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1 Alò li te vin rive nan tan Wa Assuréus la, menm Assuréus ki te renye soti Inde jis rive Éthiopie sou san-venn-sèt pwovens yo,
In the daies of kyng Assuerus, that regnede fro Ynde `til to Ethiopie, on an hundrid and seuene and twenti prouynces, whanne he sat in the seete of his rewme,
2 nan jou sa yo, pandan wa Assuréus te chita sou twòn wayal li a ki te nan sitadèl Suse la,
the citee Susa was the bigynnyng of his rewme.
3 nan twazyèm ane pouvwa li a, li te fè yon gran fèt pou tout chèf li yo avèk asistan li yo, chèf lame Perse avèk Mèdes yo, moun prensipal lavil yo, avèk chèf pwovens li yo, tout moun ki te nan prezans li.
Therfor in the thridde yeer of his empire he made a greet feeste to alle hise princes and children, the strongeste men of Persis, and to the noble men of Medeis, and to the prefectis of prouynces, bifor him silf,
4 Konsa li te montre tout richès avèk glwa wayal li yo, avèk mayifisans a gran majeste li pandan anpil jou, san-katre-ven jou.
to schewe the richessis of the glorie of his rewme, and the gretnesse, and boost of his power in myche tyme, that is, an hundrid and `foure scoor daies.
5 Lè jou sa yo te fin acheve, wa a te bay yon gwo bankè ki te dire pandan sèt jou pou tout moun ki te prezan nan sitadèl Suse la, soti nan sila ki pi pwisan an jis rive nan sila ki pi piti a, nan lakou jaden a palè wa a.
And whanne the daies of the feeste weren fillid, he clepide to feeste al the puple that was foundun in Susa, fro the moost `til to the leeste; and he comaundide the feeste to be maad redi bi seuene daies in the porche of the orcherd and wode, that was set with the kyngis ournement and hond.
6 Te gen bagay pann ki fèt an len fen blan e vyolèt ki te kenbe pa kòd fèt an len fen mov, wondèl an ajan avèk pilye an mèb. Devan yo te fèt an lò avèk ajan te plase sou yon pave mozayik ki fèt ak mab wouj, mab blan, gwo pèl klere avèk pyè presye.
And tentis of `the colour of the eir, and of gold, and of iacynct, susteyned with coordis of bijs, and of purpur, hangiden on ech side, whiche weren set in cerclis of yuer, and weren vndur set with pilers of marble; also seetis at the maner of beddis of gold and of siluer `weren disposid on the pawment arayede with smaragde and dyuerse stoon; which pawment peynture made fair bi wondurful dyuersite.
7 Bwason yo te sèvi nan veso an lò a plizyè kalite, e diven wayal la te anpil, selon bonte a wa a.
Sotheli thei, that weren clepid to meet, drunkun in goldun cuppis, and metes weren borun in with othere `and othere vessels; also plenteuouse wiyn, and `the best was set, as it was worthi to the greet doyng of the kyng.
8 Jan yo te bwè se te selon lalwa, san fòse moun, paske wa a te pase lòd a chak ofisye a chak kay ke li ta dwe fè sa selon dezi a chak moun.
And `noon was that constreynede `men not willynge to drynke; but so the kyng hadde ordeyned, `makynge souereyns of hise princes `to alle boordis, that ech man schulde take that, that he wolde.
9 Anplis, Larenn Vasthi te bay yon bankè pou fanm nan palè ki te pou Wa Assuérus la.
Also Vasthi, the queen, made a feeste of wymmen in the paleis, where kyng Assuerus was wont to dwelle.
10 Nan setyèm jou a, lè kè a wa a te kontan ak diven, li te bay lòd a Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zéthar, avèk Carcas, sèt enik ki te sèvi wa Assuérus,
Therfor in the seuenthe dai, whanne the kyng was gladdere, and was hoot of wiyn aftir ful myche drinkyng, he comaundide Nauman, and Baracha, and Arbana, and Gabatha, and Zarath, and Abgatha, and Charchas, seuene oneste and chast seruauntis, `that mynistriden in his siyt,
11 pou mennen fè parèt nan prezans li, rèn nan, Vasthi, avèk kouwòn wayal la, pou montre bèlte li a pèp la e a moun pwisan yo, paske li te tèlman bèl.
that thei schulden brynge in bifor the kyng the queen Vasti, with a diademe set on hir heed, to schewe hir fairnesse to alle the puplis and prynces; for sche was ful fair.
