ኣስቴር 8:5
ኣላመድቲ፣ 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።
ኣላመድቲ፣ 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።
እናት እንዲህ አለች፦ ንጉሡን ቢያስደስት፣ በፊቱ ሞገስ ካገኘሁ፣ ይህ ነገር በንጉሡ ፊት ትክክል ቢታይና በዓይኑ ቢያምር፣ አጋጋዊው ሐመዳታ ልጅ አማን ለንጉሡ ግዛቶች ሁሉ ባሉ አይሁዳውያን ላይ ለማጥፋት ያዘጋጀውን ደብዳቤ እንዲተመለስ ይደርስ ተብሎ እንዲጻፍ።
በለት ከአ፡ ንጉስ እንተ ደአ ፈትዩስ፡ ኣብ ቅድሚኡውን ሞጎስ እንተ ረኺበ፡ እዚ ነገር እዚ ኸአ ኣብ ቅድሚ ንጉስ ጽቡቕ ኮይኑ እንተ ተራእየ፡ ኣነ ድማ ኣብ ኣዒንቱ ፍትውቲ እንተ ኾይነ፡ ሃማን፡ ወዲ ሃመዳታ እቲ ኣጋጋዊ ነቶም ኣብ ኩሉ ሃገራት ንጉስ ዘለው ኣይሁድ ኬጥፍእ አሚሙ ዝጸሐፈን ደብዳቤታት ኪልወጣ ይጸሓፍ።
She said, 'If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and if the matter seems right to the king, and if I am pleasing in his eyes, let a decree be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman, son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.'
And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his ey, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to dtroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinc:
And said, If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter is right before the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king's provinces.
And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces:
And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:
and sayde: Yf it please the kynge, and yf I haue foude grace in his sight, & yf it be couenyent for the kinge, and yf it be accepted in his sighte, then let it be wrytte, yt the letters of the deuyce of Ama the sonne of Amadathai the Agagite, maie be called agayne: which letters he wrote, to destroie ye Iewes in all ye kynges lodes.
And sayd, If it please the King, & if I haue found fauour in his sight, and the thing be acceptable before the King, and I please him, let it be written, that the letters of the deuice of Haman the sonne of Ammedatha the Agagite may be called againe, which he wrote to destroy the Iewes, that are in all the Kings prouinces.
And saide: if it please the king, and if I haue founde grace in his sight, and if it be acceptable before the king, and I please him, then let it be writte, that the letters of the deuise of Haman the sonne of Hamadatha the Agagite may be called againe, which letters he wrote to destroy the Iewes which are in all the kinges prouinces.
And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing [seem] right before the king, and I [be] pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which [are] in all the king's provinces:
She said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces:
and saith, `If to the king `it be' good, and if I have found grace before him, and the thing hath been right before the king, and I `be' good in his eyes, let it be written to bring back the letters -- a device of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite -- that he wrote to destroy the Jews who `are' in all provinces of the king,
And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces:
And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces:
And she said, If it is the king's pleasure and if I have his approval and this thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing to him, then let letters be sent giving orders against those which Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, sent out for the destruction of the Jews in all divisions of the kingdom:
She said, "If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right to the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces.
She said,“If the king is so inclined and if I have met with his approval and if the matter is agreeable to the king and if I am attractive to him, let an edict be written rescinding those recorded intentions of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote in order to destroy the Jews who are throughout all the king’s provinces.
