Esther 2
1 After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
Etter ei tid var gjengi og sinne hadde runne av kong Ahasveros, tenkte han på Vasti, og åtferda hennar, og domen yver henne.
2 Then the king’s servants who served him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.
Hirdmennerne som gjorde tenesta hjå kongen, sagde då: «Lat folk leita upp åt kongen fagre ungmøyar!
3 Let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the beautiful young virgins to the citadel of Susa, to the women’s house, to the custody of Hegai the king’s eunuch, keeper of the women. Let cosmetics be given them;
Lat kongen setja folk i alle kongens jarlerike til å samla alle fagre ungmøyar til kvendehuset i borgi Susan under tilsyn av kongens hirdmann Hege, kvendevaktaren, so dei kann få det dei treng til å hama seg.
4 and let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” The thing pleased the king, and he did so.
Den ungmøyi som kongen likar, ho skal då verta dronning i staden for Vasti.» Dette tykte kongen vel um, og han so gjorde.
5 There was a certain Jew in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,
I borgi Susan var det ein jøde som heitte Mordokai, son åt Ja’ir, son åt Sime’i, son åt Kis, av Benjamins-ætti.
6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
Han var burtførd frå Jerusalem millom dei fangarne som vart burtførde saman med Juda-kongen Jekonja, dei som Babel-kongen Nebukadnessar førde burt.
7 He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
Han var fosterfar åt Hadassa, som og heitte Ester, dotter åt farbror hans; ho åtte korkje far eller mor. Gjenta var velvaksi og væn. Og då foreldri hennar døydde, tok Mordokai henne til seg som si eigi dotter.
8 So, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to the citadel of Susa, to the custody of Hegai, Esther was taken into the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
Då kongebodet og fyreseigni vart kunngjort, og dei samla saman mange ungmøyar i borgi Susan under tilsyn av Hegai, henta dei ogso Ester til kongshuset under tilsyn av kvendevaktaren Hegai.
9 The maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness from him. He quickly gave her cosmetics and her portions of food, and the seven choice maidens who were to be given her out of the king’s house. He moved her and her maidens to the best place in the women’s house.
Han lika gjenta godt og fann hugnad i henne. Difor skunda han seg å gjeva henne alt turvande til å hama seg, like eins gav han henne den maten ho skulde hava, og dei sju ternor ho skulde hava frå kongshuset. Han let henne og ternorne hennar flytja inn i beste romet i kvendehuset.
10 Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make it known.
Ester gat ikkje eit ord um folket sitt eller ætti si; Mordokai hadde sagt henne fyre å tegja um det.
11 Mordecai walked every day in front of the court of the women’s house, to find out how Esther was doing, and what would become of her.
Kvar einaste dag gjekk Mordokai att og fram utanfor garden ved kvendehuset, han vilde få vita kor det stod til med Ester, og kor det gjekk henne.
12 Each young woman’s turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after her purification for twelve months (for so were the days of their purification accomplished, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet fragrances and with preparations for beautifying women).
Kvar ungmøy kom inn til kong Ahasveros etter tur. Det gjekk tolv månader til å stella med deim etter påbodet um kvendi: seks månader med myrra-olje, og seks månader med angande salvar og anna som kvende treng til å hama seg.
13 The young woman then came to the king like this: whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the women’s house to the king’s house.
Når so ungmøyi gjekk inn til kongen, fekk ho med seg frå kvendehuset til kongshuset alt det ho ynskte.
14 In the evening she went, and on the next day she returned into the second women’s house, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch, who kept the concubines. She came in to the king no more, unless the king delighted in her, and she was called by name.
Um kvelden gjekk ho inn; um morgonen gjekk ho attende, men då til eit anna kvendehus, under tilsyn av kongens hirdmann Sa’asgaz, vaktaren yver fylgjekonorne. Ho fekk då ikkje koma inn att til kongen, minder kongen lika henne so godt, at han sende bod etter henne med namns nemning.
15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s eunuch, the keeper of the women, advised. Esther obtained favour in the sight of all those who looked at her.
Då radi kom til Ester, dotter åt Abiha’il, som var farbror åt Mordokai, fosterfar hennar, so kravde ho ikkje anna med seg enn det hirdmannen Hegai, kvendevaktaren, rådde til. Og alle som såg Ester, fann hugnad i henne.
16 So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus into his royal house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
Ester vart henta til kong Ahasveros i kongshuset hans i den tiande månaden, månaden tebet, i sjuande styringsåret hans.
17 The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she obtained favour and kindness 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.
Kongen vart gladare i Ester enn i alle dei andre kvendi; ho vann meir hugnad og godhug hjå honom enn alle dei andre ungmøyarne. Han sette kongskruna på hovudet hennar og gjorde henne til dronning i staden for Vasti.
18 Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces, and gave gifts according to the king’s bounty.
Og kongen gjorde eit stort gjestebod for alle hovdingarne og tenarane sine, eit Ester-gjestebod, og han gav skattelette i alle jarleriki og gav gåvor med kongeleg raustleik.
19 When the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate.
Andre gongen samla dei saman ungmøyar, og Mordokai sat då kongsporten.
20 Esther had not yet made known her relatives nor her people, as Mordecai had commanded her; for Esther obeyed Mordecai, like she did when she was brought up by him.
Ester hadde ikkje gjete ord um ætti si og folket sitt, etter pålegget frå Mordokai; Ester lydde framleides bodet hans Mordokai, like eins som då ho vart fostra hjå honom.
21 In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, who were doorkeepers, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.
Den tid Mordokai sat i kongsporten, vart Bigtan og Teres, tvo konglege hirdmenner som heldt vakt ved dørstokken, harme og freista finne høve til å leggja hand på kong Ahasveros.
22 This thing became known to Mordecai, who informed Esther the queen; and Esther informed the king in Mordecai’s name.
Mordokai fekk vita dette, og sagde det med dronning Ester; so nemde Ester det med kongen på Mordokais vegner.
23 When this matter was investigated, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a gallows; and it was written in the book of the chronicles in the king’s presence.
Saki vart granska, og det viste seg at det var sant, og dei tvo vart hengde i ein galge. Dette vart uppskrive i krønikeboki for kongen.
