Esther 2
1 And after this the king’s anger was pacified, and he no more mentioned Astin, bearing in mind what she had said, and how he had condemned her.
Po teh stvareh, ko je bil bes Kralja Ahasvérja pomirjen, se je spomnil Vaští in kar je storila in kaj je bilo odrejeno zoper njo.
2 Then the servants of the king said, Let there be sought for the king chaste [and] beautiful young virgins.
Potem so mu kraljevi služabniki, ki so mu služili, rekli: »Naj bodo za kralja poiskane lepe mlade device.
3 And let the king appoint local governors in all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them select fair [and] chaste young damsels [and bring them] to the city Susa, into the women’s apartment, and let them be consigned to the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women; and let things for purification and other attendance be given [to them].
Kralj naj določi častnike po vseh provincah svojega kraljestva, da lahko zberejo skupaj vse lepe mlade device v palačo Suze, v žensko hišo, pod oskrbo Hege, kraljevega glavnega upravitelja, čuvaja žensk in naj jim bodo dane njihove stvari za očiščevanje
4 And let the woman who shall please the king be queen instead of Astin. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
in naj bo dekle, ki ugaja kralju, kraljica namesto Vaští.« Stvar je kralju ugajala in tako je storil.
5 Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mardochæus, the [son] of Jairus, [the son] of Semeias, [the son] of Cisæus, of the tribe of Benjamin;
Torej v palači Suze je bil nek Jud, katerega ime je bilo Mordohaj, sin Jaíra, sinú Šimíja, sinú Kiša, Benjaminovec,
6 who had been brought a prisoner from Jerusalem, which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried into captivity.
ki je bil iz Jeruzalema odveden z ujetništvom, ki so bili odvedeni z Jehoníjem, Judovim kraljem, ki ga je babilonski kralj Nebukadnezar odvedel proč.
7 And he had a foster-child, daughter of Aminadab his father’s brother, and her name [was] Esther; and when her parents were dead, he brought her up for a wife for himself: and the damsel was beautiful.
Vzgajal je Hadáso, to je Estero, hčer svojega strica, kajti ni imela niti očeta niti matere, deklica pa je bila lepa in krasna, ki si jo je Mordohaj, ko sta bila njen oče in mati mrtva, vzel za svojo lastno hčer.
8 And because the king’s ordinance was published, many damsels were gathered to the city Susa under the hand of Gai; and Esther was brought to Gai the keeper of the women.
Tako se je pripetilo, ko se je slišala kraljeva zapoved in njegov odlok in ko je bilo mnogo deklet skupaj zbranih v palači Suze, k oskrbi Hegája, da je bila tudi Estera privedena v kraljevo hišo, v oskrbo Hegája, čuvaja žensk.
9 And the damsel pleased him, and she found favour in his sight; and he hasted to give her the things for purification, and her portion, and the seven maidens appointed her out of the palace: and he treated her and her maidens well in the women’s apartment.
Dekle mu je ugajalo in od njega doseglo naklonjenost. Naglo ji je dal njene stvari za očiščenje, s takšnimi stvarmi, kakor so ji pripadale in sedem služabnic, ki so bile primerne, da so ji bile izročene iz kraljeve hiše, ter njo in njene deklice privedel v najboljši prostor ženske hiše.
10 But Esther discovered not her family nor her kindred: for Mardochæus had charged her not to tell.
Estera pa ni prikazala svojega ljudstva niti svojega sorodstva, kajti Mordohaj ji je naročil, da naj tega ne prikaže.
11 But Mardochæus used to walk every day by the women’s court, to see what would become of Esther.
Mordohaj pa je vsak dan hodil pred dvor ženske hiše, da izve, kako se Estera počuti in kaj bo postalo iz nje.
12 Now this was the time for a virgin to go in to the king, when she should have fulfilled twelve months; for so are the days of purification fulfilled, six months while they are anointing themselves with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices and women’s purifications.
