ኣስቴር 7:4
ክንደይ ኢና ኣነን ሕዝበይን ንምድማጥን ንምቕባልን ንምጥፋእን ተሽይዮ ኢና። ግና እንተ ከም ባርያንን ባርያትን ክንኾን ተሽይዮ ነበርና፣ ዝም እየ ነበርኩ፤ እንኳን ጠላት ንንጉስ ዝጎድን ነገር ብምሕካን ክድልዮ ኣይክእልን እዩ።
ክንደይ ኢና ኣነን ሕዝበይን ንምድማጥን ንምቕባልን ንምጥፋእን ተሽይዮ ኢና። ግና እንተ ከም ባርያንን ባርያትን ክንኾን ተሽይዮ ነበርና፣ ዝም እየ ነበርኩ፤ እንኳን ጠላት ንንጉስ ዝጎድን ነገር ብምሕካን ክድልዮ ኣይክእልን እዩ።
ምክንያቱም እኔና ሕዝቤ ለመደምሰስ፣ ለመግደልና ለማጠፋት ተሸጥናል። ነገር ግን ለባርያና ለባሪያ ሆነን ተሸጥን ብንሆን ዝም ባለሁ ነበር እንኳን፤ ሆኖም ቢሆን ተቃዋሚው ለንጉሡ የሚደርሰውን ጉዳት ሊከማች አይችልም ነበር።
ኣነን ህዝበይን ንምጥፋእን ንምሕራድን ንምድምሳስን ተሸጥና። ንባርነትን ንግርድነትን ተሸኢጥና እንተ ንኸውንሲ፡ ስቕ ምበለኩ። ሕጂ ግና እቲ ጸላኢ እቲ ንንጉስ ዚገብሮ ጉድኣት ኪጣጣእ ኣይኽእልን እዩ ብለት።
For my people and I have been sold to be destroyed, killed, and annihilated. If we had merely been sold as slaves, I would have remained silent, because no harm to the king would justify disturbing him in this way."
For we are sold, I and my people, to be dtroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to perish. But if we had been sold as slaves, I would have remained silent, although the enemy could not compensate for the king's loss.
for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage.
for we are solde to be destroyed, to be slayne, and to perishe. And wolde God we were solde to be bondmen and bondwemen, then wolde I holde my tonge, so shulde not the enemye be so hye to the kynges harme.
For we are solde, I, & my people, to be destroyed, to be slayne and to perish: but if we were solde for seruants, and for handmaides, I woulde haue helde my tongue: although the aduersarie could not recompense the Kings losse.
For we are solde I and my people to be destroyed, to be slaine, and to perishe: And would God that we were solde to be bondmen and bondwomen, then would I holde my tongue: although the enemie coulde not recompence the kinges losse.
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondservants and bondmaids, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage.
for we have been sold, I and my people, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy; and if for men-servants and for maid-servants we had been sold I had kept silent -- but the adversity is not equal to the loss of the king.'
for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage.
for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage.
For we are given up, I and my people, to destruction and death and to be cut off. If we had been taken as men-servants and women-servants for a price, I would have said nothing, for our trouble is little in comparison with the king's loss.
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondservants and bondmaids, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's loss."
For we have been sold– both I and my people– to destruction and to slaughter and to annihilation! If we had simply been sold as male and female slaves, I would have remained silent, for such distress would not have been sufficient for troubling the king.”
እዚኦም ጥቅሳት ብAI ዝተሓዘ ስምናዊ ተመሳሳሊነት ብመርሓ ኣብ ፍርሓትን ኣብ ኣእምሮን ዝመስሉ ተረኺቡ እዮም። እቶም ውጽኢታት እንተገናእ ዘይመርቱ ግንኙነታት ክኾኑ ይኽእሉ።
2ኣብ ካልእ መዓልቲ ኣብ ፍርሒ ወይን ንጉስ ብደጋሚ ንንግስቲ ኣስቴር ኣለ፡ እንታይ ድኣ ለመናኪ? ክሃብኪ እዩ። እንታይ ድኣ ምኞትኪ? እንኳን እስከ ፍርቂ መንግሥቲ ክተፈፀም እዩ።
3ንግስቲ ኣስቴር መለሰት ኣለት፡ እንተ ኣብ ፊትካ ሞገስ ረኽበኒ፣ እና እንተ ደሊ ንጉስ፣ ብለመናይ ሕይወተይ ይሃብለይ፣ ብምኞተይ ሕዝበይ ይሃብለይ።
3ኣስተር እንደገና ብፊት ንንጉስ ተናገረት፤ ኣብ እግሪኡ ተወደቐት ብውኃ ዓይኒ ለመነቶ ሓማን ዓጋጋዊ ዝሓሰበ ዓመፀን ንይሁዳውያን ላዕለዎም ዝዕቀበለ መዕቀብኡን እንዲደምስ ተለመነት።
4እዚኣ ንጉሱ ወርቂ በቀሉ ንኣስተር ነፊኡ፤ ኣስተር ተነሲኣ ብፊት ንንጉስ ቆማት።
5ኣላመድቲ፣ ንጉስ እንተ ይፈትዎ፣ ብዓይኑ ሞገስ እንተ ረከብኩ፣ እቲ ነገር ብፊት ንንጉስ እንተ ጽድቕ ይመስለዎ እና እኔ ብዓይኑ እንተ ዝደለ፣ ሓማን ወለዶ ሓመዳታ ዓጋጋዊ ዝዕቀበለ መልእኽታት እንዲተለሊሉ ይጽሕፍ፤ እቲ ኣብ ኩሉ ዞባታት ንጉሡ ዘሎ ይሁዳውያን እንዲድምስ ዘጽሓፈ።
6እንታይ ኣትኽእል እየ ክፉ ዝመጽእ ብሕዝበይ ክርእየ? ወይ ጥፋት ዘመድየ ክርእየ እንታይ ኣትኽእል እየ?
