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¶ Menm jou lannwit sa a, wa a pa t' ka dòmi. Li fè yo pote achiv gouvènman kote yo te ekri tou sa ki te pase nan peyi a nan tan lontan. Li fè yo li ladan l' pou li.

Nan sa yo li a, te gen yon pòsyon kote yo te rakonte ki jan Madoche te dekouvri konplo de nan domestik konfyans wa a, Bigtan ak Tèrèch, ki t'ap fè pòs devan chanm wa a, te moute pou yo ansasinen wa a.

Wa a mande: -Kisa yo te fè pou Madoche lè sa a? Kisa yo te ba li pou sa? Mesye ki te la ap sèvi wa a reponn: -Yo pa t' fè anyen pou li non.

¶ Wa a mande: -Kilès nan chèf yo ki nan lakou palè a? Lè sa a, Aman te fèk antre nan lakou palè a. Li te vin mande wa a pou l' te fè pann Madoche nan poto li te pare a.

Mesye yo reponn: -Aman la a wi! L'ap espere ou nan lakou a. Wa a di: -Fè l' antre!

Lè Aman antre, wa a di l' konsa: -Ki pi bèl bagay m' ta fè pou yon moun mwen ta renmen remèsye pou sèvis li rann mwen. Aman di nan kè l': Pa gen lòt moun wa a ta renmen remèsye pase mwen menm!

Epi li di wa a: -Yon moun ou ta renmen remèsye pou sèvis li rann ou!

Enben! Fè yo pran yonn nan bèl rad ou konn mete sou ou yo pote l' bay moun sa a. Pran chwal ou konn moute a ak tout kouwòn lan sou tèt li.

Chwazi yonn nan pi gwo chèf ou yo, fè l' al abiye moun sa a ak rad wa a. Lèfini, l'a fè l' moute sou chwal la. Epi, l'a pwonmennen l' nan tout lavil la sou plas piblik la. Pandan y'ap mache konsa, chèf la va di byen fò: Men ki jan wa a remèsye moun pou sèvis yo rann li.

10 Lè sa a, wa a di Aman: -Kouri al chache rad la ak chwal la. Epi w'a fè tou sa ou di la a pou Madoche, nonm jwif la. w'a jwenn li chita bò pòtay palè a. Pa bliye anyen nan sa ou te di fè a.

11 Aman pran rad la ak chwal la, li mete rad la sou Madoche. Li fè Madoche moute sou chwal la. Epi, Aman pwonmennen l' sou plas piblik la. Pandan y'ap mache konsa, li t'ap di byen fò pou tout moun tande: Men ki jan wa a remèsye moun pou sèvis yo rann li.

12 ¶ Apre sa, Madoche tounen tounen l' bò pòtay palè wa a. Aman menm kouri al lakay li, li bouche figi l' sitèlman li te wont.

13 Li rakonte madanm li ak tout zanmi l' yo tou sa ki te rive l'. Lèfini, Zerès, madanm li, ak zanmi l' yo ki te gen bon konprann di l' konsa: -Si Madoche se yon jwif vre, koulye a ou p'ap ka fè l' anyen. Ou konmanse pèdi pye devan l'. Ou mèt sèten se li k'ap kraze ou.

14 Zanmi l' yo t'ap pale toujou, lè domestik konfyans wa yo rive vin chache Aman pou l' ale touswit nan fèt Estè te pare a.

¶ Wa a te al nan fèt larenn Estè a ankò ansanm ak Aman.

Pandan yo t'ap bwè diven, wa a mande Estè, tankou premye jou a: -Di m' sa ou vle, m'ap ba ou li. Ou te mèt mande m' mwatye nan peyi a, m'ap ba ou li!

Estè reponn li: -Si wa a kontan avè m', si se plezi li pou li ban mwen sa m' vle a, tanpri, sove lavi m' ansanm ak lavi pèp mwen an. Se sa ase mwen mande ou.

