¹Po teh dogodbah, ko se je pomiril srd kralja Ahasvera, se je spomnil Vaste in kar je bila storila in kar je bilo zanjo določeno.

¹After these things, at the ceasing of the fury of the king Ahasuerus, he hath remembered Vashti, and that which she did, and that which hath been decreed concerning her;

²Tedaj mu reko hlapci kraljevi, ki so mu stregli: Naj se kralju poiščejo mladenke, device, lepega obraza;

²and servants of the king, his ministers, say, `Let them seek for the king young women, virgins, of good appearance,

³in kralj naj postavi pooblaščence v vseh pokrajinah kraljevine svoje, da naj zbero vse lepe mladenke, device, v grad Susan v žensko hišo pod roko Hegaja, kraljevega komornika, varuha žen, in naj se jim dado potrebščine za očiščevanje;

³and the king doth appoint inspectors in all provinces of his kingdom, and they gather every young woman — virgin, of good appearance — unto Shushan the palace, unto the house of the women, unto the hand of Hege eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, and to give their purifications,

⁴in katera devica se bo priljubila kralju, ta bodi kraljica namesto Vaste. Ta nasvet se je zdel dober kralju, in storil je tako.

⁴and the young woman who is good in the eyes of the king doth reign instead of Vashti;` and the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and he doth so.

⁵Bil je v gradu Susanu neki Jud, njega ime Mardohej, sin Jaira, sinu Simeja, sinu Kisa, Benjaminec,

⁵A man, a Jew, there hath been in Shushan the palace, and his name [is] Mordecai son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjamite —

⁶ki je bil odpeljan iz Jeruzalema z jetniki, kateri so bili na tuje odgnani z Jekonijem, kraljem Judovim, ki jih je peljal v ujetništvo Nebukadnezar, kralj babilonski.

⁶who had been removed from Jerusalem with the removal that was removed with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed —

⁷Ta je redil Hadaso (ta je Estera), svojega strica hčer; zakaj ni imela ne očeta, ne matere. In ta mladenka je bila lepe postave in zalega obraza. In ko sta bila umrla njen oče in mati, si jo je Mardohej vzel za hčer.

⁷and he is supporting Hadassah — she [is] Esther — daughter of his uncle, for she hath neither father nor mother, and the young woman [is] of fair form, and of good appearance, and at the death of her father and her mother hath Mordecai taken her to him for a daughter.

⁸In tako se zgodi, ko se je razglasila beseda kraljeva in njegova zapoved in ko so veliko deklic zbrali v grad Susan pod roko Hegajevo, da vzemo tudi Estero v kraljevo hišo pod varstvo Hegaja, varuha žen.

⁸And it cometh to pass, in the word of the king, even his law, being heard, and in many young women being gathered unto Shushan the palace, unto the hand of Hegai, that Esther is taken unto the house of the king, unto the hand of Hegai, keeper of the women,

⁹In deklica mu je ugajala in našla milost pred njim. In podvizal se je, da ji da njene potrebščine za očiščevanje in njene deleže in sedem deklet, ki so bile zanjo izbrane iz kraljeve hiše; in prestavil jo je ž njenimi deklicami v najboljši kraj ženske hiše.

⁹and the young woman is good in his eyes, and she receiveth kindness before him, and he hasteneth her purifications and her portions — to give to her, and the seven young women who are provided — to give to her, from the house of the king, and he changeth her and her young women to a good [place in] the house of the women.

¹⁰Estera pa ni naznanila ljudstva svojega, ne rodovine svoje, zakaj Mardohej ji je bil zapovedal, naj tega ne pove.

¹⁰Esther hath not declared her people, and her kindred, for Mordecai hath laid a charge on her that she doth not declare [it];

¹¹In Mardohej se je vsak dan izprehajal pred dvoriščem ženske hiše, da bi zvedel, ali se dobro vede Esteri in kaj se ž njo godi.

¹¹and during every day Mordecai is walking up and down before the court of the house of the women to know the welfare of Esther, and what is done with her.

¹²Ko pa je prišla vrsta posamezni deklici, da bi šla noter h kralju Ahasveru, potem ko so ji bili delali po določilu za žene dvanajst mesecev (kajti tako so se dopolnjevali dnevi njih očiščevanja, namreč šest mesecev z mirovim oljem in šest mesecev z dišavami in s čistilnimi mazili za ženske),

¹²And in the drawing nigh of the turn of each young woman to come in unto the king Ahasuerus, at the end of there being to her — according to the law of the women — twelve months, for so they fulfil the days of their purifications; six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with the purifications of women,

¹³tedaj je šla deklica h kralju; karkoli je želela, ji je bilo dano, da s tem odičena gre iz hiše ženske v hišo kraljevo.

