Ehetere 2

1 I muri iho i enei mea, i te mea kua marie te riri o Kingi Ahahueruha, ka mahara ia ki a Wahati, ki tana i mea ai, ki te mea hoki i whakaritea mona.

After this, when the wrath of king Assuerus was appeased, he remembered Vasthi, and what she had done and what she had suffered:

2 Na ka mea nga tangata a te kingi i mahi nei ki a ia, Kia rapua mai etahi kotiro ataahua ma te kingi.

And the king’s servants and his officers said: Let young women be sought for the king, virgins and beautiful,

3 Kia whakaritea hoki e te kingi etahi kaititiro puta noa i nga kawanatanga o tona kingitanga, a ma ratou e huihui mai nga kotiro ataahua, he wahine, ki Huhana, ki te whare kini, ki te whare wahine, ki a Hekai, ki ta te kingi rangatira ruma, ko ia nei te kaitiaki o nga wahine; a kia hoatu nga mea hei tahi mo to ratou poke;

And let some persons be sent through all the provinces to look for beautiful maidens and virgins: and let them bring them to the city of Susan, and put them into the house of the women under the hand of Egeus the eunuch, who is the overseer and keeper of the king’s women: and let them receive women’s ornaments, and other things necessary for their use.

4 Na, ko te kotiro e pai ki ta te kingi titiro, ko ia hei kuini i te wahi o Wahati. Na pai tonu taua mea ki te whakaaro o te kingi, a pera ana ano ia.

And whosoever among them all shall please the king’s eyes, let her be queen instead of Vasthi. The word pleased the king: and he commanded it should be done as they had suggested.

5 I Huhana, i te whare kingi tetahi tangata, he Hurai, ko tona ingoa ko Mororekai, he tama na Haira, tama a Himei, tama a Kihi, he tangata no Pineamine.

There was a man in the city of Susan, a Jew, named Mardochai, the son of Jair, the son of Semei, the son of Cis, of the race of Jemini,

6 He mea whakaheke mai i Hiruharama i roto i te whakahekenga i whakahekea ai a Hekonia kingi o Hura, i tera i whakahekea ra e Nepukaneha kingi o Papurona.

Who had been carried away from Jerusalem at the time that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon carried away Jechonias king of Juda,

7 Na he mea atawhai nana a Haraha, ara a Ehetere, te tamahine a tona matua keke; no te mea kahore ona papa, ona whaea, a he atanga taua kotiro, he ataahua; i te matenga hoki o tona papa, o tona whaea, ka tangohia ia e Mororekai hei tamahine mana.

And he had brought up his brother’s daughter Edissa, who by another name was called Esther: now she had lost both her parents: and was exceeding fair and beautiful. And her father and mother being dead, Mardochai adopted her for his daughter.

8 Heoi, ka rangona te kupu a te kingi, me tana ture, a ka tokomaha ano nga kotiro ka huihuia ki Huhana, ki te whare kingi, ki te ringa o Hekai, na ka mauria ano hoki a Ehetere ki te whare o te kingi, ki te ringa o Hekai kaitiaki wahine.

And when the king’s ordinance was noised abroad, and according to his commandment many beautiful virgins were brought to Susan, and were delivered to Egeus the eunuch: Esther also among the rest of the maidens was delivered to him to be kept in the number of the women.

9 Na he pai taua kotiro ki tana titiro, ka atawhaitia hoki e ia; i hohoro hoki tana homai i nga mea hei tahi mo tona poke, me era atu mea ano mana, me nga kotiro tokowhitu i tika nei kia hoatu ki a ia, no roto i te whare o te kingi: i nekehia atu h oki ia, ratou ko ana kotiro ki te wahi pai rawa o te whare wahine.

And she pleased him, and found favour in his sight. And he commanded the eunuch to hasten the women’s ornaments, and to deliver to her her part, and seven of the most beautiful maidens of the king’s house, and to adorn and deck out both her and her waiting maids.

10 Kihai i whakaaturia e Ehetere tona iwi me ona whanaunga; na Mororekai hoki i ako ki a ia kia kaua e whakaaturia.

And she would not tell him her people nor her country. For Mardochai had charged her to say nothing at all of that:

11 Na haere ai a Mororekai i tenei ra, i tenei ra, ki mua i te marae o te whare wahine, kia mohio ai ia kei te pehea a Ehetere, a ka peheatia ranei ia.

And he walked every day before the court of the house, in which the chosen virgins were kept, having a care for Esther’s welfare, and desiring to know what would befall her.

12 A, no ka rite te wa mo tenei kotiro, mo tenei kotiro, e haere ai ki a Kingi Ahahueruha, i te mea ka taka ona marama kotahi tekau ma rua, ko te ritenga hoki ia mo nga wahine, ko reira hoki rite ai nga ra mo te tahi o to ratou poke, ara e ono nga marama o te hinu maira, a e ono nga marama o nga mea kakara, o era atu mea ano e tahia ai te poke o nga wahine;

Now when every virgin’s turn came to go in to the king, after all had been done for setting them off to advantage, it was the twelfth month: so that for six months they were anointed with oil of myrrh, and for other six months they used certain perfumes and sweet spices.

