Esta 9

1 Katika siku ya kumi na tatu ya mwezi wa kumi na mbili, yaani mwezi wa Adari, amri iliyoagizwa na mfalme ilikuwa itekelezwe. Siku hii adui wa Wayahudi walikuwa wametumaini kuwashinda, lakini sasa mambo yaliwageukia na Wayahudi wakawashinda wale waliokuwa wanawachukia.

For in the twelfth month, on the thirteenth day of the month which is Adar, the letters written by the king arrived.

2 Wayahudi walikusanyika katika miji yao, katika majimbo ya Mfalme Ahasuero kuwashambulia wale waliokuwa wanatafuta kuwaangamiza. Hakuna yeyote aliyeweza kushindana nao, kwa sababu watu wa mataifa mengine yote waliwaogopa.

In that day the adversaries of the Jews perished: for no one resisted, through fear of them.

3 Nao wakuu wote wa majimbo, majemadari, watawala na maafisa wa mfalme wakawasaidia Wayahudi, kwa sababu walimhofu Mordekai.

For the chiefs of the satraps, and the princes and the royal scribes, honoured the Jews; for the fear of Mardochæus lay upon them.

4 Mordekai alikuwa mtu mashuhuri katika jumba la mfalme; sifa zake zilienea katika majimbo yote naye alipata uwezo zaidi na zaidi.

For the order of the king was in force, that he should be celebrated in all the kingdom.

5 Wayahudi waliwaangusha adui zao wote kwa upanga wakiwaua na kuwaangamiza, nao walifanya kile walichotaka kwa wale waliowachukia.

6 Katika ngome ya Shushani Wayahudi waliua na kuangamiza wanaume 500.

And in the city Susa the Jews slew five hundred men:

7 Pia waliwaua Parshendatha, Dalfoni, Aspatha,

both Pharsannes, and Delphon and Phasga,

8 Poratha, Adalia, Ardatha,

and Pharadatha, and Barea, and Sarbaca,

9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai na Waizatha,

and Marmasima, and Ruphæus, and Arsæus, and Zabuthæus,

10 wana kumi wa Hamani mwana wa Hamedatha, adui wa Wayahudi. Lakini hawakuchukua nyara.

the ten sons of Aman the son of Amadathes the Bugæan, the enemy of the Jews, and they plundered [their property] on the same day:

11 Mfalme aliarifiwa siku iyo hiyo hesabu ya waliouawa katika ngome ya Shushani.

and the number of them that perished in Susa was rendered to the king.

12 Mfalme akamwambia Malkia Esta, “Wayahudi wamewaua wanaume 500 na wana kumi wa Hamani ndani ya ngome ya Shushani. Wamefanyaje katika majimbo mengine ya mfalme yaliyobaki? Je, sasa haja yako ni nini? Nayo pia utapewa. Nalo ombi lako ni nini? Nalo utafanyiwa.”

And the king said to Esther, The Jews have slain five hundred men in the city Susa; and how, thinkest thou, have they used them in the rest of the country? What then dost thou yet ask, that it may be [done] for thee?

13 Esta akajibu, “Ikimpendeza mfalme, uwape ruhusa Wayahudi walioko Shushani warudie amri ya leo kesho pia, na wana wa Hamani kumi wanyongwe mahali pa kunyongea watu.”

And Esther said to the king, Let it be granted to the Jews so to treat them to-morrow as to hang the ten sons of Aman.

14 Basi mfalme akaamuru kwamba hili litendeke. Amri ilitolewa huko Shushani, nao wakawanyonga wana kumi wa Hamani.

And he permitted it to be so done; and he gave up to the Jews of the city the bodies of the sons of Aman to hang.

15 Wayahudi huko Shushani wakakusanyika pamoja siku ya kumi na nne ya mwezi wa Adari, nao wakawaua wanaume 300 huko Shushani, lakini hawakuchukua nyara zao.

And the Jews assembled in Susa on the fourteenth [day] of Adar, and slew three hundred men, but plundered no property.

16 Wakati ule ule, Wayahudi wengine waliokuwa kwenye majimbo ya mfalme, wakakusanyika kujilinda nao wakapata nafuu kutokana na adui zao. Waliua adui zao wapatao 75,000 lakini hawakugusa nyara zao.

And the rest of the Jews who were in the kingdom assembled, and helped one another, and obtained rest from their enemies: for they destroyed fifteen thousand of them on the thirteenth [day] of Adar, but took no spoil.

17 Hili lilitendeka siku ya kumi na tatu ya mwezi wa Adari na siku ya kumi na nne walipumzika na kuifanya siku ya karamu na furaha.

And they rested on the fourteenth of the same month, and kept it as a day of rest with joy and gladness.

18 Wayahudi huko Shushani, hata hivyo, walikuwa wamekusanyika siku ya kumi na tatu na ya kumi na nne, pia siku ya kumi na tano walipumzika na kuifanya siku ya karamu na furaha.

And the Jews in the city Susa assembled also on the fourteenth [day] and rested; and they kept also the fifteenth with joy and gladness.

