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.

¹ Woodin banda, waato kaŋ bonkoono Zerses futa zumbu, kal a fongu Basti gaa, da haŋ kaŋ a te, da hin sanni kaŋ i te a boŋ.

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

² Saaya din binde bonkoono bannyey kaŋ ga saajaw bonkoono se ne: «Naŋ i ma ceeci bonkoono se wandiyo yaŋ kaŋ ga sogo.

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;

³ Naŋ bonkoono ma goy-teeriyaŋ daŋ mo nga mayray laabey kulu ra, zama i ma wandiyo sogey kulu margu. I ma kand'ey ka gorandi Susan faada ra, wayborey windo ra. I m'i daŋ bonkoono mantawo Hegay kambe ra, nga kaŋ ga wayborey batu. A m'i no hanandiyaŋ jinay mo.

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

⁴ Naŋ mo, wandiya kaŋ bonkoono ga ba din ma ciya bonkoono wande Basti nango ra.» Ciina binde kaan bonkoono se, a te yaadin mo.

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,

⁵ Yahudance fo mo go no Susan faada ra kaŋ maa Mordekay, Yayir izo, Simay ize, Cis ize, Benyamin boro no.

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.

⁶ Waato a go Urusalima* ra da goray. A go borey ra kaŋ yaŋ i di Yahuda bonkoono Yekoniya banda, kaŋ i n'i ku ka kond'ey, sanda borey kaŋ yaŋ Babila bonkoono Nebukadnezzar ku nooya.

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.

⁷ Mordekay mo na Hadasa biiri, kaŋ ga ti Esta, nga hasayze way no, zama koociya sinda nya wala baaba. Wandiya mo ga sogo no, kaŋ gunayaŋ ga kaan. Waato kaŋ a baabo da nyaŋo bu, Mordekay mo n'a sambu k'a ciya nga ize way.

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.

⁸ A ciya mo, waato kaŋ i maa bonkoono lordo d'a feyaŋo, i na wandiyo boobo margu mo Susan faada ra Hegay kambe ra, kal i kande Esta mo bonkoono windo ra, Hegay kambe ra, nga kaŋ ga wayborey batu.

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.

⁹ Wandiya binde kaan a se, a du gaakuri mo Hegay do. Sahãadin-sahãadin mo a n'a no nga hanandiyaŋ jinayey, da nga baa _ŋwaari|_, da wandiyo iyye mo kaŋ ga hima ka goro a banda bonkoono windo ra. A na nga nda nga wandiyey sambu ka kond'ey nangu hanno fo do wayborey windo ra kaŋ boori nda nangu cindey.

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

¹⁰ Esta mo mana nga dumo wala nga asulo kaa taray jina, zama Mordekay n'a lordi ka ne a ma si i bangandi.

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.

¹¹ Zaari kulu Mordekay ga goro noodin wayborey windo me batama ra zama nga ma du ka bay mate kaŋ no Esta bara nd'a, wala mo haŋ kaŋ ga du a.

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).

¹² Waati kaŋ wandiyo kulu muraado to kaŋ a ga furo bonkoono Zerses do, handu way cindi hinka banda kaŋ i ga te a se wayborey alaada boŋ (zama mate kaŋ i hanandiyaŋ jirbey bara nd'a, nga neeya: handu iddu i g'i tuusu nda lubban ji, handu iddu koyne nda waddi ji, nga nda wayboro hanandiyaŋ jinayey.)

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.

¹³ Yaadin no wandiyey ga kaa d'a bonkoono do, hay kulu kaŋ a ga ba, Hegay g'a no nd'a. A ma fatta wayborey windo ra ka kaa bonkoono windo ra.

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.

¹⁴ A ga koy wiciri kambu, susubay a ma ye ka koy wayborey windo ra, fu hinkanta ra, ka furo bonkoono mantawo Sa-Asgaz kambe ra, nga kaŋ ga haggoy da wahayey. Wandiya din si ye ka kaa bonkoono do koyne, kala day da bonkoono ga maa a kaani, i m'a ce mo da nga maa.

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.

¹⁵ Esta, Abihayel kaŋ ga ti Mordekay hasayze wayo, nga kaŋ Mordekay sambu k'a ciya nga ize way, waato kaŋ a muraado to nga ma furo bonkoono do, a mana hay kulu ceeci kala day haŋ kaŋ bonkoono mantawo Hegay, nga kaŋ ga wayborey batu soola. Esta binde du gaakuri borey kulu kaŋ di a do.

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.

¹⁶ I binde furo nda Esta bonkoono Zerses do a koytara windo ra, handu wayanta ra no, sanda Tebet hando nooya, bonkoono mayra jiiri iyyanta ra.

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.

¹⁷ Bonkoono binde ba Esta ka bisa wayborey kulu. A du gaakuri nda gomni mo a do ka bisa wandiyey kulu, hal a na koytaray wura fuula dake a boŋo boŋ. A n'a daŋ bonkoono wande Basti nango ra.

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.

¹⁸ Alwaati woodin ra binde bonkoono na batu bambata te nga laabukoyey da nga tamey kulu se, danga bato din Esta wane nooya. A na nga laabey no fulanzamay, a na nooyaŋey no mo koytaray alhaali boŋ.

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

¹⁹ Waato kaŋ i na wandiyey margu, sanda marguyaŋ hinkanta nooya, Mordekay goro bonkoono windo me gaa.

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.

²⁰ Esta mo mana nga asulo wala nga dumo cabe jina bo, sanda mate kaŋ Mordekay n'a lordi nd'a, zama Esta ga Mordekay gana, danga day waato kaŋ a goono g'a biiri din cine.

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.

²¹ Jirbi woodin yaŋ ra, waati kaŋ Mordekay goono ga goro bonkoono windo me gaa, bonkoono mantawey ra boro hinka, windi me batukoy ra, Bigtan da Teres nooya, i futu. I ceeci ngey ma bonkoono Zerses wi.

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

²² Mordekay du ka bay i me-hawyaŋo gaa. A n'a ci bonkoono wando Esta se, nga mo n'a seeda bonkoono se Mordekay maa ra.

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.

²³ Waato kaŋ i na sanno fintal, i gar yaadin no a bara, kal i n'i boro hinka kulu sarku bundu gaa. I na woodin baaru hantum mo bonkooney baaru tira ra bonkoono jine.