Esther 2
1 After these things, at the ceasing of the fury of King Ahasuerus, he has remembered Vashti, and that which she did, and that which has been decreed concerning her;
Po teh stvareh, ko je bil bes Kralja Ahasvérja pomirjen, se je spomnil Vaští in kar je storila in kaj je bilo odrejeno zoper njo.
2 and servants of the king, his ministers, say, “Let them seek for the king young women, virgins, of good appearance,
Potem so mu kraljevi služabniki, ki so mu služili, rekli: »Naj bodo za kralja poiskane lepe mlade device.
3 and the king appoints inspectors in all provinces of his kingdom, and they gather every young woman—virgin, of good appearance—to Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, to the hand of Hegai eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, and to give their purifications,
Kralj naj določi častnike po vseh provincah svojega kraljestva, da lahko zberejo skupaj vse lepe mlade device v palačo Suze, v žensko hišo, pod oskrbo Hege, kraljevega glavnega upravitelja, čuvaja žensk in naj jim bodo dane njihove stvari za očiščevanje
4 and the young woman who is good in the eyes of the king reigns instead of Vashti”; and the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and he does so.
in naj bo dekle, ki ugaja kralju, kraljica namesto Vaští.« Stvar je kralju ugajala in tako je storil.
5 A man, a Jew, there has been in Shushan the palace, and his name [is] Mordecai son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjamite—
Torej v palači Suze je bil nek Jud, katerega ime je bilo Mordohaj, sin Jaíra, sinú Šimíja, sinú Kiša, Benjaminovec,
6 who had been removed from Jerusalem with the expulsion that was removed with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed—
ki je bil iz Jeruzalema odveden z ujetništvom, ki so bili odvedeni z Jehoníjem, Judovim kraljem, ki ga je babilonski kralj Nebukadnezar odvedel proč.
7 and he is supporting Hadassah—she [is] Esther—daughter of his uncle, for she has neither father nor mother, and the young woman [is] of beautiful form, and of good appearance, and at the death of her father and her mother Mordecai has taken her to himself for a daughter.
Vzgajal je Hadáso, to je Estero, hčer svojega strica, kajti ni imela niti očeta niti matere, deklica pa je bila lepa in krasna, ki si jo je Mordohaj, ko sta bila njen oče in mati mrtva, vzel za svojo lastno hčer.
8 And it comes to pass, in the word of the king, even his law, being heard, and in many young women being gathered to Shushan the palace, to the hand of Hegai, that Esther is taken to the house of the king, to the hand of Hegai, keeper of the women,
Tako se je pripetilo, ko se je slišala kraljeva zapoved in njegov odlok in ko je bilo mnogo deklet skupaj zbranih v palači Suze, k oskrbi Hegája, da je bila tudi Estera privedena v kraljevo hišo, v oskrbo Hegája, čuvaja žensk.
9 and the young woman is good in his eyes, and she receives kindness before him, and he hurries her purifications and her portions—to give to her, and the seven young women who are provided—to give to her, from the house of the king, and he changes her and her young women to a good [place in] the house of the women.
Dekle mu je ugajalo in od njega doseglo naklonjenost. Naglo ji je dal njene stvari za očiščenje, s takšnimi stvarmi, kakor so ji pripadale in sedem služabnic, ki so bile primerne, da so ji bile izročene iz kraljeve hiše, ter njo in njene deklice privedel v najboljši prostor ženske hiše.
10 Esther has not declared her people, and her family, for Mordecai has laid a charge on her that she does not declare [it];
Estera pa ni prikazala svojega ljudstva niti svojega sorodstva, kajti Mordohaj ji je naročil, da naj tega ne prikaže.
11 and during every day Mordecai is walking up and down before the court of the house of the women to know the welfare of Esther, and what is done with her.
Mordohaj pa je vsak dan hodil pred dvor ženske hiše, da izve, kako se Estera počuti in kaj bo postalo iz nje.
12 And in the drawing near of the turn of each young woman to come in to King Ahasuerus, at the end of there being to her—according to the law of the women—twelve months, for so they fulfill the days of their purifications; six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfumes, and with the purifications of women,
Torej, ko je prišla za vsako deklico vrsta, da gre h Kralju Ahasvérju, potem ko je bila dvanajst mesecev, glede na določen način za ženske (kajti tako so bili dnevi njihovih očiščevanj dovršeni, namreč šest mesecev z oljem iz mire in šest mesecev s prijetnimi dišavami in z drugimi stvarmi za očiščevanje žensk),
13 and with this the young woman has come in to the king, all that she says is given to her to go in with her out of the house of the women to the house of the king;
potem je vsako dekle tako prišlo h kralju. Karkoli si je želela, ji je bilo dano, da gre z njo iz ženske hiše v kraljevo hišo.
