STORY 65
Esther Wen Save Her Peopo
Esther, one Jew girl, wen live in da Persia town of Susa. Plenny years befoa, Nebukadnezzer wen take her ohana away from Jerusalem. She wuz raised by her cousin, Mordecai. He wuz one worka guy fo King Xerxes, da rula of Persia.
King Xerxes wen like one new queen, so his worka guys bring all da mos pretty wahines in da land to him. Esther wuz one of dem. Outa all da wahines, da king wen choose her fo be da queen. Mordecai tell Esther fo no tell nobody dat she wuz one Jew.
Haman wuz da leada ova all da princes. He wuz so high makamaka dat he wanted erybody fo bow down to him. But Mordecai neva. So Haman wen get so mad dat he wanted fo kill um. Wen Haman find out Mordecai wuz one Jew, he wen make one plan fo kill all da Jews in da land. He tell da king, ‘Watch out fo da Jew guys, dey no good. You gotta get rid of dem.’ Den Xerxes tell, ‘Do wat you gotta do.’ An he give Haman da powa fo make one rule dat tell da peopo fo kill all da Jews on da 13th day of da mont of Adar. Jehovah wuz watching all dis.
Esther neva know notting about da rule. So Mordecai sen her one copy of um, an tell, ‘Go talk to da king.’ Esther tell, ‘Anybody who go see da king, an he neva tell um fo come, dey gotta mahke. Been 30 days awready an he neva ask me fo come. But I still goin go. If he hold out his gold rod, dat mean I goin live. But if not, I goin mahke die dead.’
So Esther go see da king. Wen he see her, he hold out his gold rod. Den she go to him an he ask, ‘Esther, get someting I can do fo you?’ She tell, ‘I like you an Haman come to one spesho meal.’ Ova dea, she invite dem to anodda spesho meal. At da secon meal, da king ask, ‘Get someting I can do fo you?’ She tell, ‘Yeah, somebody like kill me an my peopo. Try save us, please.’ Da king ask, ‘Who trying fo kill you?’ She tell, ‘Dis bad guy right hea, Haman.’ Ho, some mad Xerxes come. So he kill Haman right den an dea.
But nobody could hemo Haman’s rule, not even da king. So now, da king make Mordecai da leada of all da princes an give him da powa fo make one new rule. Mordecai make one new rule dat let da Jew guys fight back an proteck demselfs wen peopo try fo kill dem. Wen come da 13th day of Adar, da Jew guys win ova dea enemies. From den on, dey celebrate dis win ery year.
“Dey goin drag you guys in front govnas an kings cuz you my guys. Den you guys goin tell wat you know bout me in front dem, an in front da peopos dass not Jew guys.”—Matthew 10:18