Ester

4 Benɛ Mordekai nu nɔ́ fɛɛ nɔ́ nɛ a pee ɔ, e gba e tade ɔmɛ nɛ e bu kpekpe, nɛ e muɔɔ la zu kɛ pue e nɔ. Kɛkɛ nɛ e kɛ he hiami fo ya boboobo kɛ je kpo kɛ ho ma a mi ya. 2 Matsɛ ɔ agbo ɔ nya pɛ nɛ e nyɛ nɛ e ya su, ejakaa e sɛ nɛ nɔ ko nɛ sɛ matsɛ ɔ agbo ɔ mi kɛ e he kpekpe. 3 Nɛ kpokpa fɛɛ kpokpa* nɔ nɛ́ matsɛ ɔ munyu ɔ kɛ e mlaa a ya su ɔ, Yuda bi ɔmɛ ye aywilɛho wawɛɛ nitsɛ, nɛ a ha hwɔ nɛ a fo ya, nɛ a ye kɔmɔ. Nihi fuu hwɔɔ si ngɛ kpekpe nɔ kɛ la zu mi. 4 Benɛ Ester mawayi ɔmɛ kɛ e sɔmɔli nɛ a puɛ* mɛ ɔ ba bɔ lɛ amaniɛ ɔ, manyɛ ɔ hao wawɛɛ nitsɛ. Kɛkɛ nɛ e tsɔ konɛ a ngɔ tadehi kɛ ya ha Mordekai nɛ e wo nɛ́ e je kpekpe ɔ ngɛ e he, se e ngɔɛ tade ɔmɛ. 5 Kɛkɛ nɛ Ester tsɔ nɛ a ya tsɛ Hatak, matsɛ ɔ sɔmɔli nɛ a puɛ* mɛ ɔ a kpɛti nɔ kake, nɛ ji nɔ nɛ matsɛ ɔ hla kaa e sɔmɔ manyɛ ɔ, nɛ e fã lɛ ke e ya bi Mordekai nɔ́ he je nɛ e ngɛ e ní pee jã, kɛ nɔ́ nɛ ngɛ nɔ yae.

6 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Hatak je kpo kɛ ho Mordekai ngɔ ya ngɛ ma a he nya buami he ɔ ngɛ matsɛ ɔ agbo ɔ hɛ mi. 7 Mordekai de lɛ nɔ́ fɛɛ nɔ́ nɛ ba a, kɛ sika abɔ nɛ Haman wo si kaa e maa wo nɛ́ a kɛ to matsɛ ɔ juetli to he ɔ konɛ a kpata Yuda bi ɔmɛ a hɛ mi ɔ. 8 Jehanɛ hu ɔ, e ngɔ womi ɔ nɛ a ngma mlaa a kɛ wo mi ngɛ Shushan* ke a kpata Yuda bi ɔmɛ a hɛ mi ɔ eko kɛ ha lɛ. E kɛ ha lɛ konɛ e kɛ ya tsɔɔ Ester nɛ́ e tsɔɔ lɛ sane ɔ mi, nɛ́ e de lɛ ke e ya matsɛ ɔ ngɔ, nɛ́ lɛ nitsɛ e ya kpa matsɛ ɔ pɛɛ wawɛɛ konɛ e na e we bi ɔmɛ mɔbɔ.

9 Hatak kpale kɛ ba nɛ e ba bɔ Ester nɔ́ nɛ Mordekai de ɔ. 10 Ester de Hatak ke e ya de Mordekai ke: 11 “Matsɛ ɔ sɔmɔli ɔmɛ tsuo kɛ nihi nɛ a ngɛ matsɛ ɔ kpokpa amɛ* a nɔ ɔ le kaa ke nyumu ko aloo yo ko ya yale nɛ ngɛ matsɛ ɔ we ɔ kpɛti ɔ mi be mi nɛ a tsɛ we lɛ ɔ, mlaa pɛ nɛ ngɛ ji: Á gbe lɛ; ja matsɛ ɔ ngɔ e matsɛ tso nɛ a kɛ sika tsu pee ɔ kɛ tsɔɔ lɛ loko e maa hi wami mi. Nɛ ligbi 30 ji nɛ ɔ nɛ matsɛ ɔ tsɛ we mi.”

12 Benɛ a bɔ Mordekai nɔ́ nɛ Ester de ɔ, 13 e tsɔ ke a ya de Ester ke: “Ko susu kaa akɛnɛ o piɛɛ matsɛ ɔ we ɔ mi bi ɔmɛ a he he je ɔ, nɔ́ nɛ maa ba Yuda bi ɔmɛ tsuo a nɔ ɔ, moo o maa ye o he. 14 Ejakaa ke o ma o nya ngɛ be kaa kikɛ nɛ ɔ mi ɔ, yemi kɛ buami kɛ yi wami hemi maa je he kpa kɛ ba ha Yuda bi ɔmɛ, se o kɛ o tsɛ we ɔ lɛɛ, nyɛ hɛ mi ma kpata. Nɛ mɛnɔ le kaa eko ɔ, be kaa kikɛ nɛ ɔ he je nɛ a wo mo manyɛ ngɛ?”

15 Kɛkɛ nɛ Ester tsɔ ya de Mordekai ke: 16 “Yaa nɛ o ya bua Yuda bi tsuo nɛ a ngɛ Shushan* ɔ a nya nɛ nyɛɛ ha hwɔ ha mi. Nyɛ ko ye ní nɛ nyɛ ko nu nɔ́ ko nyɔ kɛ pia ligbi etɛ. I kɛ ye mawayi ɔmɛ hu maa ha hwɔ. E ngɛ mi kaa ngɛ mlaa a nya a, e sɛ nɛ ma ya matsɛ ɔ ngɔ mohu lɛɛ, se ma ya, nɛ ke e biɔ nɛ ma gbo po ɔ, ma gbo.” 17 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Mordekai ho nɛ e ya pee níhi tsuo nɛ Ester de lɛ ke e pee ɔ.