Esta 7
1 Basi mfalme na Hamani wakaenda kula chakula pamoja na Malkia Esta.
And so the king and Haman entered to drink with the queen.
2 Walipokuwa wakinywa mvinyo katika siku ya pili, mfalme akauliza tena, “Malkia Esta, ni nini haja yako? Utapewa. Ombi lako ni nini? Hata nusu ya ufalme, utapewa.”
And the king said to her again on the second day, after he was warmed with wine, “What is your request, Esther, so that it may be given to you? And what do you want done? Even if you ask for half of my kingdom, you will obtain it.”
3 Kisha Malkia Esta akajibu, “Kama nimepata kibali kwako, ee mfalme, tena kama inapendeza utukufu wako, nijalie maisha yangu, hii ndiyo haja yangu. Pia uokoe watu wangu, hili ndilo ombi langu.
She answered him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if it pleases you, spare my soul, I ask you, and spare my people, I beg you.
4 Kwa kuwa mimi na watu wangu tumeuzwa kwa kuangamizwa, kuchinjwa na kuharibiwa. Kama tungalikuwa tumeuzwa tu kuwa watumwa wa kiume na wa kike, ningalinyamaza kimya, kwa sababu shida kama hii isingalitosha kumsumbua mfalme.”
For I and my people have been handed over to be crushed, to be slain, and to perish. And if we were only being sold as servants and slaves, the evil might be tolerable, and I would have mourned in silence. But now our enemy is one whose cruelty overflows upon the king.”
5 Mfalme Ahasuero akamuuliza Malkia Esta, “Ni nani huyu? Yuko wapi mtu huyu aliyethubutu kufanya jambo kama hili?”
And king Artaxerxes answered and said, “Who is this, and of what power, that he would dare to do these things?”
6 Esta akasema, “Mtesi na adui ni huyu mwovu Hamani.” Hamani alifadhaika mbele ya mfalme na malkia.
And Esther said, “This is our most wicked enemy and foe: Haman!” Hearing this, Haman was suddenly dumbfounded, unable to bear the faces of the king and the queen.
7 Mfalme akainuka kwa ghadhabu, akaacha mvinyo wake, akaenda kwenye bustani ya jumba la kifalme. Lakini Hamani, akitambua kwamba mfalme ameshaamua hatima yake, alibaki nyuma kumsihi Malkia Esta aokoe maisha yake.
But the king, being angry, rose up and, from the place of the feast, entered into the arboretum of the garden. Haman likewise rose up to entreat Esther the queen for his soul, for he understood that evil was prepared for him by the king.
8 Mara mfalme aliporudi kutoka bustani ya jumba la kifalme na kuja kwenye ukumbi wa karamu, Hamani alikuwa akijitupa juu ya kiti mahali ambapo Esta alikuwa akiegemea. Mfalme akasema kwa nguvu, “Je, atamdhalilisha malkia hata huku nyumbani akiwa pamoja nami!” Mara neno lilipotoka kinywani mwa mfalme, walifunika uso wa Hamani.
When the king returned from the arboretum of the garden and entered into the place of the feast, he found Haman collapsed on the couch on which Esther lay, and he said, “And now he wishes to oppress the queen, in my presence, in my house!” The word had not yet gone out of the king’s mouth, and immediately they covered his face.
9 Kisha Harbona, mmoja wa matowashi wanaomtumikia mfalme, akasema, “Mahali pa kuangika watu penye urefu wa mita ishirini na mbili pako nyumbani mwa Hamani. Alikuwa amepatengeneza kwa ajili ya Mordekai, ambaye alizungumza ili kumsaidia mfalme.” Mfalme akasema, “Mwangikeni juu yake!”
And Harbona, one of the eunuchs who stood in ministry to the king, said, “Behold the wood, which he had prepared for Mordecai, who spoke up on behalf of the king, stands in Haman’s house, having a height of fifty cubits.” The king said to him, “Hang him from it.”
10 Kwa hiyo wakamtundika Hamani mahali alipokuwa ameandaa kwa ajili ya Mordekai. Ndipo ghadhabu ya mfalme ikatulia.
And so Haman was hanged on the gallows, which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king’s anger was quieted.
