Esetera 2

1 MAHOPE iho o keia mau mea, i ka wa i maalili ai ka huhu o ke alii o Ahasuero, hoomanao iho la ia ia Vaseti, a me na mea ana i hana'i, a me ka kanawai i kauia nona.

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 Alaila, olelo ae la na kanaka o ke alii, o ka poe i lawelawe nana, E imiia ua ke alii na kaikamahine puupaa, a maikai ke nana aku:

Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

3 A e hoonoho hoi ke alii i mau luna ma na aina a pau o kona aupuni, i hoakoakoa mai ai lakou ma Susana nei, ma ka pakaua, i na kaikamahine puupaa a pau, na mea maikai ke nana aku, a i ka hele o na wahine, malalo o ka lima o Hegai ka luna o ke alii, o ka mea malama i na wahine, a e haawiia no lakou na laau ala e maemae ai.

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 A o ke kaikamahine e lealea ai ke alii, e lilo ia i alii wahine ma ka hakahaka o Vaseti. A oluolu ke alii ia mea, a hana iho la oia pela.

and let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king, and he did so.

5 Ma Susana ka pakaua kekahi Iudalo, o Moredekai kona inoa, he keiki ia na Iaira, ke keiki a Simei, ke keiki a Kisa, he Beniamina;

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 Ua lawe pio ia, mai Ierusalema aku, me ka poe pio i lawe pu ia me Iekonia, ke alii o ka Iada, ka mea a Nebukaneza ke alii o Babulona i lawe pio ai.

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 Nana no i hanai ia Hadasa, oia hoi o Esetera, ke kaikamahine a kekahi makuakane ona. No ka mea, aole o Esetera makuakane, aole ona makuwahine; ua maikai ka helehelena o ua kaikamahine la, ua uani hoi; a make kona makuakane a me kona makuwahine, lawe o Moredekai ia ia i kaikamahine nana.

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 A loheia ka olelo a ke alii, a me kona kanawai, a hoakoakoaia mai na kaikamahine he nui loa ma Susana ka pakaua, ma ka lima o Hegai, o Esetera kekahi i laweia mai iloko o ka hale o ke alii, ma ka lima o Hegai, o ka mea malama i na wahine.

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 Ua maikai ia kaikamahine i kona manao, a loaa ia ia ke alohaia mai e ia, a haawi koke ae la oia ia ia i na mea ala e maemae ai, a me na mea i pili ia ia, a me na kauwa wahine ehiku, na mea pono ke haawiia mai nona mailoko mai o ka hale o ke alii. A hoonoho oia ia ia a me kana mau kauwa wahine, ma ka hale maikai o na wahine.

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 Aole i hoike o Esetera i kona lahuikanaka, a me kona hanauna; no ka mea, ua kauoha mai o Moredekai ia ia, aole e hoike.

Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.

11 A holoholo ae la o Moredekai i kela la i keia la, ma ke kahua o ka hale o na wahine, i ike ia i ko Esetera noho ana, a me ka mea e hauaia mai ia ia.

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 A hiki i ka manawa pono e hele aku ai kela kaikamahine keia kaikamahine iloko i ke alii ia Ahasuero, mahope iho o kona noho ana he umi a me kumamalua malama, e like me ka hana mau ana a na wahine, (no ka mea, penei i malamaia'i na la o ka hoomaemae ana: eono malama me ka aila mura, a eono malama me na mea ala, a me na mea e maemae ai na wahine: )

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 Pela i hele ai na kaikamahine i ke alii. O ka mea ana i makemake ai, haawiia mai no ia nana, e lawe pu me ia, mai ka hale o na wahine aku, a ka hale o ke alii.

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 I ke ahiahi, komo aku la oia iloko, a kakahiaka hoi mai la, a i ka lua o ka hale o na wahine, ma ka lima o Saasegaza, ka luna o ke alii nana i malama i na haiawahine; aole ia i komo hou aku i ke alii la, ke olioli ole ke alii ia ia, a heaia'ku hoi ia ma ka inoa.

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 A hiki i ka manawa pono e komo aku ai i ke alii la, o Esetera, e ke kaikamahine a Abihaila, he makuakane no Moredekai, ka mea i lawe ia ia i kaikamahine nana, aole i makeraake o Esetera i kekahi mea e ae, i na mea wale no a Hegai i olelo ai, ka luna o ke alii, ka mea malama i na wahine. Loaa no ia Esetera ka hoomaikaiia mai e ka poe a pau i ike ia ia.

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 A laweia'ku la o Esetera i ke alii, ia Ahasuero, iloko o kona hale alii, i ka malama umi, oia hoi ka malama o Tebeta, i ka hiku o ka makahiki o kona noho alii ana.

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 A oi aku ka makemake o ke alii ia Esetera, mamua o na wahine a pau, a loaa ia ia ke alohaia, a me ka lokomaikaiia mai e ia, mamua o na wahine puupaa a pau. A kau iho la ia i ka leialii maluna o kona poo, a hoolilo iho la ia ia i alii wahine ma ka hakahaka o Vaseti.

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 Alaila, hana iho la ke alii i ahaaina nui na kona mau alii a pau, a me kona poe kanaka; o ka Esetera ahaaina ia. A haawi ae la oia i ka hoomaha no ua aina, a haawi no hoi i ka manawalea, e like me ka aoao mau o ke alii.

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 A i ka lua o ka hoakoakoa ana mai o na wahine puupaa, e noho ana no o Moredekai ma ka pukapa o ke alii.

And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.

20 Aole i hoike o Esetera i kona hanauna, a me kona lahuikanaka, e like me ka Moredekai i kauoha aku ai ia ia; no ka mea, malama no o Esetera i ke kauoha a Moredekai, e like me kona manawa i malamaia'i e ia.

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 Ia manawa, i ko Moredokai noho ana ma ka pukapa o ke alii, huhu aku la na luna elua o ke alii, o Bigetana, a me Teresa, na mea kiaipuka, a imi iho la laua i wahi e hiki ai e kau ka lima maluna o ke alii o Ahasuero.

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 A ua ikeia ia mea e Moredekai, a nana no i hai aku ia Esetera, i ke alii wahine; a hai aku o Esetera i ke alii, ma ka inoa o Moredekai.

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 A hookolokoloia ua mea la, loaa no; nolaila, liia laua a elua maluna o ka laau; a kakauia no hoi ia ma ka buke oihaua imua i ke alo o ke alii.

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.