Estera 1
1 Ary tamin’ ny andro nanjakan’ i Ahasoerosy (ity Ahasoerosy ity ilay nanjaka hatrany India ka hatrany Etiopia, ka nizarazara ho fito amby roa-polo amby zato toko ny fanjakany),
And it came to pass after these things in the days of Artaxerxes, —(this Artaxerxes ruled over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India)—
2 dia tamin’ izany andro izany, raha nipetraka teo ambonin’ ny seza fiandrianan’ ny fanjakany, izay tany Sosana renivohitra, Ahasoerosy mpanjaka,
in those days, when king Artaxerxes was on the throne in the city of Susa,
3 tamin’ ny taona fahatelo nanjakany, dia nanao fanasana ho an’ ny mpanapaka sy ny mpanompony rehetra izy; ary teo anatrehany koa ny lehiben’ ny miaramilan’ i Persia sy Media sy ny mpanapaka mbamin’ ireo komandin’ ny isan-tokony amin’ ny fanjakany;
in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to his friends, and the other nations, and to the nobles of the Persians and Medes, and the chief of the satraps.
4 ary nasehony andro maro, dia valo-polo amby zato andro, ny harena amam-boninahitry ny fanjakany ary ny tabiha sy rehareha momba ny fahalehibiazany.
And after this, after he had shewn to them the wealth of his kingdom, and the abundant glory of his wealth during a hundred and eighty days,
5 Ary rehefa tapitra izany andro izany, ny olona rehetra izay tany Sosana renivohitra, na lehibe na kely, dia nanaovan’ ny mpanjaka fanasana naharitra hafitoana teo amin’ ny kianjan’ ny tanimbolin’ ny tranon’ ny mpanjaka;
when, [I say], the days of the marriage feast were completed, the king made a banquet to the nations who were present in the city six days, in the court of the king’s house,
6 ary nisy lamba fotsy sy misoratsoratra sy manga nifehy tamin’ ny kofehy rongony fotsy sy volomparasy tamin’ ny masom-bolafotsy sy tsangantsangany vato marmora fotsy; ary nisy farafara volamena sy volafotsy teo amin’ ny lampivato alabastara sy marmora fotsy sy hara ary marmora mainty.
[which was] adorned with [hangings] of fine linen and flax on cords of fine linen and purple, fastened to golden and silver studs, on pillars of Parian marble and stone: [there were] golden and silver couches on a pavement of emerald stone, and of pearl, and of Parian stone, and open-worked coverings variously flowered, [having] roses worked round about;
7 Ary ny olona dia nampisotroina tamin’ ny kapoaka volamena (samy hafa avokoa ny kapoaka, ) ary betsaka ny divain’ andriana araka ny fanomen’ ny mpanjaka.
gold and silver cups, and a small cup of carbuncle set out of the value of thirty thousand talents, abundant and sweet wine, which the king himself drank.
8 Ary ny nisotroan’ ny olona dia araka ny tenin’ andriana, ka tsy nisy nanery; fa toy izany no nandidian’ ny mpanjaka ny mpitandrina ny tranony rehetra mba hanaovan’ ny olona araka izay sitrapony avy.
And this banquet was not according to the appointed law; but so the king would have it: and he charged the stewards to perform his will and that of the company.
9 Ary Vasty, vadin’ ny mpanjaka, dia mba nanao fanasana ho an’ ny vehivavy koa tao amin’ ny tranom-panjakana, izay an’ i Ahasoerosy mpanjaka.
Also Astin the queen made a banquet for the women in the palace where king Artaxerxes [dwelt].
10 Ary tamin’ ny andro fahafito, nony faly ny fon’ ny mpanjaka azon’ ny divay, dia nomeny teny Mehomana sy Bizta sy Harbona sy Bigta sy Abagta sy Zetara ry Karkasa, tsindranolahy fito izay nanompo teo anatrehan’ i Ahasoerosy mpanjaka,
Now on the seventh day the king, being merry, told Aman, and Bazan, and Tharrha, and Barazi, and Zatholtha, and Abataza, and Tharaba, the seven chamberlains, servants of king Artaxerxes,
11 ba hitondra an’ i Vasty, vadin’ ny mpanjaka, ho eo anatrehan’ ny mpanjaka, misatroka ny satro-boninahitry ny fanjakana, mba haseho amin’ ny olona sy ny mpanapaka ny hatsaran-tarehiny; fa maha-te-hizaha izy.
to bring in the queen to him, to enthrone her, and crown her with the diadem, and to shew her to the princes, and her beauty to the nations: for she was beautiful.
