< 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 —
Ma e gima notimore e ndalo loch Ahasuerus, e kinde mane orito pinje mia achiel gi piero ariyo gabiriyo chakre India nyaka Kush.
2 in those days, at the sitting of the king Ahasuerus on the throne of his kingdom, that [is] in Shushan the palace,
E kindeno ruoth Ahasuerus norito loch Kodak e dala maduongʼ mochiel motegno mar Susa,
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,
to e higa mar adek mar lochne noloso sawo ne jodonge gi jotije duto gi jotend lweny man Pasia gi Media gi joka ruoth, gi jodongo duto mag pinje bende ne nitie.
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.
Kuom ndalo mia achiel gi piero aboro nonyisogi mwandu mathoth mag pinyruodhe gi ber kod teko miwuoro mar lochne.
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 —
Ka ndalogo noserumo, ruoth notimo sawo ni ji duto mane odak e dala maduongʼ mochiel motegno mar Susa. Sawono notim e siwandha mar dala ruoth kendo nokawo ndalo abiriyo.
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 —
E siwandhano ne nitie pasia marachar gi marambulu molier kotwe gi tonde momin gi lewni marochere gi maralik kolier e bonje mar fedha manotwe e sirni mapakni. Kombego nolos gi dhahabu gi fedha kendo siwandhano nobug gi kite mopogore opogore ma nengogi tek ma kitgi opogore opogore.
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.
Ji ne madho divai gi kikombe mopogore opogore kendo divai ne ngʼeny mana ka mar ruoth adier nikech ne chunye ngʼwon.
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.
Ruoth nogolo chik ni mondo oyiene ngʼato ka ngʼato mondo omadh gima odwaro, nimar ruoth nosegolo chik ne jotich mapogo divai ni mondo omi ngʼato ka ngʼato math modwaro.
9 Also Vashti the queen hath made a banquet for women, in the royal house that the king Ahasuerus hath.
Vashti mikach ruoth bende ne oloso sawo ne mon modak e dala ruoth Ahasuerus.
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,
Chiengʼ mar abiriyo kane divai oromo ruoth Ahasuerus nochiko jotichne mabwoch abiriyo magin Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar gi Karkas,
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,
mondo okel Vashti ma mikache ire ka orwako osimbo mar mikach ruoth, kendo mondo onyis ji to gi jotelo kaka ojaber, nikech nober neno.
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.
To ka joote notero wach ma ruoth nochiko, Vashti ma mikach ruoth notamore dhi. Eka ruoth nobedo makwiny kendo iye nowangʼ ahinya.
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,
Kaka ne en timgi mondo ruoth openj wach kuom joma olony e weche mag chike gi kaka ingʼado bura kare, nowuoyo gi joma riek, manongʼeyo weche mag ndalo,
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 —
bende ne gin joma ruoth ogeno ahinya mane bet machiegni kode kaka Karshena, Shetha, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena gi Memukan, mane gin jodongo abiriyo mag Pasia gi Media mane nyalo donjo ir ruoth e sa asaya bende ne gin joma oluor kendo ogen e pinyruoth.
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?'
Nopenjogi niya, “Kaluwore gi chik, angʼo monego timne Vashti ma mikacha? Nikech osedagi winjo chik mar ruoth Ahasuerus mane oorogo jotichne mabwoch ire.”
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;
Eka Memukan nodwoko wach e nyim ruoth gi jotelo niya, “Vashti mikach ruoth osetimo tim marach ne jotelo gi ji duto man e gwenge man e bwo loch ruoth Ahasuerus.
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;
Nimar tim ma mikach ruoth otimoni, ka mon mamoko ongʼeyo, to gibiro chayo chwogi kagiwacho ni, ‘Ruoth Ahasuerus nochiko mikache ma Vashti mondo okel e nyime, to nodagi biro.’
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.
Kata mana kawuononi mond jodong Pasia gi Media ma owinjo tim ma mikachi otimo biro mana timo ne jodong ruoth tim machal gi mano. Achaya gi ich wangʼ biro dhi nyime maonge gikone.
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;
“Emomiyo, ka ber ne ruoth to mondo ogol chik maka ruoth kendo mondo ondiki wachni e chike mag Pasia gi Media, mosiko ma ok nyal gol ni Vashti kik chak bi e nyim ruoth Ahasuerus kendo. Bende ruoth onego ket ngʼato kare malongʼo man-gi chia moloye.
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.'
Eka chik ma ruoth ogolono nolandre pinye duto, kendo mon duto biro luoro chwogi, maonge modongʼ.”
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,
Ruoth gi jodonge ne mor gi rieko mane ongʼadni, eka ruoth notimo kaka Memukan nowacho.
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.
Nooro baruwa moketoe sei mare ni pinjeruodhi duto, moro ka moro nondikne gi dhogi giwegi kanyisogi malongʼo e dhok ma giwinjo ni chwo duto obed gi teko mar rito miechgi gi joma odak e miechgigo.

< Esther 1 >