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 Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.
2 Kisha Mfalme akampa pete yake aliyokuwa amempa Hamani. Malkia Esta akampandisha Modekai ili awe mkuu katika shamba la Hamani.
The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
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
Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his plan that he had planned against the Jews.
4 kisha mfalme akamnyoshea Esta fimbo yake ya dhahabu, akainuka na kusimama mbele ya mfalme.
Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
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.
She said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seems right to the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.
6 Ninawezaje kuona ubaya ukiwapa watu wangu? Ninawezaje kutazama uharibifu wa jamaa zangu?”
For how can I endure to see the evil that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?”
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.
Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, “See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows because he laid his hand 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 also to the Jews as it pleases you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring; for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may not be reversed by any man.”
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 were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the local governors, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing, and in their language.
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.
He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by courier on horseback, riding on royal horses that were bred from swift steeds.
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.
In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together and to defend their lives—to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions,
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.
on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the 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.
A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that the Jews should be ready for that day to avenge themselves on 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 couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa.
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.
Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted 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.
The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor.
17 Watu wengi wakatamani kuwa Wayahudi sababu ya hofu ya Wayahudi iliyokuwa juu yao.
In every province and in every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast and a holiday. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews, for the fear of the Jews had fallen on them.
