World English Bible

Zarma

Esther

3

1After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.
1 Woodin banda bonkoono Zerses na Haman Hammedata izo, Agagi bora beerandi k'a daŋ jine. A n'a nangora daŋ mo laabukoyey kaŋ go nga banda kulu waney boŋ.
2All the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate bowed down, and paid homage to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai didn’t bow down or pay him homage.
2 Koyey tamey kulu kaŋ yaŋ go bonkoono windo me gaa ga sumbal ka Haman beerandi, zama yaadin no bonkoono lordi ka ne i ma te Haman se. Amma Mordekay mana sumbal, a man'a beerandi mo.
3Then the king’s servants, who were in the king’s gate, said to Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the king’s commandment?”
3 Waato gaa no bonkoono tamey kaŋ yaŋ go bonkoono windo me gaa din ne Mordekay se: «Ifo se no ni na bonkoono lordo daaru?»
4Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he didn’t listen to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s reason would stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew.
4 A ciya mo, waati kaŋ i go ga salaŋ a se zaari ka koy zaari, nga mo a baa si, kal i ci Haman se, zama ngey ma di hala Mordekay sanni wo, haŋ kaŋ ga kay no. Zama a jin ka ci i se ka ne nga ya Yahudance no.
5When Haman saw that Mordecai didn’t bow down, nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.
5 Waato kaŋ Haman di kaŋ Mordekay mana sumbal, a mana nga beerandi mo, kala Haman to da futay.
6But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him Mordecai’s people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even Mordecai’s people.
6 Amma a donda nga ma Mordekay di nga hinne, zama i na Mordekay asulo bangandi a se. Woodin sabbay se no Haman ceeci nga ma Yahudancey kulu halaci, kaŋ ga ti Mordekay dumo, kaŋ yaŋ go Zerses mayra kulu ra.
7In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, and chose the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
7 Handu sintina ra, sanda Nisan hando nooya, bonkoono Zerses mayra jiiri way cindi hinkanta, i na Pur, sanda goŋ no, catu Haman jine. I na zaari ka koy zaari, da handu ka koy handu ceeci, hal i du handu way cindi hinkanta, sanda Adar hando nooya.
8Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different than other people’s. They don’t keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not for the king’s profit to allow them to remain.
8 Kala Haman ne bonkoono Zerses se: «Dumi fo go no ni mayra dumey laabey kulu ra say-sayante, kaŋ yaŋ go fayante waani. I asariya mo, waani no ka waana borey kulu waney, i si bonkoono asariya haggoy mo. Woodin sabbay se no a mana hima bonkoono ma suuru nda woodin yaŋ.
9If it pleases the king, let it be written that they be destroyed; and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who are in charge of the king’s business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.”
9 Da bonkoono yadda, naŋ i ma hantum k'i halaci. Ay mo ga nzarfu sanda ton zangu taaci nda jare cine bana borey kaŋ goono ga bonkoono muraadey gaay yaŋ din se, i ma kande bonkoono jisiri nango ra.»
10The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
10 Bonkoono mo na nga korba foobu nga kambe gaa k'a no Haman Hammedata, Agagi bora se, Yahudancey ibara nooya.
11The king said to Haman, “The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.”
11 Alwaato din bonkoono ne Haman se: «I ma nzarfu nooyandi ni se, hala nda borey mo. Ma te i se mate kaŋ ni ga ba.»
12Then the king’s scribes were called in on the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month; and all that Haman commanded was written to the king’s satraps, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according its writing, and to every people in their language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus, and it was sealed with the king’s ring.
12 Kal i na bonkoono tira hantumkoy ce handu sintina ra, hando jirbi way cindi hinzanta hane. Hay kulu kaŋ Haman lordi i hantum bonkoono laabukoyey, da mayraykoyey kulu kaŋ yaŋ go no laabey kulu boŋ, da dumey kulu koyey se -- laabu kulu nga hantumo boŋ, dumi kulu mo nga sanno boŋ. Bonkoono Zerses maa ra no i hantum, bonkoono korba mo no a na kawaatimo kar d'a.
13Letters were sent by couriers into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to plunder their possessions.
13 I na tirey daŋ diyayaŋ kambe ra k'i donton. Tirey ne i ma Yahudancey kulu halaci, i m'i wi k'i alandaaba, arwasey da arkusey, zankey da wayborey. I ma woodin te mo zaari folloŋ ra, handu way cindi hinkanta, a jirbi way cindi hinzanta hane, sanda Adar hando nooya. I m'i arzakey ku mo, wongu arzaka.
14A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day.
14 I ye k'a hantum, zama i m'a fe laabey kulu ra, zama i ma dumi kulu bayrandi nd'a, zama i ma goro nda soola hala zaaro din ga to.
15The couriers went forth in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.
15 Diyey binde konda tirey da cahãyaŋ bonkoono lordo boŋ, i n'a fe mo Susan faada ra. Bonkoono da Haman goro zama ngey ma baji haŋ, amma Susan kwaara borey boŋ haw.