Esther 1
1 Ma inge sikyak in pacl lal Ahasuerus, su tuh leum fin facl siofok longoul itkosr, India me na nwe Ethiopia.
And it came to pass after these things in the days of Artaxerxes, —(this Artaxerxes ruled over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India)—
2 In len ingo Tokosra Ahasuerus el muta ke tron lal in acn pot kulana in acn Susa.
in those days, when king Artaxerxes was on the throne in the city of Susa,
3 In yac se aktolu ma el tokosra, el orala kufwa se nu sin mwet leum ac mwet fulat lal nukewa. Un mwet mweun lun Persia ac Media elos wi, oayapa governor ac mwet fulat lun facl nukewa el leumi.
in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to his friends, and the other nations, and to the nobles of the Persians and Medes, and the chief of the satraps.
4 Ke lusen malem onkosr el akkalemye lupan kasrup lal nu selos, ac el konkin ke fulat lal ac wolana lun acn sel.
And after this, after he had shown to them the wealth of his kingdom, and the abundant glory of his wealth during a hundred and eighty days,
5 Toko, tokosra el oru sie pac kufwa nu sin mukul nukewa in siti fulat Susa, mwet kasrup ac mwet sukasrup oana sie. Orek ke wik nufon se ke inkul lun tokosra su yokla ke ros ac sak.
when, [I say], the days of the marriage feast were completed, the king made a banquet to the nations who were present in the city six days, in the court of the king's house,
6 Naweyukla inkul sac ke mwe lisrlisr folfol ac fasrfasr, kapiri ke mwe srem sroninmutuk linen srik eoa, ac kapiryang ke ring silver nu ke sru marble. Mwe muta orekla ke gold ac silver takinyukla ke likinum ke inkul sac, su loeyukla ke eot fwel ac saok inge: marble fasrfasr, srusra, folfol, ac eot saromrom.
[which was] adorned with [hangings] of fine linen and flax on cords of fine linen and purple, fastened to golden and silver studs, on pillars of Parian marble and stone: [there were] golden and silver couches on a pavement of emerald stone, and of pearl, and of Parian stone, and open-worked coverings variously flowered, [having] roses worked round about;
7 Mwet uh nimnim ke cup gold ma orekla ke kain in lumah puspis, ac tokosra el kulang ac sang elos nim yokna ke wain lal sifacna.
gold and silver cups, and a small cup of carbuncle set out of the value of thirty thousand talents, abundant and sweet wine, which the king himself drank.
8 Wangin lupa se sikulyen mwe nimnim — tokosra el sapkin nu sin mwet kulansap lal tuh in filfilla nu sin mwet nukewa in eis lupa na mwet lungse.
And this banquet was not according to the appointed law; but so the king would have it: and he charged the stewards to perform his will and that of the company.
9 In pacl sac pacna, Kasra Vashti el oru sie kufwa in lohm sin tokosra, nu sin mutan uh.
Also Astin the queen made a banquet for the women in the palace where king Artaxerxes [lived].
10 Ke len se akitkosr lun kufwa lal tokosra, el nimnim ac pulakin pwar lal. Ouinge el solani eunuch itkosr su mwet kulansap lal sifacna: Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, ac Carkas.
Now on the seventh day the king, being merry, told Aman, and Bazan, and Tharrha, and Barazi, and Zatholtha, and Abataza, and Tharaba, the seven chamberlains, servants of king Artaxerxes,
11 El sap nu selos elos in usalu Kasra Vashti, ac elan sonang tefuro lun kasra. Kasra el mutan na oasku se, ac tokosra el ke konkin katoiyal nu sin mwet fulat ac mwet nukewa ma wi kufwa sac.
to bring in the queen to him, to enthrone her, and crown her with the diadem, and to show her to the princes, and her beauty to the nations: for she was beautiful.
12 Tusruktu ke mwet kulansap uh fahkang nu sel Kasra Vashti sap lun tokosra, el tia lungse som. Ma se inge oru tokosra el foloyak.
But queen Astin listened not to him to come with the chamberlains: so the king was grieved and angered.
13 In pacl ma oasr mwe siyuk ke ma sap ac oakwuk, tokosra el ac pangoneni mwet pwapa lal, mweyen elos pa etu ouiya ma fal in orek.
And he said to his friends, Thus have Astin spoken: pronounce therefore upon this [case] law and judgment.
14 Elos su el kwacna siyuk kasru se pa Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, ac Memucan — mwet fulat itkosr lun Persia ac Media su wal fulat oemeet in tokosrai lal.
So Arkesaeus, and Sarsathaeus, and Malisear, the princes of the Persians and Medes, who were near the king, who sat chief [in rank] by the king, drew near to him,
15 El fahk nu sin mwet inge, “Nga, Tokosra Ahasuerus, nga tuh supwala mwet kulansap luk nu yorol Kasra Vashti ke sie sap ku, a el tia lungse akos sap sac! Mea ma sap uh akkalemye mu kut in oru nu sel?”
and reported to him according to the laws how it was proper to do to queen Astin, because she had not done the things commanded of the king by the chamberlains.
16 Na Memucan el akkalemye nu sin tokosra ac mwet fulat lal: “Ma koluk se ma Kasra Vashti el oru inge tia ma nu sum mukena, a ma nu sin mwet fulat lom ac oayapa mukul nukewa in tokosrai uh!
And Muchaeus said to the king and to the princes, Queen Astin has not wronged the king only, but also all the king's rulers and princes:
17 Mutan nukewa in tokosrai uh fin lohng ma kasra el oru inge, na elos ac mutawauk in pilesru pac mukul tumalos. Elos ac mu, ‘Tokosra Ahasuerus el sap solal Kasra Vashti nu yorol, a el srangesr som.’
for he has told them the words of the queen, and how she disobeyed the king. As then, [said he], she refused [to obey] king Artaxerxes,
18 Ke mutan kien mwet fulat Persia ac Media elos ac lohng ke ma kasra el oru inge, elos ac srumun misenge pacna nu sin mukul tumalos. Mutan payuk yen nukewa ac fah tila akfulatye mukul tumalos, ac mukul tumalos ac fah sulung sin mutan kialos.
so this day shall the other ladies of the chiefs of the Persians and Medes, having heard what she said to the king, dare in the same way to dishonor their husbands.
19 Fin wo sin Tokosra, orala sie mwe fahkak sin tokosra lah Vashti el fah tia sifilpa sikyak ye mutun tokosra. Sang in simla ke ma sap lun Persia ac Media, tuh in fah tiana ku in ikilyukla. Na toko, sang wal lun kasra nu sin sie mutan ma wo lukel.
If then it seem good to the king, let him make a royal decree, and let it be written according to the laws of the Medes and Persians, and let him not alter [it]: and let not the queen come in to him any more; and let the king give her royalty to a woman better than she.
20 Ke pacl se mwe fahkak lom sulkakinyuk sasla fin tokosrai lulap se inge, mutan nukewa ac fah akpusiselyalos nu sin mukul tumalos, elos finne kasrup ku sukasrup.”
And let the law of the king which he shall have made, be widely proclaimed, in his kingdom: and so shall all the women give honor to their husbands, from the poor even to the rich.
21 Tokosra ac mwet fulat lal nukewa insese nu ke nunak sac, ac tokosra el oru oana ma Memucan el fahk.
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did as Muchaeus had said,
22 El supwalik mwe fahkak sac nu sin kais sie facl ma el leumi, ke kas lalos ac ouiyen sim lalos, fahk mu kais sie mukul in leum in lohm sel sifacna.
and sent into all his kingdom through the several provinces, according to their language, in order that men might be feared in their own houses.
