Esther 8
1 On that day the king Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.
Da no ara, Ɔhene Ahasweros de Haman a ɔyɛ Yudafo tamfo no agyapade maa Ɔhemmea Ɛster. Na afei, wɔde Mordekai baa ɔhene anim, efisɛ na Ɛster akyerɛ sɛnea ɔne no bɔ abusua fa.
2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
Ɔhene no worɔw kaa a ogye fii Haman nkyɛn no de hyɛɛ Mordekai. Na Ɛster yii Mordekai sɛ ɔno na ɔnhwɛ Haman agyapade so.
3 And Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his plot that he had devised against the Jews.
Bio, Ɛster baa ɔhene no nkyɛn bɛhwee ne nan ase, de su srɛɛ no se, Haman pɔw a ɔbɔ de tiaa Yudafo no wɔmma wonnyae.
4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
Na ɔhene no soo sika ahempema no mu, de kyerɛɛ Ɛster so. Enti ɔsɔre gyinaa nʼanim
5 And said, If it shall please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing shall seem right before 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:
kae se, “Sɛ mesɔ Ɔhempɔn ani na sɛ osusuw sɛ eye a, hyɛ mmara a etia sɛe a na Hamedata babarima Haman pɛ sɛ ɔsɛe Yudafo a wɔwɔ ɔhene amantam nyinaa no mu no.
6 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come to my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
Na mɛyɛ dɛn atena ase ahwɛ sɛ wɔrekunkum me nkurɔfo ne mʼabusuafo, asɛe wɔn?”
7 Then the king Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
Na ɔhene Ahasweros ka kyerɛɛ Ɔhemmea Ɛster ne Yudani Mordekai se, “Mede Haman agyapade ama Ɛster, na wɔasɛn no wɔ dua so, efisɛ ɔpɛɛ sɛ ɔsɛe Yudafo.
8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it pleaseth 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, no man may reverse.
Afei, fa ɔhene din kyerɛw mmara foforo wɔ Yudafo no din mu, ka nea wopɛ biara wɔ mu, na fa ɔhene kaa no sɔw ano. Biribiara a wɔakyerɛw wɔ ɔhene din mu de ne kaa asɔw ano no, wɔnnan ani.”
9 Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day of it; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Cush, an hundred and twenty and seven provinces, to every province according to the writing of it, and to every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
Enti Siwan ɔsram (bɛyɛ Ayɛwohomumɔ) da a ɛto so aduonu anum no, wɔfrɛɛ ɔhene akyerɛwfo. Mordekai kaa nsɛm no, na wɔkyerɛw mmara kɔmaa Yudafo ne mmapɔmma, amradofo ne mpasua no mu adwumayɛfo a wɔwɔ amantam ɔha aduonu ason no mu, efi India kosi Etiopia. Wɔkyerɛw mmara no wɔ kasa ahorow a nnipa no ka wɔ ahemman no mu, a Yudafo no ka ho.
10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’ name, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
Mordekai de Ɔhene Ahasweros din na ɛkyerɛwee, na ɔde ɔhene no kaa sɔw ano. Ɔde nkrataa no somaa abɔfo ahoɔharefo a wɔtenatenaa apɔnkɔ a wɔayɛn wɔn ama ɔhene som no so.
11 In which the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to defend their lives, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to plunder them for spoil,
Ɔhene no mmara no maa Yudafo a wɔwɔ kurow biara so tumi ma wɔkaa wɔn ho bɔɔ mu, bɔɔ wɔn nkwa ho ban. Wɔmaa wɔn ho kwan sɛ ɔman anaa ɔmantam biara a ebetu wɔn mma anaa wɔn yerenom so sa no, wɔwɔ ho kwan sɛ wokunkum wɔn, tɔre wɔn ase, fow wɔn atamfo no agyapade.
12 Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
Da pɔtee a wotu sii hɔ maa nneyɛe yi wɔ ɔhene Ahasweros mantam mu no yɛ Adar ɔsram (bɛyɛ Ɔbɛnem) da a ɛto so ason wɔ afe a na wɔrebesi mu no mu.
13 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was proclaimed to all people, and that the Jews should be ready for that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔfa mmara yi sɛso wɔ ɔmantam biara mu sɛ mmara, na wɔda no adi kyerɛ ɔmanfo nyinaa. Sɛ ɛba saa a, saa da no, Yudafo no besiesie wɔn ho, atɔ wɔn atamfo so were.
14 So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.
Ɔhene asɛm no nti, abɔfo no de apɔnkɔ a wɔayɛn wɔn ama ɔhene no tuu mmirikatɛntɛ. Wɔhyɛɛ mmara koro no ara bi wɔ Susa aban no mu.
15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
Na Mordekai hyɛɛ ahentade tuntum ne fufu ne sikakɔkɔɔ ahenkyɛw, na ɔhyɛɛ batakari tamkɔkɔɔ nguguso fɛfɛ bi guu so. Na ɔmanfo a wɔwɔ Susa no hyɛɛ mmara foforo no ho fa.
16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
Anigye ne ahosɛpɛw hyɛɛ Yudafo no ma, na wɔhyɛɛ wɔn anuonyam wɔ baabiara.
17 And in every province, and in every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
Kuropɔn biara ne ɔmantam biara a ɔhene no mmara no dui no, Yudafo no sɛpɛw wɔn ho, hyɛɛ fa kɛse na wodii ho afoofi. Na asase no so nnipa bebree yɛɛ wɔn ho Yudafo, efisɛ na wosuro nea Yudafo no bɛyɛ wɔn.