13 Ko te tikanga tenei mo te haerenga atu o tetahi kotiro ki te kingi; ko nga mea katoa i hiahia ai ia, i hoatu ki a ia, a ka riro i a ia i roto i te whare wahine ki te whare o te kingi.

And when they were going in to the king, whatsoever they asked to adorn themselves they received: and being decked out, as it pleased them, they passed from the chamber of the women to the king’s chamber.

14 I haere mai ia i te ahiahi, a i te ata ka hoki ki to nga wahine whare tuarua, ki te ringa o Haahakata, o ta te kingi rangatira ruma, ko ia nei te kaitiaki o nga wahine iti; heoi ano ona haerenga mai ki te kingi, kia hiahia ra ano te kingi ki a i a, kia whakahuatia ano hoki tona ingoa.

And she that went in at evening, came out in the morning, and from thence she was conducted to the second house, that was under the hand of Susagaz the eunuch, who had the charge over the king’s concubines: neither could she return any more to the king, unless the king desired it, and had ordered her by name to come.

15 A, ka rite te wa e haere ai ki te kingi a Ehetere tamahine a Apihaira, a te matua keke o Mororekai, he mea tango nei hoki ia na tenei hei tamahine mana, kihai tera i mea ki tetahi mea mana, heoi ano ko ta Hekai i whakarite ai, ko ia nei ta te ki ngi rangatira ruma, te kaitiaki o nga wahine. Na ahuareka rawa a Ehetere ki te titiro a te hunga katoa i kite i a ia.

And as the time came orderly about, the day was at hand, when Esther, the daughter of Abihail the brother of Mardochai, whom he had adopted for his daughter, was to go in to the king. But she sought not women’s ornaments, but whatsoever Egeus the eunuch the keeper of the virgins had a mind, he gave her to adorn her. For she was exceeding fair, and her incredible beauty made her appear agreeable and amiable in the eyes of all.

16 Heoi ka mauria a Ehetere ki a Kingi Ahahueruha, ki tona whare kingi, i te tekau o nga marama, ko Tepete hoki taua marama, i te whitu o nga tau o tona kingitanga.

So she was brought to the chamber of king Assuerus the tenth month, which is called Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

17 Na nui atu te aroha o te kingi ki a Ehetere i tona ki nga wahine katoa, ahuareka tonu ia, manakohia rawatia ana ia e ia i nga whaina katoa, potaea ana e ia te karauna kuini ki tona mahunga, meinga ana ia e ia hei kuini i te wahi o Wahati.

And the king loved her more than all the women, and she had favour and kindness before him above all the women, and he set the royal crown on her head, and made her queen instead of Vasthi.

18 Katahi ka tukua e te kingi he hakari nui ma ana rangatira katoa ratou ko ana tangata, ara te hakari o Ehetere; whakangawaritia ano hoki e ia nga mea ki nga kawanatanga, a hoatu ana etahi hakari e ia, he mea i rite ki ta te kingi tikanga.

And he commanded a magnificent feast to be prepared for all the princes, and for his servants, for the marriage and wedding of Esther. And he gave rest to all the provinces, and bestowed gifts according to princely magnificence.

19 Na i te rua o nga huihuinga o nga wahine, kei te noho a Mororekai i te kuwaha o te kingi.

And when the virgins were sought the second time, and gathered together, Mardochai stayed at the king’s gate,

20 Kihai ano i whakaaturia e Ehetere ona whanaunga me tona iwi; ko ta Mororekai hoki tera i ako ai ki a ia; i whakarite hoki a Ehetere i te kupu a Mororekai, i pera me ia e whakatupuria ake ana i tona whare.

Neither had Esther as yet declared her country and people, according to his commandment. For whatsoever he commanded, Esther observed: and she did all things in the same manner as she was wont at that time when he brought her up a little one.

21 I aua ra, i te mea e noho ana a Mororekai i te kuwaha o te kingi, ka riri a Pikitana raua ko Terehe, tokorua o nga rangatira ruma a te kingi, he kaitiaki i te tatau, a ka whai kia pa te ringa ki a Kingi Ahahueruha.

At that time, therefore, when Mardochai abode at the king’s gate, Bagathan and Thares, two of the king’s eunuchs, who were porters, and presided in the first entry of the palace, were angry: and they designed to rise up against the king, and to kill him.

22 Na kua mohiotia taua mea e Mororekai, a ka whakaaturia e ia ki a Ehetere, ki te kuini; korerotia ana e Ehetere ki te kingi i runga ano i te ingoa o Mororekai.

And Mardochai had notice of it, and immediately he told it to queen Esther: and she to the king in Mardochai’s name, who had reported the thing unto her.

23 Na, ka oti taua mea te uiui, a ka kitea he tika, ka taronatia raua tokorua ki runga ki te rakau, a ka tuhituhia taua mea ki te pukapuka o nga meatanga o nga ra i te aroaro o te kingi.

It was inquired into, and found out: and they were both hanged on a gibbet. And it was put in the histories, and recorded in the chronicles before the king.