Книга Есфири 1
1 И бысть по словесех сих во днех Артаксеркса: сей Артаксеркс от Индии обладаше сто двадесять седмию странами (даже до Ефиопии):
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 во дни же тыя, егда седе на престоле царь Артаксеркс в Сусех граде,
in those days, when king Artaxerxes was on the throne in the city of Susa,
3 в третие лето царства своего, сотвори пир другом и прочым языком, и Персским и Мидским славным, и началным сатрапом,
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 и по сих, егда показа им богатство царства своего и славу веселия своего, во сто осмьдесят дний.
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 И егда исполнишася дние пира, сотвори царь пиршество языком обретшымся во граде (Сусех) на дний шесть во дворе дому царева,
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 украшеннем виссонными и зелеиыми завесами, простертыми на ужах виссонных и червленичных, на колцах златых и сребряных, на столпех мраморных и каменных:
[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 ложа злата и сребряна, на помосте камене смарагдова, и пиннинска и паринска мрамора, и плащаницы пестротами различными разцвечены, окрест шипцы разсеяни:
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 сосуди злати и сребряни, и чаша анфракса (камене) предложенная, ценою талант тридесять тысящ: вино много и сладко, еже сам царь пияше: питие же сие не по уставленному закону бысть, тако бо восхоте царь и заповеда икономом сотворити волю свою и мужей.
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 И Астинь царица сотвори пир женам в дому цареве, идеже царь Артаксеркс.
Also Astin the queen made a banquet for the women in the palace where king Artaxerxes [lived].
10 В день же седмый развеселився царь, рече Аману и Вазану, и Фарре и Варазу, и Зафолфану и Аватазу и Фараву, седмим евнухом, иже служаху пред царем Артаксерксом,
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 привести (Астинь) царицу пред него, еже воцарити ю и возложити на ню венец царский и показати ю всем началствующым и языком красоту ея, зане прекрасна бе.
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 И не послуша его Астинь царица приити со евнухи.
But queen Astin listened not to him to come with the chamberlains: so the king was grieved and angered.
13 И опечалися царь, и разгневася, и рече ближним своим: сице рече Астинь: сотворите убо о сем закон и суд.
And he said to his friends, Thus have Astin spoken: pronounce therefore upon this [case] law and judgement.
14 И приступиша к нему Аркесей и Сарсофей и Малисеар, началницы Персстии и Мидстии, иже близ царя, первии седящии при цари,
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 и возвестиша ему по законом, како подобает сотворити царице Астини, яко не сотвори повеленных от царя чрез евнухи.
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 И рече Мухей ко царю и к боляром: не царя единаго обиде Астинь царица, но и вся князи и началники царевы,
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 ибо поведа им словеса царицы, и како противорече царю:
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 якоже убо противно рече царю Артаксерксу, сице и днесь госпожи жены прочыя князей Персских и Мидских, услышавшя царю реченная от нея, дерзнут такожде безчествовати мужеи своих:
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 dishonour their husbands.
19 аще убо угодно царю, да повелит царским повелением, и да напишется по законом Мидским и Персским, и инако да не будет, ниже да внидет ктому царица к нему, и царство ея да предаст царь жене лучшей ея:
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 и да будет услышан закон, иже от царя, егоже сотворит во царствии своем, и сице вся жены возложат честь на мужы своя от богата даже до убога.
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 honour to their husbands, from the poor even to the rich.
21 И угодно бысть слово пред царем и началники, и сотвори царь, якоже рече ему Мухей,
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did as Muchaeus had said,
22 и посла царь книги во все царство по странам по языку их, да будет страх им в жилищих их.
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.
