أسْتِير 1
| وَحَدَثَ فِي أَيَّامِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ، الَّذِي امْتَدَّ حُكْمُهُ مِنَ الْهِنْدِ إِلَى كُوشٍ، فَمَلَكَ عَلَى مِئَةٍ وَسَبْعَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ إِقْلِيماً، | ١ 1 |
NOW IT came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus — this is Ahasuerus who reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces —
| أَنَّهُ جَلَسَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ عَلَى عَرْشِ مُلْكِهِ فِي شُوشَنَ الْقَصْرِ، | ٢ 2 |
that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the castle,
| فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ مِنْ عَهْدِهِ، وَأَقَامَ مَأْدُبَةً لِجَمِيعِ رُؤَسَاءِ جَيْشِ مَادِي وَفَارِسَ وَقَادَتِهِ، وَمَثَلَ أَمَامَهُ نُبَلاءُ الْمَمْلَكَةِ وَعُظَمَاؤُهَا. | ٣ 3 |
in the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the army of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him;
| وَظَلَّتِ الْوَلائِمُ قَائِمَةً طَوَالَ مِئَةٍ وَثَمَانِينَ يَوْماً، أَظْهَرَ فِيهَا الْمَلِكُ كُلَّ بَذَخٍ مِنْ غِنَى مُلْكِهِ وَعِزَّةِ جَلالِ عَظَمَتِهِ. | ٤ 4 |
when he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty, many days, even a hundred and fourscore days.
| وَبَعْدَ أَنِ انْقَضَتْ هَذِهِ الأَيَّامُ، صَنَعَ الْمَلِكُ وَلِيمَةً لِجَمِيعِ الشَّعْبِ الْمُقِيمِ فِي شُوشَنَ الْعَاصِمَةِ، كِبَارِهِمْ وَصِغَارِهِمْ، اسْتَمَرَّتْ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ فِي دَارِ حَدِيقَةِ الْقَصْرِ. | ٥ 5 |
And when these days were fulfilled, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the castle, both great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;
| الَّتِي زُيِّنَتْ بِأَنْسِجَةٍ بَيْضَاءَ وَخَضْرَاءَ وَزَرْقَاءَ، عُلِّقَتْ بِحِبَالٍ كَتَّانِيَّةٍ مُلَوَّنَةٍ فِي حَلَقَاتٍ فِضِّيَّةٍ وَأَعْمِدَةٍ رُخَامِيَّةٍ وَأَرَائِكَ ذَهَبِيَّةٍ وَفِضِّيَّةٍ، عَلَى أَرْضِيَّةٍ مَرْصُوفَةٍ بِرُخَامٍ أَبْيَضَ وَمَرْمَرٍ وَدُرٍّ وَرُخَامٍ أَسْوَدَ. | ٦ 6 |
there were hangings of white, fine cotton, and blue, bordered with cords of fine linen and purple, upon silver rods and pillars of marble; the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of green, and white, and shell, and onyx marble.
| وَكَانَتِ الأَقْدَاحُ الَّتِي تُقَدَّمُ فِيهَا الْخُمُورُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، وَآنِيَةُ الْمَوَائِدِ مُخْتَلِفَةَ الأَشْكَالِ، أَمَّا الْخُمُورُ الْمَلَكِيَّةُ فَكَانَتْ وَفِيرَةً بِفَضْلِ كَرَمِ الْمَلِكِ. | ٧ 7 |
And they gave them drink in vessels of gold — the vessels being diverse one from another — and royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.
| وَأَصْدَرَ الْمَلِكُ أَمْرَهُ إِلَى كِبَارِ رِجَالِ قَصْرِهِ أَنْ يُقَدِّمُوا الْخُمُورَ حَسَبَ رَغْبَةِ كُلِّ مَدْعُوٍّ مِنْ غَيْرِ قُيُودٍ، | ٨ 8 |
And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel; for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
| وَأَقَامَتْ وَشْتِي الْمَلِكَةُ وَلِيمَةً أُخْرَى لِلنِّسَاءِ فِي قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ. | ٩ 9 |
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
| وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ عِنْدَمَا دَارَتِ الْخَمْرُ بِرَأْسِ الْمَلِكِ، أَمَرَ خِصْيَانَهُ السَّبْعَةَ مَهُومَانَ وَبِزْثَا وَحَرْبُونَا وَبِغْثَا وَأَبَغْثَا وَزِيثَارَ وَكَرْكَسَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَخْدُمُونَ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ، | ١٠ 10 |
On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Bizzetha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that ministered in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
| أَنْ يَأْتُوا بِالْمَلِكَةِ وَشْتِي لِتَمْثُلَ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ، وَعَلَى رَأْسِهَا تَاجُ الْمُلْكِ، لِيَرَى الْحَاضِرُونَ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ وَالْعُظَمَاءِ جَمَالَهَا، لأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ رَائِعَةَ الْفِتْنَةِ. | ١١ 11 |
to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was fair to look on.
