Ester 2
1 Pagkatapos ng mga bagay na ito, nang mapayapa ang pagiinit ng haring Assuero kaniyang inalaala si Vasthi, at kung ano ang kaniyang ginawa, at kung ano ang ipinasiya laban sa kaniya.
After a while, King Xerxes quit being so angry. He thought about Vashti, and he thought about the law he had made because of what she [had done, and he wanted another wife].
2 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ng mga lingkod ng hari na nagsisipaglingkod sa kaniya: Ihanap ng magagandang batang dalaga ang hari:
So his personal servants said to him, “[Your majesty, ] you should send some men to search throughout the empire for some beautiful young women/virgins for you.
3 At maghalal ang hari ng mga pinuno sa lahat ng mga lalawigan ng kaniyang kaharian, upang kanilang mapisan ang lahat na magandang batang dalaga sa Susan na bahay-hari, sa bahay ng mga babae, sa pamamahala ni Hegai, na kamarero ng hari, na tagapagingat ng mga babae; at ibigay sa kanila ang kanilang mga bagay na kailangan sa paglilinis:
[After they find some, ] you can appoint some officials in each province to bring them to the place where you keep (your wives/the women you sleep with) here in Susa. Then Hegai, the man who is in charge of these women, can arrange for ointments to be put [on their bodies] to make them [more] beautiful.
4 At ang dalaga na kalugdan ng hari ay maging reina na kahalili ni Vasthi. At ang bagay ay nakalugod sa hari; at ginawa niyang gayon.
Then the woman who pleases you most can become queen instead of Vashti.” The king liked what they suggested, so he did it.
5 May isang Judio sa Susan na bahay-hari, na ang pangala'y Mardocheo, na anak ni Jair, na anak ni Simi, na anak ni Cis na Benjamita;
At that time there was a Jew [living] in Susa, the capital, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair. Jair was a descendant of Shimei. Shimei was a descendant of [King Saul’s father] Kish. [They were all] from the tribe descended from Benjamin.
6 Na nadala mula sa Jerusalem na kasama ng mga bihag na nangadalang kasama ni Jechonias na hari sa Juda, na dinala ni Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia.
[Many years before that, ] King Nebuchadnezzar had taken (Mordecai/Mordecai’s family) [and brought them from Jerusalem] to Babylon, at the same time he brought King Jehoiachin of Judah and many other people to Babylon.
7 At pinalaki niya si Hadasa, sa makatuwid baga'y si Esther, na anak na babae ng kaniyang amain: sapagka't siya'y wala kahit ama o ina man, at ang dalaga ay maganda at may mabuting anyo; at nang mamatay ang kaniyang ama't ina inari siya ni Mardocheo na parang tunay na anak.
Mordecai had a cousin whose [Hebrew] name was Hadassah. She had a beautiful face and beautiful body/figure. Her [Persian] name was Esther. After her father and mother died, Mordecai took care of Esther as though she were his own daughter.
8 Sa gayo'y nangyari nang mabalitaan ang utos ng hari at ang kaniyang pasiya, at nang napipisan ang maraming dalaga sa Susan na bahay-hari, sa pamamahala ni Hegai, na si Esther ay dinala sa bahay ng hari, sa pamamahala ni Hegai, na tagapagingat sa mga babae.
After the king commanded [that they search for some beautiful women], they brought Esther and many other young women to the king’s palace [in Susa], and (the king put Hegai/Hegai was put) in charge of them.
9 At ang dalaga ay nakalugod sa kaniya, at nilingap niya; at nagbigay siyang madali sa kaniya ng mga bagay na ukol sa paglilinis, pati ng mga bahagi niya, at ng pitong dalaga na marapat na ibigay sa kaniya, na mula sa bahay ng hari: at inilipat niya siya at ang kaniyang mga dalaga sa pinaka mabuting dako ng bahay ng mga babae.
Hegai was very pleased with Esther, and he treated her well. He immediately arranged for her to be given ointments to make her [even more] beautiful, and [he ordered that] special food [would be given to her]. [He arranged that] seven maids from the king’s palace [would take care of her], and arranged that she/they would stay in the best rooms.
10 Hindi ipinakilala ni Esther ang kaniyang bayan o ang kaniyang kamaganakan man; sapagka't ibinilin sa kaniya ni Mardocheo na huwag niyang ipakilala.
Esther did not tell anyone that she was a Jew, because Mordecai had told her not to tell anyone.
11 At si Mardocheo ay lumakad araw-araw sa harap ng looban ng bahay ng mga babae, upang maalaman kung anong ginagawa ni Esther, at kung ano ang mangyayari sa kaniya.
Every day Mordecai walked near the courtyard of the place where those women stayed. He asked [people who entered the courtyard] to find out [and tell him] what was happening to Esther.
12 Nang sumapit nga ang paghahalihalili ng bawa't dalaga na pasukin ang haring Assuero, pagkatapos na magawa sa kaniya ang ayon sa kautusan sa mga babae, na labing dalawang buwan, (sapagka't ganito nagaganap ang mga araw ng kanilang paglilinis, sa makatuwid baga'y anim na buwan na ma'y langis na mirra, at anim na buwan na may mainam na pabango, at ng mga bagay na ukol sa paglilinis ng mga babae.)
