Esther 1
1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this [is] Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Cush, [over] a hundred and seven and twenty provinces: )
| وَحَدَثَ فِي أَيَّامِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ، الَّذِي امْتَدَّ حُكْمُهُ مِنَ الْهِنْدِ إِلَى كُوشٍ، فَمَلَكَ عَلَى مِئَةٍ وَسَبْعَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ إِقْلِيماً، | ١ |
2 [That] in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which [was] in Shushan the palace,
| أَنَّهُ جَلَسَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ عَلَى عَرْشِ مُلْكِهِ فِي شُوشَنَ الْقَصْرِ، | ٢ |
3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast to all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, [being] before him:
| فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ مِنْ عَهْدِهِ، وَأَقَامَ مَأْدُبَةً لِجَمِيعِ رُؤَسَاءِ جَيْشِ مَادِي وَفَارِسَ وَقَادَتِهِ، وَمَثَلَ أَمَامَهُ نُبَلاءُ الْمَمْلَكَةِ وَعُظَمَاؤُهَا. | ٣ |
4 When he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, [even] a hundred and eighty days.
| وَظَلَّتِ الْوَلائِمُ قَائِمَةً طَوَالَ مِئَةٍ وَثَمَانِينَ يَوْماً، أَظْهَرَ فِيهَا الْمَلِكُ كُلَّ بَذَخٍ مِنْ غِنَى مُلْكِهِ وَعِزَّةِ جَلالِ عَظَمَتِهِ. | ٤ |
5 And when these days had expired, the king made a feast for all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both for great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;
| وَبَعْدَ أَنِ انْقَضَتْ هَذِهِ الأَيَّامُ، صَنَعَ الْمَلِكُ وَلِيمَةً لِجَمِيعِ الشَّعْبِ الْمُقِيمِ فِي شُوشَنَ الْعَاصِمَةِ، كِبَارِهِمْ وَصِغَارِهِمْ، اسْتَمَرَّتْ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ فِي دَارِ حَدِيقَةِ الْقَصْرِ. | ٥ |
6 [Where were] white, green, and blue [hangings], fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds [were of] gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble.
| الَّتِي زُيِّنَتْ بِأَنْسِجَةٍ بَيْضَاءَ وَخَضْرَاءَ وَزَرْقَاءَ، عُلِّقَتْ بِحِبَالٍ كَتَّانِيَّةٍ مُلَوَّنَةٍ فِي حَلَقَاتٍ فِضِّيَّةٍ وَأَعْمِدَةٍ رُخَامِيَّةٍ وَأَرَائِكَ ذَهَبِيَّةٍ وَفِضِّيَّةٍ، عَلَى أَرْضِيَّةٍ مَرْصُوفَةٍ بِرُخَامٍ أَبْيَضَ وَمَرْمَرٍ وَدُرٍّ وَرُخَامٍ أَسْوَدَ. | ٦ |
7 And they gave [them] drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another, ) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
| وَكَانَتِ الأَقْدَاحُ الَّتِي تُقَدَّمُ فِيهَا الْخُمُورُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، وَآنِيَةُ الْمَوَائِدِ مُخْتَلِفَةَ الأَشْكَالِ، أَمَّا الْخُمُورُ الْمَلَكِيَّةُ فَكَانَتْ وَفِيرَةً بِفَضْلِ كَرَمِ الْمَلِكِ. | ٧ |
8 And the drinking [was] according to the law; none constrained: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
| وَأَصْدَرَ الْمَلِكُ أَمْرَهُ إِلَى كِبَارِ رِجَالِ قَصْرِهِ أَنْ يُقَدِّمُوا الْخُمُورَ حَسَبَ رَغْبَةِ كُلِّ مَدْعُوٍّ مِنْ غَيْرِ قُيُودٍ، | ٨ |
9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women [in] the royal house which [belonged] to king Ahasuerus.
| وَأَقَامَتْ وَشْتِي الْمَلِكَةُ وَلِيمَةً أُخْرَى لِلنِّسَاءِ فِي قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ. | ٩ |
10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
| وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ عِنْدَمَا دَارَتِ الْخَمْرُ بِرَأْسِ الْمَلِكِ، أَمَرَ خِصْيَانَهُ السَّبْعَةَ مَهُومَانَ وَبِزْثَا وَحَرْبُونَا وَبِغْثَا وَأَبَغْثَا وَزِيثَارَ وَكَرْكَسَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَخْدُمُونَ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ، | ١٠ |
11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the people and the princes her beauty: for she [was] fair to look on.
