Esther 2
1 After a while, King Xerxes quit being so angry. He thought about Vashti, and he thought about the law he had made because of what she [had done, and he wanted another wife].
Ie añe, naho fa nanintsiñe ty fiforoforoa’ i Akasverose mpanjaka, le nitiahi’e t’i Vastý, i nanoa’ey vaho i nandiliañe azey.
2 So his personal servants said to him, “[Your majesty, ] you should send some men to search throughout the empire for some beautiful young women/virgins for you.
Le hoe o mpitoro’ i mpanjakay niatrak’ azeo: Ehe te ho tsoeheñe ho a i mpanjakay ty somondrara soa vintañe t’ie isaheñe;
3 [After they find some, ] you can appoint some officials in each province to bring them to the place where you keep (your wives/the women you sleep with) here in Susa. Then Hegai, the man who is in charge of these women, can arrange for ointments to be put [on their bodies] to make them [more] beautiful.
le ehe te hanendre sorotà amo hene fifeleha’ i fifehea’eio i mpanjakay hanontonañe an-drova’ i Sosane atoy, añ’ anjomban-drakemba ao, ambane’ ty lili’ i Hegè, mpiatrak’ i mpanjakay, mpañambeñe o ampelao, ze fonga somondrara tsomerentsereñe ho tolorañe ze paia’e ho ami’ty fihaminañe;
4 Then the woman who pleases you most can become queen instead of Vashti.” The king liked what they suggested, so he did it.
vaho ty somondrara tea’ i mpanjakay ty ho mpanjaka-ampela handimbe i Vastý. Nitea’ i mpanjakay i entañey le nanoe’e.
5 At that time there was a Jew [living] in Susa, the capital, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair. Jair was a descendant of Shimei. Shimei was a descendant of [King Saul’s father] Kish. [They were all] from the tribe descended from Benjamin.
Teo t’i nte-Iehoda an-drova’ i Sosane ao, i Mordekay, ana’ Iaire, ana’ i Simeý, ana’ i Kise, ana’ i Beniamine ty tahina’e;
6 [Many years before that, ] King Nebuchadnezzar had taken (Mordecai/Mordecai’s family) [and brought them from Jerusalem] to Babylon, at the same time he brought King Jehoiachin of Judah and many other people to Babylon.
amo nendeseñe boak’ Ierosalaimeo, o nasese an-drohy nindre am’ Iekonià mpanjaka’ Iehodao, o nasese’ i Nebokadnetsare mpanjaka’ i Bavele mb’eoo.
7 Mordecai had a cousin whose [Hebrew] name was Hadassah. She had a beautiful face and beautiful body/figure. Her [Persian] name was Esther. After her father and mother died, Mordecai took care of Esther as though she were his own daughter.
Le nibeize’e t’i Hadasae, natao Estere, anak’ ampelan-drahalahin-drae’e; fa bode-rae naho tsy aman-drene naho nisoa vintañe vaho trenotreno’e i somondraray; aa kanao fa nihomake ty rae’e naho i rene’e le rinambe’ i Mordekay re ho anak’ ampela’e.
8 After the king commanded [that they search for some beautiful women], they brought Esther and many other young women to the king’s palace [in Susa], and (the king put Hegai/Hegai was put) in charge of them.
Aa ie jinanjiñe ty lily naho tsei’ i mpanjakay, le natontoñe an-drova’ i Sosane ao ty somondrara maro ambane’ ty fifehea’ i Hegey; le nampihovaeñe añ’ anjomba’ i mpanjakay, ambane’ i Hegè mpañambeñe o somondrarao, ka t’i Estere.
9 Hegai was very pleased with Esther, and he treated her well. He immediately arranged for her to be given ointments to make her [even more] beautiful, and [he ordered that] special food [would be given to her]. [He arranged that] seven maids from the king’s palace [would take care of her], and arranged that she/they would stay in the best rooms.
Le nahafale aze i somondraray, le nahaoniña’e tretre, le nitolora’e aniany ze nipaiaeñe amy fañaliova’ey naho o faha’eo vaho ty somondrara fito nañeva boak’ añ’ anjombam-panjaka ao; le nasì’e mb’amy toetse soay re rekets’ i mpiatra’e rey.
10 Esther did not tell anyone that she was a Jew, because Mordecai had told her not to tell anyone.
Tsy naboa’ i Estere ondati’eo ndra i toñon-droae’ey, fa nafanto’ i Mordekay ama’e te tsy ho volañe’e.
11 Every day Mordecai walked near the courtyard of the place where those women stayed. He asked [people who entered the courtyard] to find out [and tell him] what was happening to Esther.
Le nidraidraitse aolon-kiririsan’ anjomban-drakemba eo boak’ andro t’i Mordekay handrendreke i Estere naho ze nanoañe.
12 Before these women were taken to the king, they put ointments on [the bodies of] these women for one year to make them more beautiful. For six months they [rubbed olive] oil mixed with myrrh [on their bodies each day]. For [the next] six months they rubbed ointments and perfumes on their bodies.
