Esters ge gao-aob tsî Hamanni tsîkha ǂûǁares ǃoa ra ǁkhauǂui
1 ǃNonaǁî tsēs, ǁîs di ǂûtama* hâs dis ais ge Estersa ǁîs di gao-aosi sarana ana tsî ǃgû tsî gao-aob gao-aosi ai-ommi ǃnâ, gao-aosi ǃnā-ommi aiǃâ dao-ams ǃoa-ai sī ge mâ. Gao-aob ge ommi ǃnâ trons âb ai dao-ams ǃoa-ai ge ǂnôa i. 2 Tsî gao-aob ge gao-aos Estersa ai-ommi ǃnâ mûmâo, os ge ǁîb mûǁae ǀkhomma ge hō tsîb ge ǃhuniǀuri gaohaib ǁîb ǃomǁaeb ge ūhâ iba ǁîs ǃoa ge ǀhōǂui. Os ge Estersa ǃgûǀgū tsî gaohaib ǀamsa ge tsâǀkhā. 3 Ob ge gao-aoba ge dî: “Tare-e gao-aos Esterse? Mîba te re tare-es ǂhâba hâsa? ǃkhare ǃâb ti gaosib dib ka xawes tsînas ge nî māhe.”
4 Os ge Estersa ge ǃeream: “Gao-aotsa iga ǃgâibao, o ta ge sats tsî Hamanni tsîkho satsa ta go aiǂhomiba ǂûǁaresa ǃoa nētsē ra ǁkhauǂui.”
5 Ob ge gao-aoba ge mîmā, îb Hamanna ǃhaese ǀkhī, î kha Esters go ǂgan khami dī. Tsî kha ge gao-aob tsî Hamanni tsîkha Esters ge aiǂhomi ǂûǁares ǃoa ge ǃgû. 6 ǂAuxûi-en ra ā hîab ge gao-aoba ǁîsa ge dî: “Gao-aos Esterse, tare-es ǂhâba hâ ǃkhaisa mîba te re. ǃKhare ǃâb ti gaosib dib ka xawes ge nî māhe.”
7 Os ge Estersa ge ǃeream: “Ti ǂgans tsî ǀkhomas ge nēsa. 8 Gao-aots ga ǁnātikōse ǃgâi tsî ti ǂgansa ūǃoao, o kho sats tsî Hamanni tsîkho ǁkhawa ǁari ta nî aiǂhomiba kho ǂûǁaes ǃoa hā re. O ta ge ti ǁkhoreba nî ǂanǂan tsi.”
Hamanni ge Mordekaiba ǃgamsa ra ǀapeǀape
9 Hamanni ge ǃgâiaǂgao tsî ǃgâitsâsen rase ǁnā ǂûǁaresa xu ge ǂoaxa. Xaweb ge Mordekaibab ge gao-ommi dao-ams ǃnâ mûǂnôa, tsîb ge Mordekaiba khâi tsî ǃgôasiba mā bi tama i, o ǁîb ǂama kaise ge ǁaixa. 10 Xaweb ge Hamanna ǁkhaesen tsî oms ǁga ge ǁaru. ǁÎb ge ǀhōsan âba ǁîb oms ǁga ge ǁkhauǂui tsî ǁîb taras, Seres tsîna ge ǂgan, îs hā. 11 ǁÎb ge ǁîn ais ai mâtikōseb ǃkhū hâ, mâtikō ǀgôagab ūhâ tsî gao-aob xab ge ǃgôasib ǃoa sîsenni ǃnâ ǀgapiǀgapihe tsî gao-aob xab ge nau ǂamkhoegu ǃgâ-ai ǀgapi ǃharosa māhe ǃkhais ǀkha gere koasen. 12 ǃAruǀîb ge Hamanna ge mî: “ǁNās ǀgui tamas, gao-aos Esters tsîn ge tita ǀguita gao-aob ǀkha, ǂûǁares ǃoa go ǁkhauǂui hâ i tsîs ge ǁkhāti ǁaris tsîna tita tsî gao-aob tsîkhom ǀguikhomma ǂûǁares ǃoa ǁkhauǂui hâ. 13 Xawen ge nēn hoana ǁnā Jodeǁîb, Mordekaib, gao-ommi tawa ǀgapi ǃharos ǃnâ ǂnôa ǃkhaisa ta ra mûs kōse, xū-i xare-e harebeba te tama hâ.”
