Ester 9
1 Mokolo ya zomi na misato ya sanza ya zomi na mibale, sanza ya Adari, mokolo oyo mobeko ya mokonzi esengelaki kokokisama, ekokaki. Ezalaki mokolo oyo banguna ya Bayuda bakanisaki ete bakokonza Bayuda; nzokande makambo ebongwanaki mpe Bayuda bakomaki kokonza bato oyo bazalaki koyina bango.
On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.
2 Kati na bingumba na bango, kati na bituka nyonso ya mokonzi Kizerisesi, Bayuda basanganaki mpo na kobundisa bato nyonso oyo bolukaki kobebisama na bango. Ekolo moko te ezalaki na makoki ya kotelemela bango, pamba te bato ya bikolo nyonso mosusu oyo bazalaki elongo na bango kati na mboka bazalaki na somo na bango.
In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.
3 Bakalaka nyonso ya bituka, bayangeli ya bituka oyo mokonzi atiaki, bayangeli mpe bakalaka ya mokonzi basungaki Bayuda, pamba te bazalaki na somo monene ya Maridoshe.
And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.
4 Maridoshe akomaki moto monene kati na ndako ya mokonzi: lokumu na ye epanzanaki kati na bituka nyonso, pamba te nguya na ye ezalaki komata se komata, mokolo na mokolo.
For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.
5 Bayuda babebisaki banguna na bango nyonso na mopanga, babomaki bango mpe babebisaki bango; basalaki bato oyo bazalaki koyina bango makambo nyonso oyo basepelaki kosala.
The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.
6 Kaka na engumba Size, Bayuda babomaki mpe babebisaki bato nkama mitano.
In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,
7 Babomaki mpe lisusu Parishandata, Dalifoni, Asipata;
including Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
8 Porata, Adalia mpe Aridata;
Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
9 Parimashita, Arizayi, Aridayi mpe Vayezata;
Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha.
10 bana mibali zomi ya Amani, mwana mobali ya Amedata, monguna na Bayuda, kasi batikalaki te kozwa bomengo ya bitumba.
They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
11 Kaka na mokolo wana, bayebisaki mokonzi motango ya bato oyo babomaki kati na engumba Size.
On that day the number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king,
12 Mokonzi alobaki na Ester, mwasi ya mokonzi: — Kati na engumba Size, Bayuda babomi mpe babebisi bato nkama mitano elongo na bana mibali zomi ya Amani. Basali nini kati na bituka mosusu ya mokonzi? Sik’oyo, posa na yo ezali nini? Bosenga na yo ezali nini? Ekopesamela yo.
who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”
13 Ester azongisaki: — Soki mokonzi asepeli, tika ete Bayuda oyo bazali kati na engumba Size bazwa lisusu ndingisa ya kokokisa lobi, mobeko ya mokonzi ndenge esalemi lelo mpe badiembika na nzete, bana mibali zomi ya Amani.
Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”
14 Mokonzi apesaki ndingisa ete esalema bongo. Bapanzaki sango ya mobeko yango na engumba Size mpe badiembikaki bana mibali zomi ya Amani.
So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
15 Bayuda oyo bazalaki kovanda kati na engumba Size basanganaki na mokolo ya zomi na minei, ya sanza ya Adari, mpe bobomaki bato nkama misato; kasi batikalaki kozwa bomengo ya bitumba te.
On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
16 Bayuda mosusu oyo bazalaki kovanda kati na bituka ya mokonzi, bango mpe basanganaki mpo na komibatela mpe bazwaki bopemi liboso ya banguna na bango.
The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
17 Na mokolo ya zomi na misato ya sanza ya Adari, babomaki bato nkoto tuku sambo na mitano kati na banguna na bango, kasi batikalaki kozwa bomengo ya bitumba te. Bongo na mokolo ya zomi na minei, bapemaki mpe bakomisaki yango mokolo ya feti mpe ya esengo.
This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.
18 Nzokande, Bayuda oyo bazalaki kovanda kati na engumba Size basanganaki na mokolo ya zomi na misato mpe ya zomi na minei; bongo na mokolo ya zomi na mitano, bapemaki mpe bakomisaki yango mokolo ya feti mpe ya esengo.
