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Basi mfalme na Hamani walikuja kula karamu pamoja na malkia Esta.
So the king and Haman went to dine with Esther the queen,
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Mfalme akamwambia Esta tena siku ya pili pale pale penye karamu ya divai, Malkia Esta, dua yako ni nini? Nawe utapewa; na haja yako ni nini? Hata nusu ya ufalme utafanyiziwa.
and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”
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Ndipo malkia Esta alipojibu, akasema, Mfalme, ikiwa nimepata kibali machoni pako, na mfalme akiona vema, nipewe maisha yangu kuwa dua yangu, na watu wangu kuwa haja yangu.
Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.
4
Maana tumeuzwa, mimi na watu wangu, ili tuharibiwe, na kuuawa, na kuangamia. Kama tungaliuzwa kuwa watumwa na wajakazi, ningalinyamaza; ila hata hivyo msiba wetu haulinganishwi na hasara ya mfalme.
For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”
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Ndipo mfalme Ahasuero aliponena, akamwambia malkia Esta, Ni nani huyu, tena yuko wapi, ambaye moyoni mwake alithubutu kufanya hivi?
Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”
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Esta akasema, Ni mtesi, tena ni adui, ndiye huyu Hamani, mtu mbaya kabisa. Mara Hamani akaingiwa na hofu mbele ya mfalme na malkia.
Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.
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Mfalme akaondoka katika ghadhabu yake kutoka kwenye karamu ya divai, akaingia bustani ya ngome. Hamani naye akasimama ili ajitakie maisha yake kwa malkia Esta; kwa kuwa aliona ya kwamba amekusudiwa madhara na mfalme.
In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.
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Kisha mfalme akarudi kutoka katika bustani ya ngome hata mahali pa karamu ya divai. Ikawa Hamani amejitupa chini penye kitanda alipokuwapo Esta. Mfalme akasema, Namna gani! Je! Atamfanyia malkia jeuri hata machoni pangu nyumbani mwangu? Na neno lilipotoka kinywani mwa mfalme, wakamfunika uso Hamani.
Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
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Ndipo aliposema Harbona, msimamizi-wa-nyumba mmojawapo wa wale waliohudhuria mbele ya mfalme, Tazama, basi, mti wa mikono hamsini urefu wake, Hamani aliomwekea tayari Mordekai, ambaye alinena vema kwa ajili ya mfalme, upo umesimamishwa nyumbani kwa Hamani. Mfalme akasema, Mtundikeni juu yake.
Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.
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Basi wakamtundika Hamani juu ya mti aliomwekea tayari Mordekai. Ghadhabu ya mfalme ikatulia.</p>
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.