Esther 1
1 Amah Ahasuerus tue vaengah he he om. Ahasuerus tah India lamloh Kusah duela paeng ya pakul parhih a manghai thil.
And it comes to pass, in the days of Ahasuerus—he [is] Ahasuerus who is reigning from Hodu even to Cush, one hundred twenty-seven provinces—
2 Te vaeng tue ah manghai Ahasuerus tah Shushan rhalmah im kah a ram ngolkhoel dongah ngol.
in those days, at the sitting of King Ahasuerus on the throne of his kingdom, that [is] in Shushan the palace,
3 A manghai nah kum thum vaengah a mangpa rhoek neh a sal boeih ham buhkoknah a saii. Te vaengah a mikhmuh ah Persia tatthai khaw, Madai angrhaeng rhoek khaw, paeng mangpa rhoek khaw omuh.
in the third year of his reign, he has made a banquet to all his heads and his servants; of the force of Persia and Media, the chiefs and heads of the provinces [are] before him,
4 Te vaengah a ram kah thangpomnah khuehtawn neh, a lennah boeimang umponah te, m khohnin la hnin ya sawmrhet ah puet a tueng sak.
in his showing the wealth of the glory of his kingdom, and the glory of the beauty of his greatness, many days—one hundred eighty days.
5 Khohnin a cup vaengah tah manghai loh Shushan rhalmah im ah a hmuh pilnam, tanoe kangham boeih ham buhkoknah te manghai impuei dum kah vongup ah hnin rhih a saii pah.
And at the fullness of these days the king has made a banquet to all the people who are found in Shushan the palace, from great even to small, [for] seven days, in the court of the garden of the house of the king—
6 Hniyan a bok neh a thim khaw baibok daidi rhui neh cak hnaai te a bang. Lungphaih a ling, a thim neh a bok-awp a muem sokah sui neh cak thingkong khaw lungbok tung neh cung.
white linen, white cotton, and blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple on rings of silver, and pillars of marble, couches of gold, and of silver, on a pavement of smaragdus, and white marble, and mother-of-pearl, and black marble—
7 Manghai kut kah bangla a ram kah misurtui khaw phul tih hnopai khaw hnopai neh a thovael phoeiah, sui hnopai neh a tul.
and the giving of drink in vessels of gold, and the vessels [are] various vessels, and the royal wine [is] abundant, as a memorial of the king.
8 Te vaengah a okcaknah te olkhan bangla tanolh pawh. Manghai loh a im kah boeiping boeih te hlang neh hlang kah kolonah bangla saii ham a uen.
And the drinking [is] according to law, none is pressing, for so the king has appointed for every chief one of his house, to do according to the pleasure of man and man.
9 Vashti manghainu long khaw manghai Ahasuerus kah manghai im ah nu buhkoknah a saii.
Also Vashti the queen has made a banquet for women, in the royal house that King Ahasuerus has.
10 A hnin rhih vaengah tah misurtui lamloh manghai kah lungbuei khaw umya coeng. Te dongah manghai Ahasuerus mikhmuh kah aka thotat imkhoem parhih Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, Karkas taengah,
On the seventh day, as the heart of the king is glad with wine, he has commanded to Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who are ministering in the presence of King Ahasuerus,
11 Vashti manghainu te manghai rhuisam neh manghai mikhmuh ah khuen ham a thui pah. Anih te a mueimae a then dongah a sakthen te pilnam neh mangpa rhoek tueng ham a ngaih.
to bring in Vashti the queen before the king, with a royal crown, to show the peoples and the heads her beauty, for she [is] of good appearance,
12 Tedae manghai kah dumlai dongah imkhoem kut neh caeh ham tah Vashti manghainu loh a aal. Te dongah manghai khaw bahoeng a thintoek tih a kosi loh a khuiah a alh pah.
and the queen Vashti refuses to come in at the word of the king that [is] by the hand of the eunuchs, and the king is very angry, and his fury has burned in him.
