Ester 8

Ka Whakaorangia a Ehetere ngā Hūrai

1 Nō taua rā ka hōmai e Kīngi Ahahueruha ki a Kuīni Ehetere te whare o Hāmana, hoariri o ngā Hūrai. Ā, ka haere a Mororekai ki te aroaro o te kīngi, nā Ehetere hoki i whakaatu he whanaunga ia nōna. 2 Ā, unuhia ana e te kīngi tōna mōwhiti i tangohia mai nei e ia i a Hāmana, ā, hoatu ana ki a Mororekai. Ā, i whakanohoia a Mororekai e Ehetere ki te whare o Hāmana.

3 Ā, i kōrero anō a Ehetere ki te aroaro o te kīngi, me te takoto anō ki ōna waewae, me te tangi anō, i īnoi ki a ia kia karohia te kino a Hāmana Akaki, me te whakaaro i whakaaro ai ia mō ngā Hūrai. 4 Kātahi ka torona atu e te kīngi te hēpeta kōura ki a Ehetere. Heoi, ka whakatika a Ehetere, ka tū ki te aroaro o te kīngi.

5 Ā, ka mea, "Ki te pai te kīngi, ki te manakohia hoki ahau e ia, ki te mea he tika tēnei mea ki tō te kīngi whakaaro, ki te mea he pai ahau ki tāna titiro, me tuhituhi kia whakatakā ngā pukapuka i whakaaroa e Hāmana tama a Hamerata Akaki, āna i tuhituhi ai kia hunā ngā Hūrai i ngā kāwanatanga katoa a te kīngi. 6 Me pēhea hoki e āhei ai ahau te titiro ki te hē e pā ki tōku iwi? Me pēhea hoki e āhei ai ahau te titiro ki te hunanga o ōku whanaunga?"

7 Anō rā ko Kīngi Ahahueruha ki a Kuīni Ehetere rāua ko Mororekai Hūrai, "Nanā, kua oti te hoatu e ahau ki a Ehetere te whare o Hāmana; kua oti anō tērā te tārona ki runga ki te rākau mō tōna ringa i totoro ki ngā Hūrai. 8 Mā kōrua anō e tuhituhi tā kōrua e pai ai mō ngā Hūrai, i runga i te ingoa o te kīngi, hīri rawa ki te mōwhiti o te kīngi; he tuhituhi hoki i tuhituhia i runga i te ingoa o te kīngi, ā, i hīritia ki te mōwhiti o te kīngi, e kore e whakatakā."

9 Kātahi ka karangatia ngā karaipi a te kīngi i taua wā, i te toru o ngā marama, arā i te marama Hiwana, i te rua tekau mā toru o ngā rā o taua marama; ā, ka tuhituhia ngā mea katoa i whakahau ai a Mororekai ki ngā Hūrai, ki ngā kāwana, rātou ko ngā kāwana iti, ko ngā rangatira anō o ngā kāwanatanga, o Inia mai anō ā tae noa ki Etiopia, kotahi rau e rua tekau mā whitu ngā kāwanatanga; ki tēnei kāwanatanga, ki tēnei kāwanatanga, he mea whakarite ki tā rātou tuhituhi; ki tēnei iwi, ki tēnei iwi, he mea whakarite anō ki tō rātou reo, ki ngā Hūrai anō, he mea whakarite ki tā rātou tuhituhi, ki tō rātou reo. 10 Tuhituhia ana e ia i runga i te ingoa o Kīngi Ahahueruha, hīri rawa ki te mōwhiti o te kīngi, ā, tukua ana ngā pukapuka kia maua e ngā kaikawe pukapuka i runga hōiho, i eke i runga i ngā kararehe tere o ngā mahi a te kīngi, he momo.

11 E mea ana i roto te tukunga a te kīngi i ngā Hūrai o ngā pā katoa kia huihui, kia tū ki runga, kia ora ai rātou, kia whakangaro, kia whakamate, kia huna i ngā ope katoa o te iwi o te kāwanatanga e tauria ai rātou ko ā rātou kōhungahunga, ko ā rātou wāhine kia pāhua hoki i ō rātou taonga hei mea parakete. 12 I taua rā kotahi i ngā kāwanatanga katoa a Kīngi Ahahueruha, arā i te tekau mā toru o ngā rā o te tekau mā rua o ngā marama, koia nei te marama Arara. 13 I whakapuakina ki ngā iwi katoa ngā kupu i tuhituhia mō te ture kia whakatakotoria i ngā kāwanatanga katoa kia mataara ai ngā Hūrai i taua rā ki te rapu utu i ō rātou hoariri.

14 Heoi, haere ana ngā kaikawe pukapuka, he mea waha e ngā kararehe tere o ngā mahi a te kīngi, he mea whakahohoro, he mea akiaki e te kupu a te kīngi. I hōmai anō te ture i Huhana, i te whare kīngi.

15 Nā, haere ana a Mororekai i te aroaro o te kīngi, ko tōna kākahu he kākahu kīngi, he purū, he mā, me te karauna kōura nui, me tētahi kākahu hoki he rīnena pai, he pāpura. Nā, hāmama ana, hari ana te pā, a Huhana. 16 Nā, ko ngā Hūrai i māha, i koa, me te hari me te hōnore. 17 I ngā kāwanatanga katoa anō, i ngā pā katoa i ngā wāhi i tae ai te kupu a te kīngi me tāna ture, he hari, he koa tō ngā Hūrai, he kai hākari, he rā pai. Ā, he tokomaha o ngā iwi o te whenua i mea i a rātou hei Hūrai; i tau hoki te wehi o ngā Hūrai ki a rātou.

1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her. 2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews. 4 Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king. 5 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: 6 for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? 7 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews. 8 Write ye also to the Jews, as it pleaseth 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 no man reverse.

9 Then were the king’s scribes called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. 10 And he wrote in the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the king’s service, bred of the stud: 11 wherein the king granted the Jews that were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, 12 upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. 13 A copy of the writing, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published unto all the peoples, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. 14 So the posts that rode upon swift steeds that were used in the king’s service went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment; and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace.

15 And Mordecai went forth from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad. 16 The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor. 17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness and joy, a feast and a good day. And many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen upon them.