12 Men rèn Vasthi te refize vini sou lòd a wa a, ki te livre pa enik yo. Konsa, wa a te vin byen fache e lakòlè te brile anndan l.
And sche forsook, and dispiside to come at the comaundement of the kyng, which he hadde sent bi the oneste and chast seruauntes. Wherfor the kyng was wrooth, and kyndlid bi fulgreet woodnesse; and he axide the wise men,
13 Alò, wa a te mande a mesye saj ki te konprann tan yo—paske se te koutim a wa a pou pale devan tout sila ki te konprann lalwa a avèk jistis;
whiche bi the `kyngis custom weren euere with hym, and he dide alle thingis bi the counsel of hem, kunnynge the lawis and ritis of grettere men;
14 epi te gen toupre li: Carschena, Schéthar, Admatha, Tarsis, Mérés, Marsena, Memucan, sèt chèf de Perse avèk Médie yo, ki te gen abitid antre nan prezans a wa a, e te chita nan premye plas nan wayòm nan—
forsothe the firste and the nexte weren Carsena, and Sechaaba, Admatha, and Tharsis, and Mares, and Marsana, and Manucha, seuene duykis of Persis and of Medeis, that sien the face of the kyng, and weren wont to sitte the firste aftir hym;
15 “Selon lalwa a, se kisa ki ta dwe fèt avèk rèn Vasthi, akoz li pa t obeyi lòd a Wa Assuérus ki te livre pa enik yo?”
`the kyng axide hem, to what sentence the queen Vasthi schulde be suget, that nolde do the comaundement of kyng Assuerus, which he hadde sent bi the onest and chast seruauntis.
16 Nan prezans a wa a avèk chèf yo, Memucan te di: “Rèn Vasthi te fè tò a wa a, men anplis tout moun nan pwovens a Wa Assuérus yo.
And Manucha answeride, in audience of the kyng and of the pryncis, The queen Vasthi hath not oneli dispisid the kyng, but alle the pryncis and puplis, that ben in alle prouynces of kyng Assuerus.
17 Paske, si kondwit a rèn nan vin rekonèt a tout fanm yo pou fè yo vin gade mari yo avèk mepriz, epi vin di: ‘Wa Assuérus te kòmande rèn Vasthi pou parèt devan l, men li pa t vini.’
For the word of the queen schal go out to alle wymmen, that thei dispise her hosebondis, and seie, Kyng Assuerus comaundide, that the queen Vasthi schulde entre to hym, and sche nolde.
18 Nan jou sa a, fanm a Perse avèk Médie ki te tande afè kondwit rèn nan, va pale tout chèf a wa a nan menm fason an, e va genyen anpil mepriz avèk mekontantman.
And bi this saumple alle the wyues of prynces of Persis and of Medeis schulen dispise the comaundementis of hosebondis; wherfor the indignacioun of the kyng is iust.
19 “Si sa fè wa a kontan, kite yon dekrè wayal sòti nan li, e kite li ekri nan lalwa a Perse avèk Médie a, pou l pa kab ranvèse, ke Vasthi p ap kab ankò antre nan prezans a Wa Assuérus la. E konsa, kite wa a bay pozisyon wayal pa li a yon lòt moun ki pi merite l pase li.
If it plesith to thee, `a comaundement go out fro thi face, and `be writun bi the lawe of Persis and of Medeis, which it is vnleueful to be passid, that Vasthi entre no more to the kyng, but anothir womman, which is betere than sche, take `the rewme of hir.
20 Lè dekrè ke a wa a va fè a tande nan tout wayòm li an, ki tèlman gran, alò tout fanm va gen respè a mari yo, kit gran, kit piti.”
And be this puplischid in to al the empire of thi prouynces, which is ful large, that alle wyues, both of grettere men and of lesse, yyue onour to her hosebondis.
21 Pawòl sa a te fè wa a kontan, avèk chèf yo, epi wa a te fè kon Memucan te pwopoze a.
His counsel pleside the kyng and the prynces, and the kyng dide bi the counsel of Manucha;
22 Konsa, li te voye lèt a tout pwovens a wa yo, a chak pwovens selon ekriti pa li, e a chak pèp selon langaj pa yo, ke tout mesye yo ta dwe mèt nan pwòp kay pa yo, e sila te pale nan lang a pwòp pèp li.
and he sente pistlis bi alle the prouyncis of his rewme, as ech folk myyte here and rede, in dyuerse langagis and lettris, that hosebondis ben prynces and the grettere in her housis; and `he sente, that this be pupplischid bi alle puplis.