14 in the evening she has gone in, and in the morning she has turned back to the second house of the women, to the hand of Shaashgaz eunuch of the king, keeper of the concubines; she does not come in anymore to the king except the king has delighted in her, and she has been called by name.
Zvečer je odšla, naslednji dan pa se je vrnila v drugo žensko hišo, k oskrbi Šaašgáza, kraljevega glavnega upravitelja, ki je čuval priležnice. Ni več prišla h kralju, razen če se je kralj razveseljeval v njej in da je bila poklicana po imenu.
15 And in the drawing near of the turn of Esther—daughter of Abihail, uncle of Mordecai, whom he had taken to himself for a daughter—to come in to the king, she has not sought a thing except that which Hegai eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, says, and Esther is receiving grace in the eyes of all seeing her.
Torej ko je bila vrsta na Esteri, hčeri Abihájila, Mordohajevega strica, ki si jo je vzel za svojo hčer, je prišla, da gre noter h kralju. Ničesar ni zahtevala, razen kar je Hegáj, kraljevi glavni upravitelj, čuvaj žensk, določil. In Estera je dosegla naklonjenost v očeh vseh tistih, ki so pogledali nanjo.
16 And Esther is taken to King Ahasuerus, to his royal house, in the tenth month—it [is] the month of Tebeth—in the seventh year of his reign,
Tako je bila Estera odpeljana h Kralju Ahasvérju, v njegovo kraljevo hišo, v desetem mesecu, ki je mesec tébet, v sedmem letu njegovega vladanja.
17 and the king loves Esther above all the women, and she receives grace and kindness before him above all the virgins, and he sets a royal crown on her head, and causes her to reign instead of Vashti,
Kralj pa je ljubil Estero nad vsemi ženskami in dosegla je milost in naklonjenost v njegovem pogledu, bolj kot vse device, tako da je kraljevo krono postavil na njeno glavo in jo naredil kraljico namesto Vaští.
18 and the king makes a great banquet to all his heads and his servants—the banquet of Esther—and has made a release to the provinces, and gives gifts as a memorial of the king.
Takrat je kralj naredil veliko praznovanje vsem svojim princem in svojim služabnikom, celó Esterin praznik. Provincam je naredil razbremenitev in dal darove glede na kraljevo razkošje.
19 And in the virgins being gathered a second time, then Mordecai is sitting in the gate of the king;
Ko so drugič zbirali device skupaj, takrat je Mordohaj sedel pri kraljevih velikih vratih.
20 Esther is not declaring her family and her people, as Mordecai has laid a charge on her, and the saying of Mordecai Esther is doing as when she was truly with him.
Estera še ni prikazala svojega sorodstva niti svojega ljudstva, kakor ji je Mordohaj naročil, kajti Estera je izvršila Mordohajevo zapoved, podobno kakor, ko je bila vzgajana pri njem.
21 In those days, when Mordecai is sitting in the gate of the king, has Bigthan been angry, and Teresh (two of the eunuchs of the king, the keepers of the threshold), and they seek to put forth a hand on King Ahasuerus,
V tistih dneh, medtem ko je Mordohaj sedel pri kraljevih velikih vratih, sta bila dva izmed glavnih dvornih upraviteljev, Bigtáj in Tereš, izmed tistih, ki sta varovala vrata, ogorčena in iskala, da položita roko na Kralja Ahasvérja.
22 and the thing is known to Mordecai, and he declares [it] to Esther the queen, and Esther speaks to the king in the name of Mordecai,
Stvar pa je bila odkrita Mordohaju, ki je to povedal kraljici Esteri in Estera je v Mordohajevem imenu o tem potrdila kralju.
23 and the thing is sought out, and found, and both of them are hanged on a tree, and it is written in the scroll of the Chronicles before the king.
Ko je bilo o tej zadevi opravljeno zasliševanje, je bilo to razkrito, zato sta bila oba obešena na drevo. To je bilo pred kraljem zapisano v kroniško knjigo.
