Estè 2
1 Apre bagay sa yo, lè kòlè a Wa Assuérus te vin kalme, li te sonje Vasthi ak sa li te fè a, e dekrè ki te fèt kont li an.
After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
2 Alò, asistan a wa a ki te sèvi li yo, te di: “Annou fè rechèch pou jwenn jenn vyèj ki byen bèl pou wa a.
Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
3 Kite wa a apwente sipèvizè nan tout pwovens a wayòm li yo pou yo kab rasanble tout bèl vyèj pou vin parèt nan sitadèl Suse la, antre nan kay fanm a wa a ki sou kontwòl Hégué a, enik a wa a, ki an chaj fanm yo. Kite yo byen prepare ak tout bagay pou fè yo bèl yo.
and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that young virgins unto Shushan the palace, they may gather together all the fair to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
4 Alò, kite jenn fi ki bay wa a plezi a, vin regne la nan plas a Vasthi a.” Koze a te fè wa a kontan e se konsa li te fè l.
and let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king, and he did so.
5 Te gen nan sitadèl Suse la, yon Jwif ki te rele Mardochée, fis a Jaïr, fis a Schimeï, fis a Kis, yon Benjamit,
There was a certain Jew in Shushan the palace, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
6 ki te ale an egzil soti Jérusalem avèk kaptif ki te ekzile avèk Jeconia yo, wa Juda ke Nebudkanetsar, wa Babylone nan, te fè ekzile a.
who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar he king of Babylon had carried away.
7 Li t ap elve Hadassa, sa vle di, Esther, fi a tonton li an, paske li pa t gen papa ni manman. Alò, jenn demwazèl la te byen bèl sou fòm ni figi li e lè papa li avèk manman li te mouri, Mardochée te pran li kon pwòp fi pa li.
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
8 Konsa, li te vin rive ke lè kòmand avèk dekrè a wa a te tande e anpil jèn fi te ranmase nan sitadèl Suse la sou sipèvizyon a Hégaï, ke Esther te pran pou antre nan palè a wa a, anba sipèvizyon a Hégaï, ki te responsab fanm yo.
So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
9 Alò, jèn fi a te fè l plezi e te twouve favè devan l. Pou sa, li te bay li tout atik twalèt avèk manje san fè reta, e li te ba li sèt sèvant de chwa nan palè a wa a, e te voye li avèk sèvant li yo nan pi bon kote pami fanm a wa yo.
And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with her portions, and the seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king’s house: and he removed her and her maidens to the best place of the house of the women.
10 Esther pa t fè pèsòn konnen ras pèp li a ni fanmi li yo, paske Mardochée te enstwi li pou li pa ta dwe fè sa rekonèt.
Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
11 Chak jou, Mardochée te mache ale retou devan lakou fanm a wa yo pou vin aprann jan Esther te ye ak jan afè l t ap mache.
And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
12 Alò, lè chans a chak jèn demwazèl te vin rive pou antre kote wa Assuérus la, lè l te fin fè preparasyon douz mwa anba règleman pou fanm yo—paske jou pou konplete preparasyon bèlte yo te fini konsa: si mwa avèk lwil lami a, e si mwa avèk aplikasyon epis ak pafen pou fanm—
Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women, twelve months, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, [to wit], six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with the things for the purifying of the women, )
13 Men kòman jèn fi a ta antre kote wa a: nenpòt bagay ke li te dezire, ta bay a li menm pou pran avè l soti lakay fanm yo pou rive nan palè a wa a.
then in this wise came the maiden unto the king, whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king’s house.
14 Nan aswè, li ta ale ladann e nan maten, li ta retounen nan dezyèm kay fanm yo, sou responsabilite Schaaschgaz, enik a wa a ki te an chaj konkibin a wa yo. Li pa t antre kote wa a ankò sof ke wa a te kontan anpil avèk li e te rele li eksprè pa non l.
In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
15 Alò lè lè pou Esther, fi de Abichaïl la, tonton li, Mardochée, ki te pran li kon pwòp pitit pa li, te rive antre kote wa a, li pa t mande anyen sof ke sa ke Hégaï, enik a wa a ki te an chaj fanm yo, te konseye yo. Epi Esther te jwenn favè nan zye a tout moun ki te wè l yo.
Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
16 Pou sa, Esther te mennen vè Wa Assuérus nan palè wayal li a nan dezyèm mwa ki nan mwa Tébeth la, nan setyèm ane pouvwa li a.
So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
17 Wa a te renmen Esther plis pase tout fanm yo, e li te twouve gras avèk favè devan li menm plis pase tout lòt vyèj yo, jiskaske li te mete kouwòn wayal la sou tèt li e te fè li rèn nan plas a Vasthi a.
And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
18 Epi wa a te bay yon gran bankè pou tout chèf li yo ak sèvitè li yo. Li te rele l bankè Esther. Li te pwokame l yon jou fèt pou pwovens yo, epi li te bay yo kado selon jenewozite a wa a.
Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the bounty of the king.
19 Lè vyèj yo te reyini ansanm yon dezyèm fwa a, alò, Mardochée t ap chita nan pòtay a wa a.
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.
20 Esther potko fè yo konnen fanmi li yo, ni pèp li a, jis jan ke Mardochée te bay li lòd fè a, jis jan li te fè lè se te li ki t ap swaye li a.
Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.
21 Nan jou sa yo, pandan Mardochée te chita nan pòtay palè a wa a, Bigthan avèk Théresch, de ofisye a wa yo ki t ap veye pòt la, te vin fache, e te chache mete men sou wa Assuérus.
In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.
22 Men konplo a te vin rekonèt pa Mardochée e li te pale rèn Esther, e Esther te pale wa a nan non a Mardochée.
And the thing was known to Mordecai, who shewed it unto Esther the queen; and Esther told the king [thereof] in Mordecai’s name.
23 Alò, lè yo fè rechèch nan konplo a e jwenn bout li, yo tou de te pann sou yon bwa; epi sa te ekri nan Liv Achiv Kwonik Yo nan prezans wa a.
And when inquisition was made of the matter, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
