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 ta ifana ohamba naHaman koitelekela
1 Mefiku etitatu Ester okwa djala ngaashi ohamba nokwa ya a ka kale ofika mehale lomeni longulu yohamba a yukilila olupale lohamba, fimbo ohamba tai kala omutumba kolukalwapangelo layo molupale louhamba, ya shaama noshivelo sholupale. 2 Ndele ohamba eshi ya mona omumbada Ester ta kala ofika mehale, ye a filwa onghenda kuyo. Nohamba ya ulika Ester nepangelodibo loshingoldo olo la li meke layo. Ndele Ester okwa ehena ko nokwa kuma omutwe wepangelodibo. 3 Opo nee ohamba tai ti kuye: “Omumbada Ester, wa hala shike ile to kongo shike? Keshe eshi we shi hala, handi shi ku pe, nande etata loshilongo.” 4 Opo nee Ester ta nyamukula: “Ngeenge tashi wapalele ohamba, ohamba naHaman nave uye nena koitelekela ame nde i telekela ohamba.” 5 Nohamba tai ti: “Ifaneni Haman divadiva, opo tu wanife ehalo laEster!” Nohamba naHaman va ya koitelekela yaEster. 6 Ndele fimbo hava nu omaviinyu, ohamba tai ti kuEster: “To indile shike? Oto shi pewa. Ndele oto pula shike? Keshe eshi we shi hala handi shi ku pe, nande etata loshilongo.” 7 Opo nee Ester ta ti: “Eindilo lange nehalo lange oleli: 8 Ame ngeenge nda filwa onghenda moipafi yohamba, ngeenge tashi wapalele ohamba okwiitavelela eindilo lange nokuwanifa osho nde shi hala, ohamba naHaman nave uye koitelekela handi ke i va telekela mongula. Ame ohandi ka ninga pahalo lohamba.” 9 Ndele mefiku tuu olo Haman okwa hafa nokwa shambukwa unene komwenyo. Ndelenee Haman eshi a mona Mordekai poshivelo shohamba ndele ye ina kala ofika ile ine mu tila, Haman okwa yada ehandu molwaMordekai.
Haman a hala okumangeleka Mordekai
10 Ndelenee Haman okwe lidiinika. Ndele ye eshi e uya keumbo laye okwa ifana ookaume kaye nomwalikadi waye Seres. 11 Ndele Haman ote va hepaululile ta popi efimano laye noupuna waye nouhapu wovana vaye ovamati, nanhumbi ohamba ye mu nenepeka mwaashishe noku mu lenga kombada yomalenga noyovapiya vohamba. 12 Haman ta ti vali: “Nomumbada Ester mwene eshi a teleka oitelekela ina itavelela vamwe okuuya koitelekela, aame andike. Nosho mongula ame nda ifanwa ndi ye ko pamwe nohamba. 13 Ndelenee osho ashishe inashi wanena nge fimbo handi mono Omujuda Mordekai ta kala omutumba poshivelo shohamba.” 14 Opo nee omwalikadi waye Seres nookaume kaye aveshe tava ti kuye: “Mu ningila hano omuti wokumangeleka mo, oule wao omaludimbo omilongo itano u lombwele ohamba mongula inene, vo va endjelelife Mordekai muwo. Opo nee to i nehafo pamwe nohamba koitelekela.” Ondjovo oyo ya wapalela Haman, nokwa pangelifa omuti wokumangeleka mo.
