¹Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over one hundred twenty-seven provinces),

¹In zgodi se v dneh Ahasvera (to je tisti Ahasver, ki je kraljeval od Indije do Etiopije nad sto in sedemindvajsetimi pokrajinami),

²that in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

²v tistih dneh, ko je sedel kralj Ahasver na kraljestva svojega prestolu, ki je bil v gradu Susanskem,

³in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him.

³v tretjem letu vladanja svojega, da je napravil gostovanje vsem knezom in hlapcem svojim: vojaštvo Perzije in Medije, plemenitniki in pokrajinski poglavarji so bili zbrani pred njim,

⁴He displayed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even one hundred eighty days.

⁴ko jim je dal videti bogastvo slavnega kraljestva svojega in dragoceno sijajnost veličastva svojega mnogo dni, namreč sto in osemdeset dni.

⁵When these days were fulfilled, the king made a seven day feast for all the people who were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.

⁵In ko so se dopolnili ti dnevi, je kralj naredil gostovanje vsemu ljudstvu, ki je bilo navzočno v Susanu v gradu, velikim in malim, sedem dni, na dvorišču ob vrtu pri kraljevi palači.

⁶There were hangings of white, green, and blue material, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars. The couches were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, white, yellow, and black marble.

⁶Beli in škrlatnomodri bombaževi zastori so bili razobešeni z vrvicami iz bele tenčice in škrlata na srebrnih obročkih in na marmornih stebrih; počivalnice iz zlata in srebra so stale na tleh, vloženih z zelenim in belim marmorjem in z bisernjakom in s črnim marmorjem.

⁷They gave them drinks in golden vessels of various kinds, including royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.

⁷In piti so jim dajali iz zlatih posod, in posode so bile vselej druge in druge, in kraljevega vina je bilo obilo po kraljevi darežljivosti.

⁸In accordance with the law, the drinking was not compulsory; for so the king had instructed all the officials of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.

⁸In pitje je bilo po redu, ne da bi bil kdo silil; zakaj tako je kralj naročil vsem upravnikom hiše svoje, da naj vsakemu store, kakor mu je všeč.

⁹Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to King Ahasuerus.

⁹Tudi kraljica Vasti je napravila gostovanje ženam v kraljevi hiši, ki je bila kralja Ahasvera.

¹⁰On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcass, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

¹⁰In sedmi dan, ko je bil kralj dobre volje od vina, je velel Mehumanu, Biztu, Harbonu, Bigtu, Abagtu, Zetarju in Karkasu, sedmim komornikom, ki so služili pred kraljem Ahasverom,

¹¹to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown, to show the people and the princes her beauty; for she was beautiful.

¹¹naj predenj pripeljejo kraljico Vasto s kraljevsko krono, da bi pokazal ljudstvom in knezom nje lepoto, zakaj lepa je bila.

¹²But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by the eunuchs. Therefore the king was very angry, and his anger burned in him.

¹²Ali kraljica Vasti ni hotela priti po kraljevi besedi, ki so jo sporočili komorniki. Zato se kralj razsrdi in jeza se razvname v njem.

¹³Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for it was the king’s custom to consult those who knew law and judgment;

¹³Tedaj veli kralj modrijanom, ki so bili vešči časom (kajti tako se je reševala vsaka stvar kraljeva vpričo vseh, ki so znali zakon in pravo;

¹⁴and the next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king’s face, and sat first in the kingdom),

¹⁴in njemu najbližji so bili Karsena, Setar, Admata, Tarsis, Meres, Marsena in Memukan, sedmero vojvod Perzije in Medije, ki so gledali obličje kraljevo in na prvem mestu sedeli v kraljestvu):

¹⁵“What shall we do to the queen Vashti according to law, because she has not done the bidding of the King Ahasuerus by the eunuchs?”

¹⁵Kaj je storiti po zakonu kraljici Vasti, ker ni izvršila povelja kralja Ahasvera, ki so ga sporočili komorniki?

¹⁶Memucan answered before the king and the princes, “Vashti the queen has not done wrong to just the king, but also to all the princes, and to all the people who are in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus.

¹⁶In Memukan odgovori pred kraljem in vojvodami: Kraljica Vasti se ni pregrešila samo zoper kralja, ampak tudi zoper vse kneze in zoper vsa ljudstva, kar jih je v vseh pokrajinah kralja Ahasvera.

¹⁷For this deed of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to show contempt for their husbands, when it is reported, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she didn’t come.’

¹⁷Kajti to dejanje kraljice se raznese do vseh žen in bodo prezirale svoje može, ko se bo pravilo: Kralj Ahasver je velel kraljici Vasti, naj pride predenj, ali ni prišla!

¹⁸Today, the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen’s deed will tell all the king’s princes. This will cause much contempt and wrath.

¹⁸In še danes bodo kneginje v Perziji in Mediji, ki so slišale o kraljičinem dejanju, pravile isto vsem kraljevim knezom; odtod bode dosti zaničevanja in srda.

¹⁹“If it please the king, let a royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it cannot be altered, that Vashti may never again come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another who is better than she.

¹⁹Ako se zdi kralju dobro, naj izide njegovo povelje in bodi zapisano v postave Peržanov in Medov nepremenljivo: Da ne sme Vasti priti več pred kralja Ahasvera. In kralj naj da njeno kraljevo dostojanstvo drugi, ki je boljša nego ona.

²⁰When the king’s decree which he shall make is published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give their husbands honor, both great and small.”

²⁰In ko se zasliši kraljev razglas, ki ga izda, po vsej kraljevini njegovi (kajti je velika), bodo spoštovale vse žene svoje može, od velikega do malega.

²¹This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

²¹Ta nasvet se je videl dober kralju in knezom; in kralj je storil po besedi Memukanovi:kajti poslal je liste v vse kraljeve pokrajine, v vsako pokrajino po njenem pismu in vsakemu ljudstvu po njegovem jeziku, da naj bode vsak mož v hiši svoji gospodar in govori po jeziku ljudstva svojega.

²²for he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, that every man should rule his own house, speaking in the language of his own people.

²²kajti poslal je liste v vse kraljeve pokrajine, v vsako pokrajino po njenem pismu in vsakemu ljudstvu po njegovem jeziku, da naj bode vsak mož v hiši svoji gospodar in govori po jeziku ljudstva svojega.