Asteer 5
1 Guyyaa sadaffaatti Asteer uffata ishee kan mootummaa uffatee dhaqxee oobdii masaraa mootichaa kan gara keessaa irra fuula galma mootichaa dura dhaabatte. Mootichi immoo galma sana keessa gara balbalaatti garagalee teessoo mootummaa isaa irra taaʼee ture.
Three days later Esther put on her royal robes and went and stood in the inner court of the king's palace, opposite the king's hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the king's hall, facing the entrance.
2 Mootichis utuu Asteer Mootittiin oobdii keessa dhaabachaa jirtuu argee isheetti gammadee bokkuu warqee kan harkatti qabatee ture sana isheef diriirse. Kanaafuu Asteer itti dhiʼaattee fiixee bokkuu sanaa tuqxe.
When the king saw Queen Esther standing in the inner court she won his approval so he acted favorably by holding out his scepter to her. So Esther went over and touched the end of the scepter.
3 Mootichi, “Yaa Asteer Mootittii maal siif godhu? Maal barbaadda? Walakkaa mootummaa koo illee taanaan siif ni kennama” jedheen.
The king asked her, “What is it, Queen Esther? What do you want? I'll give it to you, as much as half my empire!”
4 Asteeris, “Yoo wanni kun mooticha gammachiise, mootichi gara cidha ani isaaf qopheesse sanaa Haamaan wajjin harʼa haa dhufu” jettee deebifteef.
Esther replied, “If it please Your Majesty, may the king and Haman come today to a dinner I have prepared for him.”
5 Mootichis, “Akka waan Asteer jette sana goonuuf dafaatii Hamaa fidaa” jedhe. Kanaafuu mootichii fi Haamaan gara cidha Asteer qopheessite sanaa dhaqan.
“Bring Haman here at once so we can do what Esther has requested,” the king ordered. The king and Haman went to the dinner that Esther had prepared.
6 Utuma daadhii wayinii dhuganuu mootichi amma illee akkana jedhee Asteerin gaafate; “Mee wanni ati kadhattu maal? Wanni sun siif kennama. Gaaffiin kee maali? Walakkaa mootummaa koo illee taanaan siif kennama.”
As they drank their wine, the king asked Esther, “What are you really asking for? It will be given to you. What do you want? You shall have it, as much as half my empire!”
7 Asteeris akkana jettee deebifteef; “Wanni ani kadhadhuu fi gaaffiin koo kanaa dha:
Esther answered, “This is what I'm asking for, and this is what I want.
8 Yoo ani fuula mootichaa duratti surraa argadhee mootichis kadhannaa koo fudhatee waan ani isa gaafadhe naaf guutuun isa gammachiise, mootichii fi Haamaan cidha ani isaaniif qopheessu irratti bor haa argaman. Ani ergasii gaaffii mootichaa nan deebisa.”
If the king looks on me favorably, and if it please Your Majesty to grant my request and do as I ask, may the king and Haman come to a dinner I will prepare for them. Tomorrow I will answer Your Majesty's question.”
9 Gaafas Haamaan gammadee itti tolee gad baʼe. Inni garuu karra mootichaa duratti Mordekaayiin argee yommuu akka inni isaaf hin kaʼin yookaan isa hin sodaatin hubatetti Mordekaayiitti akka malee aare.
When Haman left that day he was very happy and pleased with himself. But when he saw Mordecai at the palace gate and that he didn't stand up or tremble with fear before him, Haman was furious with Mordecai.
10 Taʼu illee Haamaan of qabee mana isaatti gale. Ergasiis michoota isaatii fi niitii isaa Zeresh walitti qabe;
However, Haman controlled himself and he went home. There he invited his friends over. Once they and his wife Zeresh had gathered,
11 Haamaanis qabeenya isaa guddaa sanaan, ilmaan isaa hedduu sanaan akkasumas ulfina mootichi isaaf kenne hundaa fi akkaataa itti mootichi qondaaltota isaatii fi tajaajiltoota isaa kaanii olitti isa guddiseen isaanitti of jaje.
Haman went into great detail about how much money and possessions he had, and how many children, and how the king had made him so important by promoting him above all the other nobles and officials.
12 Haamaan itti fufee akkana jedhe; “Kana qofa miti; namni Asteer Mootittiin akka mooticha wajjin gara cidha qopheessite sanaa dhufu waamte anuma qofa. Boris akkasuma mooticha wajjin na affeerteerti.
“Added to all that,” Haman went on, “I was the only other person Queen Esther invited to come to a dinner she had prepared for the king. I'm also invited by her to eat together with the king tomorrow.”
13 Taʼus wanni kun hundinuu utuu ani Mordekaayi Yihuudicha isaa karra mootichaa dura taaʼu arguu na hin gammachiisu.”
Then he said, “But all of this is worthless to me while I keep on seeing Mordecai the Jew sitting at the palace gate.”
14 Niitiin isaa Zeresh fi michoonni isaa hundinuu, “Muka itti nama fannisan kan dhundhuma shantama ol dheeratu dhaabiitii akka Mordekaayi bor ganama irratti fannifamu mooticha gaafadhu. Ergasiis mooticha wajjin gara cidha sanaa dhaqii gammadi” jedhaniin. Yaadni kun Haamaanin gammachiise; innis muka sana dhaabe.
His wife Zeresh and his friends told him, “Arrange for a pole to be set up, fifty cubits high. Then, in the morning, go and ask the king to have Mordecai impaled on it. Afterwards, you'll be happy as you go with the king to the dinner.” Haman thought this was good advice, so he had the pole set up.