Torej, ko je prišla za vsako deklico vrsta, da gre h Kralju Ahasvérju, potem ko je bila dvanajst mesecev, glede na določen način za ženske (kajti tako so bili dnevi njihovih očiščevanj dovršeni, namreč šest mesecev z oljem iz mire in šest mesecev s prijetnimi dišavami in z drugimi stvarmi za očiščevanje žensk),
13 And then [the damsel] goes in to the king; and [the officer] to whomsoever he shall give the command, will bring her to come in with him from the women’s apartment to the king’s chamber.
potem je vsako dekle tako prišlo h kralju. Karkoli si je želela, ji je bilo dano, da gre z njo iz ženske hiše v kraljevo hišo.
14 She enters in the evening, and in the morning she departs to the second women’s apartment, where Gai the king’s chamberlain [is] keeper of the women: and she goes not in to the king again, unless she should be called by name.
Zvečer je odšla, naslednji dan pa se je vrnila v drugo žensko hišo, k oskrbi Šaašgáza, kraljevega glavnega upravitelja, ki je čuval priležnice. Ni več prišla h kralju, razen če se je kralj razveseljeval v njej in da je bila poklicana po imenu.
15 And when the time was fulfilled for Esther the daughter of Aminadab the brother of Mardochæus’ father to go in to the king, she neglected nothing which the chamberlain, the women’s keeper, commanded; for Esther found grace in the sight of all that looked upon her.
Torej ko je bila vrsta na Esteri, hčeri Abihájila, Mordohajevega strica, ki si jo je vzel za svojo hčer, je prišla, da gre noter h kralju. Ničesar ni zahtevala, razen kar je Hegáj, kraljevi glavni upravitelj, čuvaj žensk, določil. In Estera je dosegla naklonjenost v očeh vseh tistih, ki so pogledali nanjo.
16 So Esther went in to king Artaxerxes in the twelfth month, which is Adar, in the seventh year of his reign.
Tako je bila Estera odpeljana h Kralju Ahasvérju, v njegovo kraljevo hišo, v desetem mesecu, ki je mesec tébet, v sedmem letu njegovega vladanja.
17 And the king loved Esther, and she found favour beyond all the [other] virgins: and he put on her the queen’s crown.
Kralj pa je ljubil Estero nad vsemi ženskami in dosegla je milost in naklonjenost v njegovem pogledu, bolj kot vse device, tako da je kraljevo krono postavil na njeno glavo in jo naredil kraljico namesto Vaští.
18 And the king made a banquet for all his friends and great men for seven days, and he highly celebrated the marriage of Esther; and he made a release to those who were under his dominion.
Takrat je kralj naredil veliko praznovanje vsem svojim princem in svojim služabnikom, celó Esterin praznik. Provincam je naredil razbremenitev in dal darove glede na kraljevo razkošje.
19 But Mardochæus served in the palace.
Ko so drugič zbirali device skupaj, takrat je Mordohaj sedel pri kraljevih velikih vratih.
20 Now Esther had not discovered her kindred; for so Mardochæus commanded her, to fear God, and perform his commandments, as when she was with him: and Esther changed not her manner of life.
Estera še ni prikazala svojega sorodstva niti svojega ljudstva, kakor ji je Mordohaj naročil, kajti Estera je izvršila Mordohajevo zapoved, podobno kakor, ko je bila vzgajana pri njem.
21 And two chamberlains of the king, the chiefs of the body-guard, were grieved, because Mardochæus was promoted; and they sought to kill king Artaxerxes.
V tistih dneh, medtem ko je Mordohaj sedel pri kraljevih velikih vratih, sta bila dva izmed glavnih dvornih upraviteljev, Bigtáj in Tereš, izmed tistih, ki sta varovala vrata, ogorčena in iskala, da položita roko na Kralja Ahasvérja.
22 And the matter was discovered to Mardochæus, and he made it known to Esther, and she declared to the king the matter of the conspiracy.
Stvar pa je bila odkrita Mordohaju, ki je to povedal kraljici Esteri in Estera je v Mordohajevem imenu o tem potrdila kralju.
23 And the king examined the two chamberlains, and hanged them: and the king gave orders to make a note for a memorial in the royal records of the good offices of Mardochæus, as a commendation.
Ko je bilo o tej zadevi opravljeno zasliševanje, je bilo to razkrito, zato sta bila oba obešena na drevo. To je bilo pred kraljem zapisano v kroniško knjigo.
