Esther 2
1 Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.
Mgbe ihe ndị a gasịrị, ka iwe eze Ahasuerọs dajụrụ, ọ malitere iche echiche banyere Vashti. O chetara ihe Vashti mere, chetakwa ihe e kpebiri banyere ya.
2 Then the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king,
Mgbe ahụ, ndị na-ejere eze ozi sịrị ya, “Ka anyị gaa chọtara eze ụmụ agbọghọ na-amaghị nwoke mara mma ile anya.
3 and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.
Ka eze họpụta ndị nchịkọta nʼisi obodo niile, ndị ga na-ahọpụta, ma na-akpọbatakwa ụmụ agbọghọ ndị a niile mara mma, nʼụlọeze dị na Susa. Ka Hegai, onozi eze bụrụkwa onye ga-elekọta ndị inyom ndị a. Ka e jirikwa ihe ịchọ mma niile chọọ ha mma dịka o si kwesi.
4 Then let the young woman who pleases the king become queen in place of Vashti.” This suggestion pleased the king, and he acted accordingly.
Emesịa, nwaagbọghọ ahụ ihe ya masịrị eze karịa ga-abụ nwunye eze nʼọnọdụ Vashti.” Ntụpụta a tọrọ eze ụtọ nke ukwuu. O nyere ha ike ka ha malite na-atụfughị mgbe.
5 Now there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish.
Nʼoge a, enwere otu onye Juu nọ nʼobodo Susa nke ewusiri ike, a na-akpọ Mọdekai nwa Jaịa, nwa Shimei, nwa Kish, onye Benjamin.
6 He had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon among those taken captive with Jeconiah king of Judah.
Ọ bụ onye a dọtara nʼagha mgbe Nebukadneza bibiri Jerusalem. Nʼoge ahụ, e mere ka ọ hapụ obodo ya gaa biri na Babilọn bụkwa oge a dọtakwara Jekonaya eze ndị Juda na ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ nʼagha.
7 And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her in as his own daughter.
Mọdekai nwere nwa nwanne nna ya, aha ya bụ Hadasa, ma a na-akpọkwa ya Esta, onye mara mma nʼahụ dịkwa mma ile anya. Nne ya na nna ya anwụọla, ma Mọdekai kpọbatara ya nʼụlọ ya zụọ ya dịka nwa ya nwanyị.
8 When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.
Ya mere, nʼihi iwu ahụ eze nyere, e mere ka ọtụtụ ụmụ agbọghọbịa bịa na Susa, nʼime ụlọ ukwu eze. Ọ bụkwa Hegai na-elekọta ha niile. A kpọbatakwara Esta nʼụlọeze nyefee ya Hegai nʼaka, onye na-elekọta ebe obibi ndị iko nwanyị eze.
9 And the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.
Ọ masịrị ya, ọ natakwara ihuọma nʼebe ọ nọ. Ngwangwa ọ malitere inye ya nri pụrụ iche, na ihe ndị ahụ niile e ji edozi ahụ na ịchọ mma. O sitere nʼetiti ụmụ agbọghọ nọ nʼụlọeze họpụta ụmụ agbọghọ asaa ndị na-ejere Esta ozi. O duuru ya na ndị na-ejere ya ozi dubaa nʼebe kachasị mma nʼogige ebe ndị inyom eze bi.
10 Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.
Ma Esta agwabeghị onye ọbụla obodo ya maọbụ ihe banyere ezinaụlọ ya, nʼihi na Mọdekai nyere ya iwu ka ọ ghara ịgwa onye ọbụla.
11 And every day Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn about Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.
Ụbọchị niile, Mọdekai na-abịa nʼogige ụlọ ndị inyom na-ajụ ase otu Esta mere, nʼịchọpụta otu ihe si agara ya.
12 In the twelve months before her turn to go to King Xerxes, the harem regulation required each young woman to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months, and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.