The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.
19 Yango wana Bayuda oyo bavandaka na bingumba ezanga bamir bakomisa mokolo ya zomi na minei ya sanza ya Adari, mokolo ya esengo mpe ya feti, mokolo oyo bakabelanaka bakado kati na bango.
This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.
20 Maridoshe akomaki makambo oyo nyonso mpe atindaki mikanda epai ya Bayuda nyonso oyo bazalaki kati na bituka ya mokonzi Kizerisesi, epai ya ba-oyo bazalaki pene mpe epai ya ba-oyo bazalaki mosika
Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,
21 ete basalaka feti na mibu nyonso, na mokolo ya zomi na minei mpe ya zomi na mitano ya sanza ya Adari,
to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
22 mpo ete ezali na mikolo oyo nde Bayuda bazwaki bopemi liboso ya banguna na bango, na sanza oyo nde mawa na bango ebongwanaki esengo mpe kolela na bango ekomaki feti. Akomelaki bango mpo ete bakomisa mikolo oyo, mikolo ya feti mpe ya esengo; mikolo ya kopesana bango na bango bakado ya biloko ya kolia mpe ya kopesa bakado epai ya babola.
as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.
23 Bayuda bandimaki kokoba kosala feti oyo mpe bakomaki kosala makambo oyo Maridoshe akomelaki bango.
So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.
24 Pamba te Amani, mwana mobali ya Amedata, moto ya mboka Agagi, monguna ya Bayuda nyonso, asalelaki Bayuda likita mpo na kobebisa bango; abetaki Puri, oyo ezali « zeke, » mpo na kufa mpe libebi na bango.
For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.
25 Kasi tango mokonzi ayokaki sango ya likita ya Amani, akomaki mobeko kati na mokanda mpo ete makanisi mabe oyo Amani abongisaki mpo na Bayuda ekweya na moto na ye moko mpe, lisusu, badiembika ye elongo na bana na ye ya mibali, na nzete.
But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
26 Yango wana babengaka mokolo yango Purimi (ewuti na kombo Puri oyo elakisi zeke). Mpo na makambo nyonso oyo Maridoshe akomaki na mokanda, mpo na makambo nyonso oyo bamonaki mpe makambo nyonso oyo ekomelaki bango,
Therefore these days are called Purim, from the word Pur. Because of all the instructions in this letter, and because of all they had seen and experienced,
27 Bayuda bakataki mpe bandimaki ete yango ekoma ezaleli mpo na bango, ezaleli ya bakitani na bango mpe ya bato nyonso oyo bakosangana na bango, mpo ete batosaka kosala feti ya mikolo oyo mibale, na mibu nyonso, ndenge ekatama na tango na yango.
the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.
28 Milongo nyonso mpe mabota nyonso ekosala feti na mikolo oyo kati na bituka nyonso mpe bingumba nyonso. Bayuda bakoki kotika te kosala feti na mikolo ya Purimi, mpe ekaniseli na yango ekoki kolimwa te kati na bakitani na bango.
These days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.
29 Boye, Ester, mwasi ya mokonzi, mwana mwasi ya Abiyaili, elongo na Moyuda Maridoshe, basalelaki bokonzi na bango mpe bakomaki mokanda mosusu mpo na kolendisa makambo oyo etali Purimi.
So Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.
30 Maridoshe atindaki mikanda epai ya Bayuda nyonso oyo bazalaki kovanda kati na bituka nyonso nkama moko na tuku mibale na sambo ya mokili ya Kizerisesi, mpe mikanda yango ezalaki na maloba ya kimia mpe ya elikya
And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,
31 mpo na kobeta sete na tina na mikolo oyo ya Purimi ete Bayuda basengeli kosala Purimi yango na mikolo na yango oyo ekatama kolanda mokano ya Moyuda Maridoshe mpe Ester, mwasi ya mokonzi; mpe ndenge Bayuda bakataki yango mpo na bango moko mpe mpo na bakitani na bango lokola tango na bango ya kokila bilei mpe ya bileli.
in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.
32 Mitindo ya Ester elendisaki mibeko mpo na Purimi mpe ekomamaki na buku.
So Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, which were written into the record.
