Ester 1
1 Di Susan, ibukota Persia, Ahasyweros memerintah sebagai raja. Kerajaannya terdiri dari 127 provinsi, mulai dari India sampai ke Sudan.
And it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (that is, the Ahasuerus that reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces),
in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the fortress,
3 Pada tahun ketiga pemerintahannya, Raja Ahasyweros mengadakan pesta besar untuk semua pembesar dan pegawainya. Para panglima Persia dan Media hadir juga pada pesta itu, begitu juga para gubernur dan para pejabat tinggi provinsi.
in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of the provinces being before him;
4 Enam bulan lamanya raja memamerkan kekayaan istananya dan kemegahan serta keagungan kerajaannya.
when he shewed the glorious wealth of his kingdom and the splendid magnificence of his grandeur many days, a hundred and eighty days.
5 Setelah itu raja mengadakan pesta lagi untuk seluruh rakyat di Susan, baik kaya maupun miskin. Pesta itu berlangsung seminggu penuh dan diadakan di taman istana raja.
And when these days were expired, the king made a feast to all the people that were present in Shushan the fortress, both to great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.
6 Halaman istana dihias dengan gorden dari kain lenan berwarna biru dan putih, diikat dengan tali lenan halus dan disangkutkan pada gelang-gelang perak yang terpasang di tiang-tiang pualam. Di bawahnya ditempatkan dipan-dipan emas dan perak di atas lantai yang berhiaskan pualam putih, hablur merah, kulit mutiara yang berkilap dan batu pirus biru.
White, green, and blue [hangings] were fastened with cords of byssus and purple to silver rings and pillars of white marble; couches of gold and silver [lay] upon a pavement of red and white marble, and alabaster, and black marble.
7 Raja menyediakan anggur berlimpah-limpah yang dihidangkan dalam piala-piala emas beraneka ragam.
And they gave drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the king's bounty.
8 Para tamu tidak dibatasi anggurnya atau dipaksa minum. Raja telah memberi perintah kepada para pelayan istana, supaya setiap tamu dilayani menurut keinginannya masing-masing.
And the drinking was, according to commandment, without constraint; for so the king had appointed to all the magnates of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
9 Sementara itu Wasti, permaisuri raja, juga mengadakan pesta untuk para wanita di dalam istana.
Also the queen Vashti made a feast for the women of the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
10 Pada hari yang ketujuh, raja minum-minum sampai merasa gembira sekali. Sebab itu ia memanggil ketujuh pejabat khusus yang menjadi pelayan pribadinya; mereka adalah Mehuman, Bizta, Harbona, Bigta, Abagta, Zetar dan Karkas.
On the seventh day, when the king's heart was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of king Ahasuerus,
11 Ia menyuruh mereka membawa ke hadapannya Ratu Wasti dengan mahkota kerajaan di atas kepalanya. Ratu cantik sekali, dan raja hendak memamerkan kecantikannya kepada para pembesar dan semua tamunya.
to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown to shew the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was of beautiful countenance.
12 Tetapi ketika para pelayan itu menyampaikan perintah raja kepada Ratu Wasti, ratu tidak mau datang, sehingga raja marah sekali.
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king which was [sent] by the chamberlains; and the king was very wroth, and his fury burned in him.
13 Raja mempunyai kebiasaan untuk minta pendapat para ahli mengenai persoalan hukum dan adat. Sebab itu dipanggilnya para penasihatnya yang mengetahui apa yang harus dilakukan dalam perkara semacam itu.
And the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for so was the king's business [conducted] before all that knew law and judgment;
14 Para penasihat yang paling sering dipanggil raja ialah: Karsena, Setar, Admata, Tarsis, Meres, Marsena dan Memukan. Mereka adalah pejabat-pejabat Persia dan Media yang mempunyai kedudukan tertinggi di kerajaan.
and the next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, [and] Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and who sat first in the kingdom),
15 Kata raja kepada ketujuh orang itu, "Aku telah mengutus pelayan-pelayanku kepada Ratu Wasti untuk menyuruh dia datang kepadaku. Tetapi ia tidak mau. Menurut hukum, tindakan apa yang harus kita ambil terhadap dia?"
What shall be done to the queen Vashti according to law, because she has not performed the word of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
16 Maka kata Memukan kepada raja dan para pembesar, "Dengan perbuatan itu, bukan Baginda saja yang telah dihina oleh Ratu Wasti, melainkan semua pegawai Baginda, bahkan setiap orang laki-laki di kerajaan ini!
Then said Memucan before the king and the princes, The queen Vashti has not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
17 Sebab perbuatan ratu itu akan diketahui oleh semua wanita, dan mereka akan meremehkan suaminya masing-masing. Mereka akan berkata bahwa Baginda telah memerintahkan Ratu Wasti untuk menghadap, tetapi sang ratu tidak mau datang.
For the act of the queen will come abroad to all women, so as to render their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when they shall say, The king Ahasuerus commanded the queen Vashti to be brought in before him, and she came not!
18 Jadi, bilamana istri-istri para pembesar di Persia dan Media mendengar hal itu, pasti mereka akan segera memberitahukannya kepada suami mereka masing-masing. Akibatnya ialah, istri akan melawan perintah suaminya dan suami akan memarahi istrinya.
And the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's act, will say it this day to all the king's princes, and there will be contempt and anger enough.
19 Oleh sebab itu, kami mohon supaya Baginda mengambil keputusan bahwa Ratu Wasti tidak boleh lagi menghadap Baginda. Keputusan itu harus dijadikan undang-undang Persia dan Media, supaya tak mungkin dicabut kembali. Setelah itu, berikanlah kedudukan Ratu Wasti kepada wanita lain yang lebih baik dari dia.
If it please the king, let a royal order go forth from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it may not pass, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another that is better than she;
20 Bilamana keputusan Baginda itu telah tersebar di seluruh kerajaan yang luas ini, setiap istri akan menghormati suaminya, baik kaya maupun miskin."
and when the king's edict which he shall make shall be heard throughout his realm — for it is great — all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, from the greatest to the least.
21 Usul Memukan itu disetujui oleh raja dan para pembesar, maka raja segera melaksanakannya.
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan.
22 Ia mengirim surat perintah kepada semua provinsi kerajaan, dalam bahasa dan tulisan provinsi itu masing-masing. Perintah itu berbunyi bahwa di dalam setiap rumah tangga, suamilah yang harus menjadi kepala, dan yang patut mengambil segala keputusan.
And he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language, That every man should bear rule in his own house, and should speak according to the language of his people.
