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].
Depois destas coisas, quando a ira do rei Assuero foi pacificada, ele se lembrou de Vashti, do que ela havia feito e do que foi decretado contra ela.
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.
Então os servos do rei que o serviram disseram: “Que se procurem jovens virgens bonitas para o rei”.
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.
Que o rei nomeie oficiais em todas as províncias de seu reino, para que reúnam todas as belas jovens virgens à cidadela de Susa, à casa das mulheres, à custódia de Hegai, o eunuco do rei, guardião das mulheres. Que lhes sejam dados cosméticos;
4 Then the woman who pleases you most can become queen instead of Vashti.” The king liked what they suggested, so he did it.
e que a donzela que agradar ao rei seja rainha em vez de Vashti”. A coisa agradou ao rei, e ele o fez.
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.
Havia um certo judeu na cidadela de Susa cujo nome era Mordecai, filho de Jair, filho de Shimei, filho de Kish, um benjamita,
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.
que havia sido levado de Jerusalém com os cativos que haviam sido levados com Jeconias, rei de Judá, que Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia, havia levado.
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.
Ele criou Hadassah, ou seja, Ester, a filha de seu tio; pois ela não tinha pai nem mãe. A donzela era bela e justa; e quando seu pai e sua mãe morreram, Mordecai a tomou por sua própria filha.
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.
Assim, quando o mandamento do rei e seu decreto foi ouvido, e quando muitas donzelas foram reunidas na cidadela de Susa, à custódia de Hegai, Ester foi levada à casa do rei, à custódia de Hegai, guardiã das mulheres.
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.
A donzela lhe agradou, e obteve dele a bondade. Ele rapidamente deu a ela cosméticos e suas porções de comida, e as sete donzelas escolhidas que deveriam recebê-la fora da casa do rei. Ele a transferiu e suas donzelas para o melhor lugar da casa das mulheres.
10 Esther did not tell anyone that she was a Jew, because Mordecai had told her not to tell anyone.
Esther não havia dado a conhecer seu povo nem seus parentes, porque Mordecai lhe havia instruído para que não a desse a conhecer.
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.
Mordecai caminhava todos os dias em frente ao tribunal da casa das mulheres, para saber como Esther estava se saindo e o que seria dela.
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.
A vez de cada jovem mulher chegou para ir ao rei Assuero depois de sua purificação por doze meses (pois assim foram os dias de sua purificação, seis meses com óleo de mirra e seis meses com fragrâncias doces e com preparações para embelezar as mulheres).
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.
A jovem mulher veio então ao rei assim: o que ela desejava era dado a ela para ir com ela para fora da casa da mulher para a casa do rei.
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.
À noite ela foi, e no dia seguinte voltou para a segunda casa feminina, à custódia de Shaashgaz, o eunuco do rei, que mantinha as concubinas. Ela não chegou mais ao rei, a menos que o rei se deleitasse com ela, e foi chamada pelo nome.
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.
Agora quando chegou a vez de Ester, a filha de Abihail, o tio de Mordecai, que a tinha tomado por sua filha, ir ao rei, ela não precisava de nada além do que Hegai, o eunuco do rei, o guardião das mulheres, aconselhou. Ester obteve favor à vista de todos aqueles que a olhavam.
Então Ester foi levada ao rei Assuero em sua casa real no décimo mês, que é o mês de Tebeth, no sétimo ano de seu reinado.
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.
O rei amava Ester mais do que todas as mulheres, e ela obteve favor e bondade à vista dele mais do que todas as virgens; de modo que ele colocou a coroa real na cabeça dela, e a fez rainha em vez de Vashti.
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].
Então o rei fez uma grande festa para todos os seus príncipes e seus servos, até mesmo a festa de Ester; e proclamou um feriado nas províncias, e deu presentes de acordo com a generosidade do rei.
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.
Quando as virgens foram reunidas pela segunda vez, Mordecai estava sentado no portão do rei.
20 But Esther still did not tell anyone that she was a Jew. She continued to do what Mordecai had told her to do.
Esther ainda não havia dado a conhecer seus parentes nem seu povo, como Mordecai lhe ordenara; pois Esther obedeceu a Mordecai, como ela fez quando foi criada por ele.
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.
Naqueles dias, enquanto Mordecai estava sentado no portão do rei, dois dos eunucos do rei, Bigthan e Teresh, que eram porteiros, estavam zangados, e procuravam impor as mãos ao rei Ahasuerus.
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.
Esta coisa ficou conhecida de Mordecai, que informou Ester a rainha; e Ester informou o rei em nome de Mordecai.
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’.
Quando este assunto foi investigado, e se descobriu que assim era, ambos foram pendurados numa forca; e foi escrito no livro das crônicas na presença do rei.
