Ɛster 9
1 Na Adar bosome (bɛyɛ Ɔbɛnem) da a ɛtɔ so nson, wɔde ɔhene no mmara mmienu no yɛɛ adwuma. Saa ɛda no, na Yudafoɔ no atamfoɔ no ani da so sɛ, wɔbɛsɛe wɔn, nanso ani daneeɛ.
Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have rule over them; whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;
2 Yudafoɔ no boaa wɔn ho ano wɔ wɔn nkuropɔn a ɛwɔ ɔhene amantam no mu no nyinaa so, bɔɔ wɔn ho ban, de tiaa obiara a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔbɛha wɔn. Nanso, obiara antumi ansɔre antia wɔn, ɛfiri sɛ, na obiara suro wɔn.
the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them was fallen upon all the peoples.
3 Esiane Mordekai ho hu enti, amantam so asafohene nyinaa, mmapɔmma, amradofoɔ ne ɔhene adwumayɛfoɔ nyinaa boaa Yudafoɔ no.
And all the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors, and they that did the king’s business, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai was fallen upon them.
4 Ɛfiri sɛ na wama Mordekai panin wɔ ahemfie hɔ, ama ne din ahyeta amantam no nyinaa so wɔ ɛberɛ a na ne tumi nso rekɔ soro.
For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went forth throughout all the provinces: for the man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
5 Na da a wɔahyɛ no, Yudafoɔ no kunkumm wɔn atamfoɔ, sɛee wɔn wɔ akofena ano. Wɔkunkumm wɔn atamfoɔ, tɔree wɔn ase, na wɔyɛɛ wɔn a wɔtan wɔn no deɛ wɔpɛ biara.
And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they would unto them that hated them.
6 Wɔkunkumm nnipa ahanum wɔ Susa aban no mu.
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
7 Afei, wɔkumm Parsandata, Dalfon ne Aspata,
And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
8 Porata, Adalia, Aridata,
and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
9 Parmasta, Arisai, Aridai ne Waisata
and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vaizatha,
10 a wɔyɛ Hamedata babarima Haman a ɔyɛ Yudafoɔ ɔtamfoɔ no mmammarima edu no. Nanso, wɔamfa asadeɛ biara.
the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy, slew they; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.
11 Ɛberɛ a wɔbɔɔ ɔhene no amaneɛ a ɛfa nnipa dodoɔ a wɔkumm wɔn wɔ Susa aban mu ho anwummerɛ no,
On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
12 ɔmaa wɔfrɛɛ Ɔhemmaa Ɛster, na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Yudafoɔ no akunkum nnipa ahanum wɔ Susa aban mu nko ara ne Haman mmammarima edu. Sɛ wɔayɛ saa wɔ ha deɛ a, ɛnneɛ asɛm bɛn na asi wɔ amantam a aka no mu? Afei, ɛdeɛn bio na wohwehwɛ? Wɔde bɛma wo. Ka kyerɛ me na mɛyɛ.”
And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! Now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
13 Na Ɛster kaa sɛ, “Ɔhenkɛseɛ, sɛ ɛsɔ wʼani a, ma Yudafoɔ a wɔwɔ Susa no kwan na wɔnyɛ deɛ wɔyɛɛ no ɛnnɛ no bio ɔkyena, na wɔmfa Haman mmammarima edu no amu nsensɛn dua no so.”
Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according unto this day’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
14 Na ɔhene no penee so, na wɔbɔɔ mmara no ho dawuro wɔ Susa. Wɔsane de Haman mmammarima edu no amu sensɛnee dua no so.
And the king commanded it so to be done: and a decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
15 Na Yudafoɔ a wɔwɔ Susa no boaa wɔn ho ano Adar bosome (bɛyɛ Ɔbɛnem) da a ɛtɔ so nwɔtwe, na wɔsane kunkumm nnipa ahasa, na bio, wɔamfa asadeɛ biara.
And the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men in Shushan; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.
16 Saa ɛberɛ no mu, na Yudafoɔ nkaeɛ no a wɔwɔ Ɔhene no amantam mu nyinaa no aboa wɔn ho ano, rebɔ wɔn nkwa ho ban. Wɔkumm wɔn atamfoɔ no ɔpeduɔson enum, nam so nyaa ɔgyeɛ firii wɔn atamfoɔ nsam. Nanso, wɔamfa asadeɛ biara.
And the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of them that hated them seventy and five thousand; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.
17 Amantam no nyinaa mu, saa ara na wɔyɛɛ Adar bosome (bɛyɛ Ɔbɛnem) da a ɛtɔ so nson no. Adeɛ kyeeɛ no, wɔhomeeɛ, didiiɛ, gyee wɔn ani wɔ wɔn nkonimdie no ho.
[This was done] on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
18 Nanso, Yudafoɔ a wɔwɔ Susa no toaa so kunkumm wɔn atamfoɔ no da a ɛtɔ so mmienu no nso, na wɔhomee ne nnansa so didiiɛ, gyee wɔn ani.