¹³and with this the young woman hath come in unto the king, all that she saith is given to her, to go in with her, out of the house of the women, unto the house of the king;

¹⁴Zvečer je šla in zjutraj se je vrnila v drugo žensko hišo pod roko Saasgaza, kraljevega komornika, ki je varoval priležnice; ni šla več h kralju, razen če si jo je kralj priljubil in je bila poklicana po imenu.

¹⁴in the evening she hath gone in, and in the morning she hath turned back unto the second house of the women, unto the hand of Shaashgaz eunuch of the king, keeper of the concubines; she cometh not in any more unto the king except the king hath delighted in her, and she hath been called by name.

¹⁵Ko pa je prišla vrsta na Estero, hčer Abihaila, strica Mardohejevega, ki si jo je bil vzel za hčer, ni zahtevala ničesar, samo kar je rekel Hegaj, komornik kraljev, varuh žen. In Estera si je pridobila milost v očeh vseh, ki so jo gledali.

¹⁵And in the drawing nigh of the turn of Esther — daughter of Abihail, uncle of Mordecai, whom he had taken to him for a daughter — to come in unto the king, she hath not sought a thing except that which Hegai eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, saith, and Esther is receiving grace in the eyes of all seeing her.

¹⁶Estera je bila torej vzeta h kralju Ahasveru, v njegovo hišo kraljevo, v desetem mesecu, ki je mesec Tebet, v sedmem letu njegovega kraljevanja.

¹⁶And Esther is taken unto the king Ahasuerus, unto his royal house, in the tenth month — it [is] the month of Tebeth — in the seventh year of his reign,

¹⁷In kralj je ljubil Estero mimo vseh žen, in pridobila si je naklonjenost in milost v očeh njegovih bolj nego vse device, tako da ji je bil posadil kraljičino krono na glavo in jo storil za kraljico namesto Vaste.

¹⁷and the king loveth Esther above all the women, and she receiveth grace and kindness before him above all the virgins, and he setteth a royal crown on her head, and causeth her to reign instead of Vashti,

¹⁸Tedaj je kralj napravil veliko gostovanje vsem svojim knezom in hlapcem svojim, Esterine gostí; in napravil je praznovanje po pokrajinah in delil darove s kraljevo darežljivostjo.

¹⁸and the king maketh a great banquet to all his heads and his servants — the banquet of Esther — and a release to the provinces hath made, and giveth gifts as a memorial of the king.

¹⁹In ko so v drugič zbirali device, je sedel Mardohej med kraljevimi vrati.

¹⁹And in the virgins being gathered a second time, then Mordecai is sitting in the gate of the king;

²⁰Estera pa še ni naznanila rodovine svoje, ne ljudstva svojega, kakor ji je bil zapovedal Mardohej; kajti Estera se je ravnala po povelju Mardohejevem, kakor ko je bila v njegovi odgoji.

²⁰Esther is not declaring her kindred and her people, as Mordecai hath laid a charge upon her, and the saying of Mordecai Esther is doing as when she was truly with him.

²¹V tistih dneh, ko je Mardohej sedel med kraljevimi vrati, sta se ujezila dva kraljeva komornika, Bigtan in Teres, iz tistih, ki so čuvali vrata, in sta mislila položiti roke na kralja Ahasvera.

²¹In those days, when Mordecai is sitting in the gate of the king, hath Bigthan been wroth, and Teresh, (two of the eunuchs of the king, the keepers of the threshold,) and they seek to put forth a hand on king Ahasuerus,

²²To je zvedel Mardohej in povedal kraljici Esteri, Estera pa je naznanila kralju v imenu Mardohejevem.In ko se je stvar preiskala in dokazala, so oba obesili na drevje, in zapisano je bilo v knjigo letopisov pred kraljem.

²²and the thing is known to Mordecai, and he declareth [it] to Esther the queen, and Esther speaketh to the king in the name of Mordecai,

²³In ko se je stvar preiskala in dokazala, so oba obesili na drevje, in zapisano je bilo v knjigo letopisov pred kraljem.

²³and the thing is sought out, and found, and they are hanged both of them on a tree, and it is written in the book of the Chronicles before the king.