Paske yo vann nou, mwen menm ansanm ak tout pèp mwen an, pou yo ka masakre nou, touye nou, disparèt nou nèt. Si se vann yo te vann nou pou fè nou tounen esklav, mwen pa ta di anyen, mwen pa ta deranje ou pou sa ase. Men, moun ki pa vle wè nou an p'ap janm ka ranplase pèt l'ap fè ou fè a.

Wa Asyeris mande larenn Estè: -Ki moun ki penmèt li gen lide fè bagay konsa? Kote moun lan?

Estè reponn li: -Moun ki pa vle wè nou an, moun k'ap pèsekite nou an, se Aman, mechan sa a! Aman dekare, li pran tranble devan wa a ak larenn lan.

¶ Wa a leve bò tab la byen move, li soti deyò al nan jaden palè a. Aman te konnen wa a tapral pini l' pou sa l' fè a. Li rete pou l' mande larenn lan fè pa l'.

Aman te fèk panche kò l' sou divan Estè a pou mande l' padon lè wa a tounen antre soti nan jaden an. Lè wa a wè sa, li di: -Koulye a, apa nonm lan soti pou li fè kadejak sou larenn Estè, l'a devan je m', nan mitan lakay mwen an! Wa a poko fin pale, nèg konfyans yo gen tan kouvri tèt Aman.

Yonn ladan yo ki te rele Abona, di konsa: -Aman te menm gen tan fè kanpe yon poto nan lakou lakay li pou l' te pann Madoche ki te sove lavi wa a. Poto a gen swasannkenz pye wotè. Wa a bay lòd pou yo pann Aman ladan l'.

10 Se konsa yo pann Aman nan poto li te pare pou Madoche a. Apre sa, kòlè wa a tonbe.

¶ Menm jou sa a, wa Asyeris pran tout byen Aman yo, nonm ki pa t' vle wè jwif yo, li fè larenn Estè kado. Estè fè wa a konnen Madoche se fanmi li. Depi lè sa a, Madoche te gen dwa parèt devan wa a.

Wa a wete bag li te reprann nan men Aman an, li bay Madoche li. Estè menm mete Madoche reskonsab tout byen Aman yo.

¶ Apre sa, Estè al pale ak wa a ankò. Li lage kò l' nan pye l' ap kriye. Li mande l' pou l' fè kichòy pou kraze vye konplo Aman, moun laras Agag la, te moute sou do jwif yo.

Wa a lonje baton an lò a bay Estè. Estè leve epi li di:

-Si sa fè wa a plezi, si wa a kontan avè m', si se yon bagay li ka fè, si mwen fè wa a plezi, tanpri, ekri yon lèt pou revoke lòd Aman, pitit Amedata, moun laras Agag la, te bay pou yo te touye dènye kras jwif toupatou nan peyi wa a.

Mwen p'ap ka rete konsa pou m' wè malè sa a ap tonbe sou moun pèp mwen yo, pou m' wè y'ap touye tout fanmi m' yo.

Wa Asyeris di Estè ak Madoche konsa: -Gade, mwen fè pann Aman poutèt konplo li te moute sou do jwif yo, lèfini, m' bay Estè tout byen li yo.

Men, depi yo bay yon lòd piblik nan non wa a, avèk so wa a sou li, li pa ka revoke. Tansèlman, nou menm, nou gen dwa ekri yon lèt bay jwif yo nan non mwen avèk so mwen sou li.

Tou sa te pase nan venntwazyèm jou twazyèm mwa a, mwa Sivan an. Madoche fè chache tout sekretè wa yo, li di yo tou sa pou yo mete nan lèt pou yo voye bay jwif yo, bay gouvènè yo, bay prefè yo ak lòt chèf pèp yo, nan tout sanvennsèt (127) pwovens yo, depi peyi Lend rive peyi Letiopi. Lèt yo te ekri pou chak pwovens yo nan lang yo, dapre jan yo ekri lang lan nan peyi a. Yo ekri lèt pou jwif yo nan lang pa yo, dapre jan yo ekri lang pa yo a tou.

