¹After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

¹Pärast neid sündmusi, kui kuningas Ahasverose viha oli jahtunud, mõtles ta Vastile ja sellele, mis ta oli teinud ning mis tema kohta oli otsustatud.

²Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

²Siis ütlesid kuninga sulased, kes teda teenisid: 'Otsitagu kuningale noori neitseid, kes on ilusa välimusega.

³And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:

³Kuningas pangu ametnikke kõigisse oma kuningriigi maadesse, et need koguksid kõik ilusa välimusega noored neitsid Suusani palee naistemajasse eunuhhi Heegai, kuninga naistevalvaja käe alla, ja et neile antaks vajalikku iluravi.

⁴And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

⁴Ja tütarlaps, kes kuningale meeldib, saagu Vasti asemel kuningannaks.' See kõne oli kuninga meelest hea ja ta tegi nõnda.

⁵Now 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;

⁵Suusani palees oli Juuda mees, Mordokai nimi, Jairi poeg, kes oli Simei poeg, kes oli benjaminlase Kiisi poeg.

⁶Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.

⁶Tema oli Jeruusalemmast vangi viidud koos nende vangidega, kes vangistati koos Juuda kuninga Jekonjaga, kelle Paabeli kuningas Nebukadnetsar oli vangi viinud.

⁷And 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.

⁷Tema oli oma sugulase tütre Hadassa, see on Estri kasvataja, sest temal ei olnud ei isa ega ema; see tütarlaps oli ilusa jume ja kauni välimusega; ja et ta isa ja ema olid surnud, siis oli Mordokai võtnud tema enesele tütreks.

⁸So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

⁸Ja kui nüüd kuninga käsk ja seadus said teatavaks ja palju tütarlapsi koguti Suusani paleesse Heegai käe alla, siis võeti ka Ester kuningakotta Heegai käe alla, kes oli naistevalvaja.

⁹And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.

⁹Tütarlaps meeldis temale ja leidis armu tema ees; ja ta tõttas temale andma iluravivahendeid ja kohast toitu, andis temale seitse valitud teenijat kuningakojast ning määras temale ja ta teenijaile parima paiga naistemajas.

¹⁰Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.

¹⁰Ester ei teatanud oma rahvust ja päritolu, sest Mordokai oli teda keelanud seda teatamast.

¹¹And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

¹¹Ja Mordokai kõndis iga päev naistemaja õue ees, et teada saada, kuidas Estri käsi käib ja mis temaga juhtub.

¹²Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)

¹²Kui igale tütarlapsele jõudis kätte kord, et tal tuli minna kuningas Ahasverose juurde pärast kaheteistkümne kuu möödumist, nagu naistele oli määratud - sest nõnda kaua kestsid nende iluravipäevad: kuus kuud mürriõliga ja kuus kuud palsamite ning muude naiste iluravivahenditega -,

¹³Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.

¹³siis võis tütarlaps minna kuninga juurde ja temale anti naistemajast kuningakotta minnes kaasa kõik, mida ta soovis.

¹⁴In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.

¹⁴Ta läks õhtul ja tuli hommikul tagasi teise naistemajasse eunuhhii Saasgase, kuninga liignaistevalvaja käe alla; ta ei läinud enam kuninga juurde, olgu siis, et ta kuningale meeldis ja teda nimeliselt kutsuti.

¹⁵Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto 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.

¹⁵Kui nüüd Estril, Mordokai sugulase Abihaili tütrel, kelle Mordokai oli võtnud enesele tütreks, tuli minna kuninga juurde, siis ei palunud ta midagi muud kui seda, mida eunuhh Heegai, kuninga naistevalvaja, soovitas; aga Ester leidis armu kõigi silmis, kes teda nägid.

¹⁶So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

¹⁶Ja Ester viidi kuningas Ahasverose juurde tema kuninglikku kotta kümnendas kuus, see on teebetikuus, tema seitsmendal valitsemisaastal.

¹⁷And 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.

¹⁷Ja kuningas armastas Estrit enam kui kõiki teisi naisi, ja Ester leidis tema ees armu ja heldust enam kui kõik teised neitsid; ta pani temale kuningliku krooni pähe ja tegi ta Vasti asemel kuningannaks.

¹⁸Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

¹⁸Ja kuningas tegi suure võõruspeo kõigile oma vürstidele ja sulastele, võõruspeo Estri auks; ta alandas maade makse ja jagas kuningakohaseid kingitusi.

¹⁹And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.

¹⁹Kui teist korda neitseid koguti ja Mordokai istus kuninga väravas -

²⁰Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.

²⁰Ester ei olnud teatanud oma päritolu ja rahvust, nagu Mordokai teda oli keelanud, ja Ester tegi Mordokai käsu järgi nagu siis, kui ta oli tema kasvandik -,

²¹In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.

²¹siis neilsamul päevil, kui Mordokai istus kuninga väravas, vihastasid Bigtan ja Teres, kaks eunuhhi kuninga lävehoidjate hulgast, ja tahtsid pista kätt kuningas Ahasverose külge.

²²And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.

²²Aga Mordokai sai sellest teada ja ta jutustas sellest kuninganna Estrile, ja Ester rääkis seda kuningale Mordokai nimel.

²³And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

²³Ja kui asja uuriti ning leiti nõnda olevat, siis poodi nad mõlemad puusse; ja see kirjutati kuninga jaoks ajaraamatusse.