Ɛster 6
1 Saa anadwo no, ɔhene no antumi anna, enti ɔmaa ɔsomfoɔ bi kɔfaa nʼahemman mu abakɔsɛm nkrataa baeɛ sɛ wɔnkenkan nkyerɛ no.
On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
2 Ɔhunuu sɛdeɛ Mordekai kɔdaa atirisopam bi adi, deɛ Bigtana ne Teres a na wɔyɛ apiafoɔ baanu a na wɔwɛn ɔhene no apono ano no pamee wɔ nkrataa no mu. Wɔpamm ɔhene no tiri so sɛ wɔbɛkum no.
And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
3 Ɔhene no bisaa sɛ, “Ɛdeɛn akatua anaa nkaeɛ adeɛ bɛn na wɔde ama Mordekai wɔ yei ho?” Asomfoɔ no buaa sɛ, “Wɔnyɛɛ hwee mmaa no.”
And the king said, What honor and dignity has been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered to him, There is nothing done for him.
4 Ɔhene no bisaa sɛ, “Hwan na ɔhyɛ akyire hɔ adihɔ hɔ no?” Ɛbaa sɛ, na afei na Haman abɛduru ahemfie adihɔ a ɛwɔ akyire hɔ no a ɔrebɛka akyerɛ ɔhene no, na wasɛn Mordekai wɔ dua a wasi no so.
And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king’s house, to speak to the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
5 Nʼasomfoɔ no buaa ɔhene no sɛ, “Haman na ɔhyɛ hɔ.” Ɔhene no kaa sɛ, “Momfa no mmra mu.”
And the king’s servants said to him, Behold, Haman stands in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
6 Enti, Haman kɔɔ mu, maa ɔhene no bisaa sɛ, “Ɛdeɛn na menyɛ mfa nhyɛ ɔbarima a nokorɛm, ɔsɔ mʼani no animuonyam?” Haman bisaa ne ho sɛ, “Hwan na ɔfata sɛ ɔhene hyɛ no animuonyam sene me?”
So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?
7 Enti, ɔbuaa sɛ, “Sɛ ɔhene pɛ sɛ ɔhyɛ obi animuonyam a,
And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor,
8 ɛsɛ sɛ ɔde nʼankasa ahentadeɛ mu baako ne nʼankasa pɔnkɔ a adehyeɛ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ bɔ ne moma so ba.
Let the royal apparel be brought which the king uses to wear, and the horse that the king rides on, and the crown royal which is set on his head:
9 Ka kyerɛ mmapɔmma no mu baako a ɔdi mu yie, na ɔmfa ahentadeɛ nhyɛ no, na ɔnni nʼanim mfa no mmra adwaberem hɔ a ɔte ɔhene no ankasa pɔnkɔ so. Ɛsɛ sɛ mmapɔmma no gye no akurum sɛ, ‘Saa na ɔhene yɛ wɔn a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔhyɛ wɔn animuonyam no!’”
And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man with whom the king delights to honor, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.
10 Ɔhene no ka kyerɛɛ Haman sɛ, “Ɛyɛ koraa! Ka wo ho kɔfa ahentadeɛ no ne me pɔnkɔ no, na yɛ sɛdeɛ wopɛ sɛ woyɛ no ma Yudani Mordekai a ɔte ahemfie ɛpono ano no. Mma wo werɛ mfiri sɛ wobɛyɛ biribiara a woaka ho asɛm no.”
Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sits at the king’s gate: let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.
11 Enti, Haman faa ahentadeɛ no de hyɛɛ Mordekai, de no tenaa Ɔhene no ankasa pɔnkɔ so, de no kɔɔ kuro no adwaberem hɔ a na ɔpae di nʼanim sɛ, “Saa na ɔhene yɛ wɔn a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔhyɛ wɔn animuonyam no.”
Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.
12 Akyire yi, Mordekai sane kɔɔ ahemfie hɔ ɛpono no ano, na Haman de ɔyea a ano yɛ den ne aniwuo yɛɛ ntɛm kɔɔ efie.
And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hurried to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
13 Ɛberɛ a Haman bɔɔ ne yere Seres ne ne nnamfonom nyinaa amaneɛ no, wɔkaa sɛ, “Esiane sɛ Mordekai a ɔguu wʼanim ase yi yɛ Yudani enti, nhyehyɛeɛ biara a wobɛyɛ atia no no renyɛ yie. Sɛ wotoa so tia no a, ɛbɛkɔ no bɔne ama wo.”
And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife to him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom you have begun to fall, you shall not prevail against him, but shall surely fall before him.
14 Ɛberɛ a wɔgu so rekasa no, ɔhene apiafoɔ no baeɛ sɛ, wɔrebɛfa Haman akɔ Ɛster apontoɔ a wasiesie no ase.
And while they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