10 Madoche fè ekri lèt yo nan non wa a, epi li mete so wa a sou yo. Yo renmèt lèt yo bay mesaje pote ale. Mesaje yo te moute sou chwal yo te pran nan ekri wa a.

11 Dapre sa ki te nan lèt yo, wa a te bay tout jwif yo pèmisyon pou yo te òganize yo nan chak lavil peyi a pou yo te ka defann tèt yo. Nenpòt moun lòt nasyon ki ta atake yo ak zam nan nenpòt pwovens, se pou yo koresponn ak yo, se pou yo masakre yo ansanm ak madanm yo ak pitit yo. Se pou yo touye yo nèt ale, lèfini pou yo pran tout byen yo.

12 Se sa pou jwif yo fè nan tout pwovens peyi wa Asyeris la, nan trèzyèm jou douzyèm mwa a, ki vle di mwa Ada a.

13 Nan chak pwovens, se pou yo te konsidere lèt la tankou yon lwa. Se pou yo te pibliye l' pou tout moun te ka konnen sa ki ladan l'. Jwif yo menm te pou pare pou yo te tire revanj yo sou lènmi yo jou sa a.

14 Jan wa a te bay lòd la, mesaje yo moute sou chwal wa yo, yo kouri pote lèt yo ale. Yo te mache fè konnen lòd wa a nan lavil Souz, kapital la, tou.

15 ¶ Madoche soti kite palè wa a. Li te gen yon bèl rad ble e blan, tankou rad wa a, sou li, yon gwo kouwòn lò sou tèt li ak yon manto koulè violèt sou zepòl li. Tout moun lavil Souz te kontan, yo t'ap fè fèt.

16 Pou jwif yo menm, se te yon gwo soulajman; yo te kontan, yo t'ap fè fèt, se te yon bèl bagay pou yo.

17 Nan tout pwovens yo, nan chak lavil yo, toupatou kote yo te li lèt wa a te voye a, jwif yo pase jou a ap fè fèt, yo te kontan, yo fè resepsyon, yo bay manje. Anpil moun lòt nasyon fè yo jwif lè sa a, paske yo te pè jwif yo anpil.

Mordecai Honored

That night the king could not sleep;(A) so he ordered the book of the chronicles,(B) the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him. It was found recorded there that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s officers who guarded the doorway, who had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.(C)

“What honor and recognition has Mordecai received for this?” the king asked.

“Nothing has been done for him,”(D) his attendants answered.

The king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to speak to the king about impaling Mordecai on the pole he had set up for him.

His attendants answered, “Haman is standing in the court.”

“Bring him in,” the king ordered.

When Haman entered, the king asked him, “What should be done for the man the king delights to honor?”

Now Haman thought to himself, “Who is there that the king would rather honor than me?” So he answered the king, “For the man the king delights to honor, have them bring a royal robe(E) the king has worn and a horse(F) the king has ridden, one with a royal crest placed on its head. Then let the robe and horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them robe the man the king delights to honor, and lead him on the horse through the city streets, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!(G)’”

10 “Go at once,” the king commanded Haman. “Get the robe and the horse and do just as you have suggested for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything you have recommended.”

11 So Haman got(H) the robe and the horse. He robed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city streets, proclaiming before him, “This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!”

12 Afterward Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered(I) in grief, 13 and told Zeresh(J) his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him.

His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall(K) has started, is of Jewish origin, you cannot stand against him—you will surely come to ruin!”(L) 14 While they were still talking with him, the king’s eunuchs arrived and hurried Haman away to the banquet(M) Esther had prepared.

Haman Impaled

So the king and Haman went to Queen Esther’s banquet,(N) and as they were drinking wine(O) on the second day, the king again asked, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom,(P) it will be granted.(Q)

Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor(R) with you, Your Majesty, and if it pleases you, grant me my life—this is my petition. And spare my people—this is my request. For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated.(S) If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king.[a]

King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, “Who is he? Where is he—the man who has dared to do such a thing?”

