Књига о Јестири 2

1 После тога, кад се утиша гнев цара Асвира, он се опомену Астине и шта је учинила и шта је наређено за њу.

After these things, when the king's feelings were calmer, the thought of Vashti and what she had done and the order he had made against her, came back to his mind.

2 И рекоше момци цареви, слуге његове: Да потраже цару младих девојака лепих;

Then the servants who were waiting on the king said to him, Let search be made for some fair young virgins for the king:

3 И нека одреди цар приставе по свим земљама царства свог да скупе све девојке младе и лепе у Сусан град царски у женски двор под руку Игаја дворанина царевог, чувара женског, и нека им се дају потребе за лепоту.

Let the king give authority to certain men in all the divisions of his kingdom, to get together all the fair young virgins and send them to Shushan, the king's town, to the women's house, under the care of Hegai, the king's servant, the keeper of the women: and let the things needed for making them clean be given to them;

4 Па која девојка буде по вољи цару, нека буде царица на Астинино место. И то би по вољи цару, и учини тако.

And let the girl who is pleasing to the king be queen in place of Vashti. And the king was pleased with this suggestion; and he did so.

5 Беше у Сусану, царском граду Јудејац по имену Мардохеј, син Јаира сина Симеја сина Кисовог, од племена Венијаминовог,

Now there was a certain Jew in Shushan named Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;

6 Који би одведен у ропство из Јерусалима с робљем које би одведено у ропство с Јехонијом царем Јудиним, ког зароби Навуходоносор, цар вавилонски.

Who had been taken away from Jerusalem among those who had been made prisoner with Jeconiah, king of Judah, when Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had taken him away.

7 Он одгајаше Адасу, а то је Јестира, кћи стрица његовог, јер не имаше оца ни матере; а девојка беше лепог стаса и красног лица, и по смрти оца јој и матере узе је Мардохеј за кћер.

And he had been a father to Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his father's brother: for she had no father or mother, and she was very beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his daughter.

8 И кад се разгласи реч царева и заповест, и много се девојака скупи у Сусан град царски под руку Игајеву, би и Јестира доведена у двор царев, под руку Игаја чувара женског.

So when the order made by the king was publicly given out, and a number of girls had been placed in the care of Hegai in the king's house in Shushan, Esther was taken into the king's house and put in the care of Hegai, the keeper of the women.

9 И девојка му омиле и нађе милост у њега, те јој одмах даде потребе за лепоту и део њен, и седам присталих девојака из царског дома, и намести је с њеним девојкама на најлепше место у женском дому.

And he was pleased with the girl and was kind to her; and he quickly gave her what was needed for making her clean, and the things which were hers by right, and seven servant-girls who were to be hers from the king's house: and he had her and her servant-girls moved to the best place in the women's part of the house.

10 Јестира не каза народ свој ни род свој, јер јој Мардохеј беше забранио да не казује.

Esther had not said what family or people she came from, for Mordecai had given her orders not to do so.

11 А Мардохеј ходаше сваки дан испред трема од женског дома да би дознао како је Јестира и шта ће бити од ње.

And every day Mordecai took his walk before the square of the women's house, to see how Esther was and what would be done to her.

12 А кад би дошао ред на коју девојку да уђе к цару Асвиру, пошто би јој се чинило по женском закону дванаест месеца (јер толико времена требаше да се улепшавају, шест месеца уљем од смирне, а шест месеца мирисима и другим стварима за лепоту женску),

Now every girl, when her turn came, had to go in to King Ahasuerus, after undergoing, for a space of twelve months, what was ordered by the law for the women (for this was the time necessary for making them clean, that is, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with sweet perfumes and such things as are needed for making women clean):

13 Тада би девојка ишла к цару, и шта би год рекла дало би јој се да с тим иде из женске куће у дом царев.

And in this way the girl went in to the king; whatever she had a desire for was given to her to take with her from the women's house into the house of the king.

14 Увече би ушла, а ујутру би се вратила у другу кућу женску под руку Сазгаза дворанина царевог, чувара иночког; више не би ишла к цару, већ ако би је хтео цар, те би била позвана по имену.

In the evening she went, and on the day after she came back to the second house of the women, into the keeping of Shaashgaz, one of the king's unsexed servants who had the care of the king's wives: only if the king had delight in her and sent for her by name did she go in to him again.

15 И тако, кад дође ред на Јестиру, кћер Авихаила стрица Мардохејевог, коју беше узео за кћер, да уђе к цару, она не заиска ништа него шта рече Игај дворанин царев, чувар женски; и Јестира налажаше милост у сваког ко је виђаше.

Now when the time came for Esther, the daughter of Abihail, his father's brother, whom Mordecai had taken as his daughter, to go in to the king, she made request for nothing but what Hegai, the king's servant and keeper of the women, had given her. And Esther was looked on kindly by all who saw her.

16 Тако би Јестира одведена к цару Асвиру у царски двор његов десетог месеца, које је месец Тевет, седме године царовања његовог.

So Esther was taken in to King Ahasuerus in his house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his rule.

17 И цару омиле Јестира мимо све друге жене, и придоби милост и љубав његову мимо све девојке, те јој метну царски венац на главу и учини је царицом на место Астинино.

And Esther was more pleasing to the king than all the women, and to his eyes she was fairer and more full of grace than all the other virgins: so he put his crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

18 И учини цар велику гозбу свим кнезовима својим и слугама својим ради Јестире, и поклони земљама олакшице, и раздаде дарове како цар може.

Then the king gave a great feast for all his captains and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he gave orders through all the divisions of his kingdom for a day of rest from work, and gave wealth from his store.

19 А кад се другом скупљаху девојке, Мардохеј сеђаше на вратима царевим.

And when the virgins came together in the second house of the women, Mordecai took his seat in the doorway of the king's house.

20 А Јестира не каза свој род ни народ, као што јој беше заповедио Мардохеј, и Јестира чињаше шта јој Мардохеј говораше, као кад се одгајаше код њега.

Esther had still said nothing of her family or her people, as Mordecai had given her orders; for Esther did what Mordecai said, as when she was living with him.

21 У те дане, кад Мардохеј сеђаше на вратима царевим, расрдише се Вихтан и Тарес, два дворанина царева између оних који стражаху на прагу, и гледаху да дигну руке на цара Асвира.

In those days, while Mordecai was seated at the king's doorway, two of the king's servants, Bigthan and Teresh, keepers of the door, being angry, were looking for a chance to make an attack on King Ahasuerus.

22 А то дозна Мардохеј и јави царици Јестири, а Јестира каза цару у име Мардохејево.

And Mordecai, having knowledge of their purpose, sent word of it to Esther the queen; and Esther gave the news to the king in Mordecai's name.

23 И кад се ствар извиде и нађе, бише обешена она обојица на дрво, и то се записа у књигу дневника пред царем.

And when the thing had been looked into, it was seen to be true, and the two of them were put to death by hanging on a tree: and it was put down in the records before the king.