12 Fa Vasty, vadin’ ny mpanjaka, nandà ny tenin’ ny mpanjaka nentin’ ny tsindranolahy ka tsy nety nankany. Dia tezitra loatra ny mpanjaka, ka nirehitra tao am-pony ny fahatezerany.
But queen Astin hearkened not to him to come with the chamberlains: so the king was grieved and angered.
13 Dia hoy ny mpanjaka tamin’ ny olon-kendry izay mpanandro (toy izany no nanaovana ny raharahan’ ny mpanjaka teo anatrehan’ izay rehetra nahalala lalàna sy fitsarana;
And he said to his friends, Thus has Astin spoken: pronounce therefore upon this [case] law and judgment.
14 ary ny teo akaikiny dia Rarsena, Setara, Admata, Tarsisy, Maresa, Marsena, Memokana, mpanapaka fito tamin’ i Persia sy Media, izay nahita ny tarehin’ ny mpanjaka ka nipetraka tamin’ ny fitoerana aloha teo amin’ ny fanjakana):
So Arkesæus, and Sarsathæus, and Malisear, the princes of the Persians and Medes, who were near the king, who sat chief [in rank] by the king, drew near to him,
15 Ahoana no hanaovana an’ i Vasty, vadin’ ny mpanjaka, raha araka ny lalàna, satria tsy nankato ny didiko, izaho Ahasoerosy mpanjaka, nentin’ ny tsindranolahy izy?
and reported to him according to the laws how it was proper to do to queen Astin, because she had not done the things commanded of the king by the chamberlains.
16 Dia namaly Memokana teo anatrehan’ ny mpanjaka sy ny mpanapaka ka nanao hoe: Tsy tamin’ ny mpanjaka ihany no nanaovan’ i Vasty, vadin’ ny mpanjaka, izao ratsy izao, fa tamin’ ny mpanapaka rehetra koa sy ny vahoaka rehetra isan-tokony eran’ ny fanjakan’ i Ahasoerosy mpanjaka;
And Muchæus said to the king and to the princes, Queen Astin has not wronged the king only, but also all the king’s rulers and princes:
17 fa hiely any amin’ ny vehivavy rehetra izao zavatra nataon’ ny vadin’ ny mpanjaka izao, ka hanaovany ny vadiny ho tsinontsinona eo imasony, fa samy hanao hoe: Ahasoerosy mpanjaka aza nandidy an’ i Vasty vadiny ho entina eo anatrehany, nefa tsy nety izy.
for he has told them the words of the queen, and how she disobeyed the king. As then, [said he], she refused [to obey] king Artaxerxes,
18 Ary na dia amin’ izao andro izao aza ny andriambavin’ i Persia sy Media, izay mandre ny nataon’ ny vadin’ ny mpanjaka, dia samy hilaza izany amin’ ny mpanapaka rehetra voatendrin’ ny mpanjaka; ka dia ho loza loatra ny famingavingana sy ny faniratsirana.
so this day shall the other ladies of the chiefs of the Persians and Medes, having heard what she said to the king, dare in the same way to dishonour their husbands.
19 Koa raha sitraky ny mpanjaka, dia aoka hisy didim-panjakana hivoaka avy eto amin’ ny mpanjaka ka hosoratana ao amin’ ny lalàn’ i Persia sy Media ka dia tsy hovana, fa tsy hahazo hankeo anatrehan’ i Ahasoerosy mpanjaka intsony Vasty; ary ny voninahitr’ i Vasty dia aoka homen’ ny mpanjaka ho an’ izay vehivavy hafa tsara noho izy.
If then it seem good to the king, let him make a royal decree, and let it be written according to the laws of the Medes and Persians, and let him not alter [it]: and let not the queen come in to him any more; and let the king give her royalty to a woman better than she.
20 Ary raha torina eran’ ny fanjakany rehetra (fa lehibe izany) ny lalàn’ ny mpanjaka izay hataony, dia samy hanome voninahitra ny vadiny avy na lehibe na kely, ny vehivavy rehetra.
And let the law of the king which he shall have made, be widely proclaimed, in his kingdom: and so shall all the women give honour to their husbands, from the poor even to the rich.
21 Dia sitraky ny mpanjaka sy ny mpanapaka izany teny izany; ka dia nanao araka ny tenin’ i Memokana ny mpanjaka,
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did as Muchæus had said,
22 ka nampitondra taratasy izy ho any amin’ ny isan-tokony amin’ ny fanjakan’ ny mpanjaka, dia isan-tokony araka ny sorany avy, ary isam-pirenena araka ny fiteniny avy, mba hahatapaka ny ao an-tranony avy ny lehilahy rehetra, ary samy hiteny araka ny fiteniny avy isam-pirenena.
and sent into all his kingdom through the several provinces, according to their language, in order that men might be feared in their own houses.
