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1 Siku ile ile Mfalme Ahasuero akampa Malkia Esta shamba la Hamani, adui wa Wayahudi. Naye Mordekai akaja mbele ya mfalme, kwa kuwa Esta alikuwa amesema jinsi anavyohusiana naye.
That day the king gave all the family of Haman, the hater of the Jews, to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had made clear what he was to her.
2 Mfalme akaivua pete yake ya muhuri, ambayo alikuwa amemnyangʼanya Hamani, akampa Mordekai, naye Esta akamweka Mordekai juu ya shamba la Hamani.
And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther put Mordecai over the family of Haman.
3 Esta alimsihi tena mfalme, akianguka miguuni pake na kulia. Akamwomba akomeshe mpango mwovu wa Hamani Mwagagi ambao alikuwa ameupanga dhidi ya Wayahudi.
Then Esther again came before the king, falling down at his feet, and made request to him with weeping, that he would put a stop to the evil purposes of Haman the Agagite and the designs which he had made against the Jews.
4 Kisha mfalme alimnyooshea Esta fimbo yake ya utawala ya dhahabu naye aliinuka na kusimama mbele yake.
Then the king put out the rod of gold to Esther, and she got up before the king.
5 Esta akasema, “Kama ikimpendeza mfalme, nami kama nikipata kibali naye akiona ni jambo lililo sawa kunitendea na kama akipendezwa nami, basi iandikwe amri ya kuzitangua barua zile Hamani mwana wa Hamedatha, Mwagagi, alizotunga na kuandika kuangamiza Wayahudi katika majimbo yote ya mfalme.
And she said, If it is the king's pleasure and if I have his approval and this thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing to him, then let letters be sent giving orders against those which Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, sent out for the destruction of the Jews in all divisions of the kingdom:
6 Kwa maana nitawezaje kuvumilia kuona maafa yakiwapata watu wangu? Nitawezaje kuvumilia kuona maangamizi ya jamaa yangu?”
For how is it possible for me to see the evil which is to overtake my nation? how may I see the destruction of my people?
7 Mfalme Ahasuero akawajibu Malkia Esta na Mordekai Myahudi, “Kwa sababu Hamani aliwashambulia Wayahudi, nimetoa shamba la Hamani kwa Esta, naye ameangikwa kwenye mti wa kunyongea.
Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, See now, I have given Esther the family of Haman, and he has come to his death by hanging, because he made an attack on the Jews.
8 Basi andika amri nyingine kwa jina la mfalme kwa ajili ya Wayahudi kama unavyoona vyema, kisha uifunge kwa kutia muhuri kwa pete ya mfalme kwa kuwa hakuna andiko lililoandikwa kwa jina la mfalme na kutiwa muhuri kwa pete ya mfalme linaloweza kutanguliwa.”
So now send a letter about the Jews, writing whatever seems good to you, in the king's name, and stamping it with the king's ring: for a writing signed in the king's name and stamped with the king's ring may not be changed.
9 Mara moja waandishi wa mfalme wakaitwa kwenye siku ya ishirini na tatu, mwezi wa tatu, ndio mwezi wa Siwani. Wakaandika yote Mordekai aliyoamuru kwa Wayahudi, kwa majemadari, watawala na wakuu wa majimbo 127 kuanzia Bara Hindi mpaka Kushi. Maagizo haya yaliandikwa kwa maandishi ya kila jimbo na kwa lugha ya kila mtu pia kwa Wayahudi kwa maandishi yao wenyewe na lugha yao.
Then at that time, on the twenty-third day of the third month, which is the month Sivan, the king's scribes were sent for; and everything ordered by Mordecai was put in writing and sent to the Jews and the captains and the rulers and the chiefs of all the divisions of the kingdom from India to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven divisions, to every division in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing and their language.
10 Mordekai aliandika nyaraka kwa jina la Mfalme Ahasuero, akazitia muhuri kwa pete ya mfalme na kuzipeleka kwa njia ya matarishi, ambao waliendesha farasi waendao kasi waliozalishwa maalum kwa ajili ya mfalme.
The letters were sent in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with his ring, and they were taken by men on horseback, going on the quick-running horses used for the king's business, the offspring of his best horses:
11 Waraka wa mfalme uliwaruhusu Wayahudi katika kila mji kuwa na haki ya kukusanyika na kujilinda wenyewe; kuharibu, kuua na kuangamiza jeshi lolote, taifa lolote au jimbo lile litakalowashambulia wao, wake zao, watoto wao na kuteka mali za adui zao.
In these letters the king gave authority to the Jews in every town to come together and make a fight for their lives, and to send death and destruction on the power of any people in any part of the kingdom attacking them or their children or their women, and to take their goods from them by force,
12 Siku ambayo iliwekwa kwa Wayahudi kufanya hili katika majimbo yote ya Mfalme Ahasuero ilikuwa siku ya kumi na tatu ya mwezi wa kumi na mbili, yaani mwezi wa Adari.
On one day in every division of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, that is, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.
13 Nakala ya tangazo ilikuwa itolewe kama sheria katika kila jimbo na iweze kujulikana kwa watu wa kila taifa, ili kwamba Wayahudi wawe tayari siku hiyo kulipiza kisasi kwa adui zao.
A copy of the writing, to be made public as an order in every division of the kingdom, was given out to all the peoples, so that the Jews might be ready when that day came to give punishment to their haters.
14 Matarishi, wakiwa wamepanda farasi wa kifalme, walitoka mbio wakichochewa na agizo la mfalme. Tangazo lilitolewa pia katika ngome ya mji wa Shushani.
So the men went out on the quick-running horses used on the king's business, wasting no time and forced on by the king's order; and the order was given out in Shushan, the king's town.
15 Mordekai akaondoka mbele ya mfalme akiwa amevaa mavazi ya kifalme ya buluu na nyeupe, taji kubwa la dhahabu na joho la zambarau la kitani safi. Na mji wa Shushani ukasherehekea kwa furaha.
And Mordecai went out from before the king, dressed in king-like robes of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold and clothing of purple and the best linen: and all the town of Shushan gave loud cries of joy.
16 Kwa maana kwa Wayahudi ulikuwa wakati wa raha na furaha, shangwe na heshima.
And the Jews had light and joy and honour.
17 Katika kila jimbo na katika kila jiji, popote waraka wa mfalme ulipofika, kulikuwepo furaha na shangwe miongoni mwa Wayahudi, pamoja na karamu na kushangilia. Na watu wengi wa mataifa mengine wakajifanya Wayahudi kwa sababu ya kuwahofu Wayahudi.
And in every part of the kingdom and in every town, wherever the king's letter and his order came, the Jews were glad with great joy, and had a feast and a good day. And a great number of the people of the land became Jews: for the fear of the Jews had come on them.
