Estè 2
1 Apre sa, lè kolè wa a fin pase, lide wa a te toujou sou sa Vachti te fè a ak sou desizyon li menm li te pran lè sa a.
After these things, at the ceasing of the fury of the king Ahasuerus, he hath remembered Vashti, and that which she did, and that which hath been decreed concerning her;
2 Se konsa, nan moun ki toujou avèk wa a, gen ladan yo ki di l': -Poukisa ou pa mete moun chache pou ou kèk bèl ti jenn fi ki tifi toujou?
and servants of the king, his ministers, say, 'Let them seek for the king young women, virgins, of good appearance,
3 Nan tout pwovens peyi ou la, wa chwazi kèk enspekte ki va chache dènye bèl ti jenn fi ki poko nan gason. Y'a mennen yo nan kay madanm ou yo, isit la, lavil Souz, kapital la. Wa mete yo sou kont Egayi, domestik konfyans ou ki reskonsab madanm ou yo, pou li ba yo tou sa yo bezwen pou fè kò yo bèl.
and the king doth appoint inspectors in all provinces of his kingdom, and they gather every young woman — virgin, of good appearance — unto Shushan the palace, unto the house of the women, unto the hand of Hege eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, and to give their purifications,
4 Lèfini, jenn fi ki va fè ou plezi plis la wa mete l' larenn nan plas Vachti a. Wa a wè se te yon bon lide, li fè sa konsa vre.
and the young woman who is good in the eyes of the king doth reign instead of Vashti;' and the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and he doth so.
5 Lè sa a, nan lavil Souz, kapital peyi a, te gen yon jwif ki te rele Madoche. Se te pitit Jayi, nan branch fanmi Benjamen. Li te soti nan fanmi Kich ak Chimeyi.
A man, a Jew, there hath been in Shushan the palace, and his name [is] Mordecai son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjamite —
6 Lè Nèbikadneza, wa peyi Babilòn lan, te pran Jekonya, wa peyi Jida a, ansanm ak lòt prizonye yo nan lavil Jerizalèm pou l' te depòte yo, Madoche te ladan l' tou.
who had been removed from Jerusalem with the removal that was removed with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed —
7 Li te gen yon ti kouzin li ki te rele Estè. Men bon non jwif li se te Adasa. Se te yon bèl fi anfòm. Lè papa l' ak manman l' mouri, Madoche te pran l' lakay li, li leve l' tankou pwòp pitit fi li.
and he is supporting Hadassah — she [is] Esther — daughter of his uncle, for she hath neither father nor mother, and the young woman [is] of fair form, and of good appearance, and at the death of her father and her mother hath Mordecai taken her to him for a daughter.
8 Apre yo te fin pibliye lòd wa a, yo mache chache anpil jenn fi, yo mennen yo lakay wa a lavil Souz, kapital la. Estè te ladan yo tou. Se konsa li te lakay wa a, sou kont Egayi ki te reskonsab tout madanm wa yo.
And it cometh to pass, in the word of the king, even his law, being heard, and in many young women being gathered unto Shushan the palace, unto the hand of Hegai, that Esther is taken unto the house of the king, unto the hand of Hegai, keeper of the women,
9 Estè te fè Egayi plezi anpil. San l' te ale avè l'. Li pa pèdi tan li, li ba li tou sa li te bezwen pou fè kò l' bèl ak manje ki bon pou li. Li chwazi sèt bòn lakay wa a, li bay Estè pou sèvis pa l', epi li mete l' nan pi bon apatman ki te genyen nan kay madanm wa yo.
and the young woman is good in his eyes, and she receiveth kindness before him, and he hasteneth her purifications and her portions — to give to her, and the seven young women who are provided — to give to her, from the house of the king, and he changeth her and her young women to a good [place in] the house of the women.
10 Estè pa t' kite pèsonn konnen moun ki peyi ak ki ras li te ye, paske Madoche te ba li lòd pou l' pa t' di anyen sou sa.
Esther hath not declared her people, and her kindred, for Mordecai hath laid a charge on her that she doth not declare [it];
11 Chak jou, Madoche bò pa l' menm t'ap pwonmennen devan lakou kay medam yo pou l' te konnen jan Estè t'ap degaje l', ki jan sa tapral pase pou li.
and during every day Mordecai is walking up and down before the court of the house of the women to know the welfare of Esther, and what is done with her.
12 Yo te pran yon lanne nèt pou pare jenn fi yo. Yo pase sis mwa ap pran masaj ak lwil fèt ak lami, sis mwa ak odè ansanm ak krèm fèt pou madan marye. Apre sa, yo mennen jenn fi yo yonn apre lòt al jwenn wa Asyeris.