13 Te dongah manghai loh olkhan neh dumlai aka ming boeih kah mikhmuh ah manghai kah ol vanbangla a tue aka ming hlang cueih rhoek,
And the king says to wise men, knowing the times—for so [is] the word of the king before all knowing law and judgment,
14 amah taengah aka yoei Persia mangpa parhih Karshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memukan neh ram khuiah khosa lamhma neh manghai maelhmai aka hmu Madai te,
and he who is near to him [is] Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memucan, seven heads of Persia and Media seeing the face of the king, who are sitting first in the kingdom—
15 “Olkhan dongkah bangla manghainu Vashti te metlam ka saii eh? Imkhoem kut dongkah manghai Ahasuerus olpaek te a vai moenih,” a ti nah.
“According to law, what should [I] do with Queen Vashti, because that she has not done the saying of King Ahasuerus by the hand of the eunuchs?”
16 Te vaengah Memukan loh manghai neh mangpa rhoek kah mikhmuh ah, “Manghai amah bueng taengah moenih. Vashti manghainu he mangpa boeih taeng neh manghai Ahasuerus paeng tom kah pilnam boeih taengah khaw paihaeh coeng.
And Memucan says before the king and the heads, “Queen Vashti has not done perversely against the king by himself, but against all the heads, and against all the peoples that [are] in all provinces of King Ahasuerus;
17 Manghainu kah ol he huta boeih taengla pawk vetih a mikhmuh ah a boei a hnaep pawn ni. Amih long te, 'Manghai Ahasuerus loh a mikhmuh la manghainu Vashti te khuen ham a ti nah dae a caeh moenih,’ a ti uh ni.
for the word of the queen goes forth to all the women, to render their husbands contemptible in their eyes, in their saying, King Ahasuerus commanded to bring in Vashti the queen before him, and she did not come;
18 Tahae khohnin ah Persia neh Madai boeinu rhoek, manghainu kah ol aka ya manghai kah mangpa cungkuem taengah khaw a thui pawn ni. Te dongah hnaepnah neh thinhulnah ngawn rhoeh coeng.
indeed, this day princesses of Persia and Media, who have heard the word of the queen, say [so] to all heads of the king, even according to the sufficiency of contempt and wrath.
19 Manghai ham a then mak atah manghai ol te a mikhmuh lamloh tueih saeh. Persia neh Madai olkhan khuiah daek saeh. Te dongah te te poe boel saeh lamtah Vashti te manghai Ahasuerus mikhmuh ah mop voel boel saeh. Anih kah ram khaw manghai loh anih lakah aka then a hui taengla pae saeh.
If to the king [it be] good, there goes forth a royal word from before him, and it is written with the laws of Persia and Media, and does not pass away, that Vashti does not come in before King Ahasuerus, and the king gives her royalty to her companion who [is] better than she;
20 Ram he len cakhaw a ram tom ah manghai kah oltloeknah a saii te a yaak daengah ni huta boeih, tanoe kangham loh a boei ham umponah a khueh eh?,” a ti nah.
and the sentence of the king that he makes has been heard in all his kingdom—for it [is] great—and all the wives give honor to their husbands, from great even to small.”
21 Ol te manghai neh mangpa rhoek kah mikhmuh ah then coeng. Te dongah manghai loh Memukan ol bangla a saii.
And the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and of the princes, and the king does according to the word of Memucan,
22 Te phoeiah tah manghai kah paeng tom la cabu a pat. Paeng pakhat taengah amah paeng kah ca neh, pilnam khat taengah amah pilnam kah ol neh a pat. A imkhui ah boei la aka om hlang boeih loh amah pilnam ol neh a thui pah.
and sends letters to all provinces of the king, to province and province according to its writing, and to people and people according to its tongue, for every man being head in his own house—and speaking according to the language of his people.