| أَنْ يَأْتُوا بِالْمَلِكَةِ وَشْتِي لِتَمْثُلَ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ، وَعَلَى رَأْسِهَا تَاجُ الْمُلْكِ، لِيَرَى الْحَاضِرُونَ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ وَالْعُظَمَاءِ جَمَالَهَا، لأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ رَائِعَةَ الْفِتْنَةِ. | ١١ |
12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by [his] chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
| فَأَبَتِ الْمَلِكَةُ أَنْ تُطِيعَ أَمْرَ الْمَلِكِ الَّذِي نَقَلَهُ إِلَيْهَا الْخِصْيَانُ. فَاسْتَشَاطَ الْمَلِكُ غَيْظاً وَاشْتَعَلَ غَضَبُهُ فِي دَاخِلِهِ. | ١٢ |
13 Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for so [was] the king's manner towards all that knew law and judgment:
| وَكَانَتْ عَادَةُ الْمَلِكِ أَنْ يَسْتَشِيرَ الْحُكَمَاءَ الْعَارِفِينَ بِالأَزْمِنَةِ وَالشَّرَائِعِ وَالْقَوَانِينِ، فَسَأَلَ | ١٣ |
14 And the next to him [was] Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, [and] Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, [and] who sat the first in the kingdom; )
| كَرْشَنَا وَشِيثَارَ وَأَدْمَاثَا وَتَرْشِيشَ وَمَرَسَ وَمَرْسَنَا وَمَمُوكَانَ، وَهُمْ سَبْعَةُ حُكَمَاءَ مُقَرَّبُونَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ مَادِي وَفَارِسَ، مِمَّنْ يَمْثُلُونَ دَائِماً أَمَامَ الْمَلِكِ، وَيَحْتَلُّونَ الْمَرَاتِبَ الأُولَى فِي الْمَمْلَكَةِ: | ١٤ |
15 What shall we do to the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
| «أَيُّ شَيْءٍ تُعَاقَبُ بِهِ الْمَلِكَةُ، حَسَبَ نَصِّ الْقَانُونِ، لأَنَّهَا لَمْ تُنَفِّذْ أَمْرَ الْمَلِكِ الَّذِي نَقَلَهُ إِلَيْهَا الْخِصْيَانُ؟» | ١٥ |
16 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that [are] in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
| فَأَجَابَهُ مَمُوكَانُ فِي حَضْرَةِ الْعُظَمَاءِ: «إِنَّ الْمَلِكَةَ وَشْتِي لَمْ تُذْنِبْ فِي حَقِّ الْمَلِكِ وَحْدَهُ، بَلْ أَسَاءَتْ إِلَى جَمِيعِ الرُّؤَسَاءِ وَالأُمَمِ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي تُخُومِ الْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ، | ١٦ |
17 For [this] deed of the queen will come abroad to all women, so that they will despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
| فَمَا إِنْ يَذِيعُ خَبَرُ تَصَرُّفِ الْمَلِكَةِ بَيْنَ جَمِيعِ النِّسَاءِ، حَتَّى يَحْتَقِرْنَ أَزْوَاجَهُنَّ، إِذْ يَقُلْنَ: إِنَّ الْمَلِكَ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ أَمَرَ أَنْ تَمْثُلَ الْمَلِكَةُ وَشْتِي أَمَامَهُ وَلَكِنَّهَا لَمْ تُنَفِّذْ أَمْرَهُ. | ١٧ |
18 [Likewise] will the ladies of Persia and Media say this day to all the king's princes, who have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus [will there arise] too much contempt and wrath.
| فَتَحْذُو فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ سَيِّدَاتُ فَارِسَ وَمَادِي، اللَّوَاتِي بَلَغَهُنَّ خَبَرُ الْمَلِكَةِ، حَذْوَهَا، مَعَ جَمِيعِ رُؤَسَاءِ الْمَلِكِ. وَمِثْلُ هَذَا يُثِيرُ كَثْرَةً مِنَ الاحْتِقَارِ وَالْغَضَبِ. | ١٨ |
19 If it pleaseth the king, let a royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another that is better than she.
| فَإِذَا رَاقَ لِلْمَلِكِ فَلْيُصْدِرْ أَمْراً مَلَكِيًّا، يُسَجَّلُ ضِمْنَ مَرَاسِيمِ مَادِي وَفَارِسَ الَّتِي لَا تَتَغَيَّرُ، يُحَظَّرُ فِيهِ عَلَى وَشْتِي الْمُثُولُ فِي حَضْرَةِ الْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ. وَلْيُنْعِمِ الْمَلِكُ بِمُلْكِهَا عَلَى مَنْ هِيَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهَا. | ١٩ |
20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great, ) all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.
| وَهَكَذَا يَذِيعُ أَمْرُ الْمَلِكِ الصَّادِرُ عَنْهُ فِي كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ مَمْلَكَتِهِ الشَّاسِعَةِ، فَتُعَامِلُ جَمِيعُ النِّسَاءِ أَزْوَاجَهُنَّ صِغَاراً وَكِبَاراً بِاحْتِرَامٍ». | ٢٠ |
21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
| فَاسْتَصْوَبَ الْمَلِكُ وَعُظَمَاؤُهُ هَذَا الرَّأْيَ، وَعَمِلَ بِمَشُورَةِ مَمُوكَانَ، | ٢١ |
22 For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing of it, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that [it] should be published according to the language of every people.
| فَبَعَثَ رَسَائِلَ إِلَى كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ الْمَمْلَكَةِ، مَكْتُوبَةً بِلُغَةِ أَقَالِيمِهَا وَبِلَهْجَةِ شُعُوبِهَا، يَأْمُرُ فِيهَا أَنْ يَكُونَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ السَّيِّدَ الْمُطَاعَ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَأَوْصَى أَنْ يُذَاعَ هَذَا الأَمْرُ حَسَبَ لُغَةِ كُلِّ شَعْبٍ. | ٢٢ |
