أسْتِير 1
| وَحَدَثَ فِي أَيَّامِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ، الَّذِي امْتَدَّ حُكْمُهُ مِنَ الْهِنْدِ إِلَى كُوشٍ، فَمَلَكَ عَلَى مِئَةٍ وَسَبْعَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ إِقْلِيماً، | ١ 1 |
In the daies of kyng Assuerus, that regnede fro Ynde `til to Ethiopie, on an hundrid and seuene and twenti prouynces, whanne he sat in the seete of his rewme,
| أَنَّهُ جَلَسَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ عَلَى عَرْشِ مُلْكِهِ فِي شُوشَنَ الْقَصْرِ، | ٢ 2 |
the citee Susa was the bigynnyng of his rewme.
| فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ مِنْ عَهْدِهِ، وَأَقَامَ مَأْدُبَةً لِجَمِيعِ رُؤَسَاءِ جَيْشِ مَادِي وَفَارِسَ وَقَادَتِهِ، وَمَثَلَ أَمَامَهُ نُبَلاءُ الْمَمْلَكَةِ وَعُظَمَاؤُهَا. | ٣ 3 |
Therfor in the thridde yeer of his empire he made a greet feeste to alle hise princes and children, the strongeste men of Persis, and to the noble men of Medeis, and to the prefectis of prouynces, bifor him silf,
| وَظَلَّتِ الْوَلائِمُ قَائِمَةً طَوَالَ مِئَةٍ وَثَمَانِينَ يَوْماً، أَظْهَرَ فِيهَا الْمَلِكُ كُلَّ بَذَخٍ مِنْ غِنَى مُلْكِهِ وَعِزَّةِ جَلالِ عَظَمَتِهِ. | ٤ 4 |
to schewe the richessis of the glorie of his rewme, and the gretnesse, and boost of his power in myche tyme, that is, an hundrid and `foure scoor daies.
| 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 whanne the daies of the feeste weren fillid, he clepide to feeste al the puple that was foundun in Susa, fro the moost `til to the leeste; and he comaundide the feeste to be maad redi bi seuene daies in the porche of the orcherd and wode, that was set with the kyngis ournement and hond.
| 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 |
And tentis of `the colour of the eir, and of gold, and of iacynct, susteyned with coordis of bijs, and of purpur, hangiden on ech side, whiche weren set in cerclis of yuer, and weren vndur set with pilers of marble; also seetis at the maner of beddis of gold and of siluer `weren disposid on the pawment arayede with smaragde and dyuerse stoon; which pawment peynture made fair bi wondurful dyuersite.
| وَكَانَتِ الأَقْدَاحُ الَّتِي تُقَدَّمُ فِيهَا الْخُمُورُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، وَآنِيَةُ الْمَوَائِدِ مُخْتَلِفَةَ الأَشْكَالِ، أَمَّا الْخُمُورُ الْمَلَكِيَّةُ فَكَانَتْ وَفِيرَةً بِفَضْلِ كَرَمِ الْمَلِكِ. | ٧ 7 |
Sotheli thei, that weren clepid to meet, drunkun in goldun cuppis, and metes weren borun in with othere `and othere vessels; also plenteuouse wiyn, and `the best was set, as it was worthi to the greet doyng of the kyng.
| وَأَصْدَرَ الْمَلِكُ أَمْرَهُ إِلَى كِبَارِ رِجَالِ قَصْرِهِ أَنْ يُقَدِّمُوا الْخُمُورَ حَسَبَ رَغْبَةِ كُلِّ مَدْعُوٍّ مِنْ غَيْرِ قُيُودٍ، | ٨ 8 |
And `noon was that constreynede `men not willynge to drynke; but so the kyng hadde ordeyned, `makynge souereyns of hise princes `to alle boordis, that ech man schulde take that, that he wolde.
| وَأَقَامَتْ وَشْتِي الْمَلِكَةُ وَلِيمَةً أُخْرَى لِلنِّسَاءِ فِي قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ. | ٩ 9 |
Also Vasthi, the queen, made a feeste of wymmen in the paleis, where kyng Assuerus was wont to dwelle.
