Esther 1
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 —
| وَحَدَثَ فِي أَيَّامِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ، هُوَ أَحَشْوِيرُوشُ ٱلَّذِي مَلَكَ مِنَ ٱلْهِنْدِ إِلَى كُوشٍ عَلَى مِئَةٍ وَسَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ كُورَةً، | ١ |
2 that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the castle,
| أَنَّهُ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ حِينَ جَلَسَ ٱلْمَلِكُ أَحَشْوِيرُوشُ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ مُلْكِهِ ٱلَّذِي فِي شُوشَنَ ٱلْقَصْرِ، | ٢ |
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;
| فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلثَّالِثَةِ مِنْ مُلْكِهِ، عَمِلَ وَلِيمَةً لِجَمِيعِ رُؤَسَائِهِ وَعَبِيدِهِ جَيْشِ فَارِسَ وَمَادِي، وَأَمَامَهُ شُرَفَاءُ ٱلْبُلْدَانِ وَرُؤَسَاؤُهَا، | ٣ |
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.
| حِينَ أَظْهَرَ غِنَى مَجْدِ مُلْكِهِ وَوَقَارَ جَلَالِ عَظَمَتِهِ أَيَّامًا كَثِيرَةً، مِئَةً وَثَمَانِينَ يَوْمًا. | ٤ |
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;
| وَعِنْدَ ٱنْقِضَاءِ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ، عَمِلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِجَمِيعِ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلْمَوْجُودِينَ فِي شُوشَنَ ٱلْقَصْرِ، مِنَ ٱلْكَبِيرِ إِلَى ٱلصَّغِيرِ، وَلِيمَةً سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ فِي دَارِ جَنَّةِ قَصْرِ ٱلْمَلِكِ. | ٥ |
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.
| بِأَنْسِجَةٍ بَيْضَاءَ وَخَضْرَاءَ وَأَسْمَانْجُونِيَّةٍ مُعَلَّقَةٍ بِحِبَالٍ مِنْ بَزٍّ وَأُرْجُوانٍ، فِي حَلَقَاتٍ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ، وَأَعْمِدَةٍ مِنْ رُخَامٍ، وَأَسِرَّةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَفِضَّةٍ، عَلَى مُجَزَّعٍ مِنْ بَهْتٍ وَمَرْمَرٍ وَدُرٍّ وَرُخَامٍ أَسْوَدَ. | ٦ |
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.
| وَكَانَ ٱلسِّقَاءُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، وَٱلْآنِيَةُ مُخْتَلِفَةُ ٱلْأَشْكَالِ، وَٱلْخَمْرُ ٱلْمَلِكِيُّ بِكَثْرَةٍ حَسَبَ كَرَمِ ٱلْمَلِكِ. | ٧ |
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.
| وَكَانَ ٱلشُّرْبُ حَسَبَ ٱلْأَمْرِ. لَمْ يَكُنْ غَاصِبٌ، لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا رَسَمَ ٱلْمَلِكُ عَلَى كُلِّ عَظِيمٍ فِي بَيْتِهِ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا حَسَبَ رِضَا كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ. | ٨ |
9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
| وَوَشْتِي ٱلْمَلِكَةُ عَمِلَتْ أَيْضًا وَلِيمَةً لِلنِّسَاءِ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلْمُلْكِ ٱلَّذِي لِلْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ. | ٩ |
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,
| فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلسَّابِعِ لَمَّا طَابَ قَلْبُ ٱلْمَلِكِ بِٱلْخَمْرِ، قَالَ لِمَهُومَانَ وَبِزْثَا وَحَرْبُونَا وَبِغْثَا وَأَبَغْثَا وَزِيثَارَ وَكَرْكَسَ، ٱلْخِصْيَانِ ٱلسَّبْعَةِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَخْدِمُونَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ ٱلْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ، | ١٠ |
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.
| أَنْ يَأْتُوا بِوَشْتِي ٱلْمَلِكَةِ إِلَى أَمَامِ ٱلْمَلِكِ بِتَاجِ ٱلْمُلْكِ، لِيُرِيَ ٱلشُّعُوبَ وَٱلرُّؤَسَاءَ جَمَالَهَا، لِأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ حَسَنَةَ ٱلْمَنْظَرِ. | ١١ |
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.
