Estera 1
1 Teo tañandro’ i Akasverose, i Akasverose nifehe boake Hodò pake Kose, nifeleke tane zato-tsi-roapolo-fito’ ambiy,
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this [is] Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Cush, [over] a hundred and seven and twenty provinces: )
2 tamy andro rezay, te niambesatse am-piambesam-pifehea’e am-positse e Sosane ao t’i Akasverose,
[That] in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which [was] in Shushan the palace,
3 amy taom-paha-telo’ i fifehea’ey le nanao sabadidake ho a’ o roandria’e naho mpitoro’e iabio, o mpiaolom-balobohò’ i Parasè miharo Madaio, o androanavy naho roandriam-pifeleha’e miatrek’ azeo;
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 princes of the provinces, [being] before him:
4 le nisengea’e andro maro o vara’ i fifehea’e fanjakao naho ty asi’ i volonahe’e ra’elahiy, toe zato-tsi-valom-polo andro.
When he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, [even] a hundred and eighty days.
5 Ie niheneke i andro rezay, le nanao sabadidake e Sosane am-positse ao i mpanjakay, ho amy ze hene ondaty ty bey naho ty kede, fito andro, an-kiririsan-kodobo’ i anjombam-panjakay ao;
And when these days had expired, the king made a feast for all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both for great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;
6 niradorado eo ty hasiñe marerarera naho manga, niarifehèñe taly leny malòmavo, ami’ty boda volafoty naho faham-bato-hara’e; naho fiambesatse volamena naho volafoty, an-tane nilafiheñ’ antsetra naho foty naho sakatsike vaho vato-haran-gero’e.
[Where were] white, green, and blue [hangings], fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds [were of] gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble.
7 Nanjotsoañe rano am-pitovy volamena—fanake sambe mifañambake—naho divaim-panjaka tsifotofoto, ty amy fiotrotròam-panjakay.
And they gave [them] drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another, ) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
8 Ty lili’ i finomañey, le t’ie tsy an-jitse, ami’ty nafanto’ i mpanjakay amy mpifehen’ anjomba’ey, te sindre hanao an-tsatri’e ondatio.
And the drinking [was] according to the law; none constrained: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
9 Nanao takataka ho amo rakembao ka t’i Vastý mpanjaka-ampela, añ’ anjombam-panjaka’ i Akasverose ao.
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women [in] the royal house which [belonged] to king Ahasuerus.
10 Ie amy andro faha-fitoy, ie navarimbarin-divay ty arofo’ i mpanjakay, le linili’e t’i Mehomane, i Biztà, i Karbonà, i Bigtà naho i Abagtà, i Zetare vaho i Karkase, i mpiatrake fito mpitoroñe añatrefa’ i Akasverose mpanjaka rey,
On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
11 te hasese aolo’ i mpanjakay t’i Vastý mpanjaka-ampela rekets’ i sabakan-engeñey hisenge ty hamontramontra’e am’ ondatio naho amo mpifelekeo, amy t’ie homozohozo am-pahaisahañe.
To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the people and the princes her beauty: for she [was] fair to look on.
12 F’ie nifoneñe tsy nimb’ amy linili’ i mpanjakay añamo mpiatrakeoy; aa le niforoforo i mpanjakay, nisolebotse ty haviñera’e.
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by [his] chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
13 Le hoe i mpanjakay amo mahihitse mahafohiñe o sào; (toe Izay ty nisata’ i mpanjakay añatrefa’ o mpahay lily naho zakao;
Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for so [was] the king's manner towards all that knew law and judgment:
14 naho o narine azeo: t’i Karsenà, i Setare, i Admatà, i Tarsise, i Merese, i Marsenà vaho i Memokane, i mpifehe fito’ i Parase naho i Maday mpahaisake ty lahara’ i mpanjakay rey, ie mpiambesatse an-dohà’ i fifeheañey; )
And the next to him [was] Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, [and] Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, [and] who sat the first in the kingdom; )
15 Ino ty hanoan-tika amy Vastý mpanjaka-ampela ty amy liliy kanao tsy hinao’e ty nandilia’ i Akasverose mpanjaka añamo mpiatra’eo?
What shall we do to the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
16 Le hoe ty natoi’ i Memokane añatrefa’ i mpanjakay naho o roandriañeo, Tsy vaho amy mpanjakay avao ty nanoa’ i Vastý mpanjaka-ampela hakeo, fa toe amo roandriañe iabio naho amy ze hene ondaty am-pifeleha’ i Akasverose mpanjaka.
And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that [are] in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
17 Amy te hiboele amy ze hene rakemba i nanoe’ i mpanjaka-ampelaiy vaho songa hanirìka’ i vali’ey, ami’ty hoe: Linili’ i Akasverose mpanjaka te hasese añatrefa’e eo t’i Vastý mpanjaka ampela, f’ie tsy nimb’eo.
For [this] deed of the queen will come abroad to all women, so that they will despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
18 Fonga hanao i hoe zay te anito o tañanjomba’ i Parase naho i Maday mahajanjiñe ty sata’ i mpanjaka ampelaio amo mpifele’ i mpanjakaio, le ho ra’elahy ty sirika naho fombo.
[Likewise] will the ladies of Persia and Media say this day to all the king's princes, who have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus [will there arise] too much contempt and wrath.
19 Aa naho no’ i mpanjakay, ee te haboele’e ty nafèm-panjaka naho ho sokireñe amo lili’ i Parase naho i Madaio, tsy hiova’e, te tsy hiheo añatrefa’ i Akasverose mpanjaka eo ka t’i Vastý vaho hatolo’ i mpanjakay ami’ty lombolombo’e ty fandilia’e.
If it pleaseth the king, let a royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another that is better than she.
20 Ie hanitsike ty fifehea’e ty fijanjiñañe i tsey hanoe’ i mpanjakaiy, ndra te ie bey henehene, le songa hiasy ty vali’e o tañanjombao, ty bey naho ty kede.
And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great, ) all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.
21 Niteà’ i mpanjakay naho o roandriañeo i saontsy zay vaho nanoe’ i mpanjakay i nitaroñe’ i Memokaney;
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
22 le hene nampihitrife’e amy ze fifeleha’ i mpanjakay ty taratasy ty amy sinokitsey naho mb’amy ze karaza’ ondaty amy saontsi’ey, soa te songa hanandily añ’anjomba’e ao o lahilahio vaho haboele amy ze fonga saontsi’ ondaty Izay.
For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing of it, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that [it] should be published according to the language of every people.
