Esther (Greek) 7

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 13 include this book

1 Te dongah manghai neh Haman tah manghai nu neh misur tui ok hamla cet.

2 A hnin bae dongkah a ok uh vaengah khaw manghai loh, “Manghainu Esther metlam a om? Na huithuinah te metlam a om tih na bihnah khaw metlam a om? Te te nang kam paek bitni. Ram rhakthuem hil mai akhaw,” a ti nah.

3 Te dongah a doo tih, “Manghai taengah kolonah ka dang mai atah, ka huithuinah neh ka pilnam kah bihnah bangla ka hinglu he hlun mai.

4 Kai neh ka pilnam he, thup hamla, poelyoe hamla, sal bi sak hamla, kamih neh ka ca rhoek khaw, salnu, salpa rhoek khaw n'yoih uh coeng. He ni ka mingnah la aka om coeng. Kaimih kah sungdaehnah he ni yahrhai neh manghai impuei la kang khuen,” a ti nah.

5 Te vaengah manghai loh, “Te bang hno saii hamla aka ngaih te unim?” a ti nah.

6 Te dongah Esther loh, “Kaimih kah thunkha tah Haman hlang thae ni,” a ti nah. Te vaengah Haman tah manghai neh manghainu mikhmuh ah sut let coeng.

7 Manghai tah buhkung lamloh thoo tih dum khuila cet. Tedae Haman long tah a hinglu ham te manghaihu a hloep. Amah ngawn tah ngaihmangnah a tong khungdaeng coeng.

8 Manghai te dum lamloh a mael vaengah tah Haman te manghainu ana hloep tih thingkong dongah ana yalh. Te dongah manghai loh, “Kamah im ah ka yuu khaw tholh puei a ngaih bal pueng,” a ti. Haman loh a yaak vaengah a maelhmai te a dangrhoek.

9 Te vaengah hlueikhu boei Bugathan loh manghai te, “Haman loh Mordekai ham kui-ok rhui a sui coeng lah ko ke. Mordekai longla manghai taengah ol a thui dae. Haman im ah kui-ok rhui dong sawmnga a sang la pai lah ko,” a ti nah. Te dongah manghai loh, “Haman amah te kui-ok saeh,” a ti nah.

10 Te dongah Haman tah Mordekai ham a sui pah kui-ok rhui dongah kui-ok. Te daengah ni manghai kah thintoek khaw a daeh pueng.

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Where this was written

Alexandria traditional The Greek additions were made when Esther was translated in Egypt.

When this was written

The traditions broadly agree on this one.

Broad agreement: 100 BC–50 BC Anonymous
The Greek additions to Esther, made when the book was translated at Alexandria.

Elsewhere in the world

Events overlapping the period this book is dated to (100 BC–50 BC).

1070 BC–350 AD The kingdom of Kush Africa
A Nubian power on the upper Nile that ruled Egypt itself as its twenty-fifth dynasty.
500 BC–500 AD The Nazca lines South America
Vast figures drawn on the Peruvian desert, visible only from the surrounding hills.
206 BC–220 AD The Han dynasty China
Four centuries of Chinese rule contemporary with the whole of Roman expansion.
150 BC–100 AD Roman concrete and the aqueducts Rome
Hydraulic concrete let Rome build harbours, domes and aqueducts that still stand.
130 BC–100 BC The Silk Road opens Asia
Regular overland trade linked Han China to the Mediterranean, carrying goods, disease and ideas.
100 BC–550 AD Teotihuacan Mesoamerica
A city of perhaps a hundred thousand people in the valley of Mexico, with monumental pyramids.
55 BC–54 BC Caesar's expeditions to Britain Britain
Two brief campaigns that brought Britain into Roman awareness without conquering it.
106 BC–43 BC Cicero Rome
Orator and philosopher whose Latin prose became the standard for the language.

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