Eseta 8

1 Naʻe foaki ʻe he tuʻi ko ʻAhasivelo ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻae fale ʻo Hamani ko e fili ʻoe kakai Siu, kia Eseta ko e tuʻi fefine. Pea naʻe haʻu ʻa Motekiai ki he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi; he naʻe fakahā ʻe Eseta ʻa ʻena kāinga mo ia.

On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.

2 Pea naʻe toʻo ʻe he tuʻi hono mama, ʻaia naʻa ne maʻu meia Hamani, ʻo ne foaki ia kia Motekiai. Pea naʻe fakanofo ʻe Eseta ʻa Motekiai ke pule ki he fale ʻo Hamani.

And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

3 Pea naʻe toe lea ʻa Eseta ʻi he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi, pea fakatōmapeʻe ki hono vaʻe, ʻo ne kole tangi loʻimata ke ne taʻofi ʻae kovi naʻe langaʻi ʻe Hamani ko e tangata Ekaki, mo e tuʻutuʻuni ʻaia naʻa ne tuʻutuʻuni kovi ki he kakai Siu

And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

4 Pea naʻe mafao atu ʻe he tuʻi ʻae tokotoko koula kia Eseta. Ko ia naʻe tuʻu ai ʻa Eseta, pea tuʻu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi,

Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.

5 ‌ʻO ne pehē, “Kapau ʻoku lelei ki he tuʻi, pea kapau kuo u maʻu ʻae ʻofa ʻi hono ʻao, pea kapau ʻoku matamata totonu ʻae meʻa ni ʻi he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi pea ʻoku ou leleiʻia au ʻi hono ʻao, tuku ke fai ʻae tohi ke fakakehe ʻae ngaahi tohi naʻe filioʻi ʻe Hamani ko e foha ʻo Hamitata ko e tangata Ekaki, ʻaia naʻa ne tohi ke fakaʻauha ʻae kakai Siu ʻoku ʻi he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻoe tuʻi:

And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be 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 which are in all the king’s provinces:

6 He te u kātaki fēfeeʻi ke mamata ki he kovi ʻaia ʻe hoko ki hoku kakai? Pea ʻe fēfeeʻi ʻeku kātaki ʻae mamata ki he fakaʻauha ʻa hoku kāinga?”

for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

7 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi ko ʻAhasivelo kia Eseta ko e tuʻi fefine mo Motekiai ko e Siu, “Vakai, kuo u foaki kia Eseta ʻae fale ʻo Hamani, pea kuo nau tautau ia ki he tautauʻanga, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene hilifaki hono nima ki he kakai Siu.

Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.

8 Mou tohi foki maʻae ngaahi Siu, ʻae meʻa ʻoku lelei kia kimoua, ʻi he huafa ʻoe tuʻi, pea pulusi ia ʻaki ʻae mama ʻae tuʻi: he ko e tohi kuo tohi ʻi he huafa ʻoe tuʻi, pea fakamaʻu ʻaki ʻae mama ʻoe tuʻi, ʻoku ʻikai ngofua ke fakakehe ia ʻe ha tokotaha.”

Write ye also to the Jews, as it liketh 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 no man reverse.

9 Pea naʻe fekau ke haʻu ʻae kau tangata tohi ʻae tuʻi ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻi hono tolu ʻoe māhina, ʻaia ko e māhina ko Sivani, ʻi hono ʻaho uofulu mā tolu; pea naʻe tohi ʻo fakatatau ki he meʻa kotoa pē naʻe fekau ʻe Motekiai ki he kakai Siu, pea ki he kau pule, mo e kau matāpule, mo e kau fetongi pule mo e kau pule ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga ʻaia ʻoku tuʻu mei Initia ki ʻItiopea, ko e puleʻanga ʻe teau mo e uofulu ma fitu, ki he puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻo fakatatau ki he tohi ki ai, pea ki he kakai kotoa pē ʻi heʻenau lea, pea ki he ngaahi Siu ʻo fakatatau ki heʻenau tohi, pea fakatatau ki heʻenau lea.

Then were the king’s scribes called at that time, in the third month, which is the month, Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

10 Pea naʻe tohi ia ʻi he huafa ʻoe tuʻi ko ʻAhasivelo, pea fakamaʻu ʻaki ia ʻae mama ʻoe tuʻi, pea ne ʻave ʻae ngaahi tohi ʻe he kau ʻave tohi naʻe heka ʻi he fanga hoosi, mo e kau heka miuli, mo e fanga kāmeli, mo e fanga kāmeli mui.

And he wrote in the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the king’s service, bred of the stud:

11 ‌ʻAia naʻe fakangofua ai ʻe he tuʻi ki he kakai Siu ʻi he kolo kotoa pē kenau fakakātoa fakataha ʻakinautolu, pea tuʻu ʻo langomaki ʻenau moʻui pea ke maumau, mo tāmateʻi, mo fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu mo e mālohi kotoa pē ʻoe kakai, mo e puleʻanga ʻaia te nau tuʻu ke tauʻi ʻakinautolu, ʻae fānau siʻi mo e kau fefine, pea ke ʻave ʻae koloa vete ʻiate kinautolu moʻonautolu,

wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, [their] little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

12 ‌ʻI he ʻaho pē taha ʻi he puleʻanga kehekehe ʻoe tuʻi ko ʻAhasivelo, ʻi hono hongofulu mā tolu ʻoe ʻaho ʻi hono hongofulu mā ua ʻoe māhina, ʻaia ko e māhina ko ʻAtali.

upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, [namely], upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

13 Ko hono hiki ʻoe tohi ko e fekau ke ʻatu ki he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē naʻe fakahā ki he kakai kotoa pē, pea ke teu pē ki he ʻaho ko ia ʻe he kakai Siu ke totongi ki honau ngaahi fili.

A copy of the writing, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published unto all the peoples, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

14 Ko ia naʻe heka ai ʻae kau ʻave tohi ʻi he ngaahi miuli mo e ngaahi kāmeli, naʻe fakavavevave, pea ueʻi ke ʻalu ʻe he fekau ʻae tuʻi. Pea naʻe fai ʻae fono ʻi Susani ko e kolo fakaʻeiki.

So the posts that rode upon swift steeds that were used in the king’s service went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment; and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace.

15 Pea naʻe ʻalu kituʻa ʻa Motekiai mei he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi ʻi he ngaahi kofu ngalingali ʻeiki ko e lanu moana, mo e hinehina, mo e fuʻu tatā koula ʻi hono ʻulu, mo e kofu tupenu mo e paʻuhiʻuhi: pea naʻe fiefia ʻae kolo ko Susani, pea nekeneka.

And Mordecai went forth front the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad.

16 Naʻe maʻu ʻe he kakai Siu ʻae maama mo e fiefia, mo e nekeneka, mo e fakahikihiki.

The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honour.

17 Pea ko e puleʻanga kotoa pē, mo e kolo kotoa pē naʻe hoko ki ai ʻae fekau mo e tuʻutuʻuni ʻae tuʻi, naʻe maʻu ai ʻe he kakai Siu ʻae fiefia mo e fakafetaʻi, mo e kātoanga, mo e ʻaho lelei. Pea naʻe hoko ʻae kakai tokolahi ʻoe fonua, ko e Siu: he naʻe tō kiate kinautolu ʻae manavahē ki he kakai Siu.

And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness and joy, a feast and a good day. And many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen upon them.