Esther 2
1 Some time later, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus had subsided, he remembered what Vashti had done and what had been decreed against her.
Ie añe, naho fa nanintsiñe ty fiforoforoa’ i Akasverose mpanjaka, le nitiahi’e t’i Vastý, i nanoa’ey vaho i nandiliañe azey.
2 Then the king’s servants who waited upon him said, ‘Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king,
Le hoe o mpitoro’ i mpanjakay niatrak’ azeo: Ehe te ho tsoeheñe ho a i mpanjakay ty somondrara soa vintañe t’ie isaheñe;
3 and let the king appoint commissioners to all the provinces of his kingdom to gather them all to Susa the royal residence. Let them be brought into the women’s quarters under the custody of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who has charge of the women. Then give them what is needed to make them beautiful,
le ehe te hanendre sorotà amo hene fifeleha’ i fifehea’eio i mpanjakay hanontonañe an-drova’ i Sosane atoy, añ’ anjomban-drakemba ao, ambane’ ty lili’ i Hegè, mpiatrak’ i mpanjakay, mpañambeñe o ampelao, ze fonga somondrara tsomerentsereñe ho tolorañe ze paia’e ho ami’ty fihaminañe;
4 and let the girl who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.’ The proposal pleased the king so he put it into action.
vaho ty somondrara tea’ i mpanjakay ty ho mpanjaka-ampela handimbe i Vastý. Nitea’ i mpanjakay i entañey le nanoe’e.
5 In Susa the royal residence lived a Jew named Mordecai. He was son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjamite.
Teo t’i nte-Iehoda an-drova’ i Sosane ao, i Mordekay, ana’ Iaire, ana’ i Simeý, ana’ i Kise, ana’ i Beniamine ty tahina’e;
6 (Kish had been carried away from Jerusalem with the exiles who were deported with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon took captive.)
amo nendeseñe boak’ Ierosalaimeo, o nasese an-drohy nindre am’ Iekonià mpanjaka’ Iehodao, o nasese’ i Nebokadnetsare mpanjaka’ i Bavele mb’eoo.
7 Mordecai had adopted Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter, since she had neither father nor mother. The girl was shapely and beautiful; and after her father and mother died, Mordecai raised her as if she was his own daughter.
Le nibeize’e t’i Hadasae, natao Estere, anak’ ampelan-drahalahin-drae’e; fa bode-rae naho tsy aman-drene naho nisoa vintañe vaho trenotreno’e i somondraray; aa kanao fa nihomake ty rae’e naho i rene’e le rinambe’ i Mordekay re ho anak’ ampela’e.
8 When the king’s command and decree were known, many girls were gathered together to Susa the capital under the custody of Hegai. Esther was also taken into the king’s palace and placed under the custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women.
Aa ie jinanjiñe ty lily naho tsei’ i mpanjakay, le natontoñe an-drova’ i Sosane ao ty somondrara maro ambane’ ty fifehea’ i Hegey; le nampihovaeñe añ’ anjomba’ i mpanjakay, ambane’ i Hegè mpañambeñe o somondrarao, ka t’i Estere.
9 The girl pleased him and gained his favour, so that he quickly gave her the cosmetics she needed to enhance her beauty and her allowance of food and the seven maids selected from the king’s household. He also transferred her and her maids to the best place in the harem.
Le nahafale aze i somondraray, le nahaoniña’e tretre, le nitolora’e aniany ze nipaiaeñe amy fañaliova’ey naho o faha’eo vaho ty somondrara fito nañeva boak’ añ’ anjombam-panjaka ao; le nasì’e mb’amy toetse soay re rekets’ i mpiatra’e rey.
10 Esther had not revealed her people nor her family background because Mordecai had ordered her not to.
Tsy naboa’ i Estere ondati’eo ndra i toñon-droae’ey, fa nafanto’ i Mordekay ama’e te tsy ho volañe’e.
11 Every day Mordecai would to walk in front of the courtyard of the harem and ask after Esther’s health and what was happening to her.
Le nidraidraitse aolon-kiririsan’ anjomban-drakemba eo boak’ andro t’i Mordekay handrendreke i Estere naho ze nanoañe.
