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.

¹Hiai thilte zohin, kumpipa Ahasura thangpaihna lungkimsaka omin, Vasti, bang ahia a hih, a siatna dia bang ahia thupiak chih a theigige hi.

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

²Huchiin a nasep sak kumpipa sikhaten a kiangah, Kumpipa adingin nungak siangthou tuailai melhoih kizong henla:

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.

³Huan kumpipan a gama bial tengtengah heutu sep hen, huaiten nungak siangthou tuailai tengteng Susan inpi ah, numeite in ah, Hegai kumpipa michilgeh numeite kempa ina a hongpi khawm theihna ding un; huchiin siansakna ding a thilte uh amau kipe leh:

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

⁴Huan nungak kumpipa lungkimsak pen Vasti sikin kumpinu hi hen, a chi ua. Huai thilin kumpipa a lungkim saka; huchibangin a hihta hi.

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,

⁵Susan inpi ah Juda mi khuhiam khat, a min Mordekai, Jair tapa, Simei tapa, Benjamin mi a oma;

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.

⁶Amah bel Jerusalem akipana salte Juda kumpipa Jekonia Babulon kumpipa Nebukadnezzarin a pi manga omte toh pi mangin a om uhi.

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.

⁷Huchiin aman Hadassa, huai bel Esther, a pangak tanu ahi: aman lah pa a neikeia nu leng a neikei, huan huai nungak tuh a kilawmin a mel ahoih hi: a nu leh a pa a sih un, Mordekaiin amah a tanu mahmah dingin a la hi.

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.

⁸Huchiin hichi a honghi-a, kumpipa thupiak leh a thubawl a kijakin, nungak tampi Susan inpi, Hegai ina kaihkhawma aom lai un, Esther kumpipa in, Hegai, numeite kempa in ah a hongpi ua.

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.

⁹Huchiin nungakin amah a lungkim saka, amah siamna a ngahta a; huan aman siansakna dingin a thilte amah a pe paha, a tantuante toh, amah piak dinga kilawm, kumpipa in akipan nungak sagih: huan amaha leh a nungakte numei te ina mun hoih penpen ah asuanta hi.

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

¹⁰Estherin a mite a musak keia a tanaute leng a musak sam kei hi: Mordekaiin lah musak lou dingin amah thu a pe ngala.

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

¹¹Huchiin Mordekai bel nitengin numeite in mun maiah a om gigea, Estherin bangchiin a hih jela, bang a honghi dia chih thei dingin.

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,

¹²Huchi-a nungak chih kumpipa Ahasura kianga a valut hun uh a tun in, numeite adia dan dungjuia hih khinta a om nungin, kha sawm leh kha nih, (huchibangin lah a siansakna nite uh hihkimin a om ngala, huai tuh, mura thau toh kha guk, gim namtuite toh kha guk leh, numeite siansakna dinga thilte toh, )

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.

¹³Huailaiin hichibangin nungkanu tuh kumpipa kiangah a hong, numeite in akipan kumpipa ina hohpih dingin amah tuh a deihdeih piakin a om hi.

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.

¹⁴Nitaklamin a paia, a jingsangin numeite in nihna ah, kumpipa michilgeh Sasga, meite kimpa in ah a hong kika: kumpipa amah ah kipak napiin, kumpipa kiangah a honglutta keia, amah tuh mina sapin a om hi.

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.

¹⁵Huchi-a amah a tanu dinga lapa Mordekai pangak Abihail tanu, Esther kumpipa kianga a valut hun a hongtunin, Hegai kumpipa michilgeh, numeite kempaa seh chihngallouh bangmah a kan kei hi. Huchiin amah ente tengteng mitmuhin Estherin deihsakna a ngaha.

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.

¹⁶Huchiin Esther kumpipa Ahasura kiang a kumpi in ah a kha sawmna, Tebeth kha a vaihawm kum sagihna kumin laklutin a omta hi.

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.

¹⁷Huchiin kumpipan numeite tengteng sangin Esther a it a, nungak siangthoute sangin a mitmuhin hehpihna leh deihsakna a mu hi; huchiin a lu tungah kumpi lallukhu a koiha, Vasti sikin kumpinu dingin amah a bawlta hi.

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.

¹⁸Huchih laiin kumpipan a lalte tengteng leh a sikhate tengteng adingin ankuang thupi, Esther ankuang mahmah a luitaa: bialte kiangah khawlna a bawla, kumpipa siamna bang jelin, thilpiakte a pia hi.

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

¹⁹Huchi-a nungak siangthoute nih veina dia kaihkhawma a omlai un, Mordekai bel kumpipa kongpi ah a tu hi.

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.)

²⁰Estherin a tanaute amusak keia a mite leng a musak sam kei; Mordekai thupiak bangin a hiha, amah kianga khanletsaka a om bang takin.

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.

²¹Huailaia, Mordekai kumpipa kongpi-a a tutlaiin, kumpipa michilgeh laka nih, Bigthan leh Teres, kongkhak ngakte a heh ua, kumpipa Ahasura tunga khut kha dingin a zongta uhi.

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.

²²Huan huai thil Mordekaiin a theia, aman khumpinu kiangah a theisak hi; huan Estherin Mordekai minin huaia kumpipa a hilhta hi.Huchiin a thu a kikan aleh, huchibang ahi ngei chih a kimu khiaa, a nih un sing dawnah khailupin a om ua: huan tanchingelhna laibuah kumpipa maah a kigelhta hi.

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.

²³Huchiin a thu a kikan aleh, huchibang ahi ngei chih a kimu khiaa, a nih un sing dawnah khailupin a om ua: huan tanchingelhna laibuah kumpipa maah a kigelhta hi.