Esther 2
1 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.
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 said the young men of the king, who waited upon him, —Let them seek out for the king young virgins, of pleasing appearance;
Potem so mu kraljevi služabniki, ki so mu služili, rekli: »Naj bodo za kralja poiskane lepe mlade device.
3 and let the king appoint officers throughout all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them gather together every young virgin of pleasing appearance unto Shusan the palace, unto the house of the women, into the custody of Hegai eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, and let there be given the things needed for their purification;
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, the maiden that is pleasing in the eyes of the king, let her be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing seemed good in the eyes of 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 A certain Jew, there was, in Shusan the palace, —whose, name, was Mordecai, son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a man 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 exiled from Jerusalem, with the exiles who were carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, —whom, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, exiled.
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 it came to pass, that he was bringing up Hadassah, the same, was Esther, his uncle’s daughter, for she had neither father nor mother, —and, the maiden, was of beautiful form and pleasing appearance, and when her father and mother died, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
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 So it came to pass, when the king’s command and decree was heard, and there had been gathered together many maidens unto Shusan the palace, unto the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the house of the king, unto the custody of Hegai, 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 maiden was pleasing in his eyes, and she received lovingkindness before him, and he hastened to give her, the things needed for her purification, and things apportioned her, and to give her, seven select maidens, out of the house of the king, —and he removed her and her maidens to the best place in the house of the women.
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 Esther had not told of her people, nor of her kindred, —for, Mordecai, had laid charge upon her, that she should not tell.
Estera pa ni prikazala svojega ljudstva niti svojega sorodstva, kajti Mordohaj ji je naročil, da naj tega ne prikaže.
11 And, throughout every day, Mordecai, used to walk to and fro, before the court of the house of the women, —to get to know the welfare of Esther, and what would be done with her.
Mordohaj pa je vsak dan hodil pred dvor ženske hiše, da izve, kako se Estera počuti in kaj bo postalo iz nje.
12 Now, when the turn of each maiden came, to go in unto King Ahasuerus, after it had been done to her according to the law of the women for twelve months, for, so, were filled the days of their purification, —six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfumes, and with things for the purification of the women,
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 then, indeed, the maiden came in unto the king, —whatsoever she might mention, was given her, to go with her, out of the house of the women up to the house of the king:
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 in the evening, she went in, and, in the morning, she returned—unto the second house of the women, unto the custody of Shaashgaz the king’s eunuch, who kept the concubines, —she went not in again unto the king, except the king delighted in her, and she were 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 But, when the turn came for Esther daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai—who had taken her as his own daughter—to go in unto the king, she requested nothing, save what Hegai the king’s eunuch who kept the women might direct, —but so it was, that Esther obtained favour in the eyes of all who beheld 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 then Esther was taken unto King Ahasuerus, into his royal house, in the tenth month, the same, was the month Tebeth, —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 above all the women, and she obtained favour and lovingkindness before him, above all the virgins, —so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen, instead of Vashti.
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 Then the king made a great banquet, for all his rulers and his servants, the banquet of Esther, —and, a remission, for all the provinces, made he, and gave a present, according to the bounty of a king.
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 Now, when virgins were gathered together second time, then, Mordecai, was sitting in the gate of the king.
Ko so drugič zbirali device skupaj, takrat je Mordohaj sedel pri kraljevih velikih vratih.
20 Esther had not told of her kindred, nor her people, as, Mordecai, had laid charge upon her, —and, the command of Mordecai, Esther performed, like as when she was being brought up with him.
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 In those days, when, Mordecai, was sitting in the gate of the king, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the eunuchs of the king who guarded the threshold, were wroth, and sought to thrust a hand upon King Ahasuerus;
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 but the thing became known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen, —and Esther told it unto the king, in the name of Mordecai.
Stvar pa je bila odkrita Mordohaju, ki je to povedal kraljici Esteri in Estera je v Mordohajevem imenu o tem potrdila kralju.
23 And, when the thing was searched into and found [true], then were they two hanged upon the gallows, and it was written, in the book of the chronicles, before the king.
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.
