndị Juu asị.
For in the twelfth month, on the thirteenth day of the month which is Adar, the letters written by the king arrived.
2 Ndị Juu chịkọtara onwe ha ọnụ nʼobodo niile dị nʼalaeze eze Sekses, maka ịzọ ndụ ha. Ma o nweghị onye ọbụla pụrụ imegide ha, nʼihi na egwu ha dakwasịrị ndị obodo niile dị iche iche.
In that day the adversaries of the Jews perished: for no one resisted, through fear of them.
3 Ndịisi ọchịchị obodo niile, ndị na-anọchite anya eze, na ndịisi, na ndị ozi eze, nyeere ndị Juu aka, nʼihi na ha tụrụ egwu Mọdekai.
For the chiefs of the satraps, and the princes and the royal scribes, honoured the Jews; for the fear of Mardochæus lay upon them.
4 Nʼihi na Mọdekai bụ onye a ma ama nʼụlọeze, ọ bụkwa onye a maara aha ya nʼalaeze ahụ niile, nʼihi na ike ọchịchị ya na-abawanye ụba karịa ụbọchị niile.
For the order of the king was in force, that he should be celebrated in all the kingdom.
5 Nke a mere, na ndị Juu ji mma agha gbuo, ma bibie ndị iro ha niile. Ha mesoro ndị kpọrọ ha asị mmeso ọbụla masịrị ha.
6 Nʼime obodo ahụ e wusiri ike bụ Susa, ndị Juu gburu narị ndị ikom ise laa ha nʼiyi.
And in the city Susa the Jews slew five hundred men:
7 Ha gbukwara Pashandata, Dalfon, Aspata,
both Pharsannes, and Delphon and Phasga,
8 Porata, Adalia, Aridata,
and Pharadatha, and Barea, and Sarbaca,
9 Pamashta, Arisai Aridai na Vaizata,
and Marmasima, and Ruphæus, and Arsæus, and Zabuthæus,
10 ha bụkwa ụmụ ndị ikom iri Heman nwa Hamedata, onye iro ndị Juu mụtara. Ma ha emetụghị akụnụba ha aka.
the ten sons of Aman the son of Amadathes the Bugæan, the enemy of the Jews, and they plundered [their property] on the same day:
11 Nʼụbọchị ahụ, a gwara eze ọnụọgụgụ ndị e gburu nʼobodo Susa.
and the number of them that perished in Susa was rendered to the king.
12 Eze sịrị Esta bụ nwunye eze, “Ndị Juu egbuola narị mmadụ ise nʼobodo Susa, gbukwaa ụmụ ndị ikom Heman iri. Ebe ha mere otu a nʼebe a, onye ma ihe ha mere nʼobodo dị iche iche nʼalaeze m? Ugbu a, gịnị ọzọ bụ arịrịọ gị? A ga-emezuru gị ya. Gịnị ọzọ bụ ihe ị chọrọ? A ga-emekwa ya.”
And the king said to Esther, The Jews have slain five hundred men in the city Susa; and how, thinkest thou, have they used them in the rest of the country? What then dost thou yet ask, that it may be [done] for thee?
13 Esta sịrị, “Ọ bụrụ na ọ dị eze mma, ka ndị Juu bi na Susa meekwa ihe ha mere taa echi, ka a kwụbakwa ụmụ ndị ikom iri Heman nʼelu osisi.”
And Esther said to the king, Let it be granted to the Jews so to treat them to-morrow as to hang the ten sons of Aman.
14 Ya mere, eze kwenyere, a kụkwara ya dịka ekwe na Susa, a kwụbara ụmụ iri Heman nʼelu osisi.
And he permitted it to be so done; and he gave up to the Jews of the city the bodies of the sons of Aman to hang.
15 Ndị Juu bi na Susa chịkọtakwara onwe ha ọnụ nʼụbọchị iri na anọ nke ọnwa Ada, gbuo narị mmadụ atọ ọzọ nʼobodo Susa. Ma ha emetụghị akụnụba ndị ahụ aka.
And the Jews assembled in Susa on the fourteenth [day] of Adar, and slew three hundred men, but plundered no property.
16 Ma ndị Juu ndị ọzọ bi nʼobodo ndị ọzọ dị iche iche eze na-achị, jikọtakwara onwe ha ọnụ ịzọ ndụ ha, site otu a nwere onwe ha pụọ nʼaka ndị iro ha. Ha gburu iri puku mmadụ asaa na ise bụ ndị kpọrọ ha asị, ma ha emetụghị akụnụba ha aka.
And the rest of the Jews who were in the kingdom assembled, and helped one another, and obtained rest from their enemies: for they destroyed fifteen thousand of them on the thirteenth [day] of Adar, but took no spoil.
17 E mere ihe ndị a nʼabalị iri na atọ nke ọnwa Ada, ha zukwara ike nʼụbọchị so ya bụ abalị iri na anọ. Ha mere ụbọchị ahụ, ụbọchị ọṅụ na nke oriri na ọṅụṅụ.
And they rested on the fourteenth of the same month, and kept it as a day of rest with joy and gladness.
18 Ma ndị Juu nọ na Susa zukọtara nʼụbọchị nke iri na atọ, na nʼụbọchị nke iri na anọ. Emesịa, nʼụbọchị nke iri na ise ha zuru ike, mekwa ya ụbọchị ọṅụ na nke oriri na ọṅụṅụ.
And the Jews in the city Susa assembled also on the fourteenth [day] and rested; and they kept also the fifteenth with joy and gladness.
19 Ọ bụ nke a mere ndị Juu niile bi nʼime ime obodo ji eme mmemme ọṅụ na nke oriri na ọṅụṅụ nʼabalị iri na anọ nke ọnwa iri na abụọ nke afọ ọbụla. Ha mere ụbọchị ahụ ka ọ bụrụkwa ụbọchị inyerịta onyinye.
