18 Nsɛm yi akyi na nsɛm a ɛdidi soɔ sisiiɛ wɔ Ɔhene Artasasta ɛberɛ so, saa Artasasta korɔ yi ara a ɔdii ahennie wɔ bɛboro mantam aduonu nson a ɛfiri India de kɔsi Etiopia.
19 Saa nna no mu, ɛberɛ a wɔde Ɔhene Artasasta sii so sɛ ɔhene wɔ Susa kuro mu no,
20 wɔ n’ahennie afe a ɛtɔ so mmiɛnsa mu no, ɔtoo pono maa ne Nnamfonom ne nnipa afoforɔ bi a wɔfiri aman ahodoɔ soɔ, Persiafoɔ ne Medefoɔ atitire, ne amradofoɔ a wɔfiri mantam ahodoɔ mu.
21 Yei akyi no, ɛberɛ a na ɔde n’ahennie mu ahonya ne animuonyam a ɛwɔ n’adɔeɛ afahyɛ wɔ nna ɔha aduɔwɔtwe akyerɛ awie no,
22 afahyɛ no baa awieeɛ no, ɔhene yɛɛ nsanom apontoɔ maa nkurɔfoɔ a na wɔtete kuro no mu no. Wɔyɛɛ yei nna nsia wɔ adehyeɛ ahemfie no adihɔ,
23 a wɔde nwera pa ne asaawa twamtam asiesie, na wɔde nhoma fufuo ne deɛ ɛberedum asosɔ sika ne dwetɛ nkaa wɔ abofufuo ne aboɔ afoforɔ adum ho. Wɔde sika ne dwetɛ mpa sisii ahahammonoboɔ, abohemmaa, ne abofufuo dame nsesɛeɛ so. Na nwera nahanaha nkatasoɔ, a wɔde ahosuo ahodoɔ adi adwini wɔ mu, ne rose nhwiren a wɔahyehyɛ atwa ho ahyia ka ho.
24 Na wɔde sika ne dwetɛ na ayɛ nkuruwa no, na wɔde kuruwa ketewa bi wɔde nsrammaboɔ ayɛ na ne boɔ som talente mpem aduasa kyerɛe. Nsa dɔkɔdɔkɔ buu so hɔ, te sɛdeɛ ɔhene ankasa nomeeɛ.
25 Na wɔnhyehyɛɛ mmara biara ntoo nsanom no ho; nanso saa ara na na ɔhene pɛ no, na ɔhyɛɛ n’ahwɛfoɔ no sɛ wɔnyɛ sɛdeɛ ɔne n’ahɔhoɔ no anigyeɛ teɛ.
Wɔtu Ɔhemmaa Wasti adeɛ so26 Saa berɛ korɔ no ara mu, Ɔhemmaa Wasti yɛɛ nsanom apontoɔ maa mmaa wɔ ahemfie hɔ no ara a na Ɔhene Artasasta wɔ no.
27 Da a ɛtɔ so nson, ɛberɛ a na ɔhene reyi aseresɛm no, ɔka kyerɛɛ Haman, Basan, Tara, Borase, Satolta, Abatasa, ne Taraba, apiafoɔ baason a na wɔsom Ɔhene Artasasta no sɛ
28 wɔmfa ɔhemmaa mmrɛ no na ɔnyi no nkyerɛ sɛ ɔhemmaa na ɔmfa ahenkyɛ nsi ne tiri so, na ɔmfa n’ahoɔfɛ mmɛkyerɛ amradofoɔ, ne nkurɔfoɔ a wɔfiri aman ahodoɔ so no nyinaa, ɛsiane sɛ na ɔyɛ ɔbaa a ne ho yɛ fɛ ampa.
29 Nanso Ɔhemmaa Wasti ampɛ sɛ ɔbɛtie no na ɔne apiafoɔ no amma. Asɛm yi haa ɔhene no na ne bo fuiɛ.
30 Ɔka kyerɛɛ ne Nnamfonom sɛ: Yei ne mmuaeɛ a Wasti de ama me. Momma me mo mmuaeɛ ne mo atemmuo wɔ asɛm yi ho.
31 Arkesaeus, Sarsataeus, ne Malesear, ne afei amradofoɔ a na wɔbɛn ɔhene no — Arkesaeus, Sarsataeus, ne Malesear, wɔn a na wɔtena ne nkyɛn wɔn adwa atitire so — baa ne nkyɛn
32 bɛka kyerɛɛ no deɛ ɛsɛ sɛ wɔyɛ Ɔhemmaa Wasti sɛ wanni ahyɛdeɛ a ɔhene de somaa n’apiafoɔ kɔmaa no no.
33 Ɛnna Mukaeus ka kyerɛɛ ɔhene ne amradofoɔ no sɛ: Ɛnyɛ ɔhene nko na Ɔhemmaa Wasti adidi no atɛm, na mmom ɔhene amradofoɔ ne ne mpanimfoɔ nyinaa nso,
34 (ɛfiri sɛ na waka akyerɛ wɔn deɛ ɔhemmaa no aka ne sɛdeɛ wasi abu ɔhene animtia). Na sɛdeɛ wabu Ɔhene Artasasta animtia yi,
35 saa ara na ɛfiri seesei rekorɔ mmaa afoforɔ a wɔyɛ Persiafoɔ ne Medefoɔ amradofoɔ yerenom, ɛberɛ a wɔbɛte asɛm a ɔhemmaa aka akyerɛ ɔhene no bɛsi wɔn bo akasa atia wɔn kununom nso.
36 Sɛ afei ɛsɔ ɔhene ani deɛ a, ma no nhyɛ adehyeɛ mmara, wɔnkurukyire no sɛdeɛ Medefoɔ ne Persiafoɔ mmara teɛ no, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ na wɔntumi nsesa no, sɛ ɔhemmaa rentumi mma n’anim; na mmom ɔhene de ɔhemmaa adehyeɛ dibea no ama ɔbaa bi a ɔyɛ sene no.
37 Ma mmara biara a ɔhene bɛhyɛ no wɔnka no n’ahennie mu, na ayɛ saa ama mmaa nyinaa abu wɔn kununom, odefoɔ ne ohiani pɛ.
38 Saa kasa yi sɔɔ ɔhene ne amradofoɔ no ani, na ɔhene yɛɛ sɛdeɛ Mukaeus susuiɛ no.
39 Ɔhene soma maa wɔde mmara yi kɔɔ n’ahennie no mu baabiara, mantam biara ne wɔn ankasa wɔn kasa mu, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a efie biara mu wɔde obuo bɛma okunu biara.
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