Ester 2
1 Passadas estas coisas, e apaziguado já o furor do rei Assuero, lembrou-se de Vasthi, e do que fizera, e do que se tinha decretado a seu respeito.
Some time later, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus had subsided, he remembered what Vashti had done and what had been decreed against her.
2 Então disseram os mancebos do rei, que lhe serviam: Busquem-se para o rei moças virgens, formosas á vista.
Then the king’s servants who waited upon him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king,
3 E ponha o rei commissarios em todas as provincias do seu reino, que ajuntem a todas as moças virgens, formosas á vista, na fortaleza de Susan, na casa das mulheres, debaixo da mão d'Hegai, eunucho do rei, guarda das mulheres, e dêem-se-lhes os seus enfeites.
and let the king appoint commissioners to all the provinces of his kingdom to gather them all to Susa the royal residence. Let them be brought into the women’s quarters under the custody of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who has charge of the women. Then give them what is needed to make them beautiful,
4 E a moça que parecer bem aos olhos do rei, reine em logar de Vasthi. E isto pareceu bem aos olhos do rei, e assim fez.
and let the girl who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” The proposal pleased the king so he put it into action.
5 Havia então um homem judeo na fortaleza de Susan, cujo nome era Mardoqueo, filho de Jair, filho de Simei, filho de Kis, homem benjamita,
In Susa the royal residence lived a Jew named Mordecai. He was son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjamite.
6 Que fôra transportado de Jerusalem, com os transportados que foram transportados com Jechonias, rei de Judah, o qual transportara Nabucodonosor, rei de Babylonia.
(Kish had been carried away from Jerusalem with the exiles who were deported with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon took captive.)
7 Este criara a Hadassa (que é Esther, filha de seu tio), porque não tinha pae nem mãe: e era moça bella de parecer, e formosa á vista; e, morrendo seu pae e sua mãe, Mardoqueo a tomara por sua filha
Mordecai had adopted Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter, since she had neither father nor mother. The girl was shapely and beautiful; and after her father and mother died, Mordecai raised her as if she was his own daughter.
8 Succedeu pois que, divulgando-se o mandado do rei e a sua lei, e ajuntando-se muitas moças na fortaleza de Susan, debaixo da mão d'Hegai, tambem levaram Esther á casa do rei, debaixo da mão d'Hegai, guarda das mulheres.
When the king’s command and decree were known, many girls were gathered together to Susa the capital under the custody of Hegai. Esther was also taken into the king’s palace and placed under the custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women.
9 E a moça pareceu formosa aos seus olhos, e alcançou graça perante elle; pelo que se apressurou com os seus enfeites, e em lhe dar os seus quinhões, como tambem em lhe dar sete moças de respeito da casa do rei: e a fez passar com as suas moças ao melhor logar da casa das mulheres.
The girl pleased him and gained his favor, so that he quickly gave her the cosmetics she needed to enhance her beauty and her allowance of food and the seven maids selected from the king’s household. He also transferred her and her maids to the best place in the harem.
10 Esther porém não declarou o seu povo e a sua parentela; porque Mardoqueo lhe tinha ordenado que o não declarasse.
Esther had not revealed her people nor her family background because Mordecai had ordered her not to.
11 E passeava Mardoqueo cada dia diante do pateo da casa das mulheres, para se informar de como Esther passava, e do que lhe succederia.
Every day Mordecai would to walk in front of the courtyard of the harem and ask after Esther’s health and what was happening to her.
12 E, chegando já a vez de cada moça, para vir ao rei Assuero, depois que fôra feito a ella segundo a lei das mulheres, por doze mezes (porque assim se cumpriam os dias das suas purificações), seis mezes com oleo de myrrha, e seis mezes com especiarias, e com as coisas para a purificação das mulheres:
The girls were prepared for meeting King Ahasuerus for twelve months: six months being treated with oil of myrrh and six months with perfumes and cosmetics. After the twelve months,
13 D'esta maneira pois entrava a moça ao rei: tudo quanto ella dizia se lhe dava, para se ir com aquillo da casa das mulheres á casa do rei:
each girl went in to the king. She was allowed to take with her whatever she wished from the women’s quarters,
14 Á tarde entrava, e pela manhã tornava á segunda casa das mulheres, debaixo da mão de Saasgaz, eunucho do rei, guarda das concubinas: não tornava mais ao rei, salvo se o rei a desejasse, e fosse chamada por nome
and would enter the palace in the evening and return the next morning to another part of the harem under the care of the king’s eunuch Shaashgaz who was in charge of concubines. She would not go to the king again unless he desired her and summoned her by name.
15 Chegando pois a vez d'Esther, filha d'Abihail, tio de Mardoqueo (que a tomara por sua filha), para ir ao rei, coisa nenhuma pediu, senão o que disse Hegai, eunucho do rei, guarda das mulheres: e alcançava Esther graça aos olhos de todos quantos a viam.
When it was the turn of Esther (the girl adopted by Mordecai, daughter of his uncle Abihail) to go in to the king, she only took with her those things that Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, had advised her to take. Esther was liked by all who saw her.
16 Assim foi levada Esther ao rei Assuero, á sua casa real, no decimo mez, que é o mez de tebeth, no setimo anno do seu reinado.
Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
17 E o rei amou a Esther mais do que a todas as mulheres, e alcançou perante elle graça e benevolencia mais do que todas as virgens: e poz a corôa real na sua cabeça, e a fez rainha em logar de Vasthi.
And the king loved her more than all the other women, and she became his favorite and won his affection. He placed the royal diadem on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.
18 Então o rei fez um grande convite a todos os seus principes e aos seus servos, que era o convite d'Esther: e deu repouso ás provincias, e fez presentes segundo o estado do rei.
Then the king gave a great feast to all his officials and courtiers in honor of Esther, and he remitted the taxes of the provinces and distributed gifts with royal liberality.
19 E ajuntando-se segunda vez as virgens, Mardoqueo estava assentado á porta do rei.
All the time the virgins were assembled again, Mordecai was sitting as an offical at the king’s gate.
20 Esther porém não declarava a sua parentela e o seu povo, como Mardoqueo lhe ordenara: porque Esther fazia o mandado de Mardoqueo, como quando a criara.
Esther had not revealed her people or family background because she still obeyed him as she had when he was bringing her up.
21 N'aquelles dias, assentando-se Mardoqueo á porta do rei, dois eunuchos do rei, dos guardas da porta, Bigthan e Theres, grandemente se indignaram, e procuraram pôr as mãos no rei Assuero.
In those days while Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, two of the royal court attendants, Bigthan and Teresh, who guarded the entrance of the palace, became enraged and attempted to kill King Ahasuerus.
22 E veiu isto ao conhecimento de Mardoqueo, e elle fez saber á rainha Esther, e Esther o disse ao rei, em nome de Mardoqueo.
But Mordecai learned of the conspiracy and disclosed it to Queen Esther, and she told the king on Mordecai’s behalf.
23 E inquiriu-se o negocio, e se descobriu, e ambos foram enforcados n'uma forca: e foi escripto nas chronicas perante o rei.
When the affair was investigated and the facts discovered, the conspirators were both hanged on the gallows. The incident was recorded in the presence of the king in the daily record of events.
