Eseza 9

1 Ku lunaku olw’ekkumi n’ebiri gwe mwezi Adali, ekiragiro kya Kabaka lwe kyali kigenda okutuukirizibwa. Ku lunaku olwo abalabe b’Abayudaaya kwe baasuubirira okubafuga, naye ate Abayudaaya ne bafuga abo abaabakyawa.

And in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day thereof, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them (but it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had power over them that hated them),

2 Abayudaaya ne bakuŋŋaana mu bibuga byabwe okubuna ebitundu byonna ebya Kabaka Akaswero, okukwata abo abaali baagala okubaleetako obulabe, so tewaali muntu eyayaŋŋanga okubayinza, kubanga entiisa yali egudde ku bantu bonna abamawanga gonna.

the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout the provinces of king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt. And no man could withstand them; for the fear of them had fallen upon all the peoples.

3 Awo abakungu bonna ab’ebitundu, n’abaamasaza, ne bagavana n’abasigire ba kabaka abaafuganga ne bayamba Abayudaaya, kubanga entiisa yali ebakutte olwa Moluddekaayi.

And all the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors and officers of the king, helped the Jews; for the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.

4 Moluddekaayi yali akulaakulanye mu lubiri, era n’ettutumu lye ne lyatiikirira okubuna ebitundu byonna, ate era ne yeeyongera amaanyi n’obuyinza.

For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went forth throughout the provinces; for the man Mordecai became continually greater.

5 Awo Abayudaaya ne batta era ne bazikiriza abalabe baabwe bonna n’ekitala, era ne bakola nga bwe baayagala abo abaabakyawa.

And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword and slaughter and destruction, and did what they would to those that hated them.

6 Mu lubiri olw’e Susani, Abayudaaya batta ne bazikiriza abasajja ebikumi bitaano.

And in Shushan the fortress the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

7 Ate era batta Palusandasa, ne Dalufoni, ne Asupasa,

And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,

8 Polasa, ne Adaliya, ne Alidasa,

and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,

9 Palumasuta, ne Alisayi, ne Alidayi, ne Vaizasa

and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,

10 abatabani ekkumi aba Kamani mutabani wa Kammedasa omulabe w’Abayudaaya. Naye tebaakwata ku munyago.

the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the oppressor of the Jews, they slew; but they laid not their hands on the prey.

11 Ku lunaku olwo, Kabaka n’ategeezebwa omuwendo gw’abo abattibwa mu lubiri e Susani.

On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the fortress was brought before the king.

12 Awo Kabaka n’agamba Nnabagereka Eseza nti, “Abayudaaya basse era bazikirizza abasajja ebikumi bitaano, ate era ne batabani ba Kamani ekkumi nabo battiddwa. Kale kyenkana wa kye bakoze mu bitundu bya Kabaka ebirala? Kiki ky’osaba kaakano? Onookiweebwa. Era kiki kye weegayirira? Kale n’akyo kinaakolebwa.”

And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the fortress, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? And what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee; and what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

13 Eseza n’addamu nti, “Kabaka bw’anaasiima, enkya Abayudaaya baweebwe olukusa okukola nga ekiragiro ekya leero bwe kibadde era emirambo gya batabani ba Kamani ekkumi giwanikibwe ku miti.”

And Esther said, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews that are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according to this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

14 Amangwago Kabaka n’alagira kikolebwe. Ekiragiro ne kirangirirwa mu Susani, era emirambo gya batabani ba Kamani ekkumi ne giwanikibwa.

And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

15 Awo ku lunaku olw’ekkumi n’enya mu mwezi ogwa Adali, Abayudaaya mu Susani ne beekuŋŋaanya, era ne batta abasajja ebikumi bisatu mu Susani, naye ne batakwata ku munyago.

And the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but they laid not their hand on the prey.

16 Mu kiseera kyekimu Abayudaaya abalala abaali mu bitundu bya Kabaka nabo ne bakuŋŋaana okwerwanirira, n’okufuna ne bafuna okuwummula eri abalabe baabwe. Ne batta emitwalo nsanvu mu etaano ku bo naye ne batakwata ku munyago.

And the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their life, and had rest from their enemies; and they slew of them that hated them seventy-five thousand (but they laid not their hand on the prey),

17 Bino byabaawo ku lunaku olw’ekkumi n’essatu mu mwezi ogwa Adali, ku lunaku olw’ekkumi n’ennya ne bawummula era ne balufuula lunaku lwa kuliirangako mbaga n’olw’okusanyukirangako.

on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and joy.

18 Abayudaaya ab’omu Susani ne bakuŋŋaananga ku lunaku olw’ekkumi n’essatu ne ku lunaku olw’ekkumi n’ennya, ate ku lunaku olw’ekkumi n’ettaano ne bawummula, era ne balufuula olunaku olw’okuliirangako embaga n’okusanyukirangako.