But the Jews that were in Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth [day] thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth [day] of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
19 Enti, ɛbɛsi ɛnnɛ yi, Yudafoɔ a wɔtete nkuraa a wɔntwaa afasuo mfaa ho no di saa afirinhyia dapɔnna yi. Wɔdi afoofi saa awɔberɛ da yi mu, sɛpɛ wɔn ho, de akyɛdeɛ mema wɔn ho wɔn ho.
Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar [a day of] gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
20 Mordekai twerɛɛ saa nsɛm a ɛsisiiɛ yi nyinaa, na wɔde nkrataa kɔmemaa Yudafoɔ a wɔbɛn ne wɔn a wɔwɔ akyiri wɔ ɔhene no amantam nyinaa mu,
And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
21 hyɛɛ wɔn nkuran sɛ, wɔnni afirinhyia afahyɛ yi wɔ saa nnanu no mu.
to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
22 Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, wɔnhyɛ saa nna no ho fa a adidie ne ɔnom ka ho, na wɔmma wɔn ho wɔn ho ne ahiafoɔ akyɛdeɛ. Yei bɛma Yudafoɔ no akae ɛberɛ a wɔnyaa ɔgyeɛ firii wɔn atamfoɔ nsam, wɔn awerɛhoɔ danee anigyeɛ, na wɔn su bɛyɛɛ ahosɛpɛ no.
as the days wherein the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
23 Enti, Yudafoɔ no faa Mordekai adwenkyerɛ no, hyɛɛ afirinhyia amanneɛ no ase.
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
24 Na Hamedata, a ɔfiri Agag babarima Haman, a ɔyɛ Yudafoɔ ɔtamfoɔ no pamm sɛ ɔbɛyam wɔn, asɛe wɔn saa da no ne ɔbosome a ɔnam ntontobɔ so nyaeɛ no. (Na wɔfrɛ saa ntonto no Purim).
because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
25 Nanso, Ɛster baa ɔhene anim no, ɔhyɛɛ mmara, nam so maa Haman adwemmɔne no bɔɔ ne tiri so, na wɔsɛnee no ne mmammarima wɔ dua no so.
but when [the matter] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head; and that he and his sons should he hanged on the gallows.
26 (Ɛno enti na wɔfrɛ saa afahyɛ no Purim no, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛyɛ tete kasa a asekyerɛ ne ntontobɔ.) Esiane Mordekai krataa no ne osuahunu a wɔanya enti,
Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come unto them,
27 Yudafoɔ a wɔwɔ ahemman no mu no nyinaa penee so sɛ, wɔbɛhyɛ saa amanneɛ no ho fa, na wɔama wɔn awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ ne wɔn a wɔbɛyɛ Yudafoɔ no nyinaa abɛhyɛ bi. Wɔn nyinaa gye too mu sɛ, saa nnanu a wɔayi ato hɔ sɛ wɔnhyɛ fa no afe biara mu no, wɔremma ɛmmpa wɔn tiri so da.
the Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to the writing thereof, and according to the appointed time thereof, every year;
28 Wɔbɛkae saa nna yi, wɔ awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ nyinaa mu na ɛsɛ sɛ abusua biara a ɛwɔ amantam ne nkuropɔn wɔ ahemman no mu no di. Wɔrennyae saa nna yi di wɔ Yudafoɔ mu, na nsɛm a ɛsiiɛ no nso wɔn asefoɔ werɛ remfiri da.
and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
29 Na Ɔhemmaa Ɛster, Abihail babaa no ne Yudani Mordekai twerɛɛ krataa foforɔ a wɔde ɔhemmaa no tumi kɛseɛ foaa krataa no so de hyɛɛ Purim afahyɛ no mu den.
Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.
30 Ɛno akyi, wɔsoma maa wɔde nkrataa a wɔde bɛma asomdwoeɛ ne banbɔ aba, kɔɔ Yudafoɔ a wɔwɔ amantam ɔha ne aduonu nson no a ɛwɔ Ahasweros ahemman no nyinaa so.
And he sent letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, [with] words of peace and truth,
31 Saa nkrataa yi ma Purim Afahyɛ a ɛyɛ afirinhyiadeɛ a wɔdi no ɛnnɛ yi ara no tim. Yudani Mordekai ne Ɔhemmaa Ɛster na wɔhyɛɛ mmara no. (Nnipa no yɛɛ wɔn adwene sɛ wɔbɛhyɛ saa fa yi, sɛdeɛ wɔasi no gyinaeɛ ama wɔn ho ne wɔn asefoɔ de ama mmuadadie ne agyaadwotwa mmerɛ atim no.)
to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had ordained for themselves and for their seed, in the matter of the fastings and their cry.
32 Enti Ɛster ɔhyɛ no sii Purim ho nhyɛhyɛɛ so dua, na wɔtwerɛɛ ne nyinaa guu nkrataa mu.
And the commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
