Estera 2

1 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.

After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

2 Potem so mu kraljevi služabniki, ki so mu služili, rekli: »Naj bodo za kralja poiskane lepe mlade device.

Then said the king’s servants that ministered to him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

3 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

And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins to Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, to the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:

4 in naj bo dekle, ki ugaja kralju, kraljica namesto Vaští.« Stvar je kralju ugajala in tako je storil.

And let the maiden which pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

5 Torej v palači Suze je bil nek Jud, katerega ime je bilo Mordohaj, sin Jaíra, sinú Šimíja, sinú Kiša, Benjaminovec,

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

6 ki je bil iz Jeruzalema odveden z ujetništvom, ki so bili odvedeni z Jehoníjem, Judovim kraljem, ki ga je babilonski kralj Nebukadnezar odvedel proč.

Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.

7 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.

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.

8 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.

So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also to the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

9 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.

And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her maids to the best place of the house of the women.

10 Estera pa ni prikazala svojega ljudstva niti svojega sorodstva, kajti Mordohaj ji je naročil, da naj tega ne prikaže.

Esther had not showed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not show it.

11 Mordohaj pa je vsak dan hodil pred dvor ženske hiše, da izve, kako se Estera počuti in kaj bo postalo iz nje.

And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

12 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),

Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors, and with other things for the purifying of the women; )

13 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.

Then thus came every maiden to the king; whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king’s house.

14 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.

In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in to the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.

15 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.

Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked on her.

16 Tako je bila Estera odpeljana h Kralju Ahasvérju, v njegovo kraljevo hišo, v desetem mesecu, ki je mesec tébet, v sedmem letu njegovega vladanja.

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

17 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.

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

18 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.

Then the king made a great feast to all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

19 Ko so drugič zbirali device skupaj, takrat je Mordohaj sedel pri kraljevih velikih vratih.

And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.

20 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.

Esther had not yet showed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.

21 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.

In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.

22 Stvar pa je bila odkrita Mordohaju, ki je to povedal kraljici Esteri in Estera je v Mordohajevem imenu o tem potrdila kralju.

And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it to Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai’s name.

23 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.

And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.