| فَأَبَتِ ٱلْمَلِكَةُ وَشْتِي أَنْ تَأْتِيَ حَسَبَ أَمْرِ ٱلْمَلِكِ عَنْ يَدِ ٱلْخِصْيَانِ، فَٱغْتَاظَ ٱلْمَلِكُ جِدًّا وَٱشْتَعَلَ غَضَبُهُ فِيهِ. | ١٢ |
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;
| وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِلْحُكَمَاءِ ٱلْعَارِفِينَ بِٱلْأَزْمِنَةِ، لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا كَانَ أَمْرُ ٱلْمَلِكِ نَحْوَ جَمِيعِ ٱلْعَارِفِينَ بِٱلسُّنَّةِ وَٱلْقَضَاءِ، | ١٣ |
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:
| وَكَانَ ٱلْمُقَرِّبُونَ إِلَيْهِ كَرْشَنَا وَشِيثَارَ وَأَدْمَاثَا وَتَرْشِيشَ وَمَرَسَ وَمَرْسَنَا وَمَمُوكَانَ، سَبْعَةَ رُؤَسَاءِ فَارِسَ وَمَادِي ٱلَّذِينَ يَرَوْنَ وَجْهَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَيَجْلِسُونَ أَوَّلًا فِي ٱلْمُلْكِ: | ١٤ |
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?'
| «حَسَبَ ٱلسُّنَّةِ، مَاذَا يُعْمَلُ بِٱلْمَلِكَةِ وَشْتِي لِأَنَّهَا لَمْ تَعْمَلْ كَقَوْلِ ٱلْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ عَنْ يَدِ ٱلْخِصْيَانِ؟» | ١٥ |
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.
| فَقَالَ مَمُوكَانُ أَمَامَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ: «لَيْسَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ وَحْدَهُ أَذْنَبَتْ وَشْتِي ٱلْمَلِكَةُ، بَلْ إِلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ وَجَمِيعِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي كُلِّ بُلْدَانِ ٱلْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ. | ١٦ |
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.
| لِأَنَّهُ سَوْفَ يَبْلُغُ خَبَرُ ٱلْمَلِكَةِ إِلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلنِّسَاءِ، حَتَّى يُحْتَقَرَ أَزْوَاجُهُنَّ فِي أَعْيُنِهِنَّ عِنْدَمَا يُقَالُ: إِنَّ ٱلْمَلِكَ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ أَمَرَ أَنْ يُؤْتَى بِوَشْتِي ٱلْمَلِكَةِ إِلَى أَمَامِهِ فَلَمْ تَأْتِ. | ١٧ |
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.
| وَفِي هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ تَقُولُهُ رَئِيسَاتُ فَارِسَ وَمَادِي ٱللَّوَاتِي سَمِعْنَ خَبَرَ ٱلْمَلِكَةِ لِجَمِيعِ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْمَلِكِ. وَمِثْلُ ذَلِكَ ٱحْتِقَارٌ وَغَضَبٌ. | ١٨ |
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.
| فَإِذَا حَسُنَ عِنْدَ ٱلْمَلِكِ، فَلْيَخْرُجْ أَمْرٌ مَلِكِيٌّ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ، وَلْيُكْتَبْ فِي سُنَنِ فَارِسَ وَمَادِي فَلَا يَتَغَيَّرَ، أَنْ لَا تَأْتِ وَشْتِي إِلَى أَمَامِ ٱلْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ، وَلْيُعْطِ ٱلْمَلِكُ مُلْكَهَا لِمَنْ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنْهَا. | ١٩ |
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.'
| فَيُسْمَعُ أَمْرُ ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱلَّذِي يُخْرِجُهُ فِي كُلِّ مَمْلَكَتِهِ لِأَنَّهَا عَظِيمَةٌ، فَتُعْطِي جَمِيعُ ٱلنِّسَاءِ ٱلْوَقَارَ لِأَزْوَاجِهِنَّ مِنَ ٱلْكَبِيرِ إِلَى ٱلصَّغِيرِ». | ٢٠ |
21 And the word pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan;
| فَحَسُنَ ٱلْكَلَامُ فِي أَعْيُنِ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ، وَعَمِلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ حَسَبَ قَوْلِ مَمُوكَانَ. | ٢١ |
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.
| وَأَرْسَلَ كُتُبًا إِلَى كُلِّ بُلْدَانِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، إِلَى كُلِّ بِلَادٍ حَسَبَ كِتَابَتِهَا، وَإِلَى كُلِّ شَعْبٍ حَسَبَ لِسَانِهِ، لِيَكُونَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مُتَسَلِّطًا فِي بَيْتِهِ، وَيُتَكَلَّمَ بِذَلِكَ بِلِسَانِ شَعْبِهِ. | ٢٢ |