And in the drawing nigh of the turn of each young woman to come in unto the king Ahasuerus, at the end of there being to her — according to the law of the women — twelve months, for so they fulfil the days of their purifications; six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with the purifications of women,
13 Men ki jan sa te fèt: lè yon jenn fi ap kite kay medam yo pou ale kay wa a, yo ba li tou sa li te vle mete sou li.
and with this the young woman hath come in unto the king, all that she saith is given to her, to go in with her, out of the house of the women, unto the house of the king;
14 Se yon jou swa yo toujou mennen l'. Nan maten, yo fè l' ale nan yon lòt kay wa a te genyen pou fanm kay li yo. Yo renmèt li nan men Chagaz ki te reskonsab kay sa a. Jenn fi a pa t' gen pou l' te tounen kay wa a ankò, esepte si wa a te vle. Lè konsa, se wa a ki pou bay non fi li vle a.
in the evening she hath gone in, and in the morning she hath turned back unto the second house of the women, unto the hand of Shaashgaz eunuch of the king, keeper of the concubines; she cometh not in any more unto the king except the king hath delighted in her, and she hath been called by name.
15 Jou pou Estè ale kay wa a rive. Estè, pitit fi Abikayil la, kouzin Madoche te pran pou pitit fi li a, leve, li pa mande anyen pase sa Egayi, domestik konfyans wa a ki te reskonsab jenn fi yo, te ba li konsèy mande pou mete sou li. Tout moun tonbe pou Estè lè yo wè l'.
And in the drawing nigh of the turn of Esther — daughter of Abihail, uncle of Mordecai, whom he had taken to him for a daughter — to come in unto the king, she hath not sought a thing except that which Hegai eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, saith, and Esther is receiving grace in the eyes of all seeing her.
16 Se konsa, Asyeris t'ap mache sou sètan depi li te wa, nan dizyèm mwa, mwa yo rele Tebèt la, lè yo mennen Estè devan wa a lakay li.
And Esther is taken unto the king Ahasuerus, unto his royal house, in the tenth month — it [is] the month of Tebeth — in the seventh year of his reign,
17 Wa a tonbe pou Estè plis pase pou tout lòt fanm li te janm konnen. Estè te rive fè wa a plezi plis pase tout lòt jenn fi yo. Wa a renmen l' plis pase lòt yo. Li mete kouwòn li a sou tèt Estè, li nonmen l' larenn nan plas Vachti a.
and the king loveth Esther above all the women, and she receiveth grace and kindness before him above all the virgins, and he setteth a royal crown on her head, and causeth her to reign instead of Vashti,
18 Lèfini, li voye envite tout chèf li yo ak moun pa l' yo, li fè yon gwo resepsyon pou Estè. Li bay yon jou vakans nan tout peyi a nèt. Apre sa, li bay kado adwat agoch jan wa yo konn fè l' la.
and the king maketh a great banquet to all his heads and his servants — the banquet of Esther — and a release to the provinces hath made, and giveth gifts as a memorial of the king.
19 Pandan tout tan yo t'ap mennen jenn fi yo bay wa a, Madoche te chita bò pòtay palè a.
And in the virgins being gathered a second time, then Mordecai is sitting in the gate of the king;
20 Estè menm pa t' kite pèsonn konnen moun ki peyi ak ki ras li te ye. Madoche te ba li lòd pa di anyen sou sa. Estè te obeyi l' jan li te toujou obeyi l' lè li te timoun lakay li.
Esther is not declaring her kindred and her people, as Mordecai hath laid a charge upon her, and the saying of Mordecai Esther is doing as when she was truly with him.
21 Antan Madoche te chita bò pòtay la, de domestik konfyans wa a, Bigtan ak Tèrèch, ki t'ap fè pòs devan chanm wa a, fache sou wa a, yo fè konplo pou yo touye l'.
In those days, when Mordecai is sitting in the gate of the king, hath Bigthan been wroth, and Teresh, (two of the eunuchs of the king, the keepers of the threshold, ) and they seek to put forth a hand on king Ahasuerus,
22 Madoche vin konn sa. Li di larenn Estè sa. Larenn Estè menm al di wa a men sa Madoche voye di l'.
and the thing is known to Mordecai, and he declareth [it] to Esther the queen, and Esther speaketh to the king in the name of Mordecai,
23 Yo mennen ankèt, yo jwenn sa Madoche te di a se te vre. Yo pann de mesye yo. Lèfini, wa a bay lòd pou yo ekri koze a nan gwo liv achiv gouvènman yo.
and the thing is sought out, and found, and they are hanged both of them on a tree, and it is written in the book of the Chronicles before the king.
