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 hath the king Ahasuerus given to Esther the queen the house of Haman, adversary of the Jews, and Mordecai hath come in before the king, for Esther hath declared what he [is] 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.
and the king turneth aside his signet, that he hath caused to pass away from Haman, and giveth it to Mordecai, and Esther setteth 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.
And Esther addeth, and speaketh before the king, and falleth before his feet, and weepeth, and maketh supplication to him, to cause the evil of Haman the Agagite to pass away, and his device that he had devised against the Jews;
4 Bio, ɔhene no sɔɔ sika ahempoma no mu, de kyerɛɛ Ɛster so. Enti, ɔsɔre gyinaa nʼanim
and the king holdeth out to Esther the golden sceptre, and Esther riseth, and standeth 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.
and saith, 'If to the king [it be] good, and if I have found grace before him, and the thing hath been right before the king, and I [be] good in his eyes, let it be written to bring back the letters — a device of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite — that he wrote to destroy the Jews who [are] in all provinces of the king,
6 Na mɛyɛ dɛn matena ase ahwɛ sɛ wɔrekunkum me nkurɔfoɔ ne mʼabusuafoɔ, asɛe wɔn?”
for how do I endure when I have looked on the evil that doth find my people? and how do I endure when I have looked on the destruction of my kindred?'
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.
And the king Ahasuerus saith to Esther the queen, and to Mordecai the Jew, 'Lo, the house of Haman I have given to Esther, and him they have hanged on the tree, because that he put forth 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.”
and ye, write ye for the Jews, as [it is] good in your eyes, in the name of the king, and seal with the signet of the king — for the writing that is written in the name of the king, and sealed with the signet of the king, there is none to turn back.'
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.
And the scribes of the king are called, at that time, in the third month — it [is] the month of Sivan — in the three and twentieth of it, and it is written, according to all that Mordecai hath commanded, unto the Jews, and unto the lieutenants, and the governors, and the heads of the provinces, that [are] from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces — province and province according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, and unto the Jews according to their writing, and according to their tongue.
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.
And he writeth in the name of the king Ahasuerus, and sealeth with the signet of the king, and sendeth letters by the hand of the runners with horses, riders of the dromedary, the mules, the young mares,
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.
that the king hath given to the Jews who [are] in every city and city, to be assembled, and to stand for their life, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy the whole force of the people and province who are distressing them, infants and women, and their spoil to seize.
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.
In one day, in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month — it [is] the month of 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 writing to be made law in every province and province is revealed to all the peoples, and for the Jews being ready at this day to be avenged of 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.
The runners, riding on the dromedary, [and] the mules, have gone out, hastened and pressed by the word of the king, and the law hath been given in Shushan the palace.
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.
And Mordecai went out from before the king, in royal clothing of blue and white, and a great crown of gold, and a garment of fine linen and purple, and the city of Shushan hath rejoiced and been glad;
16 Anigyeɛ ne ahosɛpɛ hyɛɛ Yudafoɔ no ma ma, na wɔhyɛɛ wɔn animuonyam wɔ baabiara.
to the Jews hath been light, and gladness, and joy, and honour,
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.
and in every province and province, and in every city and city, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, gladness and joy [are] to the Jews, a banquet, and a good day; and many of the peoples of the land are becoming Jews, for a fear of the Jews hath fallen upon them.