On this account then [it is that] the Jews dispersed in every foreign land keep the fourteenth of Adar [as] a holy day with joy, sending portions each to his neighbour.
20 Emesịa, Mọdekai dere ihe ndị a niile nʼakwụkwọ, zigakwara ndị Juu niile nọ nʼokpuru ọchịchị eze Sekses, ma ndị nọ nso ma ndị nọ nʼebe dị anya,
And Mardochæus wrote these things in a book, and sent them to the Jews, as many as were in the kingdom of Artaxerxes, both them that were near and them that were afar off,
21 ka ha na-eme mmemme a kwa afọ nʼụbọchị nke iri na anọ na nke iri na ise nke ọnwa Ada ọbụla.
to establish these [as] joyful days, and to keep the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar;
22 Nke a bụ iji gosi mgbe ndị Juu nweere onwe ha site nʼaka ndị iro ha, na iji cheta mgbe iru ụjụ ha ghọrọ ọṅụ, na mgbe ịkwa akwa ha ghọrọ ụbọchị mmemme ọṅụ. O deere ha ka ha debe ụbọchị ndị a dịka ụbọchị mmemme ọṅụ na oriri na ọṅụṅụ, na inyerịta onwe ha onyinye ihe oriri na inye ụmụ ogbenye onyinye dị iche iche.
for on these days the Jews obtained rest from their enemies: and [as to] the month, which was Adar, in which a change was made for them, from mourning to joy, and from sorrow to a good day, to spend the whole of it [in] good days of feasting and gladness, sending portions to their friends, and to the poor.
23 Ya mere, ndị Juu kwenyere ịga nʼihu ime mmemme a nke ha malitere ime, dịka Mọdekai si deere ha ya,
And the Jews consented [to this] accordingly as Mardochæus wrote to them,
24 nʼihi na Heman nwa Hamedata, onye Agag, onye iro ndị Juu niile, kpebiri ịla ha nʼiyi nʼụbọchị ahụ ọ tụpụtara site nʼife nza.
[shewing] how Aman the son of Amadathes the Macedonian fought against them, how he made a decree and cast lots to destroy them utterly;
25 Mgbe izu ọjọọ a ruru eze ntị, o nyere iwu nke e debanyere nʼakwụkwọ sị, ka echiche ọjọọ nke Heman megide ndị Juu tụgharịa nʼisi ya, ọ kwukwara ka akwụgbuo ya na ụmụ ndị ikom niile nʼelu osisi.
also how he went in to the king, telling [him] to hang Mardochæus: but all the calamities he tried to bring upon the Jews came upon himself, and he was hanged, and his children.
26 Ya mere, a kpọrọ ụbọchị ndị ahụ Purim nke sitere na mkpụrụ okwu Pur. Nʼihi ihe niile e dere nʼakwụkwọ ahụ na nke ha hụkwara na nke mekwaara ha.
Therefore these days were called Phruræ, because of the lots; (for in their language they are called Phruræ; ) because of the words of this letter, and [because of] all they suffered on this account, and all that happened to them.
27 Ndị Juu niile kwekọrịtara idebe mmemme a, na imekwa ka ụmụ ha, na ndị niile kwenyere iso ha, na-emekwa ya. Ha kpebiri na ha ga-edebe ụbọchị abụọ ndị ahụ kwa afọ, nʼụzọ nakwa oge e zubere ka ọ bụrụ.
And [Mardochæus] established it, and the Jews took upon themselves, and upon their seed, and upon those that were joined to them [to observe it], neither would they on any account behave differently: but these days [were to be] a memorial kept in every generation, and city, and family, and province.
28 Aga na-echeta ụbọchị ndị a, na-eme kwa ya nʼọgbọ niile ọbụla, nʼezinaụlọ ọbụla, nʼala ọbụla a na-achị nakwa obodo ọbụla. Ndị Juu aghaghị idebe mmemme ụbọchị Purim, ma ọ bụkwanụ ncheta ụbọchị ndị a apụọ nʼobi ọgbọ ha niile.
And these days of the Phruræ, [said they], shall be kept for ever, and their memorial shall not fail in any generation.
29 Nʼoge a, Esta nwunye eze, nwa Abihail, na Mọdekai onye Juu jikọtara aka dee akwụkwọ ọzọ nke e ji mesie akwụkwọ ahụ Mọdekai dere ike, maka ịmalite mmemme Purim.
And queen Esther, the daughter of Aminadab, and Mardochæus the Jew, wrote all that they had done, and the confirmation of the letter of Phruræ.
30 Mọdekai zipụrụ akwụkwọ ozi nke okwu udo na eziokwu dị nʼime ya, nye ndị Juu niile bi nʼime mpaghara alaeze Sekses, nke dị otu narị na iri abụọ na asaa.
31 E ji akwụkwọ a mesie okwu ahụ ike na a ga-edebe ụbọchị ndị ahụ kwa afọ maka mmemme Purim dịka Mọdekai onye Juu na Esta nwunye eze nyere nʼiwu. Ndị Juu niile na ụmụ ụmụ ha ga-eme mmemme a nʼoge a kara aka, dịka ha si edebe iwu ndị ọzọ metụtara oge ibu ọnụ na oge iru ụjụ.
And Mardochæus and Esther the queen appointed [a fast] for themselves privately, even at that time also having formed their plan against their own health.
32 Iwu a Esta nyere mesịrị ụkpụrụ mmemme Purim ike. E dekwara ya nʼakwụkwọ.
And Esther established it by a command for ever, and it was written for a memorial.
