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.

¹Mokon chic nak ac xnumeß xjoskßil li rey Asuero, quijulticoß re lix Vasti li quicuan chokß rixakil. Quijulticoß re li quixbânu ut quijulticoß ajcuiß re chanru nak quirisi chokß reina.

²Then the king’s servants who served him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.

²Ut eb li nequeßcßanjelac chiru li rey queßxye: —Tento takasiqßueb li tukß ixk chßinaßuseb li mâjiß cuanjenakeb riqßuin cuînk chokß re li rey.

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;

³Li rey tixxakabeb li teßxic saß chixjunileb li tenamit li cuanqueb rubel xcuanquil chixsicßbaleb li tukß ixk li cßajoß xchßinaßusaleb. Teßcßamekß chak Susa li tukß ixk saß li rochoch li rey ut teßqßuehekß chi cuânc saß li naßajej li nequeßcuan cuiß li ixk. Teßcanabâk saß xcuênt laj Hegai li na-iloc reheb li ixk. Aßan li eunuco li nacßanjelac chiru li rey. Ut aßan tâqßuehok reheb chixjunil li cßaßak re ru re teßxtikib ribeb chi châbil.

⁴and let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” The thing pleased the king, and he did so.

⁴Ut li tukß ixk li kßaxal tâcuulak chiru li rey, aßan li tâqßuehekß chokß reina chokß rêkaj lix Vasti, chanqueb. Ut quixcßul xchßôl li rey li naßleb aßin. Ut quixbânu joß quiyeheß re.

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,

⁵Aran Susa cuan jun li cuînk aj judío aj Mardoqueo xcßabaß. Aßan ralal laj Jair. Laj Jair, aßan li ralal laj Simei. Laj Simei, aßan li ralal laj Cis. Eb aßan xcomoneb li ralal xcßajol laj Benjamín.

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.

⁶Eb aßan xcomoneb li qßuila tenamit li queßisîc Jerusalén xban laj Nabucodonosor, lix reyeb laj Babilonia. Rochbeneb laj Jeconías lix reyeb laj Judá nak queßcßameß aran Babilonia.

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.

⁷Quicuan jun lix rabin li rican laj Mardoqueo. Nak quicam lix naß xyucuaß li xkaßal, laj Mardoqueo quixxoc ut quixqßuiresi joß jun tzßakal xrabin, xHadasa xcßabaß. Ester nayeman ajcuiß re. Cßajoß xchßinaßusal li xkaßal aßan.

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.

⁸Nak qui-el resil li chakßrab li quixqßue li rey, nabaleb li tukß ixk queßchßutubâc saß li tenamit Susa saß li rochoch li rey. Ut laj Hegai aßan li na-iloc reheb. Saß xyânkeb li tukß ixk cuan lix Ester.

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.

⁹Laj Hegai quixqßue retal nak châbil lix Ester ut quisahoß xchßôl riqßuin. Joßcan nak junpât quixqßue chixjunil li cßaßru re, re nak tixtikib rib chi châbil ut quixqßue li châbil tzacaêmk re. Quixqßue cuukub li tukß ixk li kßaxal châbileb li cuanqueb saß li rochoch li rey re nak teßcßanjelak chiru lix Ester. Ut quixqßue jun xnaßaj lix Ester kßaxal châbil re nak tâcuânk aran rochbeneb li cuukub chi tukß ixk.

¹⁰Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make it known.

¹⁰Lix Ester incßaß quixye bar xtenamit chi moco quixye nak aßan xcomoneb laj Israel xban nak ac yebil re xban laj Mardoqueo nak incßaß tixye.

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.

¹¹Rajlal cutan nanumeß laj Mardoqueo chiru lix nebâl li rochoch li rey bar cuanqueb cuiß li tukß ixk re xnaubal chanru lix Ester, ma sa saß xchßôl ut ma châbileb riqßuin.

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).

¹²Nak toj mâjiß nequeßxcßut rib chiru li rey, tento nak teßxyîb rib chiru jun chihab joß cßaynakeb xbânunquil eb li ixk aßan. Li xbên cuakib po teßxyul li aceite mirra chirixeb ut li cuakib po chic teßxqßue li sununquil ban chirixeb. Nak acak xeßrakeß xyîbanquil ribeb, chi xjunjûnkaleb teßcßamekß riqßuin li rey.