| فَأَبَتِ الْمَلِكَةُ أَنْ تُطِيعَ أَمْرَ الْمَلِكِ الَّذِي نَقَلَهُ إِلَيْهَا الْخِصْيَانُ. فَاسْتَشَاطَ الْمَلِكُ غَيْظاً وَاشْتَعَلَ غَضَبُهُ فِي دَاخِلِهِ. | ١٢ 12 |
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by the chamberlains; therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
| وَكَانَتْ عَادَةُ الْمَلِكِ أَنْ يَسْتَشِيرَ الْحُكَمَاءَ الْعَارِفِينَ بِالأَزْمِنَةِ وَالشَّرَائِعِ وَالْقَوَانِينِ، فَسَأَلَ | ١٣ 13 |
Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times — for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment;
| كَرْشَنَا وَشِيثَارَ وَأَدْمَاثَا وَتَرْشِيشَ وَمَرَسَ وَمَرْسَنَا وَمَمُوكَانَ، وَهُمْ سَبْعَةُ حُكَمَاءَ مُقَرَّبُونَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ مَادِي وَفَارِسَ، مِمَّنْ يَمْثُلُونَ دَائِماً أَمَامَ الْمَلِكِ، وَيَحْتَلُّونَ الْمَرَاتِبَ الأُولَى فِي الْمَمْلَكَةِ: | ١٤ 14 |
and the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat the first in the kingdom:
| «أَيُّ شَيْءٍ تُعَاقَبُ بِهِ الْمَلِكَةُ، حَسَبَ نَصِّ الْقَانُونِ، لأَنَّهَا لَمْ تُنَفِّذْ أَمْرَ الْمَلِكِ الَّذِي نَقَلَهُ إِلَيْهَا الْخِصْيَانُ؟» | ١٥ 15 |
'What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, forasmuch as she hath not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?'
| فَأَجَابَهُ مَمُوكَانُ فِي حَضْرَةِ الْعُظَمَاءِ: «إِنَّ الْمَلِكَةَ وَشْتِي لَمْ تُذْنِبْ فِي حَقِّ الْمَلِكِ وَحْدَهُ، بَلْ أَسَاءَتْ إِلَى جَمِيعِ الرُّؤَسَاءِ وَالأُمَمِ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي تُخُومِ الْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ، | ١٦ 16 |
And Memucan answered before the king and the princes: 'Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples, that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
| فَمَا إِنْ يَذِيعُ خَبَرُ تَصَرُّفِ الْمَلِكَةِ بَيْنَ جَمِيعِ النِّسَاءِ، حَتَّى يَحْتَقِرْنَ أَزْوَاجَهُنَّ، إِذْ يَقُلْنَ: إِنَّ الْمَلِكَ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ أَمَرَ أَنْ تَمْثُلَ الْمَلِكَةُ وَشْتِي أَمَامَهُ وَلَكِنَّهَا لَمْ تُنَفِّذْ أَمْرَهُ. | ١٧ 17 |
For this deed of the queen will come abroad unto all women, to make their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when it will be said: The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
| فَتَحْذُو فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ سَيِّدَاتُ فَارِسَ وَمَادِي، اللَّوَاتِي بَلَغَهُنَّ خَبَرُ الْمَلِكَةِ، حَذْوَهَا، مَعَ جَمِيعِ رُؤَسَاءِ الْمَلِكِ. وَمِثْلُ هَذَا يُثِيرُ كَثْرَةً مِنَ الاحْتِقَارِ وَالْغَضَبِ. | ١٨ 18 |
And this day will the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the deed of the queen say the like unto all the king's princes. So will there arise enough contempt and wrath.
| فَإِذَا رَاقَ لِلْمَلِكِ فَلْيُصْدِرْ أَمْراً مَلَكِيًّا، يُسَجَّلُ ضِمْنَ مَرَاسِيمِ مَادِي وَفَارِسَ الَّتِي لَا تَتَغَيَّرُ، يُحَظَّرُ فِيهِ عَلَى وَشْتِي الْمُثُولُ فِي حَضْرَةِ الْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ. وَلْيُنْعِمِ الْمَلِكُ بِمُلْكِهَا عَلَى مَنْ هِيَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهَا. | ١٩ 19 |
If it please the king, let there go forth a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus, and that the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
| وَهَكَذَا يَذِيعُ أَمْرُ الْمَلِكِ الصَّادِرُ عَنْهُ فِي كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ مَمْلَكَتِهِ الشَّاسِعَةِ، فَتُعَامِلُ جَمِيعُ النِّسَاءِ أَزْوَاجَهُنَّ صِغَاراً وَكِبَاراً بِاحْتِرَامٍ». | ٢٠ 20 |
And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom, great though it be, all the wives will give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.'
| فَاسْتَصْوَبَ الْمَلِكُ وَعُظَمَاؤُهُ هَذَا الرَّأْيَ، وَعَمِلَ بِمَشُورَةِ مَمُوكَانَ، | ٢١ 21 |
And the word pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan;
| فَبَعَثَ رَسَائِلَ إِلَى كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ الْمَمْلَكَةِ، مَكْتُوبَةً بِلُغَةِ أَقَالِيمِهَا وَبِلَهْجَةِ شُعُوبِهَا، يَأْمُرُ فِيهَا أَنْ يَكُونَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ السَّيِّدَ الْمُطَاعَ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَأَوْصَى أَنْ يُذَاعَ هَذَا الأَمْرُ حَسَبَ لُغَةِ كُلِّ شَعْبٍ. | ٢٢ 22 |
for he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and speak according to the language of his people.