Before these women were taken to the king, they put ointments on [the bodies of] these women for one year to make them more beautiful. For six months they [rubbed olive] oil mixed with myrrh [on their bodies each day]. For [the next] six months they rubbed ointments and perfumes on their bodies.
13 Sa ganito ngang paraan naparoroon ang dalaga sa hari: Na anomang kaniyang nasain ay ibinibigay sa kaniya upang yumaong kasama niya na mula sa bahay ng mga babae hanggang sa bahay ng hari.
Then, when one of these women [was summoned to] go to the king, she was allowed to wear whatever clothes and jewelry she chose.
14 Sa kinahapunan ay naparoroon siya, at sa kinaumagahan ay bumabalik siya sa ikalawang bahay ng mga babae, sa pamamahala ni Saasgaz, na kamarero ng hari, na nagiingat sa mga babae; hindi na niya pinapasok ang hari malibang ang hari ay malugod sa kaniya, at siya'y tawagin sa pangalan.
In the evening, they would take her [to the king’s own room]. The next morning, they would take her to another place where the women [who had slept with the king] stayed. There another official whose name was Shaashgaz was in charge [of those women]. [Those women would live there for the rest of their lives, and] one of those women would go back to the king again only if the king very much wanted her to come again, and only if he told Shaashgaz the name of the woman.
15 Nang sumapit ang paghalili nga ni Esther, na anak ni Abihail, na amain ni Mardocheo, na umaring anak kay Esther, upang pasukin ang hari, wala siyang tinamong anoman, kundi ang ibinigay ni Hegai na kamarero ng hari, na tagapagingat sa mga babae. At si Esther ay nilingap ng lahat na nakakita sa kaniya.
Everyone who saw Esther liked her. After King Xerxes had been ruling for seven years, it was Esther’s turn to go to him. When they took her to the king, it was during the middle part of the winter. She wore only the things that Hegai suggested.
16 Sa gayo'y dinala si Esther sa haring Assuero sa loob ng kaniyang bahay-hari, nang ikasangpung buwan na siyang buwan ng Tebeth nang ikapitong taon ng kaniyang paghahari.
17 At sininta ng hari si Esther ng higit kay sa lahat na babae, at siya'y nilingap at minahal na higit kay sa lahat na dalaga; na anopa't kaniyang ipinutong ang putong na pagkareina sa kaniyang ulo, at ginawa siyang reina na kahalili ni Vasthi.
The king liked Esther more than he liked any of the other women [that they brought to him]. He liked her so much that he put on her head the queen’s crown, and he declared that Esther would be the queen instead of Vashti.
18 Nang magkagayo'y gumawa ang hari ng malaking kapistahan sa kaniyang lahat na prinsipe at kaniyang mga lingkod, sa makatuwid baga'y kapistahan ni Esther; at siya'y gumawa ng pagpapatawad ng sala sa mga lalawigan, at nagbigay ng mga kaloob, ayon sa kalooban ng hari.
To celebrate her [becoming the queen], he had a big banquet/feast prepared for all his administrators and [other] officials. He generously gave [expensive] gifts to everyone, and he declared that in all the provinces there would be a holiday, [a time when people did not have to pay taxes].
19 At nang mapisan na ikalawa ang mga dalaga, naupo nga si Mardocheo sa pintuang-daan ng hari.
Later all those women who had spent a night with the king were gathered together again. By that time Mordecai had become an official at the palace.
20 Hindi pa ipinakikilala ni Esther ang kaniyang kamaganakan o ang kaniyang bayan man; gaya ng ibinilin sa kaniya ni Mardocheo: sapagka't ginawa ni Esther ang utos ni Mardocheo, na gaya ng siya'y palakihing kasama niya.
But Esther still did not tell anyone that she was a Jew. She continued to do what Mordecai had told her to do.
21 Sa mga araw na yaon, samantalang nauupo si Mardocheo sa pintuang-daan ng hari, dalawa sa kamarero ng hari, si Bigthan at si Teres, sa nangagiingat ng pintuan, ay nangapoot at nangagaakalang buhatan ng kamay ang haring Assuero.
One day when Mordecai was doing his work in the palace, two of the king’s officials were there. Their names were Bigthana and Teresh. They were the guards who stood outside the king’s own rooms. They became angry [with the king], and they were planning how they could assassinate/kill him.
22 At ang bagay ay naalaman ni Mardocheo na siyang nagturo kay Esther na reina: at sinaysay ni Esther sa hari, sa pangalan ni Mardocheo.
But Mordecai heard about what they were planning, and he told that to Queen Esther. Then she told the king what Mordecai had found out.
23 At nang siyasatin ang bagay at masumpungang gayon, sila'y kapuwa binigti sa punong kahoy: at nasulat sa aklat ng mga alaala sa harap ng hari.
The king investigated and found out that Mordecai’s report was true. So the king ordered that those two men be hanged. When that was done, (an official wrote a report/a report was written) about it in a book called ‘The book that records what happened while Xerxes was king’.