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.

¹³Ut li tukß ixk, li tâxic riqßuin li rey, tento nak tâqßuehekß re chixjunil li cßaßru târaj re xyîbanquil rib chi kßaxal châbil re nak tâxic saß li rochoch li rey.

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.

¹⁴Chiru kßojyîn tâxic riqßuin li rey ut cuulajak chic tâxic saß lix naßajeb li ixk li ac xeßcuan riqßuin li rey. Li eunuco aj Saasgaz aßan li na-iloc reheb. Ut li ixk incßaß chic tâxic riqßuin li rey cui incßaß tâcuulak chiru li rey ut cui incßaß tâbokekß xban.

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.

¹⁵Nak quicuulac xkßehil, quicßameß lix Ester riqßuin li rey. Mâcßaß quixtzßâma. Caßaj cuiß quirocsi li cßaßru quiqßueheß re xban laj Hegai li eunuco li na-iloc reheb li tukß ixk. Ut chixjunileb li queßiloc re lix Ester, cßajoß nak queßsahoß xchßôl riqßuin. Lix Ester li quiqßuiresîc xban laj Mardoqueo, aßan xrabin laj Abihail.

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.

¹⁶Saß li xlaje po Tebet xcßabaß re li xcuuk chihab roquic chokß rey laj Asuero, nak quicßameß lix Ester riqßuin li rey.

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.

¹⁷Ut li rey Asuero nak quiril ru lix Ester, cßajoß nak quicuulac chiru ut aßan li kßaxal quixra chiruheb chixjunileb li ixk li ac queßcuulac riqßuin. Quixqßue lix corona saß xjolom ut quixqßue chokß reina chokß rêkaj lix Vasti.

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.

¹⁸Li rey quixbânu jun li ninkße re xqßuebal xlokßal lix Ester ut quixbokeb saß li ninkße chixjunileb li nequeßcßanjelac chiru. Incßaß qßui li tumin quixpatzß reheb li junjûnk chi tenamit. Quixqßue ban xmâtaneb joß quiraj li rey.

¹⁹When the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate.

¹⁹Nak queßchßutubâc cuißchic xcaß sut li tukß ixk, laj Mardoqueo chunchu aran chire li oquebâl re li rochoch li rey.

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.

²⁰Lix Ester incßaß quixye reheb bar xtenamit chi moco quixye reheb nak aßan xcomoneb laj judío xban nak joßcan quiyeheß re xban laj Mardoqueo. Aßan naxbânu li cßaßru naxye laj Mardoqueo joß quixbânu nak toj cuan chiru.

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.

²¹Nak chunchu chire li oquebâl re li rochoch li rey, laj Mardoqueo quirabi li cßaßru yôqueb chixyebal chi ribileb rib laj Bigtán ut laj Teres. Li cuib chi cuînk aßan, aßaneb li nequeßcuan saß li oquebâl chi cßacßalênc. Cßajoß xjoskßileb ut yôqueb xcßûbanquil chanru nak teßxcamsi li rey.

²²This thing became known to Mordecai, who informed Esther the queen; and Esther informed the king in Mordecai’s name.

²²Nak quirabi nak teßraj teßxcamsi li rey, laj Mardoqueo quixye re lix Ester. Ut lix Ester quixye re li rey li cßaßru quirabi ut quixye ajcuiß nak laj Mardoqueo, aßan li quiyehoc re.Queßxtzßil âtin chirix li cßaßru quixye laj Mardoqueo. Nak queßxqßue retal nak yâl li quixye, queßxtakla xyatzßbaleb li cuib chi cuînk li queßajoc xcamsinquil li rey. Ut chixjunil aßin quitzßîbâc retalil saß li hu li tzßîbanbil cuiß retalil chixjunil li nacßulman saß li tenamit aßan.

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.

²³Queßxtzßil âtin chirix li cßaßru quixye laj Mardoqueo. Nak queßxqßue retal nak yâl li quixye, queßxtakla xyatzßbaleb li cuib chi cuînk li queßajoc xcamsinquil li rey. Ut chixjunil aßin quitzßîbâc retalil saß li hu li tzßîbanbil cuiß retalil chixjunil li nacßulman saß li tenamit aßan.