Esther 1
1 And it cometh to pass, in the days of Ahasuerus — he [is] Ahasuerus who is reigning from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces —
U vrijeme Asvirovo, a taj Asvir carovaše od Indije do Etiopije u sto i dvadeset i sedam zemalja,
2 in those days, at the sitting of the king Ahasuerus on the throne of his kingdom, that [is] in Shushan the palace,
U to vrijeme, kad sjeðaše car Asvir na prijestolu carstva svojega u Susanu carskom gradu,
3 in the third year of his reign, he hath made a banquet to all his heads and his servants; of the force of Persia and Media, the chiefs and heads of the provinces [are] before him,
Treæe godine carovanja svojega uèini gozbu svijem knezovima svojim i slugama svojim, te bijaše kod njega sila Persijska i Midska, vlastelji i upravitelji zemaljski;
4 in his shewing the wealth of the honour of his kingdom, and the glory of the beauty of his greatness, many days — eighty and a hundred days.
I on pokazivaše bogatstvo i slavu carstva svojega i diku i krasotu velièine svoje mnogo dana, sto i osamdeset dana.
5 And at the fulness of these days hath the king made to all the people who are found in Shushan the palace, from great even unto small, a banquet, seven days, in the court of the garden of the house of the king —
I poslije tih dana uèini car svemu narodu što ga bijaše u Susanu carskom gradu od maloga do velikoga gozbu za sedam dana u trijemu u vrtu od carskoga dvora.
6 white linen, white cotton, and blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple on rings of silver, and pillars of marble, couches of gold, and of silver, on a pavement of smaragdus, and white marble, and mother-of-pearl, and black marble —
Zavjesi bijeli, zeleni i ljubièasti bijahu obješeni vrvcama bijelijem, lanenijem i skerletnijem o bioèuzima srebrnijem na stupovima mramornijem; odri bijahu zlatni i srebrni po podu od zelenoga, bijeloga, žutoga i crvenoga mramora.
7 and the giving of drink in vessels of gold, and the vessels [are] divers vessels, and the royal wine [is] abundant, as a memorial of the king.
A piæe davahu u sudovima zlatnijem, i to u sudovima drugim i drugim, a vina carskoga bješe izobila, kako može biti u cara.
8 And the drinking [is] according to law, none is pressing, for so hath the king appointed for every chief one of his house, to do according to the pleasure of man and man.
I piæem niko ne navaljivaše po naredbi, jer car bješe zapovjedio svijem pristavima doma svojega da èine kako ko hoæe.
9 Also Vashti the queen hath made a banquet for women, in the royal house that the king Ahasuerus hath.
I carica Astina uèini gozbu ženama u carskom dvoru cara Asvira.
10 On the seventh day, as the heart of the king is glad with wine, he hath said to Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who are ministering in the presence of the king Ahasuerus,
Sedmi dan kad se car razveseli od vina reèe Meumanu, Visati, Arvoni, Vikti, Avakti, Zetaru i Harkasu, sedmorici dvorana koji dvorahu pred carem Asvirom,
11 to bring in Vashti the queen before the king, with a royal crown, to shew the peoples and the heads her beauty, for she [is] of good appearance,
Da dovedu caricu Astinu pred cara pod carskim vijencem, da pokaže narodima i knezovima ljepotu njezinu, jer bijaše lijepa.
12 and the queen Vashti refuseth to come in at the word of the king that [is] by the hand of the eunuchs, and the king is very wroth, and his fury hath burned in him.
Ali carica Astina ne htje doæi na rijeè carevu, koju joj poruèi po dvoranima; zato se car vrlo razgnjevi i gnjev se njegov raspali u njemu.
13 And the king saith to wise men, knowing the times — for so [is] the word of the king before all knowing law and judgment,
I reèe car mudarcima koji razumijevahu vremena jer tako car iznošaše stvari pred sve koji razumijevahu zakon i pravdu,
14 and he who is near unto him [is] Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memucan, seven heads of Persia and Media seeing the face of the king, who are sitting first in the kingdom —
A najbliži do njega bijahu Karsena, Setar, Admata, Tarsis, Meres, Marsena i Memukan, sedam knezova Persijskih i Midskih, koji gledahu lice carevo i sjeðahu na prvijem mjestima u carstvu):
15 'According to law, what — to do with queen Vashti, because that she hath not done the saying of the king Ahasuerus by the hand of the eunuchs?'
Što treba po zakonu èiniti s caricom Astinom što nije uèinila što je zapovjedio car Asvir preko dvorana?
16 And Memucan saith before the king and the heads, 'Not against the king by himself hath Vashti the queen done perversely, but against all the heads, and against all the peoples that [are] in all provinces of the king Ahasuerus;
Tada reèe Memukan pred carem i knezovima: nije samo caru skrivila carica Astina nego i svijem knezovima i svijem narodima po svijem zemljama cara Asvira.
17 for go forth doth the word of the queen unto all the women, to render their husbands contemptible in their eyes, in their saying, The king Ahasuerus said to bring in Vashti the queen before him, and she did not come;
Jer æe se djelo carièino raziæi meðu sve žene, pa æe prezirati muževe svoje govoreæi: car Asvir zapovjedi da dovedu preda nj caricu Astinu, a ona ne doðe.
18 yea, this day do princesses of Persia and Media, who have heard the word of the queen, say [so] to all heads of the king, even according to the sufficiency of contempt and wrath.
I od danas æe kneginje Persijske i Midske koje èuju šta je uèinila carica tako govoriti svijem knezovima carevijem; te æe biti mnogo prkosa i svaðe.
19 'If to the king [it be] good, there goeth forth a royal word from before him, and it is written with the laws of Persia and Media, and doth not pass away, that Vashti doth not come in before the king Ahasuerus, and her royalty doth the king give to her companion who [is] better than she;
Ako je ugodno caru, da izide carska zapovijest od njega i da se upiše meðu zakone Persijske i Midske da je nepromjenito, da Astina ne izlazi više pred cara Asvira i da æe car dati njezino carstvo drugoj boljoj od nje.
20 and the sentence of the king that he maketh hath been heard in all his kingdom — for it [is] great — and all the wives give honour to their husbands, from great even unto small.'
I kad se zapovijest careva koju uèini èuje po carstvu njegovu svemu kolikome, sve æe žene poštovati svoje muževe od velikoga do maloga.
21 And the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and of the princes, and the king doth according to the word of Memucan,
I ovo bi po volji caru i knezovima, i uèini car kako reèe Memukan.
22 and sendeth letters unto all provinces of the king, unto province and province according to its writing, and unto people and people according to its tongue, for every man being head in his own house — and speaking according to the language of his people.
I razasla knjige po svijem zemljama carskim, u svaku zemlju njezinijem pismom i svakomu narodu njegovijem jezikom, da bi svaki muž bio gospodar u svojoj kuæi; i bi proglašeno jezikom svakoga naroda.
