Ester 7
1 Mokonzi mpe Amani bakendeki mpe bakomaki na feti oyo Ester, mwasi ya mokonzi, abongisaki.
So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
2 Mpe wana bazalaki komela vino na mokolo oyo ya mibale, mokonzi atunaki lisusu Ester: — Ester, mwasi ya mokonzi, bosenga na yo ezali nini? Ekopesamela yo. Posa na yo ezali nini? Ekopesamela yo, ata soki ezali koleka kati-kati ya mokili na ngai ya bokonzi.
And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall he granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
3 Ester, mwasi ya mokonzi, azongisaki: — Ah mokonzi! Soki nazwi ngolu na miso na yo, mpe soki yango esepelisi yo mokonzi, tika ete opesa ngai bomoi na ngai; yango nde ezali bosenga na ngai. Mpe lisusu, tika ete obatela bato na ngai; yango nde ezali bosenga na ngai.
Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
4 Pamba te ngai mpe bato na ngai, tosili kotekama mpo ete babebisa biso, baboma biso mpe balimwisa biso! Soki ata batekaki biso mpo ete tozala bawumbu ya basi to ya mibali, nalingaki na ngai kovanda kimia; pamba te pasi ata moko te ya lolenge oyo ekokaki kotinda ngai ete natungisa mokonzi!
for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s damage.
5 Mokonzi Kizerisesi atunaki Ester, mwasi ya mokonzi: — Moto yango nani oyo ameki kobongisa likambo ya boye? Azali wapi?
Then spake the king Ahasuerus and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
6 Ester azongiselaki ye: — Monyokoli mpe monguna! Ezali Amani, moto oyo ya pasi! Amani abangaki makasi liboso ya mokonzi mpe ya mwasi ya mokonzi.
And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
7 Mokonzi atelemaki na kanda makasi, atikaki vino na ye mpe abimaki na elanga ya ndako ya mokonzi. Tango Amani asosolaki ete mokonzi asili kokata etumbu na ye, atikalaki wana mpo na kobondela Ester, mwasi ya mokonzi, mpo ete abikisa bomoi na ye.
And the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine [and went] into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
8 Tango kaka mokonzi azongaki na esika oyo basalelaki feti longwa na elanga ya ndako ya mokonzi, Amani amikweyisaki na kiti monene oyo Ester, mwasi ya mokonzi, ayekamaki. Mokonzi agangaki: — Eh! Alingi lisusu kotungisa mwasi ya mokonzi na miso na ngai kati na ndako na ngai? Tango kaka mokonzi asilisaki koloba, bazipaki elongi ya Amani.
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
9 Bongo Aribona, moko kati na basoda oyo baboma bango mokongo, alobaki liboso ya mokonzi: — Ezali na nzete moko oyo Amani atelemisaki mpo na Maridoshe, oyo alobaki makambo mpo na bolamu ya mokonzi! Ezali kati na lopango ya Amani mpe ezali na bametele tuku mibale na mitano na bosanda! Mokonzi apesaki mitindo: — Bodiembika ye moko kuna!
Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him thereon.
10 Boye badiembikaki Amani na nzete oyo atelemisaki mpo na Maridoshe. Mpe kanda ya mokonzi ekitaki.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
