Biblija (Šventasis Raštas)

1

After [0310] these things, [1697] when the wrath [2534] of king [4428] Ahasuerus [0325] was appeased, [7918] he remembered [2142] Vashti, [2060] and what she had done, [6213] and what was decreed [1504] against her.

2

Then said [0559] the king's [4428] servants [5288] that ministered [8334] unto him, Let there be fair [2896] [4758] young [5291] virgins [1330] sought [1245] for the king: [4428]

3

And let the king [4428] appoint [6485] officers [6496] in all the provinces [4082] of his kingdom, [4438] that they may gather together [6908] all the fair [2896] [4758] young [5291] virgins [1330] unto Shushan [7800] the palace, [1002] to the house [1004] of the women, [0802] unto the custody [3027] of Hege [1896] the king's [4428] chamberlain, [5631] keeper [8104] of the women; [0802] and let their things for purification [8562] be given [5414] [them]:

4

And let the maiden [5291] which pleaseth [3190] [5869] the king [4428] be queen [4427] instead of Vashti. [2060] And the thing [1697] pleased [3190] [5869] the king; [4428] and he did [6213] so.

5

[Now] in Shushan [7800] the palace [1002] there was a certain [0376] Jew, [3064] whose name [8034] [was] Mordecai, [4782] the son [1121] of Jair, [2971] the son [1121] of Shimei, [8096] the son [1121] of Kish, [7027] a Benjamite; [0376] [3228]

6

Who had been carried away [1540] from Jerusalem [3389] with the captivity [1473] which had been carried away [1540] with Jeconiah [3204] king [4428] of Judah, [3063] whom Nebuchadnezzar [5019] the king [4428] of Babylon [0894] had carried away. [1540]

7

And he brought up [0539] Hadassah, [1919] that [is], Esther, [0635] his uncle's [1730] daughter: [1323] for she had neither father [0001] nor mother, [0517] and the maid [5291] [was] fair [3303] [8389] and beautiful; [2896] [4758] whom Mordecai, [4782] when her father [0001] and mother [0517] were dead, [4194] took [3947] for his own daughter. [1323]

8

So it came to pass, when the king's [4428] commandment [1697] and his decree [1881] was heard, [8085] and when many [7227] maidens [5291] were gathered together [6908] unto Shushan [7800] the palace, [1002] to the custody [3027] of Hegai, [1896] that Esther [0635] was brought [3947] also unto the king's [4428] house, [1004] to the custody [3027] of Hegai, [1896] keeper [8104] of the women. [0802]

9

And the maiden [5291] pleased [3190] [5869] him, and she obtained [5375] kindness [2617] of him; [6440] and he speedily [0926] gave [5414] her her things for purification, [8562] with such things as belonged [4490] to her, and seven [7651] maidens, [5291] [which were] meet [7200] to be given [5414] her, out of the king's [4428] house: [1004] and he preferred [8138] her and her maids [5291] unto the best [2896] [place] of the house [1004] of the women. [0802]

10

Esther [0635] had not shewed [5046] her people [5971] nor her kindred: [4138] for Mordecai [4782] had charged [6680] her that she should not shew [5046] [it].

11

And Mordecai [4782] walked [1980] every day [3117] [3117] before [6440] the court [2691] of the women's [0802] house, [1004] to know [3045] how Esther [0635] did, [7965] and what should become [6213] of her.

12

Now when every maid's [5291] [5291] turn [8447] was come [5060] to go in [0935] to king [4428] Ahasuerus, [0325] after [7093] that she had been twelve [8147] [6240] months, [2320] according to the manner [1881] of the women, [0802] (for so were the days [3117] of their purifications [4795] accomplished, [4390] [to wit], six [8337] months [2320] with oil [8081] of myrrh, [4753] and six [8337] months [2320] with sweet odours, [1314] and with [other] things for the purifying [8562] of the women;) [0802]

13

Then thus came [0935] [every] maiden [5291] unto the king; [4428] whatsoever she desired [0559] was given [5414] her to go [0935] with her out of the house [1004] of the women [0802] unto the king's [4428] house. [1004]

14

In the evening [6153] she went, [0935] and on the morrow [1242] she returned [7725] into the second [8145] house [1004] of the women, [0802] to the custody [3027] of Shaashgaz, [8190] the king's [4428] chamberlain, [5631] which kept [8104] the concubines: [6370] she came in [0935] unto the king [4428] no more, except the king [4428] delighted [2654] in her, and that she were called [7121] by name. [8034]

15

Now when the turn [8447] of Esther, [0635] the daughter [1323] of Abihail [0032] the uncle [1730] of Mordecai, [4782] who had taken [3947] her for his daughter, [1323] was come [5060] to go in [0935] unto the king, [4428] she required [1245] nothing [1697] but what Hegai [1896] the king's [4428] chamberlain, [5631] the keeper [8104] of the women, [0802] appointed. [0559] And Esther [0635] obtained [5375] favour [2580] in the sight [5869] of all them that looked [7200] upon her.

16

So Esther [0635] was taken [3947] unto king [4428] Ahasuerus [0325] into his house [1004] royal [4438] in the tenth [6224] month, [2320] which [is] the month [2320] Tebeth, [2887] in the seventh [7651] year [8141] of his reign. [4438]

17

And the king [4428] loved [0157] Esther [0635] above all the women, [0802] and she obtained [5375] grace [2580] and favour [2617] in his sight [6440] more than all the virgins; [1330] so that he set [7760] the royal [4438] crown [3804] upon her head, [7218] and made her queen [4427] instead of Vashti. [2060]

18

Then the king [4428] made [6213] a great [1419] feast [4960] unto all his princes [8269] and his servants, [5650] [even] Esther's [0635] feast; [4960] and he made [6213] a release [2010] to the provinces, [4082] and gave [5414] gifts, [4864] according to the state [3027] of the king. [4428]

19

And when the virgins [1330] were gathered together [6908] the second time, [8145] then Mordecai [4782] sat [3427] in the king's [4428] gate. [8179]

20

Esther [0635] had not [yet] shewed [5046] her kindred [4138] nor her people; [5971] as Mordecai [4782] had charged [6680] her: for Esther [0635] did [6213] the commandment [3982] of Mordecai, [4782] like as when she was brought up [0545] with him.

21

In those days, [3117] while Mordecai [4782] sat [3427] in the king's [4428] gate, [8179] two [8147] of the king's [4428] chamberlains, [5631] Bigthan [0904] and Teresh, [8657] of those which kept [8104] the door, [5592] were wroth, [7107] and sought [1245] to lay [7971] hand [3027] on the king [4428] Ahasuerus. [0325]

22

And the thing [1697] was known [3045] to Mordecai, [4782] who told [5046] [it] unto Esther [0635] the queen; [4436] and Esther [0635] certified [0559] the king [4428] [thereof] in Mordecai's [4782] name. [8034]

23

And when inquisition [1245] was made of the matter, [1697] it was found out; [4672] therefore they were both [8147] hanged [8518] on a tree: [6086] and it was written [3789] in the book [5612] of the chronicles [1697] [3117] before [6440] the king. [4428]