Tupu o ruoro nwaagbọghọ ọbụla ibakwuru eze Sekses, ọ ga-anọzu ọnwa iri na abụọ nʼebe a na-achọ ya mma dịka iwu e nyere banyere ịchọ mma ndị inyom si dị. A ga-eji mmanụ máá chọọ ya mma ọnwa isii, werekwa mmanụ isi ụtọ dị iche iche, na ihe ịchọ mma ndị ọzọ kwadoo ya nʼime ọnwa isii nke ọzọ.
13 When the young woman would go to the king, she was given whatever she requested to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace.
Nʼụzọ dị otu a, ka nwaagbọghọ ọbụla ga-adị gakwuru eze, bụ Sekses. A na-enye ya ihe ọbụla ọ chọrọ site nʼebe obibi ha nke o ji aba nʼụlọeze.
14 She would go there in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he delighted in her and summoned her by name.
A na-eme ka ọ banye nʼụlọeze nʼanyasị, ma nʼụtụtụ, ọ na-alọghachi nʼụlọ ọzọ nke dị nʼebe ụmụ nwanyị eze bi. Nʼebe ahụ ka Shashgaz, onozi eze nọ na-elekọta ndị iko nwanyị eze. Ọ gakwaghị alọghachi nʼebe eze ọzọ karịakwa ma ihe ya ọ masịrị eze, eze akpọọ ya ka ọ bịaghachi ọzọ.
15 Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.
Mgbe oge Esta (ada Abihail, onye bụ nwanne nna Mọdekai, onye kpọọrọ nwantakịrị nwaagbọghọ a ka ọ bụrụ nwa nke ya) ga-eji gaa nʼihu eze ruru, ọ nabatara ndụmọdụ Hegai, onozi ahụ na-elekọta ndị inyom. Ọ hụtara amara nʼihu mmadụ niile ndị hụrụ ya.
16 She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
E mere ka Esta bakwuru eze nʼọnwa nke iri nʼafọ nke asaa nke ọchịchị eze Ahasuerọs.
17 And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.
Eze hụrụ Esta nʼanya karịa ụmụ agbọghọ ndị ọzọ niile. Ọ natara amara na mmasị eze karịa ụmụ agbọghọ na-amaghị nwoke ndị ọzọ. Ya mere, o weere okpueze kpukwasị ya nʼisi mee ya eze nwanyị nʼọnọdụ Vashti.
18 Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.
Eze kpọrọ oke oriri, nʼihi Esta, nye ndịisi ọchịchị ya niile na ndị ozi ya niile. Ọ kpọsara ezumike nye ndị ọrụ niile nʼalaeze ya, ma kesaakwa onyinye nye ọtụtụ ndị mmadụ dịka eze pụrụ ime.
19 When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.
Mgbe a chịkọtara ụmụ agbọghọ ndị a na-amaghị nwoke nke ugboro abụọ, Mọdekai nọ ala nʼọnụ ụzọ ama eze.
20 Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai’s command, as she had done under his care.
Ma Esta emebeghị ka onye ọbụla mara ihe banyere ezinaụlọ ya maọbụ obodo ya, dịka Mọdekai nyere ya nʼiwu, nke ọ na-emeri mgbe a na-azụlite ya.
21 In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
Otu ụbọchị, mgbe Mọdekai nọ nʼọrụ nʼọnụ ụzọ ama ụlọ ukwu eze, ndị onozi abụọ eze nwere, aha ha bụ Bigtan na Teresh, ndị na-eche ọnụ ụzọ ụlọeze nche, were iwe megide eze. Ha gbara izu kpebie na ha ga-egbu eze Sekses.
22 When Mordecai learned of the plot, he reported it to Queen Esther, and she informed the king on Mordecai’s behalf.
Ma Mọdekai chọpụtara nzube ọjọọ a gwa ya Esta, nwunye eze, onye gwara eze, meekwa ka eze mata na ọ bụ Mọdekai gwara ya.
23 After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.
Mgbe e nyochara kwu a, chọpụta na ọ bụ eziokwu, e jidere mmadụ abụọ ahụ kwụgbuo ha nʼosisi. E dekwara ihe ndị a niile nʼihu eze nʼime akwụkwọ akụkọ ihe e mere.
