Ɛster 8
1 Ɛda no ara, Ɔhene Ahasweros de Haman a ɔyɛ Yudafoɔ ɔtamfoɔ no agyapadeɛ maa Ɔhemmaa Ɛster. Na afei, wɔde Mordekai baa ɔhene anim, ɛfiri sɛ, na Ɛster akyerɛ sɛdeɛ ɔne no bɔ abusua.
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 Ɔhene no worɔɔ kawa a ɔgye firii Haman nkyɛn no de hyɛɛ Mordekai. Na Ɛster yii Mordekai sɛ ɔno na ɔnhwɛ Haman agyapadeɛ so.
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 Bio, Ɛster baa ɔhene no nkyɛn bɛhwee ne nan ase, de su srɛɛ no sɛ, Haman atirisopam a ɔpam de tiaa Yudafoɔ no, wɔmma wɔnnyae.
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 Bio, ɔhene no sɔɔ sika ahempoma no mu, de kyerɛɛ Ɛster so. Enti, ɔsɔre gyinaa nʼanim
Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
5 kaa sɛ, “Sɛ mesɔ Ɔhenkɛseɛ ani na sɛ ɔdwene sɛ ɛyɛ a, hyɛ mmara a ɛtia sɛeɛ a na Hamedata babarima Haman pɛ sɛ ɔsɛe Yudafoɔ a wɔwɔ ɔhene amantam nyinaa no mu.
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 Na mɛyɛ dɛn matena ase ahwɛ sɛ wɔrekunkum me nkurɔfoɔ ne mʼabusuafoɔ, asɛe wɔn?”
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 Na ɔhene Ahasweros ka kyerɛɛ Ɔhemmaa Ɛster ne Yudani Mordekai sɛ, “Mede Haman agyapadeɛ ama Ɛster, na wɔasɛn no dua so, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔpɛɛ sɛ ɔsɛe Yudafoɔ.
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 Afei, kɔ so fa ɔhene din to nkra kɔma Yudafoɔ, ka deɛ wopɛ biara kyerɛ wɔn, na fa ɔhene kawa no sɔ ano. Nanso, kae sɛ, biribiara a wɔatwerɛ wɔ ɔhene din mu de ne kawa asɔ ano no, wɔnnane ani.”
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 Enti, Siwan bosome (bɛyɛ Ayɛwohomumu) da a ɛtɔ so aduonu enum no, wɔfrɛɛ ɔhene atwerɛfoɔ. Mordekai kaa nsɛm no, na wɔtwerɛɛ mmara kɔmaa Yudafoɔ ne mmapɔmma, amradofoɔ ne mpasua no mu adwumayɛfoɔ a wɔwɔ amantam ɔha aduonu nson no mu, ɛfiri India kɔsi Etiopia. Wɔtwerɛɛ mmara no wɔ kasa hodoɔ a nnipa no ka no ahemman no mu, a Yudafoɔ no ka ho.
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 Mordekai de Ɔhene Ahasweros din na ɛtwerɛeɛ, na ɔde ɔhene no kawa sɔɔ ano. Ɔde nkrataa no somaa abɔfoɔ ahoɔherɛfoɔ a wɔtenatenaa apɔnkɔ a wɔayɛn wɔn ama ɔhene no som no so.
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 Ɔhene no mmara no maa Yudafoɔ a wɔwɔ kuro biara so tumi ma wɔkaa wɔn ho bɔɔ mu, bɔɔ wɔn nkwa ho ban. Wɔmaa wɔn ho kwan sɛ, ɔman anaa ɔmantam biara a ɛbɛtu wɔn mma anaa wɔn yerenom so sa no, wɔwɔ ho kwan sɛ, wɔkunkum wɔn, tɔre wɔn ase, fo wɔn atamfoɔ no agyapadeɛ.
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 Ɛda pɔtee a wɔtu sii hɔ maa adeyɛ yi wɔ ɔhene Ahasweros mantam mu no yɛ Adar bosome (bɛyɛ Ɔbɛnem) da a ɛtɔ so nson wɔ afe a na wɔrebɛsim no mu.
on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
13 Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔfa mmara yi sɛso wɔ ɔmantam biara mu sɛ mmara, na wɔda no adi kyerɛ ɔmanfoɔ nyinaa. Sɛ ɛba saa a, saa da no, Yudafoɔ no bɛsiesie wɔn ho, atɔ wɔn atamfoɔ so were.
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 Ɔhene asɛm no enti, abɔfoɔ no de apɔnkɔ a wɔayɛn wɔn ama ɔhene no tuu mmirikatɛntɛ. Wɔhyɛɛ mmara korɔ no ara bi wɔ Susa aban no mu.
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 Na Mordekai hyɛɛ ahentadeɛ tuntum ne fufuo ne sikakɔkɔɔ ahenkyɛ, na ɔhyɛɛ batakari afasebire ngugusoɔ fɛfɛ bi guu so. Na ɔmanfoɔ a wɔwɔ Susa no hyɛɛ mmara foforɔ no ho fa.
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 Anigyeɛ ne ahosɛpɛ hyɛɛ Yudafoɔ no ma ma, na wɔhyɛɛ wɔn animuonyam wɔ baabiara.
The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor.
17 Kuropɔn biara ne ɔmantam biara a ɔhene no mmara no duruiɛ no, Yudafoɔ no sɛpɛɛ wɔn ho, hyɛɛ fa kɛseɛ na wɔdii ho afoofi. Na asase no so nnipa bebree yɛɛ wɔn ho Yudafoɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, na wɔsuro deɛ Yudafoɔ no bɛyɛ wɔn.
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.
