¹On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.

¹ Han din hane no bonkoono Zerses na Haman, Yahudancey ibara, windo no bonkoono wande Esta se. Mordekay mo kaa bonkoono jine, zama Esta cabe mate kaŋ no Mordekay bara nga se.

²The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

² Bonkoono na nga korba kaŋ a ta Haman gaa din foobu. A n'a no Mordekay se. Esta mo na Mordekay daŋ Haman windo boŋ.

³Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

³ Esta ye ka salaŋ bonkoono se koyne. A kaŋ bonkoono jine mo k'a ŋwaaray da mundi, a ma Haman Agagi bora taalo da me-hawyaŋo kaŋ a daŋ din hibandi, kaŋ i ne i ma te Yahudancey se.

⁴Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.

⁴ Kala bonkoono na wura koytaray sarjilla salle Esta se, Esta mo tun ka kay bonkoono jine.

⁵She 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.

⁵ A ne: «D'a kaan bonkoono se, wala mo d'ay du gaakuri bonkoono do, d'a saba mo bonkoono do, da mo ay ya kaani maayaŋ hari no a se, kal i ma hantum ka ne i ga Haman Hammedata, Agagi bora tirey kaŋ a hantum yaŋ din sanney wi, kaŋ a daŋ hal i ma Yahudancey kulu kaŋ yaŋ go bonkoono laabey kulu ra din halaci.

⁶For how can I endure to see the evil that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?”

⁶ Zama mate n'ay ga hin ka suuru d'a, waati kaŋ ay go ga di masiiba kaŋ goono ga ba ka kaŋ ay dumo boŋ? Wala mate n'ay ga te ka munye kaŋ ay go ga di ay nya-ka-fo-siney goono ga ba ka halaci?»

⁷Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, “See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged on the gallows, because he laid his hand on the Jews.

⁷ Amma bonkoono Zerses ne nga wande Esta da Mordekay Yahudanca se: «Wa guna, ay jin ka Haman windo no Esta se, i na nga bumbo mo sarku bundu gaa zama a na kambe daŋ Yahudancey gaa se.

⁸Write also to the Jews, as it pleases you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring; for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may not be reversed by any man.”

⁸ Kal araŋ ma hantum Yahudancey se hay kulu kaŋ araŋ di ga hagu bonkoono maa ra, i m'a kawaatimandi mo da bonkoono kawaatimo. Zama haŋ kaŋ i hantum bonkoono maa ra, i n'a kawaatimandi mo nda bonkoono korba, boro kulu s'a barmay.»

⁹Then the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing, and in their language.

⁹ Alwaato din ra binde i na bonkoono hantumkoy ce, handu hinzanta ra no, kaŋ ga ti Siban hando, a zaari waranka cindi hinzanta hane. I na hantumo te hay kulu boŋ kaŋ Mordekay lordi Yahudancey da laabukoyey da mayraykoyey da laabey kulu koyey se, za Indiya kal a ma koy Etiyopi, laabu zangu nda waranka cindi iyye no. I hantum laabu kulu se nga hantumo dumo boŋ, dumi kulu mo nga ciine boŋ, Yahudancey mo ngey hantumo da ngey ciine boŋ mo.

¹⁰He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by courier on horseback, riding on royal horses that were bread from swift steeds.

¹⁰ A hantum bonkoono Zerses maa ra, k'a kawaatimandi mo da bonkoono korba. A na tirey daŋ diyayaŋ kambe ra k'i donton bariyaŋ boŋ, bari-kariyaŋ kaŋ gonda bariyaŋ kaŋ i hay bonkoono kalo ra.

¹¹In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to defend their life, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions,

¹¹ Tirey ne: «Bonkoono yadda Yahudancey kulu se kaŋ yaŋ go kwaara kulu ra, i ma margu, i ma faasa ngey fundey se. I ma halaci, i ma wi, i ma dumi cindey kulu dabarey halaci, laabu me kulu waney kaŋ yaŋ ga ba ka kaŋ ngey d'i zankey d'i wandey boŋ k'i arzaka ku mo.

¹²on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

¹² I ma woodin te mo zaari folloŋ, bonkoono Zerses laabey kulu ra, sanda handu way cindi hinkanta, a zaari way cindi hinzanta hane, kaŋ ga ti Adar hando.»

¹³A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that the Jews should be ready for that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

¹³ I ye ka tira hantum zama i m'a fe laabey kulu ra. I m'a ci dumi kulu se, ka ne Yahudancey ma goro nda soola hala hando din ga to. I ma fansa sambu ngey boŋ se ngey ibarey boŋ.

¹⁴So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa.

¹⁴ Yaadin binde no diyey din kaŋ kaaru bariyey kaŋ ga zuru nda waasi boŋ fatta nda bonkoono lordo, kaŋ ga dirawo kankamandi i se, k'i sakulla. I na lordo fe Susan faada ra mo.

¹⁵Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and was glad.

¹⁵ Mordekay binde fatta bonkoono do. A go ga daabu nda koytaray bankaaray, suudi nda kwaaray. A gonda wura koytaray fuula bambata nga boŋo gaa, da lin baano alkuba, suniya dumi. Susan kwaara mo go ga cilili ka farhã.

¹⁶The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor.

¹⁶ Yahudancey du kaari da farhã da bine kaani da darza.

¹⁷In every province, and in every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast, and a good day. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen on them.

¹⁷ Laabey kulu nda kwaarey kulu ra, naŋ kaŋ bonkoono lordo d'a feyaŋo koy, Yahudancey du farhã da bine kaani. I na batu nda farhã te. Boro boobo mo laabey borey ra, dumi-dumi ciya Yahudanceyaŋ, zama i humburu Yahudancey.