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.

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

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

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

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;

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 who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” 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 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,

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 relatives, because Mordecai had instructed 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.

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.

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

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).

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, )

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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, which 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.