Esther 9
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Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Now in the twelfth month, that is , the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
1Pea ʻi hono hongofulu mā ua ʻoe māhina, ʻaia ko e māhina ko ʻAtali ʻi hono hongofulu mā tolu ʻoe ʻaho ʻi ai, ʻi he hoko ʻo ofi ʻae fekau mo e tuʻutuʻuni ʻae tuʻi ke fakatonutonu, ʻi he ʻaho ko ia naʻe ʻamanaki ai ʻe he ngaahi fili ʻoe Siu ke nau maʻu ʻae mālohi kiate kinautolu, (ka naʻe liliu kehe ia, koeʻuhi naʻe hoko ʻo pule ʻae kakai Siu kiate kinautolu naʻe fehiʻa kiate kinautolu:)
2The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.
2Naʻe kātoa fakataha ʻakinautolu ʻe he kakai Siu ʻi honau ngaahi kolo ʻi he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻoe tuʻi ko ʻAhasivelo, ke puke ʻakinautolu ʻoku kumi ke fai kovi kiate kinautolu: pea naʻe ʻikai ha tangata naʻe faʻa talia ʻakinautolu: he naʻe tō ʻae manavahē kiate kinautolu ʻi he kakai kotoa pē.
3And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.
3Pea naʻe tokoni ki he kakai Siu ʻae ngaahi tuʻi ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga, mo e kau matāpule, mo e kau tokoni, mo e kau matāpule ʻae tuʻi; he naʻe tō kiate kinautolu ʻae manavahē kia Motekiai.
4For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
4He naʻe hoko ʻo lahi ʻa Motekiai ʻi he fale ʻoe tuʻi, pea naʻe ongo atu ki he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻa ʻene ongolelei: he ko e tangata ni ko Motekiai naʻe fakaʻaʻau ai pe ia ke hakeakiʻi.
5Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
5Pea naʻe taaʻi pehē pē ʻe he kakai Siu honau ngaahi fili kotoa pē ʻaki ʻae tā ʻoe heletā, mo e tāmateʻi, mo e fakaʻauha, ʻonau fai ʻenau faʻiteliha kiate kinautolu naʻe fehiʻa kiate kinautolu.
6And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
6Pea naʻe tāmateʻi ʻo fakaʻauha ʻe he kakai Siu ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko nimangeau ʻi Susani ko e kolo fakaʻeiki.
7And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
7Pea naʻe tāmateʻi ʻa Pasanitata, mo Talifoni, mo ʻAsipata.
8And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
8Mo Polate, mo ʻAtalia, mo ʻAlitata,
9And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,
9Mo Pamasita, mo ʻAlisai, mo ʻAlitai, mo Vasisata,
10The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
10Ko e foha ʻe hongofulu ʻo Hamani ko e foha ʻo Hamitata, ko e fili ʻoe kakai Siu, naʻa nau tāmateʻi: ka naʻe ʻikai te nau ala honau nima ki he koloa vete.
11On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
11Naʻe ʻomi ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ki he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi hono lau ʻokinautolu naʻe tāmateʻi ʻi Susani ko e kolo fakaʻeiki.
12¶ And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
12¶ Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi kia Eseta ko e tuʻi fefine, “Kuo tāmateʻi mo fakaʻauha ʻe he kakai Siu ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko nimangeau ʻi Susani ko e kolo, mo e foha ʻe hongofulu ʻo Hamani; ko e hā kuo nau fai ʻi he ngaahi toenga puleʻanga ʻoe tuʻi? Pea ko eni, ko e hā haʻo kole? Pea ʻe tuku ia kiate koe: pe ko e hā haʻo tala ʻoku toe? Pea ʻe fai ia.”
13Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
13Pea pehē ai ʻe Eseta, “Kapau ʻoku lelei ki he tuʻi, tuku ke ngofua ki he kakai Siu ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Susani ke nau fai ʻapongipongi ʻo hangē ko e tuʻutuʻuni ʻoe ʻaho ni, pea tuku ke tautau ʻae foha ʻe hongofulu ʻo Hamani ki he tautauʻanga.”
14And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
14Pea naʻe fekau ʻe he tuʻi ke fai ia pea naʻe fai ʻae fono ʻi Susani; pea naʻa nau tautau ʻae foha ʻe hongofulu ʻo Hamani.
15For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
15He naʻe fakataha ʻae kakai Siu naʻe ʻi Susani ʻi hono hongofulu mā fā ʻoe ʻaho ʻoe māhina ko ʻAtali, ʻonau tāmateʻi ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko tolungeau ʻi Susani; ka naʻe ʻikai te nau ala ki he vete.
16But the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
16Ka ko e ngaahi Siu niʻihi naʻe ʻi he ngaahi puleʻanga ʻoe tuʻi naʻa nau fakakātoa fakataha ʻakinautolu, ʻonau tuʻu tali tau koeʻuhi ko ʻenau moʻui, pea naʻa nau maʻu ʻae mālōlō mei honau ngaahi fili, pea tāmateʻi ʻi honau ngaahi fili ko e toko fitu mano mo e toko nima afe, ka naʻe ʻikai te nau ala ki he vete,
17On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
17ʻI hono hongofulu mā tolu ʻoe ʻaho ʻoe māhina ko ʻAtali: pea ʻi hono hongofulu mā fā ʻoe ʻaho ʻoe māhina ko ia naʻa nau mālōlō, ʻonau ngaohi ia ko e ʻaho kātoanga kai mo fakafiefia:
18But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
18Ka ko e kakai Siu naʻe ʻi Susani naʻa nau fakakātoa fakataha ʻakinautolu ʻi hono hongofulu mā tolu, pea ʻi hono hongofulu mā fā, pea ʻi hono hongofulu mā nima naʻa nau mālōlō, ʻo ngaohi ia ko e ʻaho kātoanga kai mo fakafiefia.
19Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
19Ko ia ko e kakai Siu ʻoe ngaahi potu kakai, ʻaia naʻe nofo ʻi he ngaahi kolo taʻehanoʻā, naʻa nau ngaohi hono hongofulu mā fā ʻoe ʻaho ʻoe māhina, ko ʻAtali, ko e ʻaho fiefia mo kātoanga kai, mo e ʻaho lelei, ke feʻaveʻaki pē ʻae ngaahi ʻinasi kiate kinautolu.
20¶ And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
20¶ Pea naʻe tohi ʻe Motekiai ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni, ʻo ne fekau ʻae ngaahi tohi ki he kakai Siu kotoa pē naʻe ʻi he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻoe tuʻi ko ʻAhasivelo, ʻae ofi mo e mamaʻo,
21To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
21Ke fakatuʻumaʻu ʻae meʻa ni ʻiate kinautolu, koeʻuhi ke nau tauhi maʻu hono hongofulu ma fā ʻoe ʻaho ʻoe māhina ko ʻAtali, mo hono hongofulu ma nima ʻoe ʻaho, ʻi he taʻu kotoa pē,
22As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
22ʻAia ko e ngaahi ʻaho naʻe mālōlō ai ʻae kakai Siu mei honau ngaahi fili, mo e māhina naʻe foki ai ʻae mamahi meiate kinautolu ki he fiefia, pea mei he tangi ki he ʻaho lelei: koeʻuhi ke nau ngaohi ia ko e ongo ʻaho kātoanga kai mo fakafiefia, mo e feʻaveʻaki ʻoe ngaahi meʻa kiate kinautolu, mo e ngaahi meʻa foaki ki he masiva.
23And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
23Pea naʻe alea ʻae kakai Siu ke fai pe ʻo hangē ko ia kuo nau kamata, pea hangē ko ia naʻe tohi ʻe Motekiai kiate kinautolu;
24Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is , the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
24Ko e meʻa ʻia Hamani ko e foha ʻo Hamitata, ko e tangata Ekaki, ko e fili ʻoe kakai Siu kotoa pē, ʻaia naʻa ne filioʻi kovi ki he kakai Siu ke fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu, mo ne fai ʻae “Puli,” ʻaia ko e talotalo, ke tāmateʻi ʻakinautolu, mo fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu;
25But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
25Ka ʻi he haʻu ʻa Eseta ki he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi, naʻa ne fekau ʻi he ngaahi tohi, koeʻuhi ko ʻene filioʻi angakovi, ʻaia naʻa ne fakatupu ki he kakai Siu, ke foki mai ia ki hono ʻulu ʻoʻona, pea ke tautau ia mo hono ngaahi foha ki he tautauʻanga.
26Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
26Ko ia naʻa nau ui ai ʻae ʻaho ko ia, ko Pulimi ko e hingoa mei he lea ko Puli. Ko ia ko e meʻa ʻi he ngaahi lea kotoa pē ʻoe tohi ni, pea mo ia naʻa nau mamata ki ai, ʻaia ʻoku kau ki he meʻa ni, pea mo ia naʻe hoko kiate kinautolu,
27The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
27Naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ʻe he kakai Siu, pea fakahoko kiate kinautolu, pea ki honau hako, pea kiate kinautolu naʻe fakahoko ʻakinautolu kiate kinautolu, pea ke ʻoua naʻa ngata, kenau tauhi ʻae ongo ʻaho ni ʻo fakatatau ki heʻena tohi, pea fakatatau ki hono kuonga kuo tuʻutuʻuni ʻi he taʻu kotoa pē:
28And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
28Pea koeʻuhi ke manatuʻi mo tauhi ʻae ongo ʻaho ni, ʻi he toʻutangata kotoa pē tuku fakaholo, ʻi he faʻahinga kotoa pē, ʻi he puleʻanga kotoa pē, pea ʻi he kolo kotoa pē: pea ko e ongo ʻaho ʻoe Pulimi ke ʻoua naʻa ngata mei he kakai Siu, pea ʻoua naʻa mole ʻae manatu ki ai mei honau hako.
29Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
29Pea naʻe tohi ai ʻe Eseta ko e tuʻi fefine, ko e ʻofefine ʻo ʻApieli, mo Motekiai ko e Siu, ʻi he mālohi lahi, ke fakatuʻumaʻu hono ua ʻoe tohi ʻo Pulimi.
30And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
30Pea naʻa ne fekau ʻae ngaahi tohi mo e ngaahi lea ʻae melino mo e moʻoni, ki he kakai Siu kotoa pē, ki he ngaahi vāhenga fonua ʻe teau mā uofulu mā fitu ʻoe puleʻanga ʻo ʻAhasivelo,
31To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed , according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
31Ke fakamoʻoni ki he ongo ʻaho ʻoe Pulimi ʻi hona kuonga, ʻo hangē ko e tuʻutuʻuni naʻe fekau ʻe Motekiai ko e Siu mo Eseta ko e tuʻi fefine, pea hangē ko ʻena tuʻutuʻuni moʻo kinaua pea maʻa honau hako, ko e meʻa ʻoe ʻaukai mo ʻenau tangi.
32And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
32Pea ko e fono ʻa Eseta naʻe fakapapau ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoe Pulimi; pea naʻe tohi ia ʻi he tohi.
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