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

¹[Ny nifidianana an'i Estera ho vadin'i Ahasoerosy] Rehefa afaka izany, nony efa nionona ny fahatezeran'i Ahasoerosy mpanjaka, dia nahatsiaro an'i Vasty sy izay efa nataony izy ary ny efa nitsarana azy.

²Then said the king's servants that attended upon him, Let there be maidens, virgins of beautiful countenance, sought for the king;

²Ka dia hoy ireo zatovon'ny mpanjaka izay nanompo azy: Aoka ny mpanjaka hitadiavana zazavavy virijina tsara tarehy;

³and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the young virgins of beautiful countenance to Shushan the fortress, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given.

³ary aoka ny mpanjaka hanendry olona any amin'ny isan-tokony eran'ny ny fanjakany rehetra, dia aoka hovorin'ireny ny zazavavy virijina tsara tarehy rehetra ho ato Sosana renivohitra ho ao an-tranom-behivavy amin'ny fehin'i Hegay, tsindranolahin'1 ny mpanjaka, mpifehy ny vehivavy; ary aoka homena ny zavatra fidiovany izy,

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

⁴koa izay zazavavy sitraky ny mpanjaka no aoka hanjaka hisolo an'i Vasty. Dia sitraky ny mpanjaka izany teny izany, ka dia nataony.

⁵There was in Shushan the fortress a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite,

⁵Ary nisy Jiosy anankiray tany Sosana renivohitra. Mordekay no anarany, zanak'i Jaira, zanak'i Simey, zanak'i Kisy, avy tamin'ny taranak'i Benjamina,

⁶who 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.

⁶izay efa nentina ho babo avy tany Jerosalema tamin'ny babo izay nentina niaraka tamin'i Jekonia, mpanjakan'ny Joda, izay nobaboin'i Nebokadnezara, mpanjakan'i Babylona.

⁷And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she had neither father nor mother -- and the maiden was fair and beautiful -- and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

⁷Ary izy nitaiza an'i Hadasa (Estera izany), zanakavavin'ny rahalahin-drainy, izay tsy nanana ray sy reny intsony; ary razazavavy dia soa sady tsara tarehy, ary noraisin'i Mordekay ho zanany izy, rehefa maty rainy sy reniny.

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

⁸Koa nony re ny tenin'ny mpanjaka sy ny lalàny, ka voavory tany Sosana renivohitra ny zazavavy maro ho andin'ny fehin'i Hegay, dia mba nentina ho ao an-tranon'ny mpanjaka koa Estera ho amin'ny fehin'i Hegay, mpifehy ny vehivavy.

⁹And the maiden pleased him, and obtained favour before him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, and her portions, and the seven maidens selected to be given her, out of the king's house; and he removed her and her maids to the best [place] of the house of the women.

⁹Ary nahafaly azy razazavavy ka nahita fitia teo imasony; dia nomeny faingana an-drazazavavy ny zavatra fidiovany sy ny anjara-haniny ary ny ankizivavy fito izay voafantina homena azy avy tao an-tranon'ny mpanjaka; ary nafindrany ho ao amin'ny fitoerana tsara indrindra ao an-tranom-behivavy izy sy ny ankizivaviny.

¹⁰Esther had not made known her people nor her birth; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.

¹⁰Nefa Estera tsy mbola nilaza ny fireneny na ny fianakaviany, satria nopeperan'i Mordekay mba tsy hilaza izany izy.

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

¹¹Ary Mordekay nitsangantsangana isanandro teo anoloan'ny kianjan'ny tranom-behivavy, mba hahafantarany izay toetran'i Estera sy izay anaovana azy.

¹²And when every maiden's turn came to go in to king Ahasuerus after that she had been treated for twelve months, according to the manner of the women (for so were the days of their purification accomplished -- six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with things for the purifying of the women,

¹²Ary nony tonga ny andro hidiran'ny zazavavy tsirairay isan'andro tany amin'i Ahasoerosy mpanjaka, rehefa tapitra taminy ny roa ambin'ny folo volana, araka ny fomba fanomanana ny vehivavy (fa tapitra tamin'izay ny andro fidiovany, dia enim-bolana tamin'ny diloilo nisy miora, ary enim-bolana tamin'ny zava-manitra sy ny zavatra sasany koa fidiovan'ny vehivavy),

¹³and thus came the maiden in unto the king), whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king's house.

