ESTHER 2

استير 2

1  After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus subsided, he remembered Vashti, what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.

1  بَعْدَ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ لَمَّا خَمِدَ غَضَبُ الْمَلِكِ أَحْشَوِيرُوشَ ذَكَرَ وَشْتِي وَمَا عَمِلَتْهُ وَمَا حُتِمَ بِهِ عَلَيْهَا.

2  Then the king's servants who attended him said: "Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king;

2  فَقَالَ غِلْمَانُ الْمَلِكِ الَّذِينَ يَخْدِمُونَهُ: [لِيُطْلَبْ لِلْمَلِكِ فَتَيَاتٌ عَذَارَى حَسَنَاتُ الْمَنْظَرِ

3  and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather all the beautiful young virgins to Shushan the citadel, into the women's quarters, under the custody of Hegai [3] the king's eunuch, custodian of the women. And let beauty preparations be given them.

3  وَلْيُوَكِّلِ الْمَلِكُ وُكَلاَءَ فِي كُلِّ بِلاَدِ مَمْلَكَتِهِ لِيَجْمَعُوا كُلَّ الْفَتَيَاتِ الْعَذَارَى الْحَسَنَاتِ الْمَنْظَرِ إِلَى شُوشَنَ الْقَصْرِ إِلَى بَيْتِ النِّسَاءِ إِلَى يَدِ هَيْجَايَ خَصِيِّ الْمَلِكِ حَارِسِ النِّسَاءِ وَلْيُعْطَيْنَ أَدْهَانَ عِطْرِهِنَّ.

4  Then let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti." This thing pleased the king, and he did so.

4  وَالْفَتَاةُ الَّتِي تَحْسُنُ فِي عَيْنَيِ الْمَلِكِ فَلْتَمْلُكْ مَكَانَ وَشْتِي]. فَحَسُنَ الْكَلاَمُ فِي عَيْنَيِ الْمَلِكِ فَعَمِلَ هَكَذَا.

5  In Shushan the citadel there was a certain Jew whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite.

5  كَانَ فِي شُوشَنَ الْقَصْرِ رَجُلٌ يَهُودِيٌّ اسْمُهُ مُرْدَخَايُ بْنُ يَائِيرَ بْنِ شَمْعِي بْنِ قَيْسٍ رَجُلٌ بِنْيَامِينِيٌّ

6  Kish [4] had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been captured with Jeconiah [5] king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.

6  قَدْ سُبِيَ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ مَعَ السَّبْيِ الَّذِي سُبِيَ مَعَ يَكُنْيَا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا الَّذِي سَبَاهُ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابَِلَ.

7  And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman was lovely and beautiful. When her father and mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.

7  وَكَانَ مُرَبِّياً لِهَدَسَّةَ (أَيْ أَسْتِيرَ) بِنْتِ عَمِّهِ لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا أَبٌ وَلاَ أُمٌّ. وَكَانَتِ الْفَتَاةُ جَمِيلَةَ الصُّورَةِ وَحَسَنَةَ الْمَنْظَرِ وَعِنْدَ مَوْتِ أَبِيهَا وَأُمِّهَا اتَّخَذَهَا مُرْدَخَايُ لِنَفْسِهِ ابْنَةً.

8  So it was, when the king's command and decree were heard, and when many young women were gathered at Shushan the citadel, under the custody of Hegai, that Esther also was taken to the king's palace, into the care of Hegai the custodian of the women.

8  فَلَمَّا سُمِعَ كَلاَمُ الْمَلِكِ وَأَمْرُهُ وَجُمِعَتْ فَتَيَاتٌ كَثِيرَاتٌ إِلَى شُوشَنَ الْقَصْرِ إِلَى يَدِ هَيْجَايَ أُخِذَتْ أَسْتِيرُ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَلِكِ إِلَى يَدِ هَيْجَايَ حَارِسِ النِّسَاءِ.