Esther said, “An adversary and enemy! This vile Haman!”

Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen. The king got up in a rage,(T) left his wine and went out into the palace garden.(U) But Haman, realizing that the king had already decided his fate,(V) stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life.

Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch(W) where Esther was reclining.(X)

The king exclaimed, “Will he even molest the queen while she is with me in the house?”(Y)

As soon as the word left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.(Z) Then Harbona,(AA) one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, “A pole reaching to a height of fifty cubits[b](AB) stands by Haman’s house. He had it set up for Mordecai, who spoke up to help the king.”

The king said, “Impale him on it!”(AC) 10 So they impaled(AD) Haman(AE) on the pole(AF) he had set up for Mordecai.(AG) Then the king’s fury subsided.(AH)

The King’s Edict in Behalf of the Jews

That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman,(AI) the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the presence of the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her. The king took off his signet ring,(AJ) which he had reclaimed from Haman, and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed him over Haman’s estate.(AK)

Esther again pleaded with the king, falling at his feet and weeping. She begged him to put an end to the evil plan of Haman the Agagite,(AL) which he had devised against the Jews. Then the king extended the gold scepter(AM) to Esther and she arose and stood before him.

“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if he regards me with favor(AN) and thinks it the right thing to do, and if he is pleased with me, let an order be written overruling the dispatches that Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, devised and wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces. For how can I bear to see disaster fall on my people? How can I bear to see the destruction of my family?”(AO)

King Xerxes replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Because Haman attacked the Jews, I have given his estate to Esther, and they have impaled(AP) him on the pole he set up. Now write another decree(AQ) in the king’s name in behalf of the Jews as seems best to you, and seal(AR) it with the king’s signet ring(AS)—for no document written in the king’s name and sealed with his ring can be revoked.”(AT)

At once the royal secretaries were summoned—on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan. They wrote out all Mordecai’s orders to the Jews, and to the satraps, governors and nobles of the 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush.[c](AU) These orders were written in the script of each province and the language of each people and also to the Jews in their own script and language.(AV) 10 Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes, sealed the dispatches with the king’s signet ring, and sent them by mounted couriers, who rode fast horses especially bred for the king.

11 The king’s edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate the armed men of any nationality or province who might attack them and their women and children,[d] and to plunder(AW) the property of their enemies. 12 The day appointed for the Jews to do this in all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.(AX) 13 A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued as law in every province and made known to the people of every nationality so that the Jews would be ready on that day(AY) to avenge themselves on their enemies.

14 The couriers, riding the royal horses, went out, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa.(AZ)

The Triumph of the Jews

15 When Mordecai(BA) left the king’s presence, he was wearing royal garments of blue and white, a large crown of gold(BB) and a purple robe of fine linen.(BC) And the city of Susa held a joyous celebration.(BD) 16 For the Jews it was a time of happiness and joy,(BE) gladness and honor.(BF) 17 In every province and in every city to which the edict of the king came, there was joy(BG) and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many people of other nationalities became Jews because fear(BH) of the Jews had seized them.(BI)

Footnotes

  1. Esther 7:4 Or quiet, but the compensation our adversary offers cannot be compared with the loss the king would suffer
  2. Esther 7:9 That is, about 75 feet or about 23 meters
  3. Esther 8:9 That is, the upper Nile region
  4. Esther 8:11 Or province, together with their women and children, who might attack them;

¶ Lè sa a, te vin gen anpil anpil disip. Ladan yo, jwif ki te fèt nan peyi etranje epi ki te pale lang grèk la vin gen kont ak jwif peyi a. Yo t'ap plenyen dèske vèv yo pa t' jwenn anyen nan separe manje yo t'ap fè chak jou a.

