Esther 7
1 So the king and Haman came in, to banquet with Esther the queen.
Basi mfalme na Hamani wakaenda kula chakula pamoja na Malkia Esta.
2 Then said the king unto Esther, on the second day also, during the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, Queen Esther, that it may be granted thee? and what is thy request—unto the half of the kingdom—that it may be performed?
Walipokuwa wakinywa mvinyo katika siku ya pili, mfalme akauliza tena, “Malkia Esta, ni nini haja yako? Utapewa. Ombi lako ni nini? Hata nusu ya ufalme, utapewa.”
3 Then answered Esther the queen, and said, If I have found favour in thine eyes, O king, and if, unto the king, it seem good, let my life be granted me, as my petition, and my people, as my request;
Kisha Malkia Esta akajibu, “Kama nimepata kibali kwako, ee mfalme, tena kama inapendeza utukufu wako, nijalie maisha yangu, hii ndiyo haja yangu. Pia uokoe watu wangu, hili ndilo ombi langu.
4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain and to be caused to perish. If indeed, for bondmen and for bondwomen, we had been sold, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have made good the damage to the king.
Kwa kuwa mimi na watu wangu tumeuzwa kwa kuangamizwa, kuchinjwa na kuharibiwa. Kama tungalikuwa tumeuzwa tu kuwa watumwa wa kiume na wa kike, ningalinyamaza kimya, kwa sababu shida kama hii isingalitosha kumsumbua mfalme.”
5 Then spake King Ahasuerus, and said unto Esther the queen, —Who is he now, and where is he, whose heart is set to act thus?
Mfalme Ahasuero akamuuliza Malkia Esta, “Ni nani huyu? Yuko wapi mtu huyu aliyethubutu kufanya jambo kama hili?”
6 And Esther said, A man who is an adversary and enemy, this wicked Haman. And, Haman, was terrified, before the king and the queen.
Esta akasema, “Mtesi na adui ni huyu mwovu Hamani.” Hamani alifadhaika mbele ya mfalme na malkia.
7 Now, the king, arising in his wrath from the banquet of wine, and going into the palace garden, Haman, stood to make request for his life from Esther the queen, for he saw that ruin, was determined against him, by the king.
Mfalme akainuka kwa ghadhabu, akaacha mvinyo wake, akaenda kwenye bustani ya jumba la kifalme. Lakini Hamani, akitambua kwamba mfalme ameshaamua hatima yake, alibaki nyuma kumsihi Malkia Esta aokoe maisha yake.
8 When, the king, returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine, Haman, was lying prostrate upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he, even dare to force the queen, while I am in the house? No sooner had the word gone forth out of the mouth of the king, than, the face of Haman, they had covered.
Mara mfalme aliporudi kutoka bustani ya jumba la kifalme na kuja kwenye ukumbi wa karamu, Hamani alikuwa akijitupa juu ya kiti mahali ambapo Esta alikuwa akiegemea. Mfalme akasema kwa nguvu, “Je, atamdhalilisha malkia hata huku nyumbani akiwa pamoja nami!” Mara neno lilipotoka kinywani mwa mfalme, walifunika uso wa Hamani.
9 Then said Harbonah—one of the eunuchs before the king—Yea lo! the gallows that Haman made ready for Mordecai, who had spoken well for the king, is standing in Haman’s house, of a height of fifty cubits. Then said the king, Hang him thereon.
Kisha Harbona, mmoja wa matowashi wanaomtumikia mfalme, akasema, “Mahali pa kuangika watu penye urefu wa mita ishirini na mbili pako nyumbani mwa Hamani. Alikuwa amepatengeneza kwa ajili ya Mordekai, ambaye alizungumza ili kumsaidia mfalme.” Mfalme akasema, “Mwangikeni juu yake!”
10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, —and, the wrath of the king, was appeased.
Kwa hiyo wakamtundika Hamani mahali alipokuwa ameandaa kwa ajili ya Mordekai. Ndipo ghadhabu ya mfalme ikatulia.