19 Ndiyo sababu Wayahudi wanaokaa vijijini na katika miji midogo huadhimisha siku ya kumi na nne ya mwezi wa Adari kama siku ya furaha na karamu, siku ambayo wao hupeana zawadi mmoja kwa mwingine.

On this account then [it is that] the Jews dispersed in every foreign land keep the fourteenth of Adar [as] a holy day with joy, sending portions each to his neighbour.

20 Mordekai aliandika matukio haya, naye akapeleka barua kwa Wayahudi wote walioko katika majimbo ya Mfalme Ahasuero, majimbo yaliyo mbali na karibu,

And Mardochæus wrote these things in a book, and sent them to the Jews, as many as were in the kingdom of Artaxerxes, both them that were near and them that were afar off,

21 akiwataka kila mwaka washerehekee siku ya kumi na nne na ya kumi na tano ya mwezi wa Adari

to establish these [as] joyful days, and to keep the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar;

22 kama wakati ambao Wayahudi walipata nafuu kutoka kwa adui zao na kama mwezi ambao huzuni yao iligeuzwa kuwa furaha na kuomboleza kwao kuwa siku ya kusherehekea. Aliwaandikia kushika siku hizo kama siku za karamu na za furaha na kupeana zawadi za vyakula wao kwa wao na zawadi kwa maskini.

for on these days the Jews obtained rest from their enemies: and [as to] the month, which was Adar, in which a change was made for them, from mourning to joy, and from sorrow to a good day, to spend the whole of it [in] good days of feasting and gladness, sending portions to their friends, and to the poor.

23 Hivyo Wayahudi walikubali kuendeleza sherehe walizokuwa wamezianza, wakifanya lile Mordekai alilokuwa amewaandikia.

And the Jews consented [to this] accordingly as Mardochæus wrote to them,

24 Kwa maana Hamani mwana wa Hamedatha Mwagagi, adui wa Wayahudi wote, alikuwa amepanga hila dhidi ya Wayahudi ili kuwaangamiza, na alikuwa amepiga puri (yaani kura) kwa ajili ya maangamizi na uharibifu wao.

[shewing] how Aman the son of Amadathes the Macedonian fought against them, how he made a decree and cast lots to destroy them utterly;

25 Lakini wakati shauri hilo baya lilipoarifiwa kwa mfalme, alitoa amri iliyoandikwa kwamba mipango mibaya ambayo Hamani ameipanga dhidi ya Wayahudi inapasa imrudie juu ya kichwa chake mwenyewe, na kwamba yeye na wanawe waangikwe mahali pa kunyongea watu.

also how he went in to the king, telling [him] to hang Mardochæus: but all the calamities he tried to bring upon the Jews came upon himself, and he was hanged, and his children.

26 (Kwa hiyo siku hizi ziliitwa Purimu, kutokana na neno puri.) Kwa sababu ya kila kitu kilichoandikwa kwenye barua hii na kwa sababu ya yale waliyoyaona na yale yaliyowatokea,

Therefore these days were called Phruræ, because of the lots; (for in their language they are called Phruræ; ) because of the words of this letter, and [because of] all they suffered on this account, and all that happened to them.

27 Wayahudi wakachukua na kuifanya desturi kwamba wao na wazao wao na wote ambao walijiunga nao wangefanya bila kuacha kushika siku hizi mbili kila mwaka, kwa njia ilivyoelekezwa na kwa wakati wake.

And [Mardochæus] established it, and the Jews took upon themselves, and upon their seed, and upon those that were joined to them [to observe it], neither would they on any account behave differently: but these days [were to be] a memorial kept in every generation, and city, and family, and province.

28 Siku hizi zinapasa zikumbukwe na kuadhimishwa katika kila kizazi, kila jamaa na katika kila jimbo na kila jiji. Nazo siku hizi za Purimu kamwe zisikome kusherehekewa na Wayahudi, wala kumbukumbu zake zisipotee miongoni mwa wazao wake.

And these days of the Phruræ, [said they], shall be kept for ever, and their memorial shall not fail in any generation.

29 Basi Malkia Esta binti Abihaili, pamoja na Mordekai, Myahudi, waliandika kwa mamlaka yote kuthibitisha barua hii ya pili kuhusu Purimu.

And queen Esther, the daughter of Aminadab, and Mardochæus the Jew, wrote all that they had done, and the confirmation of the letter of Phruræ.

30 Naye Mordekai akatuma barua kwa Wayahudi wote katika majimbo 127 ya ufalme wa Ahasuero, barua zenye maneno ya amani na matumaini,

31 ili kuimarisha siku hizi za Purimu katika majira yake yaliyowekwa, kama Mordekai, Myahudi na Malkia Esta walivyowaamuru, na walivyojiimarisha wenyewe na wazao wao kuhusu nyakati za kufunga na kuomboleza.

And Mardochæus and Esther the queen appointed [a fast] for themselves privately, even at that time also having formed their plan against their own health.

32 Amri ya Esta ilithibitisha taratibu hizi kuhusu Purimu, nayo ikaandikwa katika kumbukumbu.

And Esther established it by a command for ever, and it was written for a memorial.