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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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,

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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 -,

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,

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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 -,

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.)

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.