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Siku ile mfalme Ahasuero alimpa malkia Esta nyumba yake Hamani, yule adui ya Wayahudi. Mordekai naye akahudhuria mbele ya mfalme; kwa maana Esta alikuwa amedhihirisha alivyomhusu.
That same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed his relation to her.
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Basi mfalme akaivua pete yake, aliyompokonya Hamani, akampa Mordekai. Naye Esta akamweka Mordekai kuwa juu ya mlango wake Hamani.
The king removed the signet ring he had recovered from Haman and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed Mordecai over the estate of Haman.
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Tena Esta akasema na mfalme mara ya pili, akaanguka miguuni pake, akamsihi kwa machozi ayaondoe madhara ya Hamani, Mwagagi, na shauri alilowafanyia Wayahudi.
And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.
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Ndipo mfalme alipomnyoshea Esta fimbo yake ya dhahabu. Basi Esta akaondoka, akasimama mbele ya mfalme.
The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, and she arose and stood before the king.
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Akasema, Mfalme akiona vema, nami nikiwa nimepata kibali machoni pake, na neno likionekana jema mbele ya mfalme, nami nikimpendeza machoni pake, iandikwe kuzitangua barua za Hamani bin Hamedatha, Mwagagi, alizotunga na kuziandika ili kuwaangamiza Wayahudi walioko katika majimbo yote ya mfalme.
“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.
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Kwa maana niwezeje kuyaona mabaya yatakayowajia watu wangu? Au niwezeje kuyatazama maangamizo ya jamaa zangu?
For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”
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Mfalme Ahasuero akawaambia malkia Esta na Mordekai, Myahudi, kusema, Tazama, nimekwisha kumpa Esta nyumba yake Hamani, naye mwenyewe wamekwisha kumtundika juu ya mti, kwa sababu aliwatia mikono Wayahudi.
So King Xerxes said to Esther the Queen and Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.
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Basi waandikieni Wayahudi pia vyo vyote mpendavyo, kwa jina la mfalme, mkatie muhuri kwa pete ya mfalme; kwa kuwa andiko lililoandikwa kwa jina la mfalme na kutiwa muhuri kwa pete ya mfalme hakuna awezaye kulitangua.
Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”
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Basi, waandishi wa mfalme wakaitwa pale pale, siku ya ishirini na tatu ya mwezi wa tatu, ndio mwezi wa Siwani; na kama vile Mordekai alivyoamuru, Wayahudi wakaandikiwa, pamoja na maakida na maliwali, na wakuu wa majimbo toka Bara Hindi mpaka Kushi, majimbo mia na ishirini na saba, kila jimbo kwa mwandiko wake, na kila taifa kwa lugha yake; na Wayahudi kwa mwandiko wao na kwa lugha yao.
At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
10
Akaandika kwa jina la mfalme Ahasuero, na kutia muhuri kwa pete ya mfalme, akazipeleka barua kwa matarishi, wamepanda farasi, wamepanda wanyama wepesi sana waliotumika kwa huduma ya mfalme, ndio waliozalishwa katika zizi la mfalme.
Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.
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Katika barua hizo mfalme aliwaruhusu Wayahudi wakusanyike katika kila mji na kuzisimamia maisha zao, kuangamiza, na kuua, na kulifisha jeshi lote la watu na la jimbo watakaowaondokea, wao na wadogo wao na wanawake; na kuyachukua mali yao kuwa nyara;
By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.
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siku moja, katika majimbo yote ya mfalme Ahasuero, yaani, siku ya kumi na tatu ya mwezi wa kumi na mbili, ndio mwezi wa Adari.
The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
13
Nakili ya andiko, ya kupigwa mbiu katika kila jimbo, ilitangazwa kwa mataifa yote, na kwa Wayahudi, wawe tayari siku ile ile kujilipiza kisasi juu ya adui zao.
A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
14
Matarishi wakaondoka, wamepanda wanyama wepesi sana waliotumika kwa huduma ya mfalme, huku wakihimizwa na kusukumizwa kwa amri ya mfalme; kukapigwa mbiu huko Shushani ngomeni.
The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.
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Naye Mordekai akatoka usoni pa mfalme, amevaa mavazi ya kifalme, ya rangi ya samawi na nyeupe, mwenye taji kubwa ya dhahabu, na joho ya kitani safi na rangi ya zambarau. Mji wa Shushani wakapaza sauti, wakashangilia.
Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.
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Ikawa nuru na furaha na shangwe na heshima kwa Wayahudi.
For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.
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Na katika kila jimbo, na kila mji, po pote palipowasili amri ya mfalme na mbiu yake, Wayahudi wakapata furaha na shangwe, karamu na sikukuu. Hata wengi wa watu wa nchi wakajifanya Wayahudi, kwa kuwa hofu ya Wayahudi imewaangukia.
In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.