Ɛster 6
1 Saa anadwo no, ɔhene no antumi anna, nti ɔmaa ɔsomfo bi kɔfaa nʼahemman mu abakɔsɛm nkrataa bae sɛ wɔnkenkan nkyerɛ no.
But the Lord removed sleep from the king that night: and he told his servant to bring in the books, the registers of daily events, to read to him.
2 Ohuu sɛnea Mordekai kɔdaa pɔwbɔ bi adi, nea Bigtana ne Teres a na wɔyɛ piamfo baanu a na wɔwɛn ɔhene no apon ano no pamee wɔ nkrataa no mu. Wɔpam ɔhene no ti so sɛ wobekum no.
And he found the records written concerning Mardochaeus, how he had told the king concerning the two chamberlains of the king, when they were keeping guard, and sought to lay hands on Artaxerxes.
3 Ɔhene no bisae se, “Dɛn akatua anaa nkae ade bɛn na wɔde ama Mordekai wɔ eyi ho?” Asomfo no buae se, “Wɔnyɛɛ hwee mmaa no ɛ.”
And the king said, What honour or favour have we done to Mardochaeus? And the king's servants said, You have not done anything to him.
4 Ɔhene no bisae se, “Hena na ɔhyɛ akyi hɔ adiwo hɔ no?” Ɛbae sɛ, na afei na Haman abedu ahemfi adiwo a ɛwɔ akyi hɔ no a ɔrebɛka akyerɛ ɔhene no, na wasɛn Mordekai wɔ dua a wasi no so.
And while the king was enquiring about the kindness of Mardochaeus, behold, Aman [was] in the court. And the king said, Who [is] in the court? Now Aman was come in to speak to the king, that he should hang Mardochaeus on the gallows, which he had prepared.
5 Nʼasomfo no buaa ɔhene no se, “Haman na ɔhyɛ hɔ.” Ɔhene no kae se, “Momfa no mmra mu.”
And the king's servants said, Behold, Aman stands in the court. And the king said, Call him.
6 Enti Haman kɔɔ mu, maa ɔhene no bisae se, “Dɛn na menyɛ mfa nhyɛ ɔbarima a nokware, ɔsɔ mʼani no anuonyam?” Haman bisaa ne ho se, “Hena na ɔfata sɛ ɔhene hyɛ no anuonyam sen me?”
And the king said to Aman, What shall I do to the man whom I wish to honour? And Aman said within himself, Whom would the king honour but myself?
7 Enti obuae se, “Sɛ ɔhene pɛ sɛ ɔhyɛ obi anuonyam a,
and he said to the king, As for the man whom the king wishes to honour,
8 ɛsɛ sɛ ɔde nʼankasa ahentade mu baako ne nʼankasa pɔnkɔ a adehye nsɛnkyerɛnne bɔ ne moma so no ba.
let the king's servants bring the robe of fine linen which the king puts on, and the horse on which the king rides,
9 Ka kyerɛ mmapɔmma no mu baako a odi mu yiye, na ɔmfa ahentade nhyɛ no, na onni nʼanim mfa no mmra aguabɔbea hɔ a ɔte ɔhene no ankasa pɔnkɔ so. Ɛsɛ sɛ mmapɔmma no gye no akurum se, ‘Saa na ɔhene yɛ wɔn a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔhyɛ wɔn anuonyam no!’”
and let him give [it] to one of the king's noble friends, and let him array the man whom the king loves; and let him mount him on the horse, and proclaim through the street of the city, saying, Thus shall it be [done] to every man whom the king honours.
10 Ɔhene no ka kyerɛɛ Haman se, “Eye koraa! Ka wo ho kɔfa ahentade no ne me pɔnkɔ no, na yɛ sɛnea wopɛ sɛ woyɛ no ma Yudani Mordekai a ɔte ahemfi pon ano no. Mma wo werɛ mmfi sɛ wobɛyɛ biribiara a woaka ho asɛm no.”
Then the king said to Aman, You have well said: so do to Mardochaeus the Jew, who waits in the palace, and let not a word of what you have spoken be neglected.
11 Enti Haman faa ahentade no de hyɛɛ Mordekai, de no tenaa Ɔhene no ankasa pɔnkɔ so, de no kɔɔ kurow no aguabɔbea hɔ a na ɔpae di nʼanim se, “Saa na ɔhene yɛ wɔn a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔhyɛ wɔn anuonyam no.”
So Aman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mardochaeus, and mounted him on the horse, and went through the street of the city, and proclaimed, saying, Thus shall it be to every man whom the king wishes to honour.
12 Akyiri no, Mordekai san kɔɔ ahemfi hɔ pon no ano, na Haman de ɔyaw a ano yɛ den ne aniwu yɛɛ ntɛm kɔɔ fie.
And Mardochaeus returned to the palace: but Aman went home mourning, and having his head covered.
13 Bere a Haman bɔɔ ne yere Seres ne ne nnamfonom nyinaa amanneɛ no, wɔkae se, “Esiane sɛ Mordekai a oguu wʼanim ase yi yɛ Yudani nti, nhyehyɛe biara a wobɛyɛ atia no no renyɛ yiye. Sɛ wotoa so tia no a, ɛbɛkɔ no bɔne ama wo.”
And Aman related the events that had befallen him to Zosara his wife, and to [his] friends: and his friends and his wife said to him, If Mardochaeus [be] of the race of the Jews, [and] you have begun to be humbled before him, you will assuredly fall, and you will not be able to withstand him, for the living God [is] with him.
14 Bere a wogu so rekasa no, ɔhene piamfo no bae sɛ wɔrebɛfa Haman akɔ Ɛster aponto a wasiesie no ase.
While they were yet speaking, the chamberlains arrived, to hasten Aman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.