9  Now the young woman pleased him, and she obtained his favor; so he readily gave beauty preparations to her, besides her allowance. Then seven choice maidservants were provided for her from the king's palace, and he moved her and her maidservants to the best place in the house of the women.

9  وَحَسُنَتِ الْفَتَاةُ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ وَنَالَتْ نِعْمَةً بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَبَادَرَ بِأَدْهَانِ عِطْرِهَا وَأَنْصِبَتِهَا لِيَعْطِيَهَا إِيَّاهَا مَعَ السَّبْعِ الْفَتَيَاتِ الْمُخْتَارَاتِ لِتُعْطَى لَهَا مِنْ بَيْتِ الْمَلِكِ وَنَقَلَهَا مَعَ فَتَيَاتِهَا إِلَى أَحْسَنِ مَكَانٍ فِي بَيْتِ النِّسَاءِ.

10  Esther had not revealed her people or family, for Mordecai had charged her not to reveal it.

10  وَلَمْ تُخْبِرْ أَسْتِيرُ عَنْ شَعْبِهَا وَجِنْسِهَا لأَنَّ مُرْدَخَايَ أَوْصَاهَا أَنْ لاَ تُخْبِرَ.

11  And every day Mordecai paced in front of the court of the women's quarters, to learn of Esther's welfare and what was happening to her.

11  وَكَانَ مُرْدَخَايُ يَتَمَشَّى يَوْماً فَيَوْماً أَمَامَ دَارِ بَيْتِ النِّسَاءِ لِيَسْتَعْلِمَ عَنْ سَلاَمَةِ أَسْتِيرَ وَعَمَّا يُصْنَعُ بِهَا.

12  Each young woman's turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after she had completed twelve months' preparation, according to the regulations for the women, for thus were the days of their preparation apportioned: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfumes and preparations for beautifying women.

12  وَلَمَّا بَلَغَتْ نَوْبَةُ فَتَاةٍ فَفَتَاةٍ لِلدُّخُولِ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ أَحْشَوِيرُوشَ بَعْدَ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهَا حَسَبَ سُنَّةِ النِّسَاءِ اثْنَا عَشَرَ شَهْراً لأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا كَانَتْ تُكْمَلُ أَيَّامُ تَعَطُّرِهِنَّ سِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ بِزَيْتِ الْمُرِّ وَسِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ بِالأَطْيَابِ وَأَدْهَانِ تَعَطُّرِ النِّسَاءِ

13  Thus prepared, each young woman went to the king, and she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the women's quarters to the king's palace.

13  وَهَكَذَا كَانَتْ كُلُّ فَتَاةٍ تَدْخُلُ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ. وَكُلُّ مَا قَالَتْ عَنْهُ أُعْطِيَ لَهَا لِلدُّخُولِ مَعَهَا مِنْ بَيْتِ النِّسَاءِ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَلِكِ.

14  In the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch who kept the concubines. She would not go in to the king again unless the king delighted in her and called for her by name.

14  فِي الْمَسَاءِ دَخَلَتْ وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ رَجَعَتْ إِلَى بَيْتِ النِّسَاءِ الثَّانِي إِلَى يَدِ شَعَشْغَازَ خَصِيِّ الْمَلِكِ حَارِسِ السَّرَارِيِّ. لَمْ تَعُدْ تَدْخُلْ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ إِلاَّ إِذَا سُرَّ بِهَا الْمَلِكُ وَدُعِيَتْ بِاسْمِهَا.

15  Now when the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his daughter, to go in to the king, she requested nothing but what Hegai the king's eunuch, the custodian of the women, advised. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all who saw her.