| 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 |
Therfor in the seuenthe dai, whanne the kyng was gladdere, and was hoot of wiyn aftir ful myche drinkyng, he comaundide Nauman, and Baracha, and Arbana, and Gabatha, and Zarath, and Abgatha, and Charchas, seuene oneste and chast seruauntis, `that mynistriden in his siyt,
| أَنْ يَأْتُوا بِالْمَلِكَةِ وَشْتِي لِتَمْثُلَ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ، وَعَلَى رَأْسِهَا تَاجُ الْمُلْكِ، لِيَرَى الْحَاضِرُونَ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ وَالْعُظَمَاءِ جَمَالَهَا، لأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ رَائِعَةَ الْفِتْنَةِ. | ١١ 11 |
that thei schulden brynge in bifor the kyng the queen Vasti, with a diademe set on hir heed, to schewe hir fairnesse to alle the puplis and prynces; for sche was ful fair.
| فَأَبَتِ الْمَلِكَةُ أَنْ تُطِيعَ أَمْرَ الْمَلِكِ الَّذِي نَقَلَهُ إِلَيْهَا الْخِصْيَانُ. فَاسْتَشَاطَ الْمَلِكُ غَيْظاً وَاشْتَعَلَ غَضَبُهُ فِي دَاخِلِهِ. | ١٢ 12 |
And sche forsook, and dispiside to come at the comaundement of the kyng, which he hadde sent bi the oneste and chast seruauntes. Wherfor the kyng was wrooth, and kyndlid bi fulgreet woodnesse; and he axide the wise men,
| وَكَانَتْ عَادَةُ الْمَلِكِ أَنْ يَسْتَشِيرَ الْحُكَمَاءَ الْعَارِفِينَ بِالأَزْمِنَةِ وَالشَّرَائِعِ وَالْقَوَانِينِ، فَسَأَلَ | ١٣ 13 |
whiche bi the `kyngis custom weren euere with hym, and he dide alle thingis bi the counsel of hem, kunnynge the lawis and ritis of grettere men;
| 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 |
forsothe the firste and the nexte weren Carsena, and Sechaaba, Admatha, and Tharsis, and Mares, and Marsana, and Manucha, seuene duykis of Persis and of Medeis, that sien the face of the kyng, and weren wont to sitte the firste aftir hym;
| «أَيُّ شَيْءٍ تُعَاقَبُ بِهِ الْمَلِكَةُ، حَسَبَ نَصِّ الْقَانُونِ، لأَنَّهَا لَمْ تُنَفِّذْ أَمْرَ الْمَلِكِ الَّذِي نَقَلَهُ إِلَيْهَا الْخِصْيَانُ؟» | ١٥ 15 |
`the kyng axide hem, to what sentence the queen Vasthi schulde be suget, that nolde do the comaundement of kyng Assuerus, which he hadde sent bi the onest and chast seruauntis.
| 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 Manucha answeride, in audience of the kyng and of the pryncis, The queen Vasthi hath not oneli dispisid the kyng, but alle the pryncis and puplis, that ben in alle prouynces of kyng Assuerus.
| 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 the word of the queen schal go out to alle wymmen, that thei dispise her hosebondis, and seie, Kyng Assuerus comaundide, that the queen Vasthi schulde entre to hym, and sche nolde.
| 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 bi this saumple alle the wyues of prynces of Persis and of Medeis schulen dispise the comaundementis of hosebondis; wherfor the indignacioun of the kyng is iust.
| 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 plesith to thee, `a comaundement go out fro thi face, and `be writun bi the lawe of Persis and of Medeis, which it is vnleueful to be passid, that Vasthi entre no more to the kyng, but anothir womman, which is betere than sche, take `the rewme of hir.
| وَهَكَذَا يَذِيعُ أَمْرُ الْمَلِكِ الصَّادِرُ عَنْهُ فِي كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ مَمْلَكَتِهِ الشَّاسِعَةِ، فَتُعَامِلُ جَمِيعُ النِّسَاءِ أَزْوَاجَهُنَّ صِغَاراً وَكِبَاراً بِاحْتِرَامٍ». | ٢٠ 20 |
And be this puplischid in to al the empire of thi prouynces, which is ful large, that alle wyues, both of grettere men and of lesse, yyue onour to her hosebondis.
| فَاسْتَصْوَبَ الْمَلِكُ وَعُظَمَاؤُهُ هَذَا الرَّأْيَ، وَعَمِلَ بِمَشُورَةِ مَمُوكَانَ، | ٢١ 21 |
His counsel pleside the kyng and the prynces, and the kyng dide bi the counsel of Manucha;
| 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 |
and he sente pistlis bi alle the prouyncis of his rewme, as ech folk myyte here and rede, in dyuerse langagis and lettris, that hosebondis ben prynces and the grettere in her housis; and `he sente, that this be pupplischid bi alle puplis.