7እዚኣ ንጉስ ኣሐስዌሮስ ንኣስተር ንግስቲን ንሞርድካይ ይሁዳዊ ኣለ፦ ሂሩ ገዛ ሓማን ንኣስተር ሃበኩ፣ እሱ ድማ እጁ ብላዕሊ ይሁዳውያን ኣተኻተተ ምኽንያት ኣብ መመድ ተሰቐለዮ እዩ።
5ንጉስ ኣህሱሮስ መለሰ ንንግስቲ ኣስቴር ኣለ፡ መን እዩ? ኣበይ ኣሎ? እንተዚ ክገብር ብልቡ ድፍረት ዝወሃብ ሰብ መን እዩ?
6ኣስቴር ኣለት፡ ተቃዋሚናን ጠላትናን እዚ ክፉ ሓማን እዩ። እንዚ ሓማን በፊት ንጉስን ንንግስቲን ፈርሐ።
7ንጉስ ካብ ፍርሒ ወይን ብመቕጻእ ተነሲኡ ኣብ ጀርዲን ቤት መንግሥቲ ወዲ። ሓማን ደጊሙ ሕይወቱ ንንግስቲ ኣስቴር ንምለመን ቆመ፣ ምክንያቱ ናብ ንሱ ካብ ንጉስ ክፉ ነገር ብዕጽፉ ተወሰነ እዩ እንዳየ ስለ ነበረ።
8ንጉስ ካብ ጀርዲን ቤት መንግሥቲ መለሰ ኣብ ስፍራ ፍርሒ ወይን፤ ሓማን ኣብ ኣልጋ ዘላት ኣስቴር ተወድቖ ነበረ። ንጉስ ኣለ፡ ኣብ ቤቴ ብዓይነይ ንግስቲ ክዝልዎ ዶ ይፈልጥ? ቃል ካብ ኣፉ ንጉስ እንዳወጸ ፈጺሙ ፊቱ ሓማን ኣሸፈኑ።
12ንጉሥ ንንግስተይቲ ኤስቴር እንዲሕ በለት፡ ይሁዳውያን ኣብ ቤተ-መንግሥቲ ሱሳን ሓሙሽተ መቶ ሰባትን እንተኾነ ናይ ሐማን ኣስርተ ወዲኦ ቀተሉን ኣትፉን እዮም፤ ኣብ ቀሪቡ ክልልታት ንጉሥ ኹሉ ምንታይ ገበሩ? ሕጂ ምንታይ ለመናኪ? ይስግግምልኪ እዩ፤ ደጊም ምንታይ ትሕቶ ዘለኪ? ይግባእ እዩ።
1እቲ መዓልቲ እዚ ንጉስ ኣሐስዌሮስ ገዛ ሓማን ጠላይ ይሁዳውያን ንኣስተር ንግስቲ ሃበ። ሞርድካይ ድማ ብፊት ንንጉስ ወጻኢ፤ ኣስተር እሱ ዘመድኣ እዩ እንዳለ ነገረቶ እምበር።
11ብእቲ መልእኽቲ ንጉሱ ንይሁዳውያን ዘሎም ኣብ ኩሉ ከተማ ምምዕ ክውንኑ ፈቐደሎም፤ ንሕይወቶም ምንባር ክትኽእሉ፣ ዝደፍኡ ዘሎም ሕዝቢን ዞባን ሓይል ሙሉእ ክድልን ክግደልን ክኣጥፍን፣ ንእስራናን ኣንስትዮን እንኳን ዝኸዱላ ክግደሉን፣ ግርያታቶም ክወስዱ ፈቐደ።