15  وَلَمَّا بَلَغَتْ نَوْبَةُ أَسْتِيرَ ابْنَةِ أَبَيِحَائِلَ عَمِّ مُرْدَخَايَ الَّذِي اتَّخَذَهَا لِنَفْسِهِ ابْنَةً لِلدُّخُولِ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ لَمْ تَطْلُبْ شَيْئاً إِلاَّ مَا قَالَ عَنْهُ هَيْجَايُ خَصِيُّ الْمَلِكِ حَارِسُ النِّسَاءِ. وَكَانَتْ أَسْتِيرُ تَنَالُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْ كُلِّ مَنْ رَآهَا.

16  So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

16  وَأُخِذَتْ أَسْتِيرُ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ أَحْشَوِيرُوشَ إِلَى بَيْتِ مُلْكِهِ فِي الشَّهْرِ الْعَاشِرِ (هُوَ شَهْرُ طِيبِيتَ) فِي السَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ لِمُلْكِهِ.

17  The king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins; so he set the royal crown upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.

17  فَأَحَبَّ الْمَلِكُ أَسْتِيرَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ النِّسَاءِ وَوَجَدَتْ نِعْمَةً وَإِحْسَاناً قُدَّامَهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْعَذَارَى فَوَضَعَ تَاجَ الْمُلْكِ عَلَى رَأْسِهَا وَمَلَّكَهَا مَكَانَ وَشْتِي.

18  Then the king made a great feast, the Feast of Esther, for all his officials and servants; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces and gave gifts according to the generosity of a king.

18  وَعَمِلَ الْمَلِكُ وَلِيمَةً عَظِيمَةً لِجَمِيعِ رُؤَسَائِهِ وَعَبِيدِهِ وَلِيمَةَ أَسْتِيرَ. وَعَمِلَ رَاحَةً لِلْبِلاَدِ وَأَعْطَى عَطَايَا حَسَبَ كَرَمِ الْمَلِكِ.

19  When virgins were gathered together a second time, Mordecai sat within the king's gate.

19  وَلَمَّا جُمِعَتِ الْعَذَارَى ثَانِيَةً كَانَ مُرْدَخَايُ جَالِساً بِبَابِ الْمَلِكِ.

20  Now Esther had not revealed her family and her people, just as Mordecai had charged her, for Esther obeyed the command of Mordecai as when she was brought up by him.

20  وَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَسْتِيرُ أَخْبَرَتْ عَنْ جِنْسِهَا وَشَعْبِهَا كَمَا أَوْصَاهَا مُرْدَخَايُ. وَكَانَتْ أَسْتِيرُ تَعْمَلُ حَسَبَ قَوْلِ مُرْدَخَايَ كَمَا كَانَتْ فِي تَرْبِيَتِهَا عِنْدَهُ.

21  In those days, while Mordecai sat within the king's gate, two of the king's eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, doorkeepers, became furious and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

21  فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ بَيْنَمَا كَانَ مُرْدَخَايُ جَالِساً فِي بَابِ الْمَلِكِ غَضِبَ بِغْثَانُ وَتَرَشُ خَصِيَّا الْمَلِكِ حَارِسَا الْبَابِ وَطَلَبَا أَنْ يَمُدَّا أَيْدِيَهُمَا إِلَى الْمَلِكِ أَحْشَوِيرُوشَ.

22  So the matter became known to Mordecai, who told Queen Esther, and Esther informed the king in Mordecai's name.

22  فَعُلِمَ الأَمْرُ عِنْدَ مُرْدَخَايَ فَأَخْبَرَ أَسْتِيرَ الْمَلِكَةَ فَأَخْبَرَتْ أَسْتِيرُ الْمَلِكَ بِاسْمِ مُرْدَخَايَ.

23  And when an inquiry was made into the matter, it was confirmed, and both were hanged on a gallows; and it was written in the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king.

23  فَفُحِصَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ وَوُجِدَ فَصُلِبَا كِلاَهُمَا عَلَى خَشَبَةٍ وَكُتِبَ ذَلِكَ فِي سِفْرِ أَخْبَارِ الأَيَّامِ أَمَامَ الْمَلِكِ.