But the Jews that were at Shushan gathered themselves together on the thirteenth [day] thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and joy.

19 Abayudaaya ab’omu byalo abaabeeranga mu bibuga ebitaaliiko bbugwe kyebaava bafuula olunaku olw’ekkumi n’ennya olw’omwezi Adali okuba olunaku okuliirangako embaga n’olw’okusanyukirangako, era olunaku olw’okuweerazaganirako ebirabo.

Therefore the Jews of the villages that dwell in the country towns make the fourteenth of the month Adar a day of joy and feasting, and a good day, and on which they send portions one to another.

20 Awo Moluddekaayi n’awandiika ebyabaawo byonna, era n’aweereza Abayudaaya bonna abaali mu bitundu byonna ebya Kabaka Akaswero ebbaluwa, mu matwale ag’okumpi n’agewala,

And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the Jews near and far that were in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus,

21 ng’abalagira okukuumanga olunaku olw’ekkumi n’ennya n’olw’ekkumi n’ettaano mu mwezi ogwa Adali nga lwa mbaga,

to establish [this] among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

22 era nga kye kiseera Abayudaaya kye baafunirako eddembe eri abalabe baabwe, ate era nga gwe mwezi obuyinike bwabwe lwe bwafuulibwa essanyu, n’okunakuwala kwabwe ne kukoma. Moluddekaayi n’abiwandiika okujjukira ennaku ezo ng’ennaku ez’okuliirangako embaga n’okusanyukirangako, ate era n’okuweerezaganya ebyokulya ebirungi, era n’okugabiranga abaavu ebirabo.

as the days on which the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month that was turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

23 Awo Abayudaaya ne basuubiza okukola nga bwe baatandika, nga Moluddekaayi bwe yabawandiikira.

And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them.

24 Kamani mutabani wa Kammedasa Omwagaagi omulabe w’Abayudaaya bonna, yali asalidde Abayudaaya olukwe okubazikiriza, era ng’akubye akalulu Puli, okubasaanyaawo n’okubazikiriza.

For Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the oppressor of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them and to destroy them;

25 Naye Eseza bwe yakimanyisa Kabaka, Kabaka n’awa ekiragiro mu buwandiike nti olukwe olubi Kamani lwe yali asalidde Abayudaaya ludde ku mutwe gwe, era ye ne batabani be ne bawanikibwa ku kalabba.

and when [Esther] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head; and they hanged him and his sons on the gallows.

26 Ennaku ezo kyebaava baziyita Pulimu ng’erinnya lya Puli bwe liri. Awo olw’ebigambo byonna ebyawandiikibwa mu bbaluwa, n’olw’ebyo bye baalaba, n’ebyabatuukako,

Therefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore, according to all the words of this letter, and for what they had seen concerning this matter and what had happened to them,

27 Abayudaaya kyebaava balagira ne basuubiza, era ne basuubiriza ezzadde lyabwe n’abo bonna abanaabeegattangako, nti awatali kwekwasa nsonga yonna, bateekwa okukwatanga ennaku ezo zombi buli mwaka ng’ekiwandiiko kyazo bwe kyali era ng’ebiro byazo bwe byali.

the Jews ordained and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves to them, so that it should not fail, that they would observe these two days according to their writing and according to their fixed time, every year;

28 Ennaku ezo zijjukirwenga ku mirembe gyonna, na buli kika, na buli ssaza era na buli kibuga, era ennaku zino eza Pulimu, Abayudaaya tebalekangayo okuzijagulizaangako, wadde okuzeerabira.

and that these days should be remembered and observed throughout every generation, in every family, every province, and every city, and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them cease from among their seed.

29 Awo Nnabagereka Eseza muwala wa Abikayiri ne Moluddekaayi Omuyudaaya ne bawandiika n’obuyinza bwonna okunyweza ebbaluwa eyo eyookubiri eya Pulimu.

And queen Esther the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.

30 Ebbaluwa ne ziweerezebwa, mu bitundu ekikumi mu abiri mu omusanvu eby’obwakabaka bwa Akaswero,

And he sent letters to all the Jews, to the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, words of peace and truth,

31 n’okuwa ebiragiro nti ennaku ezo eza Pulimu zikuumibwenga mu biro byazo nga Omuyudaaya Moluddekaayi ne Nnabagereka Eseza bwe baabalagira, era nga bwe beeyama bo bennyini n’ezzadde lyabwe okusinziira ku biseera byabwe bye baayitamu eby’okusiiba n’okukungubaga.

to confirm these days of Purim in their fixed times, according as Mordecai the Jew and queen Esther had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, as to the matters of the fastings and their cry.

32 Awo ekiragiro kya Eseza ne kinyweza ebigambo ebyo ebya Pulimu, era ne kiwandiikibwa mu byafaayo.

And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.