Esther 2
1 Some time later, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus had subsided, he remembered what Vashti had done and what had been decreed against her.
Poslije toga, kad se utiša gnjev cara Asvira, on se opomenu Astine i što je uèinila i što je nareðeno za nju.
2 Then the king’s servants who waited upon him said, ‘Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king,
I rekoše momci carevi, sluge njegove: da potraže caru mladijeh djevojaka lijepijeh;
3 and let the king appoint commissioners to all the provinces of his kingdom to gather them all to Susa the royal residence. Let them be brought into the women’s quarters under the custody of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who has charge of the women. Then give them what is needed to make them beautiful,
I neka odredi car pristave po svijem zemljama carstva svojega da skupe sve djevojke mlade i lijepe u Susan grad carski u ženski dvor pod ruku Igaja dvoranina careva, èuvara ženskoga, i neka im se daju potrebe za ljepotu.
4 and let the girl who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.’ The proposal pleased the king so he put it into action.
Pa koja djevojka bude po volji caru, neka bude carica na Astinino mjesto. I to bi po volji caru, i uèini tako.
5 In Susa the royal residence lived a Jew named Mordecai. He was son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjamite.
Bijaše u Susanu carskom gradu Judejac po imenu Mardohej, sin Jaira sina Simeja sina Kisova, od plemena Venijaminova,
6 (Kish had been carried away from Jerusalem with the exiles who were deported with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon took captive.)
Koji bi odveden u ropstvo iz Jerusalima s robljem koje bi odvedeno u ropstvo s Jehonijom carem Judinijem, kojega zarobi Navuhodonosor car Vavilonski.
7 Mordecai had adopted Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter, since she had neither father nor mother. The girl was shapely and beautiful; and after her father and mother died, Mordecai raised her as if she was his own daughter.
On odgajaše Adasu, a to je Jestira, kæi strica njegova, jer ne imaše oca ni matere; a djevojka bijaše lijepa stasa i krasna lica, i po smrti oca joj i matere uze je Mardohej za kæer.
8 When the king’s command and decree were known, many girls were gathered together to Susa the capital under the custody of Hegai. Esther was also taken into the king’s palace and placed under the custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women.
I kad se razglasi rijeè careva i zapovijest, i mnogo se djevojaka skupi u Susan grad carski pod ruku Igajevu, bi i Jestira dovedena u dvor carev pod ruku Igaja èuvara ženskoga.
9 The girl pleased him and gained his favour, so that he quickly gave her the cosmetics she needed to enhance her beauty and her allowance of food and the seven maids selected from the king’s household. He also transferred her and her maids to the best place in the harem.
I djevojka mu omilje i naðe milost u njega, te joj odmah dade potrebe za ljepotu i dio njezin, i sedam pristalijeh djevojaka iz carskoga doma, i namjesti je s njezinijem djevojkama na najljepše mjesto u ženskom domu.
10 Esther had not revealed her people nor her family background because Mordecai had ordered her not to.
Jestira ne kaza naroda svojega ni roda svojega, jer joj Mardohej bješe zabranio da ne kazuje.
11 Every day Mordecai would to walk in front of the courtyard of the harem and ask after Esther’s health and what was happening to her.
A Mardohej hodaše svaki dan ispred trijema od ženskoga doma da bi doznao kako je Jestira i što æe biti od nje.
12 The girls were prepared for meeting King Ahasuerus for twelve months: six months being treated with oil of myrrh and six months with perfumes and cosmetics. After the twelve months,
A kad bi došao red na koju djevojku da uðe k caru Asviru, pošto bi joj se èinilo po ženskom zakonu dvanaest mjeseca jer toliko vremena trebaše da se uljepšavaju, šest mjeseca uljem od smirne a šest mjeseca mirisima i drugim stvarima za ljepotu žensku
13 each girl went in to the king. She was allowed to take with her whatever she wished from the women’s quarters,
Tada bi djevojka išla k caru, i što bi god rekla dalo bi joj se da s tijem ide iz ženske kuæe u dom carev.
14 and would enter the palace in the evening and return the next morning to another part of the harem under the care of the king’s eunuch Shaashgaz who was in charge of concubines. She would not go to the king again unless he desired her and summoned her by name.
Uveèe bi ušla, a ujutru bi se vratila u drugu kuæu žensku pod ruku Sazgaza dvoranina careva, èuvara inoèkoga; više ne bi išla k caru, veæ ako bi je htio car, te bi bila pozvana po imenu.
15 When it was the turn of Esther (the girl adopted by Mordecai, daughter of his uncle Abihail) to go in to the king, she only took with her those things that Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, had advised her to take. Esther was liked by all who saw her.
I tako kad doðe red na Jestiru kæer Avihaila strica Mardohejeva, koju bješe uzeo za kæer, da uðe k caru, ona ne zaiska ništa nego što reèe Igaj dvoranin carev, èuvar ženski; i Jestira nalažaše milost u svakoga ko je viðaše.
16 Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
Tako bi Jestira odvedena k caru Asviru u carski dvor njegov desetoga mjeseca, koje je mjesec Tevet, sedme godine carovanja njegova.
17 And the king loved her more than all the other women, and she became his favourite and won his affection. He placed the royal diadem on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.
I caru omilje Jestira mimo sve druge žene, i pridobi milost i ljubav njegovu mimo sve djevojke, te joj metnu carski vijenac na glavu i uèini je caricom na mjesto Astinino.
18 Then the king gave a great feast to all his officials and courtiers in honour of Esther, and he remitted the taxes of the provinces and distributed gifts with royal liberality.
I uèini car veliku gozbu svijem knezovima svojim i slugama svojim radi Jestire, i pokloni zemljama olakšice i razdade darove kako car može.
19 All the time the virgins were assembled again, Mordecai was sitting as an offical at the king’s gate.
A kad se drugom skupljahu djevojke, Mardohej sjeðaše na vratima carevijem.
20 Esther had not revealed her people or family background because she still obeyed him as she had when he was bringing her up.
A Jestira ne kaza svojega roda ni naroda, kao što joj bješe zapovjedio Mardohej, i Jestira èinjaše što joj Mardohej govoraše, kao kad se odgajaše kod njega.
21 In those days while Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, two of the royal court attendants, Bigthan and Teresh, who guarded the entrance of the palace, became enraged and attempted to kill King Ahasuerus.
U te dane, kad Mardohej sjeðaše na vratima carevijem, rasrdiše se Vihtan i Teres dva dvoranina careva izmeðu onijeh koji stražahu na pragu, i gledahu da dignu ruke na cara Asvira.
22 But Mordecai learned of the conspiracy and disclosed it to Queen Esther, and she told the king on Mordecai’s behalf.
A to dozna Mardohej i javi carici Jestiri, a Jestira kaza caru u ime Mardohejevo.
23 When the affair was investigated and the facts discovered, the conspirators were both hanged on the gallows. The incident was recorded in the presence of the king in the daily record of events.
I kad se stvar izvidje i naðe, biše obješena ona obojica na drvo, i to se zapisa u knjigu dnevnika pred carem.
