Esther 1
1 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—
Pripetilo se je torej v dneh kralja Ahasvérja (to je Ahasvérja, ki je kraljeval od Indije celo do Etiopije, nad sto sedemindvajsetimi provincami),
2 in those days, at the sitting of King Ahasuerus on the throne of his kingdom, that [is] in Shushan the palace,
da je v tistih dneh, ko je Kralj Ahasvér sedel na prestolu svojega kraljestva, ki je bilo v palači Suze,
3 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,
v tretjem letu njegovega kraljevanja, priredil gostijo vsem svojim princem in svojim služabnikom; moči Perzije in Medije, plemičem in princem provinc, ki so bili pred njim,
4 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.
ko jim je mnogo dni kazal bogastva svojega veličastnega kraljestva in čast svojega odličnega veličanstva, celó sto osemdeset dni.
5 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—
Ko so ti dnevi minili, je kralj priredil gostijo vsemu ljudstvu, ki je bilo prisotno v palači Suze, tako velikim kakor malim, sedem dni na dvoru vrta kraljeve palače,
6 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—
kjer so bile bele, zelene in modre tanke preproge, pritrjene z vrvicami iz tankega lanenega platna in vijolične, k srebrnim obročem in stebrom iz marmorja. Postelje so bile iz zlata in srebra, na tlaku iz rdečega, modrega, belega in črnega marmorja.
7 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.
Dajali so jim piti iz zlatih posod (posode so bile različne ena od druge) in kraljevega vina v obilju, glede na kraljevo razkošje.
8 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.
Pitje je bilo glede na postavo. Nihče ni silil, kajti tako je kralj določil vsem častnikom njegove hiše, da naj storijo glede na užitek vsakega človeka.
9 Also Vashti the queen has made a banquet for women, in the royal house that King Ahasuerus has.
Prav tako je kraljica Vaští pripravila gostijo za ženske v kraljevi hiši, ki je pripadala Kralju Ahasvérju.
10 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,
Na sedmi dan, ko je bilo kraljevo srce veselo od vina, je ukazal Mehumánu, Bizetáju, Harbonáju, Bigtáju, Abagtáju, Zetárju in Karkásu, sedmim glavnim dvornim upraviteljem, ki so služili v prisotnosti Kralja Ahasvérja,
11 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,
da privedejo kraljico Vaští s kraljevo krono pred kralja, da ljudstvu in princem pokaže njeno lepoto, kajti bila je lepa na pogled.
12 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.
Toda kraljica Vaští je odklonila, da pride na kraljevo zapoved po njegovih glavnih dvornih upraviteljih. Zato je bil kralj zelo ogorčen in njegova jeza je gorela v njem.
13 And the king says to wise men, knowing the times—for so [is] the word of the king before all knowing law and judgment,
Potem je kralj rekel modrim možem, ki so poznali čase (Kajti tak je bil kraljev običaj do vseh teh, ki so poznali postavo in sodbo
14 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—
in takoj poleg njega so bili Karšenáj, Šetár, Admát, Taršíš, Meres, Marsenáj in Memuhán, sedem princev iz Perzije in Medije, ki so videli kraljevo obličje in ki so prvi sedeli v kraljestvu.)
15 “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?”
»Kaj naj storimo kraljici Vaští, glede na postavo, ker po glavnih dvornih upraviteljih ni izpolnila zapovedi Kralja Ahasvérja?«
16 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;
Memuhán je pred kraljem in princi odgovoril: »Kraljica Vaští ni storila narobe samo kralju, temveč tudi vsem princem in vsemu ljudstvu, ki so po vseh provincah Kralja Ahasvérja.
17 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;
Kajti to dejanje kraljice bo prišlo povsod do vseh žensk, tako da bodo v svojih očeh prezirale svoje soproge, ko bo to sporočeno: ›Kralj Ahasvér je zapovedal kraljici Vaští, da bi bila privedena predenj, toda ni prišla.‹
18 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.
Podobno bodo gospe iz Perzije in Medije, ki so slišale o kraljičinem dejanju, ta dan rekle vsem kraljevim princem. Tako bo vstalo preveč zaničevanja in besa.
19 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;
Če to ugaja kralju, naj gre od njega kraljeva zapoved in naj bo ta zapisana med postave Perzijcev in Medijcev, da ta ne bo predrugačena: ›Da Vaští ne pride več pred Kralja Ahasvérja. Kralj pa naj njen kraljevi stan izroči drugi, ki je boljša kakor ona.‹
20 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.”
Ko bo kraljevi odlok, ki ga bo izdal, razglašen po vsem njegovem kraljestvu (kajti to je veliko), bodo vse žene dale svojim soprogom spoštovanje, tako malim, kakor velikim.«
21 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,
Govor je ugajal kralju in princem in kralj je storil glede na Memuhánovo besedo.
22 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.
Kajti poslal je pisma v vse kraljeve province, v vsako provinco glede na njeno pisavo in vsakemu ljudstvu glede na njihov jezik, da bi vsak mož vladal v svoji lastni hiši in da bi bilo to razglašeno glede na jezik vsakega ljudstva.
