Esther 2

1 after [the] word: thing [the] these like/as to subside rage [the] king Ahasuerus to remember [obj] Vashti and [obj] which to make: do and [obj] which to cut upon her

After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

2 and to say youth [the] king to minister him to seek to/for king maiden virgin pleasant appearance

Then the king’s servants who served him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.

3 and to reckon: overseer [the] king overseer in/on/with all province royalty his and to gather [obj] all maiden virgin pleasant appearance to(wards) Susa [the] palace to(wards) house: palace [the] woman: wife to(wards) hand: power Hegai eunuch [the] king to keep: guard [the] woman and to give: give cosmetic their

Let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the beautiful young virgins to the citadel of Susa, to the women’s house, to the custody of Hegai the king’s eunuch, keeper of the women. Let cosmetics be given them;

4 and [the] maiden which be good in/on/with eye: appearance [the] king to reign underneath: instead Vashti and be good [the] word: thing in/on/with eye: appearance [the] king and to make: do so

and let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” The thing pleased the king, and he did so.

5 man Jew to be in/on/with Susa [the] palace and name his Mordecai son: child Jair son: child Shimei son: child Kish man Benjaminite

There was a certain Jew in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,

6 which to reveal: remove from Jerusalem with [the] captivity which to reveal: remove with Jeconiah king Judah which to reveal: remove Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon

who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.

7 and to be be faithful [obj] Hadassah he/she/it Esther daughter beloved: male relative his for nothing to/for her father and mother and [the] maiden beautiful appearance and pleasant appearance and in/on/with death father her and mother her to take: take her Mordecai to/for him to/for daughter

He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

8 and to be in/on/with to hear: proclaim word [the] king and law his and in/on/with to gather maiden many to(wards) Susa [the] palace to(wards) hand: power Hegai and to take: take Esther to(wards) house: home [the] king to(wards) hand: power Hegai to keep: guard [the] woman

So, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to the citadel of Susa, to the custody of Hegai, Esther was taken into the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

9 and be good [the] maiden in/on/with eye: appearance his and to lift: kindness kindness to/for face: kindness his and to dismay [obj] cosmetic her and [obj] portion her to/for to give: give to/for her and [obj] seven [the] maiden [the] to see: select to/for to give: give to/for her from house: home [the] king and to change her and [obj] maiden her to/for pleasant house: home [the] woman: wife

The maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness from him. He quickly gave her cosmetics and her portions of food, and the seven choice maidens who were to be given her out of the king’s house. He moved her and her maidens to the best place in the women’s house.

10 not to tell Esther [obj] people her and [obj] relatives her for Mordecai to command upon her which not to tell

Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make it known.

11 and in/on/with all day and day: daily Mordecai to go: walk to/for face: before court house: palace [the] woman: wife to/for to know [obj] peace: greeting Esther and what? to make: do in/on/with her

Mordecai walked every day in front of the court of the women’s house, to find out how Esther was doing, and what would become of her.

12 and in/on/with to touch plait maiden and maiden to/for to come (in): come to(wards) [the] king Ahasuerus from end to be to/for her like/as law [the] woman two ten month for so to fill day rubbing their six month in/on/with oil [the] myrrh and six month in/on/with spice and in/on/with cosmetic [the] woman

Each young woman’s turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after her purification for twelve months (for so were the days of their purification accomplished, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet fragrances and with preparations for beautifying women).

13 and in/on/with this [the] maiden to come (in): come to(wards) [the] king [obj] all which to say to give: give to/for her to/for to come (in): come with her from house: home [the] woman: wife till house: home [the] king

The young woman then came to the king like this: whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the women’s house to the king’s house.

14 in/on/with evening he/she/it to come (in): come and in/on/with morning he/she/it to return: return to(wards) house: palace [the] woman: wife second to(wards) hand: power Shaashgaz eunuch [the] king to keep: guard [the] concubine not to come (in): come still to(wards) [the] king that if: except if: except to delight in in/on/with her [the] king and to call: call to in/on/with name

In the evening she went, and on the next day she returned into the second women’s house, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch, who kept the concubines. She came in to the king no more, unless the king delighted in her, and she was called by name.

15 and in/on/with to touch plait Esther daughter Abihail beloved: male relative Mordecai which to take: take to/for him to/for daughter to/for to come (in): come to(wards) [the] king not to seek word: thing that if: except if: except [obj] which to say Hegai eunuch [the] king to keep: guard [the] woman and to be Esther to lift: kindness favor in/on/with eye: appearance all to see: see her

Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s eunuch, the keeper of the women, advised. Esther obtained favour in the sight of all those who looked at her.

16 and to take: take Esther to(wards) [the] king Ahasuerus to(wards) house: home royalty his in/on/with month [the] tenth he/she/it month Tebeth in/on/with year seven to/for royalty his

So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus into his royal house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

17 and to love: lover [the] king [obj] Esther from all [the] woman and to lift: kindness favor and kindness to/for face: kindness his from all [the] virgin and to set: make crown royalty in/on/with head her and to reign her underneath: instead Vashti

The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she obtained favour and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown on her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

18 and to make: offer [the] king feast great: large to/for all ruler his and servant/slave his [obj] feast Esther and holiday to/for province to make: offer and to give: give tribute like/as hand: to [the] king

Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces, and gave gifts according to the king’s bounty.

19 and in/on/with to gather virgin second and Mordecai to dwell in/on/with gate [the] king

When the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate.

20 nothing Esther to tell relatives her and [obj] people her like/as as which to command upon her Mordecai and [obj] command Mordecai Esther to make: do like/as as which to be in/on/with brought up with him

Esther had not yet made known her relatives nor her people, as Mordecai had commanded her; for Esther obeyed Mordecai, like she did when she was brought up by him.

21 in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) and Mordecai to dwell in/on/with gate [the] king be angry Bigthan and Teresh two eunuch [the] king from to keep: guard [the] threshold and to seek to/for to send: reach hand in/on/with king Ahasuerus

In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, who were doorkeepers, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.

22 and to know [the] word: thing to/for Mordecai and to tell to/for Esther [the] queen and to say Esther to/for king in/on/with name Mordecai

This thing became known to Mordecai, who informed Esther the queen; and Esther informed the king in Mordecai’s name.

23 and to seek [the] word: deed and to find and to hang two their upon tree: stake and to write in/on/with scroll: book word: deed [the] day to/for face: before [the] king

When this matter was investigated, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a gallows; and it was written in the book of the chronicles in the king’s presence.