Esther 2
1 Tok, kasrkusrak lal Tokosra Ahasuerus ne ohula, el srakna nunku ke ma Vashti el tuh oru ah, ac ke mwe fahkak se ma el tuh supwalik lainul Vashti.
And after this the king's anger was pacified, and he no more mentioned Astin, bearing in mind what she had said, and how he had condemned her.
2 Ouinge kutu sin mwet pwapa lun tokosra su fototo nu sel elos fahk nu sel, “Efu Tokosra ku tia sap in sukok kutu mutan fusr virgin kato?
Then the servants of the king said, Let there be sought for the king chaste [and] beautiful young virgins.
3 Tokosra el ku in srisrngia mwet kol in facl nukewa in tokosrai lal uh, tuh elos in usani mutan fusr oasku nukewa nu in lohm sin mutan in siti fulat Susa. Fuhlelosi inpaol Hegai, mwet eunuch se su karinganang un mutan kien tokosra, tuh elang asang mwe akmusra in aknasnas nu selos.
And let the king appoint local governors in all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them select fair [and] chaste young damsels [and bring them] to the city Susa, into the women's apartment, and let them be consigned to the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women; and let things for purification and other attendance be given [to them].
4 Na tokosra fah eis mutan fusr se ma akinsewowoyal emeet, ac oru tuh elan kasrala in aolul Vashti.” Tokosra el nunku tuh kas in kasru na wowo se pa inge, ke ma inge el oru oana.
And let the woman who shall please the king be queen instead of Astin. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
5 Oasr sie mwet Jew su muta Susa pangpang Mordecai, wen natul Jair, su ma natul Kish su ma natul Shimei in sruf lal Benjamin.
Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mardochaeus, the [son] of Jairus, [the son] of Semeias, [the son] of Cisaeus, of the tribe of Benjamin;
6 Ke pacl se Tokosra Nebuchadnezzar lun Babylon el usalla Tokosra Jehoiachin lun Judah nu in sruoh liki acn Jerusalem, wi un mwet sruoh, Mordecai el inmasrlolos.
who had been brought a prisoner from Jerusalem, which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried into captivity.
7 Oasr sie mutan fusr pangpang Esther, su inel in kas Hebrew pa Hadassah. El ma nutin mukul se wien papa tumal Mordecai. El mutan na kato se, ac wona atal. Ke sripen papa tumal ac nina kial ah misa, Mordecai el nutella ac oru oana acn natul sifacna.
And he had a foster child, daughter of Aminadab his father's brother, and her name [was] Esther; and when her parents were dead, he brought her up for a wife for himself: and the damsel was beautiful.
8 Ke sap lun tokosra sulkakinyukelik, ac mutan fusr puspis utukeni nu Susa, Esther el inmasrlolos. El wi pac filiyuki nu in karinginyuk lal Hegai, su liyaung lohm sin mutan inkul fulat sin tokosra.
And because the king's ordinance was published, many damsels were gathered to the city Susa under the hand of Gai; and Esther was brought to Gai the keeper of the women.
9 Hegai el arulana insewowo sel Esther, pwanang el sa na in sang mwe akmusra nu sel oayapa mwe mongo ma fal nu ke manol. El sang acn se ma wo oemeet in lohm sin mutan nu sel, ac pakiya mutan fusr itkosr ma solla in lohm sin tokosra in kulansupwal.
And the damsel pleased him, and she found favour in his sight; and he hasted to give her the things for purification, and her portion, and the seven maidens appointed her out of the palace: and he treated her and her maidens well in the women's apartment.
10 Fal nu ke kas in kasru lal Mordecai, Esther el tiana fahkak nu sin kutena mwet lah el sie mwet Jew.
But Esther didn’t reveal her family nor her kindred: for Mardochaeus had charged her not to tell.
11 Len nukewa Mordecai el forfor likinum in mutun lohm sin mutan, elan ku in etu lah fuka mutangal, ac mea ac sikyak nu sel.
But Mardochaeus used to walk every day by the women's court, to see what would become of Esther.
12 Pacl in naweyuk lun sie mutan muta orek ke yac nufon se. Akmusra ke oil myrrh orek ke malem onkosr, ac mwe akmusra ke ono keng orek ke malem onkosr pac. Tukun pacl sacn, oasr pacl lun kais sie mutan fusr inge in utukyak nu yorol Tokosra Ahasuerus.
