Ester

8 Jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, Matsɛ Ahasuerus ngɔ Haman, nɛ ji Yuda bi ɔmɛ a he nyɛlɔ ɔ we ɔ kɛ ha Manyɛ Ester; nɛ Mordekai ba matsɛ ɔ hɛ mi, ejakaa Ester ha nɛ e le weku kpa nɛ ngɛ e kɛ lɛ a kpɛti. 2 Kɛkɛ nɛ matsɛ ɔ je e nɔ́ nya sɔumi ga nɛ e ngɔ ngɛ Haman dɛ ɔ kɛ ha Mordekai. Nɛ Ester ngɔ Mordekai kɛ to Haman we ɔ nya.

3 Jehanɛ hu ɔ, Ester kɛ matsɛ ɔ kpale tu munyu. E kplã si ngɛ matsɛ ɔ nane nya nɛ e fo ya, nɛ e kpa lɛ pɛɛ konɛ e tsi haomi nɛ Haman nɛ ji Agag no ɔ ngɔ kɛ ba, kɛ ga nɛ e to ngɛ Yuda bi ɔmɛ a he ɔ nya. 4 Matsɛ ɔ ngɔ matsɛ tso nɛ a kɛ sika tsu pee ɔ kɛ tsɔɔ Ester, kɛkɛ nɛ Ester te si nɛ e da si ngɛ matsɛ ɔ hɛ mi. 5 E de ke: “Ke e sa matsɛ ɔ hɛ mi, nɛ ye hɛ mi ba nyami ngɛ e hɛ mi, nɛ e da ha matsɛ ɔ, nɛ e bua jɔ ye he ɔ, lɛɛ womi nɛ jamɛ a ga tsɔ̃lɔ ɔ, nɛ ji Haman, Agag no Hamedata binyumu ɔ ngma konɛ a kɛ kpata Yuda bi nɛ a ngɛ matsɛ ɔ kpokpa amɛ tsuo* a nɔ ɔ hɛ mi ɔ, matsɛ ɔ nɛ ha nɛ a ngma mlaa kɛ po mi. 6 Ejakaa kɛ ma plɛ kɛ hyɛ haomi nɛ maa ba ye we bi ɔmɛ a nɔ ɔ ha kɛɛ, nɛ kɛ ma plɛ kɛ hyɛ hɛ mi kpatami nɛ maa ba ye weku li ɔmɛ a nɔ ɔ ha kɛɛ?”

7 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Matsɛ Ahasuerus de Manyɛ Ester kɛ Mordekai nɛ ji Yuda no ɔ ke: “Hyɛ! I ngɔ Haman we ɔ kɛ ha Ester, nɛ i ha nɛ a sɛu Haman ngɛ tso nɔ, ngɛ ga nɛ e to kaa e ma kpata Yuda bi ɔmɛ a hɛ mi ɔ he je.* 8 Jehanɛ ɔ, nɔ́ fɛɛ nɔ́ nɛ nyɛ susu kaa e maa hi kɛ ha Yuda bi ɔmɛ ɔ, nyɛ ma nyɛ maa ngma ngɛ ye biɛ mi, nɛ́ nyɛɛ ngɔ matsɛ ɔ nɔ́ nya sɔumi ga a kɛ sɔu nya, ejakaa mlaa nɛ a ngma ngɛ matsɛ ɔ biɛ mi, nɛ a ngɔ matsɛ ɔ nɔ́ nya sɔumi ga a kɛ sɔu nya a hí tsakemi.”

9 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, a tsɛ matsɛ ɔ womi ngmali ɔmɛ kɛ ba ngɛ nyɔhiɔ etɛne ɔ, nɛ ji Sivan* nyɔhiɔ ɔ we ligbi 23 ɔ nɔ, nɛ a ngma Mordekai fami ɔ tsuo kɛ ya ha Yuda bi ɔmɛ, kɛ kpokpa nɔ hyɛli,* amlaalo ɔmɛ, kɛ kpokpa amɛ* a nɔ nikɔtɔma amɛ, kɛ je India kɛ ya si Etiopia, nɛ ji kpokpahi 127.* Kpokpa fɛɛ kpokpa* nine su e nɔ́ nɔ ngɛ e ningma mi,* nɛ ma fɛɛ ma nine su e nɔ́ nɔ ngɛ lɛ nitsɛ e gbi mi, nɛ Yuda bi ɔmɛ a nine su a nɔ́ nɔ ngɛ mɛ nitsɛmɛ a ningma mi* kɛ a gbi mi.

