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3 Enɛ ɔ se ɔ, Matsɛ Ahasuerus wó Haman, nɛ ji Agag no Hamedata binyumu ɔ nɔ, nɛ e ha lɛ blɔ nya* pe ma nikɔtɔma kpa amɛ tsuo nɛ a kɛ lɛ ngɛ ɔ. 2 Nɛ matsɛ ɔ sɔmɔli ɔmɛ tsuo nɛ a ngɛ matsɛ ɔ agbo ɔ nya a kplãã si nɛ a kɛ a hɛ mi buɔ si kɛ haa Haman, ejakaa jã ji bɔ nɛ matsɛ ɔ fã ke a pee ha lɛ. Se Mordekai lɛɛ e kplã we si ha lɛ, nɛ e kɛ e hɛ mi bu we si ha lɛ hulɔ. 3 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, matsɛ ɔ sɔmɔli nɛ a ngɛ matsɛ ɔ agbo ɔ nya a bi Mordekai ke: “Mɛni he je nɛ o bui matsɛ ɔ fami ɔ tue ɔ?” 4 Daa ligbi ɔ, a kɛ lɛ tuɔ he munyu, se e bui mɛ tue. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a bi Haman konɛ e hyɛ ke ji kaa e sa nɛ a ngmɛ Mordekai blɔ nɛ e hi jã pee lo; ejakaa Mordekai de mɛ ke Yuda no ji lɛ.

5 Jehanɛ ɔ, benɛ Haman na kaa Mordekai kplã we si nɛ e kɛ e hɛ mi bu we si ha lɛ ɔ, Haman mi mi fu wawɛɛ. 6 Se Mordekai pɛ nɛ́ Haman maa gbe* ɔ pi ha lɛ, ejakaa a de lɛ Mordekai we bi ɔmɛ hu a he sane. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Haman bɔni he blɔ hlami nɛ e kɛ ma kpata Yuda bi tsuo, nɛ ji Mordekai we bi ɔmɛ tsuo nɛ a ngɛ Ahasuerus nɔ yemi he ɔmɛ tsuo ɔ a hɛ mi.

7 Ngɛ kekleekle nyɔhiɔ, nɛ ji Nisan* nyɔhiɔ ɔ mi, ngɛ Matsɛ Ahasuerus nɔ yemi jeha nɛ ji 12 ɔ mi ɔ, a fɔ̃ Sɔ* ngɛ Haman hɛ mi konɛ a kɛ le ligbi kɛ nyɔhiɔ nɛ a kɛ ma tsu nɔ́ nɛ ɔ, nɛ e ya nɔ nyɔhiɔ 12 ɔ, nɛ ji Adar* nyɔhiɔ ɔ nɔ. 8 Kɛkɛ nɛ Haman ya de Matsɛ Ahasuerus ke: “Nimli komɛ ngɛ nɛ a gbɛ fĩa ni ɔmɛ a kpɛti ngɛ kpokpa amɛ tsuo* a nɔ ngɛ o nɔ yemi he ɔmɛ, nɛ e slo a mlaahi ngɛ ma kpa amɛ tsuo a mlaahi a he; nɛ a yi matsɛ ɔ mlaa amɛ a nɔ, nɛ se nami ko be he kaa matsɛ ɔ maa hi mɛ hyɛe jã. 9 Ke e sa matsɛ ɔ hɛ mi ɔ, e ha nɛ a ngma mlaa kɛ fɔ si kaa a kpata a hɛ mi. Ma ha nikɔtɔma amɛ sika hiɔ talɛnt* 10,000 konɛ a kɛ wo matsɛ ɔ juetli to he ɔ.”*

10 Kɛkɛ nɛ matsɛ ɔ je e nɔ́ nya sɔumi ga a ngɛ lɛ nitsɛ e nine nɛ e ngɔ kɛ ha Haman, Agag no Hamedata binyumu ɔ, nɛ́ ji Yuda bi ɔmɛ a he nyɛlɔ ɔ. 11 Matsɛ ɔ de Haman ke: “A ngɔ sika hiɔ ɔ kɛ ni ɔmɛ kɛ ha mo, konɛ o pee mɛ nɔ́ nɛ o suɔ.” 12 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, ngɛ kekleekle nyɔhiɔ ɔ we ligbi nɛ ji 13 ɔ nɔ ɔ, a tsɛ matsɛ ɔ womi ngmali ɔmɛ. A ngma Haman fami ɔmɛ tsuo kɛ ya ha matsɛ ɔ we amlaalo nikɔtɔma amɛ,* amlaalohi nɛ a ngɛ kpokpa amɛ* a nɔ hyɛe ɔ, kɛ ma kpa amɛ a mi nikɔtɔma amɛ, kpokpa fɛɛ kpokpa* nine su e nɔ́ nɔ ngɛ lɛ nitsɛ e ningma mi,* nɛ ma fɛɛ ma nine su e nɔ́ nɔ ngɛ lɛ nitsɛ e gbi mi. A ngma ngɛ Matsɛ Ahasuerus biɛ mi, nɛ a ngɔ matsɛ ɔ nɔ́ nya sɔumi ga a kɛ sɔu nya.

13 A ha nɛ tsɔli ngɔ sɛ womi ɔmɛ kɛ ya matsɛ ɔ kpokpa amɛ tsuo* a nɔ, nɛ a fã ke a kpata Yuda bi tsuo nɛ ji nihewi kɛ nikɔtɔmahi, jokuɛwi kɛ yihi tsuo a hɛ mi, a gbe mɛ, nɛ́ a kpata a hɛ mi ngɛ ligbi kake nɔ, ngɛ nyɔhiɔ 12 ɔ, nɛ ji Adar nyɔhiɔ ɔ we ligbi 13 ɔ nɔ, nɛ́ a kpɔ̃ a weto ní ngɛ a dɛ. 14 E sa nɛ womi ɔ mi munyu ɔ nɛ pee mlaa ngɛ kpokpa fɛɛ kpokpa* nɔ, nɛ́ a fiɛɛ kɛ ha ma amɛ tsuo, konɛ a dla a he kɛ ha jamɛ a ligbi ɔ. 15 Oya nɔuu nɛ tsɔli ɔmɛ je kpo kɛ ho kaa bɔ nɛ matsɛ ɔ fã mɛ ɔ; a wo mlaa a ngɛ Shushan,* nɛ ji matsɛ ma a* mi. Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, matsɛ ɔ kɛ Haman hi si nɛ a nu ní, se Shushan* ma a mi lɛɛ e pee basabasa.