Ester 2
1 Depois destas coisas, quando a ira do rei Assuero foi pacificada, ele se lembrou de Vashti, do que ela havia feito e do que foi decretado contra ela.
After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
2 Então os servos do rei que o serviram disseram: “Que se procurem jovens virgens bonitas para o rei”.
Then said the king’s servants that ministered to him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
3 Que o rei nomeie oficiais em todas as províncias de seu reino, para que reúnam todas as belas jovens virgens à cidadela de Susa, à casa das mulheres, à custódia de Hegai, o eunuco do rei, guardião das mulheres. Que lhes sejam dados cosméticos;
And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather all the fair young virgins to Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, into the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
4 e que a donzela que agradar ao rei seja rainha em vez de Vashti”. A coisa agradou ao rei, e ele o fez.
And let the maiden who pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
5 Havia um certo judeu na cidadela de Susa cujo nome era Mordecai, filho de Jair, filho de Shimei, filho de Kish, um benjamita,
Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
6 que havia sido levado de Jerusalém com os cativos que haviam sido levados com Jeconias, rei de Judá, que Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia, havia levado.
Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
7 Ele criou Hadassah, ou seja, Ester, a filha de seu tio; pois ela não tinha pai nem mãe. A donzela era bela e justa; e quando seu pai e sua mãe morreram, Mordecai a tomou por sua própria filha.
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
8 Assim, quando o mandamento do rei e seu decreto foi ouvido, e quando muitas donzelas foram reunidas na cidadela de Susa, à custódia de Hegai, Ester foi levada à casa do rei, à custódia de Hegai, guardiã das mulheres.
So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree were heard, and when many maidens were gathered at Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also to the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
9 A donzela lhe agradou, e obteve dele a bondade. Ele rapidamente deu a ela cosméticos e suas porções de comida, e as sete donzelas escolhidas que deveriam recebê-la fora da casa do rei. Ele a transferiu e suas donzelas para o melhor lugar da casa das mulheres.
And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness from him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven choice maidens, to be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her maids to the best place of the house of the women.
10 Esther não havia dado a conhecer seu povo nem seus parentes, porque Mordecai lhe havia instruído para que não a desse a conhecer.
Esther had not revealed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.
11 Mordecai caminhava todos os dias em frente ao tribunal da casa das mulheres, para saber como Esther estava se saindo e o que seria dela.
And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
12 A vez de cada jovem mulher chegou para ir ao rei Assuero depois de sua purificação por doze meses (pois assim foram os dias de sua purificação, seis meses com óleo de mirra e seis meses com fragrâncias doces e com preparações para embelezar as mulheres).
Now when every maid’s turn had come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the law for the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, that is, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women; )
13 A jovem mulher veio então ao rei assim: o que ela desejava era dado a ela para ir com ela para fora da casa da mulher para a casa do rei.
Then thus came every maiden to the king; whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king’s house.
14 À noite ela foi, e no dia seguinte voltou para a segunda casa feminina, à custódia de Shaashgaz, o eunuco do rei, que mantinha as concubinas. Ela não chegou mais ao rei, a menos que o rei se deleitasse com ela, e foi chamada pelo nome.
In the evening she went, and on the next morning she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, who kept the concubines: she came in to the king no more, except that the king delighted in her, and she was called by name.
15 Agora quando chegou a vez de Ester, a filha de Abihail, o tio de Mordecai, que a tinha tomado por sua filha, ir ao rei, ela não precisava de nada além do que Hegai, o eunuco do rei, o guardião das mulheres, aconselhou. Ester obteve favor à vista de todos aqueles que a olhavam.
Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, had come to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
16 Então Ester foi levada ao rei Assuero em sua casa real no décimo mês, que é o mês de Tebeth, no sétimo ano de seu reinado.
So Esther was taken to king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
17 O rei amava Ester mais do que todas as mulheres, e ela obteve favor e bondade à vista dele mais do que todas as virgens; de modo que ele colocou a coroa real na cabeça dela, e a fez rainha em vez de Vashti.
And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
18 Então o rei fez uma grande festa para todos os seus príncipes e seus servos, até mesmo a festa de Ester; e proclamou um feriado nas províncias, e deu presentes de acordo com a generosidade do rei.
Then the king made a great feast to all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the bounty of the king.
19 Quando as virgens foram reunidas pela segunda vez, Mordecai estava sentado no portão do rei.
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.
20 Esther ainda não havia dado a conhecer seus parentes nem seu povo, como Mordecai lhe ordenara; pois Esther obedeceu a Mordecai, como ela fez quando foi criada por ele.
Esther had not yet revealed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther performed the commandment of Mordecai, as when she was brought up with him.
21 Naqueles dias, enquanto Mordecai estava sentado no portão do rei, dois dos eunucos do rei, Bigthan e Teresh, que eram porteiros, estavam zangados, e procuravam impor as mãos ao rei Ahasuerus.
In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those who kept the door, were angry, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
22 Esta coisa ficou conhecida de Mordecai, que informou Ester a rainha; e Ester informou o rei em nome de Mordecai.
And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it to Esther the queen; and Esther informed the king of it in Mordecai’s name.
23 Quando este assunto foi investigado, e se descobriu que assim era, ambos foram pendurados numa forca; e foi escrito no livro das crônicas na presença do rei.
And when enquiry was made of the matter, it was discovered; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
