Eseza 7
1 Awo Kabaka ne Kamani ne bagenda ku mbaga ya Nnabagereka Eseza gye yateekateeka.
SO the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
2 Ku lunaku olwokubiri bwe baali banywa wayini Kabaka n’addamu n’abuuza Eseza nti, “Nnabagereka Eseza osaba ki? Onookiweebwa. Kiki kye weegayirira? Ne bwe kinaaba ekitundu ky’obwakabaka, kinaakuweebwa.”
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 be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
3 Awo Eseza n’addamu nti, “Obanga ŋŋanze mu maaso go, ayi Kabaka, era Oweekitiibwa bw’onoosiima, kino kye nsaba, mpeebwe obulamu bwange. Ate era n’abantu bange bawonye obulamu bwabwe. Kino kye nneegayirira.
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 Nze n’abantu bange tutuundiddwa eri okuzikirizibwa, okuttibwa n’okubula. Wakiri singa tutuundiddwa okuba abaddu n’abakazi abaweereza, nandisirise ne sikuteganya newaakubadde nga omulabe teyandiyinzizza kuliwa kabaka bwe yandifiiriddwa.”
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 tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.
5 Awo Kabaka Akaswero n’abuuza Nnabagereka Eseza nti, “Ani era ali ludda wa oyo ayaŋŋanga okugezaako mu mutima gwe okukola bw’atyo?”
Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
6 Awo Eseza n’addamu nti, “Omulabe waffe, atukyawa, ye Kamani ono omubi.” Kamani n’atya nnyo mu maaso ga Kabaka ne Nnabagereka.
And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
7 Awo Kabaka n’agolokoka ng’aliko ekiruyi, n’aleka wayini we, n’alaga ebweru mu nnimiro ey’omu lubiri. Kamani bwe yalaba nga Kabaka amaliridde okumubonereza, n’asigala emabega okusaba obulamu bwe eri Nnabagereka Eseza.
And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath 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 Kabaka n’akomawo okuva mu nnimiro ey’omu lubiri n’ayingira mu kifo eky’embaga, n’asanga Kamani ng’agudde ku ntebe ey’olugalamiriro Eseza kwe yali. Kabaka ne yeekanga nnyo era n’akangula eddoboozi ng’agamba nti, “N’okukwata ayagala kukwatira Nnabagereka mu maaso gange wano mu nnyumba?” Kabaka bwe yali nga yakamala okwogera ekigambo ekyo, ne babikka ku maaso ga Kamani.
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
9 Awo Kalubona, omu ku balaawe abaali baweereza Kabaka n’ayogera nti, “Waliwo akalabba kumpi ne nnyumba ya Kamani obuwanvu bwako mita amakumi abiri mu ssatu ke yazimba okuttirako Moluddekaayi eyayogera n’awonya obulamu bwa Kabaka.” Kabaka n’agamba nti, “Mumuwanike okwo.”
And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
10 Awo ne bawanika Kamani ku kalabba ke yali azimbidde Moluddekaayi, olwo obusungu bwa kabaka ne bukkakkana.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