¹³koa nony hiditra ao amin'ny mpanjaka ny zazavavy tamin'izany, dia nomena azy izay rehetra nilainy ho entiny avy amin'ny tranom-behivavy ho ao an-tranon'ny mpanjaka.

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

¹⁴Tamin'ny hariva no nandeha izy, ary nony maraina dia niverina izy ho ao an-trano faharoa nitoeran'ny vehivavy, ho amin'ny fehin'i Sasegaza, tsindranolahin'1 ny mpanjaka, mpitandrina ny vaditsindrano; ary tsy mba niditra tao amin'ny mpanjaka intsony izy, raha tsy tian'ny mpanjaka, ka voatonona ny anarany.

¹⁵And when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained grace in the sight of all them that saw her.

¹⁵Ary rehefa tonga ny anjara-andron'i Estera, zanakavavin'i Abihaila, rahalahin-drain'i Mordekay izay efa nandray azy ho zananivavy, hidirany ao an-tranon'ny mpanjaka, dia tsy nila na inona na inona izy mihoatra noho izay notononin'i Hegay, tsindranolahin' ny mpanjaka, mpitandrina ny vehivavy. Ary Estera nahita fitia teo imason'ny olona rehetra izay nijery azy.

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

¹⁶Dia nentina ho ao amin'i Ahasoerosy mpanjaka Estera, ho ao an-tranon'ny fanjakana, tamin'ny volana fahafolo (volana Tebeta izany) tamin'ny taona fahafito nanjakany.

¹⁷And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins, and he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

¹⁷Ary tian'ny mpanjaka mihoatra noho ny vehivavy rehetra Estera, ka nahita fitia sy sitraka teo imasony mihoatra noho ny virijina rehetra izy, ka dia nosatrohany ny satro-boninahitry ny fanjakana izy ka nampanjakainy hisolo an'i Vasty.

¹⁸And the king made a great feast to all his princes and his servants, Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave presents according to the king's bounty.

¹⁸Ary ny mpanjaka nanao fanasana lehibe ho an'ny mpanapaka rehetra sy ny mpanompony, dia fanasan'i Estera izany; ary nanendry andro fifaliana ho an'ny fanjakana rehetra isan-tokony izy sady nanome zavatra araka ny fanomen'ny mpanjaka.

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

¹⁹Ary raha nisy virijina novorina fanindroany, dia nipetraka teo am-bavahadin'ny mpanjaka Mordekay.

²⁰(Esther, as Mordecai had charged her, had not yet made known her birth nor her people; for Esther did what Mordecai told her, like as when she was brought up with him.)

²⁰Nefa Estera tsy mbola nilaza izay fianakaviany na izay fireneny, araka ilay nameperan'i Mordekay azy ihany; fa ny tenin'i Mordekay dia nankatoavin'i Estera tahaka ny fony Izy mbola nitaiza azy ihany.

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 threshold, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

²¹Tamin'izany andro izany, raha Mordekay nipetraka teo am-bavahadin'ny mpanjaka, dia tezitra Bigtana sy Taresy, roa lahy isan'ny tsindranolahin'1 ny mpanjaka, dia ilay mpiambina teo am-baravarana, ka nitady hamono an'i Ahasoerosy mpanjaka izy.

²²And the thing became known to Mordecai, and he related it to Esther the queen, and Esther told it to the king in Mordecai's name.

²²Ary fantatr'i Mordekay izany ka nambarany tamin'i Estera, vadin'ny mpanjaka; dia nambaran'i Estera tamin'ny mpanjaka kosa izany araka ny nampilazain'i Mordekay azy.Atỳ rehefa nodinihina izany zavatra izany, dia, indro, marina; ka dia nahantona tamin'ny hazo izy roa lahy; ary nosoratana tao amin'ny bokin'ny tantara teo anatrehan'ny mpanjaka izany.

²³And the matter was investigated and found out; and they were both hanged on a tree. And it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

²³Atỳ rehefa nodinihina izany zavatra izany, dia, indro, marina; ka dia nahantona tamin'ny hazo izy roa lahy; ary nosoratana tao amin'ny bokin'ny tantara teo anatrehan'ny mpanjaka izany.