Ester 7
1 Mokonzi mpe Amani bakendeki mpe bakomaki na feti oyo Ester, mwasi ya mokonzi, abongisaki.
So the king and Haman came in, 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.
Then said the king unto Esther, on the second day also, during the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, Queen Esther, that it may be granted thee? and what is thy request—unto the half of the kingdom—that it may 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 answered Esther the queen, and said, If I have found favour in thine eyes, O king, and if, unto the king, it seem good, let my life be granted me, as my petition, and my people, as 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 be caused to perish. If indeed, for bondmen and for bondwomen, we had been sold, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have made good the damage to the king.
5 Mokonzi Kizerisesi atunaki Ester, mwasi ya mokonzi: — Moto yango nani oyo ameki kobongisa likambo ya boye? Azali wapi?
Then spake King Ahasuerus, and said unto Esther the queen, —Who is he now, and where is he, whose heart is set to act thus?
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, A man who is an adversary and enemy, this wicked Haman. And, Haman, was terrified, 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.
Now, the king, arising in his wrath from the banquet of wine, and going into the palace garden, Haman, stood to make request for his life from Esther the queen, for he saw that ruin, was 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.
When, the king, returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine, Haman, was lying prostrate upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he, even dare to force the queen, while I am in the house? No sooner had the word gone forth out of the mouth of the king, than, the face of Haman, they had covered.
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 eunuchs before the king—Yea lo! the gallows that Haman made ready for Mordecai, who had spoken well for the king, is standing in Haman’s house, of a height of fifty cubits. Then said the king, 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 which he had prepared for Mordecai, —and, the wrath of the king, was appeased.