14 On ge ǁîb taras Seres tsî ǁîb ǀhōsana ǁîba ge ǀapemā: “ǁAubexa korodisiǀgamǀa meterga ǀgapi ǂgāhaiba kuru kai, î ǁarikam ǁgoaga gao-aoba ǂgan, îb Mordekaiba ǁîb ai ǂgāmâihe. Ots ge ǁnās khaoǃgâ ǃgâiaǂgao rase gao-aob ǀkha ǂûǁaes ǃoa a ǃgû ǁkhā.”
Hamanni ge ǃgâi ǀapes ge nēsa ti ǂâi tsî ǂgāhaiba ge kuru kai.
Ester ma ṋanga ombara na Haman komukandi
1 Meyuva oritjatatu rokuritjaera kwe kovikurya, Ester wa zara ozombanda ze zombara oserekaze na kakurama morupanda rwomoukoto wondjuwo youhona ama tara ketuwo rotjihavero tjouhona. Ombara ya ri metuwo ndo aya haama kotjihavero tjouhona nu amai tara komahitiro. 2 Ombara ya muna ombara oserekaze Ester a kurama pendje, nu Ester arire tja munu ondjingonekero komurungu wombara, nombara ye mu ropororera okati kayo kouhona. Nu Ester weya na ṱunu kohonga yako. 3 Ombara ya pura ai tja: “Mbara oserekaze Ester, mo hepa ombatero ya tjike? Ndji raera otjiṋa tji movanga, nami me ku pe, nangarire kutja orumbembera rumwe rwouhona wandje.”
4 Ester wa zira a tja: “Tji mape tjata komuhona ombara ami me ningire kutja ove na Haman mu rire ovaṋangwa vandje ngurova komukandi ami mbu me ṱunine eṋe.”
5 Ombara ya rakiza Haman e ye tjimanga, kokutja ve rire ovaṋangwa va Ester. Ombara otji ya ya puna Haman komukandi wa Ester. 6 Nu ngunda amave nu omavinu, ombara otji ya pura Ester ai tja: “Ndji raera otjiṋa tji movanga, nami me ku pe atjihe tji mo ningire, nangarire orumbembera rumwe rwouhona wandje.”
7 Ester wa zira a tja: 8 “Omuhona ombara tje notjari okundjipa ihi tji me ningire, ami me ku ṋanga puna Haman muhuka komukandi warwe mbu me mu ṱunine. Moruveze ndo otji me ku raere imbi ami mbi me vanga.”
Haman me ripura okuzepa Mordekai
9 Haman tja za pomukandi wa ri nondjoroka nenyando momutima. Nungwari eye wa muna Mordekai pomahitiro wondjuwo youhona, nu Mordekai tje ha sekamene nu tje ha raisire ondengero yorive Haman ngunda ama kapita, eye arire tja pindikire Mordekai tjinene. 10 Nungwari Haman we ritjaera omuini na yaruka koye. Eye wa ṋanga omapanga we koye, na ningire omukazendu we Seres kutja e ye puna wo. 11 Nu Haman we rihiva kuwo kutja wa tumba tjinene, nokutja u novanatje ovengi ovazandu, nokutja ombara ye mu yera kotjiungura tjokombanda, nokutja eye omunanḓengu tjinene povahongore ovakwao avehe vombara. 12 Haman wa hungira komurungu a tja: “Nangarire ombara oserekaze Ester wa tjitirire ombara na ami porwetu uriri omukandi, nu twa ṋangwa rukwao okuyenda ngo muhuka. 13 Nungwari kape na tjimwe tjoviṋa mbi tji tji ri otjinanḓengu ku ami, ngunda ame munu Omujuda Mordekai a haama pomahitiro wondjuwo youhona.”
14 Omukazendu we Seres nomapanga we aehe otji va tja nai: “Okutjavi tji u hi nokuzika omuti wokuturika ko ovandu mbu noure wozometa omirongo vivari na mbari? Muhuka omunene ningira kombara kutja Mordekai a turikwe ku wo. Tjazumba otji mo yenene okuyenda komukandi nondjoroka.”
Haman we ripura kutja indji ondji ri ondunge osemba, notja zika omuti wokuturika ko ovandu.