Nitsatoke ho a o somondrarao te sindre hiheo añatrefa’ i Akasverose mpanjaka eo naho fa heneke ty volañe folo-ro’ amby ty amy lilin-tsomondraray (fa Izay ty nahaheneke o androm-piliovañeo, toe enem-bolañe an-tsolike rame naho enem-bolañe ami’ty mañidè naho o soli-drakemba ila’eo),
13 Then, when one of these women [was summoned to] go to the king, she was allowed to wear whatever clothes and jewelry she chose.
Zao ty niheova’ ty somondrara mb’amy mpanjakay mb’eo; natolotse aze ndra inoñ’ inoñe paiae’e hindeseñe boak’ amy anjomban-drakembay mb’ amy anjomba’ i mpanjakay mb’eo.
14 In the evening, they would take her [to the king’s own room]. The next morning, they would take her to another place where the women [who had slept with the king] stayed. There another official whose name was Shaashgaz was in charge [of those women]. [Those women would live there for the rest of their lives, and] one of those women would go back to the king again only if the king very much wanted her to come again, and only if he told Shaashgaz the name of the woman.
Nizilik’ ao re te hariva, le niavotse mb’añ’ anjomba faharoe’ o roakembao mb’eo te loak’ andro, ho ambane’ ty fifehea’ i Sasgaze, mpiatra’ i mpanjakay, mpañambeñe o sakezao; le tsy niheo mb’amy mpanjakay ka re naho tsy te nitea’e vaho nikanjie’e ami’ty añara’e.
15 Everyone who saw Esther liked her. After King Xerxes had been ruling for seven years, it was Esther’s turn to go to him. When they took her to the king, it was during the middle part of the winter. She wore only the things that Hegai suggested.
Ie nitsatok’ amy Estere, ana’ i Abihaile, rahalahin-drae’ i Mordekay nandrambe aze ho ana’ey, ty himoak’ amy mpanjakay, le tsy ino ty nipaia’e naho tsy ze natoro’ i Hege, mpiatra’ i mpanjakay, mpañamben-droakembay. Le nahaonim-pañisohañe am-pihaino’ ze hene nahaisak’ aze t’i Estere.
Aa le nasese mb’amy Akasverose mpanjaka mb’añ’ anjombam-panjaka mb’eo amy volam-pahafolo, volam-balasira, taom-pahafitom-pifehea’ey t’i Estere.
17 The king liked Esther more than he liked any of the other women [that they brought to him]. He liked her so much that he put on her head the queen’s crown, and he declared that Esther would be the queen instead of Vashti.
Le nikokoa’ i mpanjakay mandikoatse ze somondrara iaby t’i Estere, ie nahaonim-pañisohañe naho fitretrezañe am-pahaisaha’e eo ambone’ o somondrara iabio, aa le nasampe’e an-doha’e eo i sabakam-pifeheañey, le nanoe’e mpanjaka-ampela handimbe i Vastý.
18 To celebrate her [becoming the queen], he had a big banquet/feast prepared for all his administrators and [other] officials. He generously gave [expensive] gifts to everyone, and he declared that in all the provinces there would be a holiday, [a time when people did not have to pay taxes].
Le nanao betitake, ty takataka’ i Estere, ho a ze hene roandria’e naho mpitoro’e i mpanjakay; le nampitofa’e o fifelehañeo vaho nitolora’e falalàñe mañeva ty vara’ i mpanjakay.
19 Later all those women who had spent a night with the king were gathered together again. By that time Mordecai had become an official at the palace.
Ie natontoñe fañindroe’e o somondrarao le niambesatse an-dalambeim-panjaka eo t’i Mordekay.
20 But Esther still did not tell anyone that she was a Jew. She continued to do what Mordecai had told her to do.
Mbe tsy vinola’ i Estere ty filongoa’e ndra ondati’eo, namantoha’ i Mordekaiy; fa mbe nañorike ty lili’ i Mordekay t’i Estere manahake tamy nañabeiza’ey.
21 One day when Mordecai was doing his work in the palace, two of the king’s officials were there. Their names were Bigthana and Teresh. They were the guards who stood outside the king’s own rooms. They became angry [with the king], and they were planning how they could assassinate/kill him.
Tamy andro rezay, ie niambesatse an-dalambei’ i mpanjakay t’i Mordekay; le niboseke t’i Bigtane naho i Terese, roe amo mpiatra’ i mpanjakaio, mpañambeñe i lalañey, ie nikilily hampipao-pitàñe amy Akasverose mpanjaka.
22 But Mordecai heard about what they were planning, and he told that to Queen Esther. Then she told the king what Mordecai had found out.
Fe nioni’ i Mordekay i kiniay naho natalili’e amy Estere, mpanjaka-ampelay vaho tinaro’ i Estere amy mpanjakay amy tahina’ i Mordekaiy.
23 The king investigated and found out that Mordecai’s report was true. So the king ordered that those two men be hanged. When that was done, (an official wrote a report/a report was written) about it in a book called ‘The book that records what happened while Xerxes was king’.
Ie nitsikaraheñe i kililiy le nirendreke naho songa naradorado an-katae ie roe; vaho nisokireñe am-boken-talily añatrefa’ i mpanjakay ao.