እዚኦም ጥቅሳት ብAI ዝተሓዘ ስምናዊ ተመሳሳሊነት ብመርሓ ኣብ ፍርሓትን ኣብ ኣእምሮን ዝመስሉ ተረኺቡ እዮም። እቶም ውጽኢታት እንተገናእ ዘይመርቱ ግንኙነታት ክኾኑ ይኽእሉ።
1እቲ መዓልቲ እዚ ንጉስ ኣሐስዌሮስ ገዛ ሓማን ጠላይ ይሁዳውያን ንኣስተር ንግስቲ ሃበ። ሞርድካይ ድማ ብፊት ንንጉስ ወጻኢ፤ ኣስተር እሱ ዘመድኣ እዩ እንዳለ ነገረቶ እምበር።
2ንጉሱ ካብ ሓማን ዝወሰደዮ ቀበቶ ኣወረደዮ ንሞርድካይ ሃበዮ፤ ኣስተር ድማ ሞርድካይ ኣብ ገዛ ሓማን ኣስተዳዳር ኣደረገቶ።
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።
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።
8እንተ ዝደለኹም ንይሁዳውያን ብስም ንጉሡ እቲ ዝሰርሕ ጽሑፍ ጽሑፉ፣ ብቀበቶ ንጉሡ ኣመሽሩሉ; ስብ ብስም ንጉሡ ዝተጻሓፈ እና ብቀበቶ ንጉሡ ዝተሓሓዘ ጽሑፍ ሰብ እንዳይመልሰይ የብሉን እዩ።
9ድሕሪ ዚ ጸሓፊ ንጉሡ ብዚ ግዜ ተጠራዑ፤ ኣብ ሶስተይ ወርሒ ሲያን፣ ብ23 መዓልቲ። እቲ ጽሑፍ እንተ ሞርድካይ ዝኣዘዘ ኩሉ ተጻሒፈ ንይሁዳውያንን፣ ንመራሕቲን ንኣውናትን ንመሪሕቲ ዞባታትን ካብ ሕንድ ክሳብ ኢትዮጵያ ዝርከቡ 127 ዞባታት፤ ለእያ ዞባ እንተ ጽሑፋ ተጻሒፈ፣ ለእያ ሕዝቢ እንተ ቋንቋኡ ተጻሒፈ፣ ንይሁዳውያን ድማ እንተ ጽሑፋኻቸውን እንተ ቋንቋኻቸውን ተጻሒፈ።
24ምክንያቱ ሐማን ወዲ ሓመዳታ ኣጋጋዊ፣ ጠላይ ይሁዳውያን ኩሉ፣ ንምስካርኦም ኣሕሊ ሓሳብ ኣወሰነን ፑር ዝተባህለ ዝኾነ ጣራ (ሎት) ጣረ ንምውስዳኦምን ንምስካርኦምን።
25ግን ኤስቴር ምስ ተቀረበት በፊት ንንጉሥ፣ ንሱ ብመልእኽቲ ኣዘዘ እቲ ክፉዕ ምክር ንይሁዳውያን ዝሓሰበ ከም ዝነበረ ንራእሱ ራስ ክመልስ፣ እሱን ወዲኦምን ኣብ ዓምዲ ክተንጥቁ ከለና።
26ስለዚ እዞም ዕለታት ብስም ፑር ፑሪም ተባሂሉ። ስለ ቃላት እዚ መልእኽቲ ኩሉን፣ ስለ ነገር እዚ ዝራአዮምን ስለ ዝመጸሎም ማለት ኩሉን፣
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።
13ኤስቴር ብመልሲ እንዲሕ በለት፡ እንተ ደስ ኣለኻ ንጉሥ፣ ኣብ ሱሳን ዘሎም ይሁዳውያን እንተዘይተወወለ ነበረ ዝሓለፈ ዕለት እንተ ተዛተ ነበረ ጽባሕ ኣይኮነን ንኸውን ከለኻ፣ እቲ ናይ ሐማን ኣስርተ ወዲኦ ኣብ ዓምዲ ክተንጥቁ ክሕኑ ከለኻ።
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።
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።
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።
1ሕጂ ኣብ ዐሥራ-ክልተ ወርሒ፣ ዝተባህለ ወርሒ ኣዳር፣ ብዚ ወርሒ ዓሰርተ-ሰለስተ መዓልቲ ምስ ክተፈጸመ ይቕረብ ትእዛዝ ንጉሥን ዕቤውን፣ ኣብ ዚእለ መዓልቲ ጠላት ይሁዳውያን ላዕለኦም ሥልጣን ክኽእሉ ይመክሩ ነበሩ—ግን ነገሩ ብኣንጻር ተለወጠ፣ ይሁዳውያን ንዝሓጎሰዎም ላዕለዮም ሥልጣን ኣላቶም ኮይኖም።
29ኤስቴር ንግስቲ ወዲት ኣቢሃይልን ማርዶክዮስ ይሁዳዊን ብኹሉ ሓላፍነት ጻሒፉ እዚ ክልተኛ መልእኽቲ ፑሪም ንምዕጋጋም።
31እዚ ሕጊ እዞም ዕለታት ፑሪም ኣብ ዝተመርመረሎም ግዜ ንምዕጋጋም ኣረጋገጠ፤ ከም ማርዶክዮስ ይሁዳዊን ኤስቴር ንግስቲን ዝኣዘዙሎም እና ከም እሱኦም ንነሱኦምን ንዘርኦምን ዝፈለጡ ጉዳያት ጾምን ጩኸታቶምን ስለ ዝወራዱ።
32ትእዛዝ ኤስቴር እዚ ጉዳያት ፑሪም ኣረጋገጠ፤ ብመጽሓፍ ተጻሒፈ።
13ንእያ ዞባ እንዲስጥ ዝተዘጋጀ ቅጂ ዕቕብ ጽሑፍ ለእያ ሕዝቢ ተለበየ፤ ይሁዳውያን ድማ ብዚ መዓልቲ ንጠላቃቶም ምብቋም ክገብሩ እንዲኾኑ ተዘጋጅተ ይሁኑ ተብሎ ተነገረ።