Now this was the time for a virgin to go into the king, when she should have fulfilled twelve months; for so are the days of purification fulfilled, six months while they are anointing themselves with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices and women's purifications.
13 Pacl se el ac som liki lohm sin mutan nu in lohm fulat sin tokosra, el ku in sulela kutena nuknuk ku mwe yun elan nukum.
And then [the damsel] goes in to the king; and [the officer] to whoever he shall give the command, will bring her to come in with him from the women's apartment to the king's chamber.
14 El ac som nu we ke eku, ac ke lotu tok ah ac utukla el nu in sie pacna lohm sin mutan, nu inpaol Shaashgaz, mwet eunuch se ma liyaung mutan kulansap kien tokosra. El fah tia sifilpa folok nu yorol tokosra, sayen tokosra el fin enenal ku sifacna pangnol ke inel.
She enters in the evening, and in the morning she departs to the second women's apartment, where Gai the king's chamberlain [is] keeper of the women: and she goes not in to the king again, unless she should be called by name.
15 Pacl lal Esther in som nu yorol tokosra. Esther el acn natul Abihail ac ma nutin tamulel lun papa tumal Mordecai, su nutella tuh elan acn se natul. Lungkinyuk Esther sin mwet nukewa ma liyal uh. Ke sun pacl lal, el nokomang na ma Hegai, mwet eunuch se ma karingin lohm sin mutan ah, fahk nu sel elan nukum.
And when the time. was fulfilled for Esther the daughter of Aminadab the brother of Mardochaeus' father to go in to the king, she neglected nothing which the chamberlain, the women's keeper, commanded; for Esther found grace in the sight of all that looked upon her.
16 Ouinge ke yac se akitkosr lal Ahasuerus in tokosra, ke malem aksingoul, malem in Tebeth, utuku Esther nu yorol tokosra nu in lohm sel.
So Esther went in to king Artaxerxes in the twelfth month, which is Adar, in the seventh year of his reign.
17 Tokosra el lungse el yohk liki kutena mutan saya, ac el arulana engan sel yohk liki mutan fusr ngia kewa. Tokosra el sunya sifal Esther ke tefuro lun kasra, ac oru tuh elan aolulla Vashti.
And the king loved Esther, and she found favour beyond all the [other] virgins: and he put on her the queen's crown.
18 Na tokosra el oru sie kufwa lulap in akfulatyal Esther, ac el suli mwet fulat ac mwet leum lal nukewa. El oakiya len sac tuh in sie len lulap nu sin mutunfacl nukewa ma el leumi, ac el kitalik mwe sang yohk ma fal nu ke ouiya lun sie tokosra.
And the king made a banquet for all his friends and great men for seven days, and he highly celebrated the marriage of Esther; and he made a release to those who were under his dominion.
19 In pacl sac pacna, tokosra el srisrngilya Mordecai nu ke sie orekma fulat.
But Mardochaeus served in the palace.
20 Esther el soenna akkalemye lah el sie mwet Jew. Mordecai el tuh fahk nu sel elan tiana fahk nu sin kutena mwet, na Esther el aksol ke ma se inge oana ke el tuh oru ke el srakna srik ac muta yorol.
Now Esther had not revealed her kindred; for so Mardochaeus commanded her, to fear God, and perform his commandments, as when she was with him: and Esther changed not her manner of life.
21 In pacl se Mordecai el oru orekma lal inkul sin tokosra, Bigthana ac Teresh, luo sin mwet eunuch ke lohm sin tokosra su karingin mutunoa in utyak nu infukil sin tokosra, eltal eltal srungal Tokosra Ahasuerus, ac suk inkanek in unilya.
And two chamberlains of the king, the chiefs of the body-guard, were grieved, because Mardochaeus was promoted; and they sought to kill king Artaxerxes.
22 Mordecai el lohngak ac el fahkang nu sel Kasra Esther, na Esther el fahk nu sel tokosra ma Mordecai el fahk nu sel ah.
And the matter was revealed to Mardochaeus, and he made it known to Esther, and she declared to the king the matter of the conspiracy.
23 Oasr sukiyen ma se inge, ac koneyuyak tuh na pwaye. Ouinge mukul luo ah kewa loksakeyuki ke acn in loksak ah. Tokosra el sapkin in simla ma inge in book in sramsram oa lun tokosrai sac.
And the king examined the two chamberlains, and hanged them: and the king gave orders to make a note for a memorial in the royal records of the good offices of Mardochaeus, as a commendation.
