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1 Vwala se te sou rèy wa Asyeris. Li t'ap gouvènen sanvennsèt (127) pwovens depi peyi Lend rive peyi Letiopi.
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 —
2 Lè sa a, wa a te rete lavil Souz, kapital la, ki te tankou yon sitadèl.
in those days, at the sitting of the king Ahasuerus on the throne of his kingdom, that [is] in Shushan the palace,
3 Li te gen twazan depi li te wa. Yon jou, li bay yon gwo fèt babako pou tout chèf li yo ak pou tout moun k'ap sèvi avè l' nan gouvènman an. Tout lame peyi Pès ak peyi Medi a te la tou ansanm ak tout gouvènè ak tout gwo zotobre pwovens yo.
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,
4 Pandan sis mwa, wa a t'ap fè yo wè jan palè l' la te rich, jan li te grannèg anpil, ak kantite bèl bagay li te genyen.
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.
5 Apre tout jou sa yo, wa a fè yon gwo fèt pou tout moun, rich kou pòv, ki te rete lavil Souz, kapital la. Pandan sèt jou, li resevwa mesye yo nan lakou jaden palè l' la.
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 —
6 Lakou palè a te dekore ak bèl rido koulè blan ak ble. Yo te mare rido yo ak bèl ti kòdon koulè violèt nan bag fèt an ajan moute sou gwo poto fèt an mab. Yo te ranje bèl ti kabann fèt an lò ak an ajan nan tout lakou a. Lakou a te pave ak mab blan, mab wouj, mab nwa, gwo pèl klere, ak bèl pye ble.
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 —
7 Yo te sèvi bweson nan gwo gode lò. Chak gode te gen yon fòm apa. Yo te bay diven wa a an kantite, jan wa a te vle l' la.
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.
8 Tout moun t'ap bwè san pesonn pa kontwole bouch yo, paske wa a te bay kanbizye li yo lòd pou chak moun te jwenn mezi yo vle.
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.
9 Larenn Vachti bò pa l' t'ap resevwa medam yo anndan palè wa Asyeris la.
Also Vashti the queen hath made a banquet for women, in the royal house that the king Ahasuerus hath.
10 Dènye jou fèt la, wa a t'ap bwè, kè l' te kontan. Li fè rele sèt nan nèg konfyans pa l' yo: Se te Mayouman, Bizta, Abona, Bigta, Obagta, Zeta ak Kakas.
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,
11 Li ba yo lòd pou y' al chache larenn Vachti ak tout kouwòn li sou tèt li. Larenn lan te yon bèl fanm. Wa a te vle fè pèp la ak tout chèf li yo wè jan li bèl.
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,
12 Men lè nèg konfyans yo al di larenn Vachti lòd wa a te ba yo a, li derefize vini. Sa te fè wa a fache. Li te move anpil.
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.
13 Se te koutim lan lè sa a chak fwa wa a te gen yon bagay pou l' regle, li toujou pran konsèy nan men moun ki konnen sa ki dwat ak sa lalwa mande. Se konsa, wa a fè chache konseye l' yo pou yo di l' sa pou l' fè.
And the king saith to wise men, knowing the times — for so [is] the word of the king before all knowing law and judgment,
14 Men konseye ki te pi pre l' yo se te Kachna, Cheta, Admata, Tachich, Meris, Masena ak Mimoukan, sèt gwo chèf ki te soti nan peyi Pès ak nan peyi Medi ki te gen dwa wè wa a lè yo vle. Lèfini, se yo ki te gen premye plas nan gouvènman an.
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 —
15 Wa a di yo konsa: -Dapre lalwa, kisa pou m' fè larenn Vachti? Mwen voye nèg konfyans mwen yo al ba li yon lòd, li derefize obeyi m'.
'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?'
16 Lè sa a Mimoukan pran lapawòl devan wa a ak tout lòt chèf yo, li di konsa: -Se pa sèlman wa a larenn Vachti manke dega. Se tout chèf ak tout gason k'ap viv nan tout peyi ki sou lòd wa a li manke dega.
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;
17 Lè medam yo va konnen sa larenn Vachti fè a, yo tout yo pral pran mari yo pou bòbòy. Y'ap di: Wa Asyeris ki wa Asyeris, li te bay larenn Vachti lòd pou vin bò kote l', larenn lan te derefize!
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;
18 Lè madanm chèf peyi Pès ak peyi Medi yo va konnen sa larenn lan fè la a, se sa ase yo pral pale nan zòrèy mari yo depi jòdi a menm. Lè sa a, toupatou medam yo p'ap respekte mari yo ankò. Mari yo menm pral fè kòlè sou madanm yo.
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.
19 Si wa a dakò, se pou l' fè yon deklarasyon pou l' fè tout moun konnen larenn Vachti pa janm gen dwa parèt devan l' ankò. Li pral chwazi yon lòt madanm pi bon pase l' mete larenn nan plas li. Lèfini, l'a fè ekri lòd sa a nan liv lalwa peyi Pès ak peyi Medi a, pou yo pa janm chanje l'.
'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;
20 Y'a pibliye lòd wa a nan tout gwo peyi ou la pou tout moun konnen. Lè sa a, mesye yo te mèt grannèg, yo te mèt ti nèg, madanm yo va gen respè pou yo.
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.'
21 Wa a ansanm ak chèf yo te renmen lide Mimoukan te bay la. Se konsa wa a fè sa Mimoukan te di fè a.
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,
22 Li voye mesaj nan tout peyi ki te anba baton kòmandman l' lan. Mesaj la te ekri nan lang chak peyi, jan yo ekri lang lan nan peyi a. Li voye di se pou chak gason chèf lakay yo: Lè yo pale, se fini!
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.
