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 wrath of King Ahasuerus was pacified, 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 the king’s servants who served him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be 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.

³Let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the beautiful young virgins to the citadel of Susa, to the women’s house, to the custody of Hegai the king’s eunuch, keeper of the women. Let cosmetics be given them;

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

⁴and let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” 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 a certain Jew in the citadel of Susa, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,

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.

⁷He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. 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.

⁸So it happened, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to the citadel of Susa, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king’s house, to 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.

⁹The maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness from him. He quickly gave her cosmetics and her portions of food, and the seven choice maidens who were to be given her out of the king’s house. He moved her and her maidens to the best place in the women’s house.

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

¹⁰Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed 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.

¹¹Mordecai walked every day in front of the court of the women’s house, to find out how Esther was doing, and what would 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 -,

¹²Each young woman’s turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after her purification for twelve months (for so were the days of their purification accomplished, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet fragrances and with preparations for beautifying women).

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

¹³The young woman then came to the king like this: whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the women’s house 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 next day she returned into the second women’s house, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch, who kept the concubines. She came in to the king no more, unless the king delighted in her, and she was 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.

¹⁵Now 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 eunuch, the keeper of the women, advised. Esther obtained favor in the sight of all those who looked at 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, which 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.

¹⁷The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown on 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.

¹⁸Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces, and gave gifts according to the king’s bounty.

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

¹⁹When the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting 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 -,

²⁰Esther had not yet made known her relatives nor her people, as Mordecai had commanded her; for Esther obeyed Mordecai, like she did when she was brought up by 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 was sitting in the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, who were doorkeepers, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.

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

²²This thing became known to Mordecai, who informed Esther the queen; and Esther informed 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.

²³When this matter was investigated, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a tree; and it was written in the book of the chronicles in the king’s presence.