10 E ngma ngɛ Matsɛ Ahasuerus biɛ mi, nɛ e kɛ matsɛ ɔ nɔ́ nya sɔumi ga a sɔu nya, nɛ e kɛ womihi nɛ e ngma a tsɔ tsɔli nɛ a hiɔ okpɔngɔ nɔ; a hi okpɔngɔhi nɛ a he sɔɔ saminya nɛ a lɛ mɛ kɛ ha matsɛ ɔ sɔmɔmi ɔ nɔ. 11 Ngɛ womi nɛ ɔmɛ a mi ɔ, matsɛ ɔ ngmɛ Yuda bi nɛ a ngɛ ma slɔɔto ɔmɛ tsuo a mi ɔ blɔ kaa a bua a he nya nɛ a fã a wami* he, nɛ́ a gbe nihi nɛ a maa je ma fɛɛ ma aloo kpokpa fɛɛ kpokpa* nɔ kɛ ba tua mɛ ɔ, nɛ́ a kpata a hɛ mi, nɛ́ a gu a sisi, yihi jio, jokuɛwi jio, nɛ́ a kpɔ̃ a weto ní ngɛ a dɛ. 12 E sa nɛ a pee enɛ ɔ ngɛ Matsɛ Ahasuerus kpokpa amɛ tsuo* a nɔ ngɛ nyɔhiɔ 12 ɔ, nɛ ji Adar* nyɔhiɔ ɔ we ligbi 13 ɔ nɔ; e sa nɛ a pee enɛ ɔ ngɛ jamɛ a ligbi ɔ nɔuu nɔ. 13 E sa nɛ a ngɔ womi ɔ mi munyu ɔmɛ* kɛ ha kaa mlaa ngɛ kpokpa amɛ tsuo* a nɔ. Á fiɛɛ kɛ ha ma amɛ tsuo konɛ jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, Yuda bi ɔmɛ nɛ a pee klaalo kaa a maa ye lue ngɛ a he nyɛli ɔmɛ a nɔ. 14 Tsɔli nɛ a hiɔ okpɔngɔhi nɛ a kɛ mɛ tsuɔ ní ngɛ matsɛ ɔ sɔmɔmi mi ɔ nɔ ɔ kɛ oya yemi je kpo kɛ fo kɛ ho ngɛ matsɛ ɔ fami nya. A ha nɛ nihi nu mlaa a he ngɛ Shushan,* nɛ ji matsɛ ma a* mi hulɔ.

15 Jehanɛ ɔ, Mordekai je matsɛ ɔ hɛ mi kɛ e he odehe tade bluu kɛ futaa, kɛ e yi sika tsu pɛɛ ngua, nɛ e wo tade klɔii nɛ ngɛ fɛu nɛ a kɛ lohwe he bwɔmi nɛ hɛɛ alamua tu su* lo. Nɛ Shushan* ma a he ose kɛ bua jɔmi. 16 Ejakaa Yuda bi ɔmɛ ná he jɔmi,* nɛ a nya, nɛ a bua jɔ wawɛɛ, nɛ a hɛ mi ba nyami. 17 Nɛ ngɛ kpokpa amɛ tsuo* a nɔ kɛ ma amɛ tsuo a mi ɔ, he fɛɛ he nɛ matsɛ ɔ fami ɔ kɛ e mlaa a su ɔ, Yuda bi ɔmɛ a bua jɔ wawɛɛ, nɛ a ngmɛ okplɔɔhi nɛ a nya. Zugba a nɔ bi ɔmɛ a kpɛti nihi fuu ba pee Yuda bi, ejakaa Yuda bi ɔmɛ a he gbeye nu mɛ.