Esta 8
1 Siku hiyo Mfalme Ahusiero akampa Malkia Esta mali yote ya Hamani, adui wa Wayahudi. Na kisha akampandisha cheo Modekai ili atumike mbele zake, kwa sababu Malkia Esta alikuwa amemueleza Mfalme uhusiano wake na Modekai.
On that day king Assuerus gave the house of Aman, the Jews’ enemy, to queen Esther, and Mardochai came in before the king. For Esther had confessed to him that he was her uncle.
2 Kisha Mfalme akampa pete yake aliyokuwa amempa Hamani. Malkia Esta akampandisha Modekai ili awe mkuu katika shamba la Hamani.
And the king took the ring which he had commanded to be taken again from Aman, and gave it to Mardochai. And Esther set Mardochai over her house.
3 Kisha Esta akaongea tena na mfalme. Akaanguka chini na kulia mbele za mfalme akimsihi Mfalme abatilishe njama ya kuwaua Wayahudi wote iliyokuwa imetangazwa na Hamani Muagagi
And not content with these things, she fell down at the king’s feet and wept, and speaking to him besought him, that he would give orders that the malice of Aman the Agagite, and his most wicked devices which he had invented against the Jews, should be of no effect.
4 kisha mfalme akamnyoshea Esta fimbo yake ya dhahabu, akainuka na kusimama mbele ya mfalme.
But he, as the manner was, held out the golden sceptre with his hand, which was the sign of clemency: and she arose up and stood before him,
5 Esta akasema, “Kama ikikupendeza na kama nimepata kibali mbele zako, agiza mbiu ipigwe ili kubatilisha barua zilizoandikwa na Hamani mwana wa Hammedatha muagagi, barua alizoziandika ili kuwa angamiza Wayahudi wote walikuwa katika majimbo yote ya mfalme.
And said: If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and my request be not disagreeable to him, I beseech thee, that the former letters of Aman the traitor and enemy of the Jews, by which he commanded that they should be destroyed in all the king’s provinces, may be reversed by new letters.
6 Ninawezaje kuona ubaya ukiwapa watu wangu? Ninawezaje kutazama uharibifu wa jamaa zangu?”
For how call I endure the murdering and slaughter of my people?
7 Mfalme Ahusiero akamwambia Esta na Modekai, Muyahudi, tazama nimempa Esta nyumba yote ya Hamani na wamemtundika Hamani katika mti kwa sababu alikuwa amekusudia kuwaangamiza Wayahudi wote.
And king Assuerus answered Esther the queen, and Mardochai the Jew: I have given Aman’s house to Esther, and I have commanded him to be hanged on a gibbet, because he durst lay hands on the Jews.
8 Hivyo andika mbiu nyingine kwa ajili ya Wayahudi kwa jina la mfalme na uipige muhuri kwa pete ya mfalme. Kwa sababu mbiu imekwisha andikwa kwa jina la mfalme na kugongwa muhuri kwa pete ya mfamle na haiwezi kubatilishwa.”
Write ye therefore to the Jews, as it pleaseth you, in the king’s name, and seal the letters with my ring. For this was the custom, that no man durst gainsay the letters which were sent in the king’s name, and were sealed with his ring.
9 Kisha waandishi wa mfalme wakakusanyika kwa wakati huo huo katika mwezi wa tatu, ambao ni mwezi wa Sivani, siku ya ishirini ya mwezi wa tatu. Mbiu iliandikwa yote ambayo Modekai aliyaamuru kwa Wayahudi watendewe na wenyeji wa kila jimbo. Mbiu iliandikwa kwa maakida magavana na wakuu wa majimbo yote yaliyokuwa toka India hadi Ethiopia, majimbo 127 kila jimbo iliandikwa kuwa maandishi yake, na kila watu kwa lugha yao, na kwa Wayahudi kwa maandishi na lugha yao.
Then the king’s scribes and secretaries were called for (now it was the time of the third month which is called Siban) the three and twentieth day of the month, and letters were written, as Mardochai had a mind, to the Jews, and to the governors, and to the deputies, and to the judges, who were rulers over the hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia: to province and province, to people and people, according to their languages and characters, and to the Jews, according as they could read and hear.
10 Modekai akaandika kwa jina la Mfalme Ahusiero na akazipiga muhuri kwa pete ya mfalme. Akapeleka nyaraka kwa matarishi, akawapandisha kwenye farasi waendao kwa haraka waliotumika kwa huduma ya mfalme, waliozaliwa kwa mfalme.
And these letters which were sent in the king’s name, were sealed with his ring, and sent by posts: who were to run through all the provinces, to prevent the former letters with new messages.
11 Mfalme akawapa Wayahudi wote katika majimbo ya utawala wake kibali cha kukusanyika na kujilinda na ruhusa ya kuangamiza, kuua na kuharibu mtu yeyote aliyekuwa na kusudi la kuwaua Wayahudi wote na kupora mali zao.
And the king gave orders to them, to speak to the Jews in every city, and to command them to gather themselves together, and to stand for their lives, and to kill and destroy all their enemies with their wives and children and all their houses, and to take their spoil.
12 Jambo hili lilipaswa litekelezwe katika majimbo yote ya Mfalme Ahusiero, siku ya ya kumi na tatu ya mwezi wa kumi na mbili, ambao ni mwezi wa Adari.
And one day of revenge was appointed through all the provinces, to wit, the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar.
13 Nakala ya mbiu ilipaswa kutolewa kama sheria na kutangazwa kwa watu wote. Wayahudi walikuwa tayari kwa siku hiyo kulipa kisasi kwa adui zao.
And this was the content of the letter, that it should be notified in all lands and peoples that were subject to the empire of king Assuerus, that the Jews were ready to be revenged of their enemies.
14 Hivyo matarishi wakaendesha farasi waliokuwa wakitumiwa katika huduma za kifalme. Walienda kwa haraka sana. Mbiu hii pia ilikuwa imetolewa katika mji wa Shushani pia.
So the swift posts went out carrying the messages, and the king’s edict was hung up in Susan.
15 Kisha Mosekai akaondoka mbele za mfalme akiwa amevaa mavazi ya kifalme, nguo buluu na nyeupe na taji kubwa ya dhahabu na joho la zambarau. Mji wa Shushani ukafurahia.
And Mardochai going forth out of the palace, and from the king’s presence, shone in royal apparel, to wit, of violet and sky colour, wearing a golden crown on his head, and clothed with a cloak of silk and purple. And all the city rejoiced and was glad.
16 Wayahudi walikuwa na nuru, na furaha na heshima. Mji wowote ambao mbiu hii ilipigwa, Wayahudi walifurahia na walifanya karamu na pumziko.
But to the Jews a new light seemed to rise, joy, honour, and dancing.
17 Watu wengi wakatamani kuwa Wayahudi sababu ya hofu ya Wayahudi iliyokuwa juu yao.
And in all peoples, cities, and provinces, whithersoever the king’s commandments came, there was wonderful rejoicing, feasts and banquets, and keeping holy day: insomuch that many of other nations and religion, joined themselves to their worship and ceremonies. For a great dread of the name of the Jews had fallen upon all.