Douz apòt yo sanble tout disip yo, yo di: Li pa ta bon pou n' neglije predikasyon pawòl Bondye a pou n' al okipe sèvis manje a.

Se pou sa, frè m' yo, chwazi sèt gason pami nou ki gen bon repitasyon, ki anba pouvwa Sentespri, ki gen kont bon konprann sou yo. N'a ba yo fè sèvis sa a.

Konsa nou menm, n'a toujou bay tout tan nou pou lapriyè, ak pou fè moun konnen pawòl Bondye a.

Tout gwoup la te dakò avèk lide sa a. Yo chwazi Etyèn, yon nonm ki te gen anpil konfyans nan Bondye epi ki te anba pouvwa Sentespri, Filip, Pwokò, Nikanò, Timon, Pamenas ak Nikola, yon nonm lavil Antiòch ki te konvèti nan relijyon jwif yo.

Yo mennen yo bay apòt yo. Apòt yo lapriyè epi yo mete men sou tèt yo.

Pawòl Bondye a t'ap gaye. Disip yo t'ap vin pi plis toujou nan Jerizalèm. Menm pami prèt yo, te gen anpil ki te asepte kwè pawòl la.

¶ Etyèn te yon nonm Bondye te beni anpil, li te gen anpil pouvwa. Li t'ap fè gwo bèl bagay ak mirak nan mitan pèp la.

Se konsa kèk moun leve dèyè li. Pami yo te gen manm sinagòg yo rele sinagòg Ansyen Esklav yo. (Se jwif lavil Sirèn ak lavil Aleksandri ki te ladan l'.) Yo menm ansanm ak lòt jwif ki soti Silisi ak Lazi yo pran diskite ak Etyèn.

10 Men, yo pa t' kapab kenbe tèt avèk li: Etyèn t'ap pale avèk bon konprann Sentespri te ba li.

11 Lè yo wè sa, yo peye kèk moun pou di: Nou tande l' ap pale mal sou Moyiz ak sou Bondye.

12 Se konsa, yo moute tèt pèp la ansanm ak chèf fanmi yo ak dirèktè lalwa yo. Y' al kot Etyèn, yo mete men sou li, yo trennen l' devan Gran Konsèy la.

13 Yo mennen lòt moun tou pou fè manti sou li, yo t'ap di: Nonm sa a pa sispann pale mal sou tanp Bondye a ak sou lalwa Moyiz la.

14 Nou tande l' di konsa: Jezi, moun Nazarèt la, gen pou kraze tanp lan, l'ap chanje tout koutim Moyiz te kite pou nou yo.

15 Tout moun ki te chita nan sal reyinyon Gran Konsèy la te gen je yo fikse sou Etyèn. Yo te wè figi l' te sanble ak figi yon zanj Bondye.

The Choosing of the Seven

In those days when the number of disciples was increasing,(A) the Hellenistic Jews[a](B) among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows(C) were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.(D) So the Twelve gathered all the disciples(E) together and said, “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God(F) in order to wait on tables. Brothers and sisters,(G) choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit(H) and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them(I) and will give our attention to prayer(J) and the ministry of the word.”

This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen,(K) a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit;(L) also Philip,(M) Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed(N) and laid their hands on them.(O)

So the word of God spread.(P) The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly,(Q) and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.

Stephen Seized

Now Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, performed great wonders and signs(R) among the people. Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)—Jews of Cyrene(S) and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia(T) and Asia(U)—who began to argue with Stephen. 10 But they could not stand up against the wisdom the Spirit gave him as he spoke.(V)

11 Then they secretly(W) persuaded some men to say, “We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”(X)

12 So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin.(Y) 13 They produced false witnesses,(Z) who testified, “This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place(AA) and against the law. 14 For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place(AB) and change the customs Moses handed down to us.”(AC)

15 All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin(AD) looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

Footnotes

  1. Acts 6:1 That is, Jews who had adopted the Greek language and culture