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.

¹Potom po týchto udalostiach, keď sa upokojila prchlivosť kráľa Ahasvera, spomenul si na Vastu a na to, čo urobila, jako i na to, čo bolo usúdené proti nej.

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

²A mládenci kráľovi, ktorí mu posluhovali, riekli: Nech vyhľadajú kráľovi mladice panny krásneho vzozrenia,

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:

³a nech ustanoví kráľ úradníkov vo všetkých krajinách svojho kráľovstva, ktorí shromaždia všetky mladice panny krásneho vzozrenia na hrad Súsan do domu žien pod ruku Hégeho, komorníka kráľovho, strážcu žien, a nech sa im dá to, čo potrebujú, aby sa očistily a ozdobily.

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

⁴A mladica, ktorá sa bude ľúbiť kráľovi, nech kraľuje miesto Vasty. A slovo sa ľúbilo kráľovi a urobili tak.

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;

⁵A bol nejaký Žid na hrade Súsane, ktorému bolo meno Mardocheus, syn Jaira, syna Šimeiho, syna Kíšovho, človek z pokolenia Benjaminovho,

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.

⁶ktorý bol prestehovaný z Jeruzalema s prestehovanými, ktorí boli prestehovaní s Jekoniášom, judským kráľom, ktorých prestehoval Nabuchodonozor, babylonský kráľ.

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.

⁷Ten vychovával Hadasu, ináče Ester, dcéru svojho strýca, lebo nemala ani otca ani matky. A deva bola krásnej postavy a peknej tvári, a po smrti jej otca a jej matky si ju vzal Mardocheus za dcéru.

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.

⁸A stalo sa, keď sa počulo slovo kráľovo a jeho nariadenie, a keď bolo shromažďované mnoho mladíc na hrad Súsan pod ruku Hégeho, že bola vzatá aj Ester do domu kráľovho pod ruku Hégeho, strážcu žien.

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.

⁹A deva sa mu ľúbila a našla milosť pred jeho tvárou, a ponáhľal sa dať jej to, čo potrebovala na svoje očistenie a ozdobenie, a jej diely aj jej dať sedem spôsobných mladíc z domu kráľovho a premiestnil ju i jej mladice do najlepšieho miesta domu žien.

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

¹⁰Ale Ester neoznámila svojho ľudu ani svojej rodiny, lebo Mardocheus jej bol prikázal, aby neoznámila.

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

¹¹A Mardocheus sa prechádzal každého dňa popred dvor domu žien, aby zvedel, ako sa má Ester, a čo sa s ňou deje.

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;)

¹²A keď prišiel rad na niektorú mladicu, aby vošla ku kráľovi Ahasverovi, keď sa jej už bolo dialo podľa nariadenia žien za dvanásť mesiacov (lebo tak vypĺňaly sa dni ich prípravy voňavkami, šesť mesiacov myrrhovým olejom a šesť mesiacov rôznymi voninami a ešte inými ženskými voňavými masťami),

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.

¹³vtedy tak vošla mladica ku kráľovi: dalo sa jej všetko, čo žiadala, aby to išlo s ňou, a to tak z domu žien až do domu kráľovho.

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.

¹⁴Večer prišla a ráno sa vrátila do druhého domu žien pod dozor Šaašegaza, komorníka kráľovho, strážcu ženín. Nevošla viacej ku kráľovi, len ak sa ľúbila kráľovi a bola povolaná podľa mena.

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.

¹⁵Keď potom prišiel rad na Ester, dcéru Abichaila, strýca Mardocheovho, ktorú si bol vzal za dcéru, aby vošla ku kráľovi, nežiadala si ničoho iba to, čo povedal Hége, komorník kráľov, strážca žien. A Ester našla priazeň v očiach všetkých, ktorí ju videli.

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.

¹⁶A tak bola Ester vzatá ku kráľovi Ahasverovi, do domu jeho kráľovstva, desiateho mesiaca, ktorý to mesiac je mesiac tébet, siedmeho roku jeho kraľovania.

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.

¹⁷A kráľ si zamiloval Ester nado všetky ženy, a našla priazeň a milosť pred ním nado všetky tie panny, a položil kráľovskú korunu na jej hlavu a učinil ju kráľovnou miesto Vasty.

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.

¹⁸K tomu učinil kráľ veľkú hostinu všetkým svojim kniežatám a svojim služobníkom, hostinu Esterinu, a pripravil krajinám úľavu od poplatkov a dal dary podľa kráľovej možnosti.

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

¹⁹A keď shromažďovali panny po druhé, a Mardocheus sedel v bráne kráľovej,

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 neoznámila svojej rodiny ani svojho národa, tak ako jej prikázal Mardocheus, lebo Ester plnila rozkaz Mardocheov tak, ako keď bola u neho v opatere.

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.

²¹V tých dňoch, keď sedel Mardocheus v bráne kráľovej, rozhnevali sa Bigtán a Téreš, dvaja komorníci kráľovi zpomedzi strážcov prahu, a hľadali príležitosť vystrieť ruku na kráľa Ahasvera.

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

²²Keď sa dozvedel o tom Mardocheus, oznámil to kráľovnej Esteri, a Ester to povedala kráľovi v mene Mardocheovom.

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.

²³A keď bola vec vyšetrená a najdená, obesili obidvoch na šibenici. A bolo to zapísané do knihy letopisov pred kráľom.