12 The girls were prepared for meeting King Ahasuerus for twelve months: six months being treated with oil of myrrh and six months with perfumes and cosmetics. After the twelve months,
Nitsatoke ho a o somondrarao te sindre hiheo añatrefa’ i Akasverose mpanjaka eo naho fa heneke ty volañe folo-ro’ amby ty amy lilin-tsomondraray (fa zay ty nahaheneke o androm-piliovañeo, toe enem-bolañe an-tsolike rame naho enem-bolañe ami’ty mañidè naho o soli-drakemba ila’eo),
13 each girl went in to the king. She was allowed to take with her whatever she wished from the women’s quarters,
Zao ty niheova’ ty somondrara mb’amy mpanjakay mb’eo; natolotse aze ndra inoñ’ inoñe paiae’e hindeseñe boak’ amy anjomban-drakembay mb’ amy anjomba’ i mpanjakay mb’eo.
14 and would enter the palace in the evening and return the next morning to another part of the harem under the care of the king’s eunuch Shaashgaz who was in charge of concubines. She would not go to the king again unless he desired her and summoned her by name.
Nizilik’ ao re te hariva, le niavotse mb’añ’ anjomba faharoe’ o roakembao mb’eo te loak’ andro, ho ambane’ ty fifehea’ i Sasgaze, mpiatra’ i mpanjakay, mpañambeñe o sakezao; le tsy niheo mb’amy mpanjakay ka re naho tsy te nitea’e vaho nikanjie’e ami’ty añara’e.
15 When it was the turn of Esther (the girl adopted by Mordecai, daughter of his uncle Abihail) to go in to the king, she only took with her those things that Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, had advised her to take. Esther was liked by all who saw her.
Ie nitsatok’ amy Estere, ana’ i Abihaile, rahalahin-drae’ i Mordekay nandrambe aze ho ana’ey, ty himoak’ amy mpanjakay, le tsy ino ty nipaia’e naho tsy ze natoro’ i Hege, mpiatra’ i mpanjakay, mpañamben-droakembay. Le nahaonim-pañisohañe am-pihaino’ ze hene nahaisak’ aze t’i Estere.
16 Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
Aa le nasese mb’amy Akasverose mpanjaka mb’añ’ anjombam-panjaka mb’eo amy volam-pahafolo, volam-balasira, taom-pahafitom-pifehea’ey t’i Estere.
17 And the king loved her more than all the other women, and she became his favourite and won his affection. He placed the royal diadem on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.
Le nikokoa’ i mpanjakay mandikoatse ze somondrara iaby t’i Estere, ie nahaonim-pañisohañe naho fitretrezañe am-pahaisaha’e eo ambone’ o somondrara iabio, aa le nasampe’e an-doha’e eo i sabakam-pifeheañey, le nanoe’e mpanjaka-ampela handimbe i Vastý.
18 Then the king gave a great feast to all his officials and courtiers in honour of Esther, and he remitted the taxes of the provinces and distributed gifts with royal liberality.
Le nanao betitake, ty takataka’ i Estere, ho a ze hene roandria’e naho mpitoro’e i mpanjakay; le nampitofa’e o fifelehañeo vaho nitolora’e falalàñe mañeva ty vara’ i mpanjakay.
19 All the time the virgins were assembled again, Mordecai was sitting as an offical at the king’s gate.
Ie natontoñe fañindroe’e o somondrarao le niambesatse an-dalambeim-panjaka eo t’i Mordekay.
20 Esther had not revealed her people or family background because she still obeyed him as she had when he was bringing her up.
Mbe tsy vinola’ i Estere ty filongoa’e ndra ondati’eo, namantoha’ i Mordekaiy; fa mbe nañorike ty lili’ i Mordekay t’i Estere manahake tamy nañabeiza’ey.
21 In those days while Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, two of the royal court attendants, Bigthan and Teresh, who guarded the entrance of the palace, became enraged and attempted to kill King Ahasuerus.
Tamy andro rezay, ie niambesatse an-dalambei’ i mpanjakay t’i Mordekay; le niboseke t’i Bigtane naho i Terese, roe amo mpiatra’ i mpanjakaio, mpañambeñe i lalañey, ie nikilily hampipao-pitàñe amy Akasverose mpanjaka.
22 But Mordecai learned of the conspiracy and disclosed it to Queen Esther, and she told the king on Mordecai’s behalf.
Fe nioni’ i Mordekay i kiniay naho natalili’e amy Estere, mpanjaka-ampelay vaho tinaro’ i Estere amy mpanjakay amy tahina’ i Mordekaiy.
23 When the affair was investigated and the facts discovered, the conspirators were both hanged on the gallows. The incident was recorded in the presence of the king in the daily record of events.
Ie nitsikaraheñe i kililiy le nirendreke naho songa naradorado an-katae ie roe; vaho nisokireñe am-boken-talily añatrefa’ i mpanjakay ao.
