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Ester 2
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Ester 2
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Naging Reyna si Ester
2 Lumipas ang mga araw at napawi ang galit ni Haring Xerxes. Naalala niya si Vasti, ang ginawa nito at ang utos na nilagdaan niya laban dito. 2 “Bakit di kayo magpahanap ng mga magagandang dalagang may ginintuang kalooban, Kamahalan?” tanong sa kanya ng kanyang mga lingkod. 3 “Pumili kayo ng mga tauhan sa bawat lalawigan para humanap ng magagandang dalaga sa kanilang lugar at dalhin sa inyong harem sa Lunsod ng Susa. Ipagkatiwala ninyo sila kay Hegai, ang eunukong namamahala sa harem ng hari, at bigyan ninyo sila ng mga pampagandang kailangan nila. 4 Ang sinumang maibigan ng hari ang siyang ipapalit kay Vasti.” Nagustuhan ng hari ang panukalang ito, at ganoon nga ang kanyang ginawa.
5 Noon ay may isang Judio na nakatira sa Lunsod ng Susa, ang kapitolyo ng Persia. Siya'y si Mordecai na anak ni Jair at apo ni Simei na anak naman ni Kis. Si Mordecai ay mula sa lipi ni Benjamin. 6 Isa(A) siya sa mga nabihag ni Haring Nebucadnezar at dinala sa Babilonia mula sa Jerusalem, kasama ni Haring Jeconias ng Juda. 7 Si Mordecai ay may pinsang dalaga na ulilang lubos at siya ang nagpalaki. Ang pangalan niya'y Ester na anak ng tiyo ni Mordecai na si Aminadab. Nang mamatay ang mga magulang ni Ester, inampon na siya ni Mordecai at itinuring na parang tunay na anak.[a] Napakaganda at kabigha-bighani si Ester. 8 Bilang tugon sa utos ng hari tungkol sa paghahanap ng magagandang dalaga sa buong kaharian, napasama siya sa maraming dalagang tinipon sa palasyo sa pamamahala ni Hegai na tagapangasiwa sa harem. 9 Nakagaanan siya ng loob ni Hegai, kaya binigyan agad ng pagkain at mga pampaganda. Bukod dito, binigyan din siya ng pitong piling katulong na mula sa palasyo upang paglingkuran siya. Halatang kakaiba ang turing ni Hegai kay Ester at sa mga katulong niya.
10 Subalit hindi sinabi ni Ester kung saang lahi o sambahayan siya nagmula dahil iyon ang bilin sa kanya ni Mordecai. 11 Araw-araw namang nagpupunta si Mordecai sa bulwagan ng harem upang alamin ang kalagayan ni Ester.
12 Bilang tuntunin, isang taon munang pagagandahin ang mga babae: anim na buwan silang pinapahiran ng langis at mira, at anim na buwan ding nilalagyan ng pabango at iba pang pampaganda. 13 Pagkatapos, isa-isa silang inihaharap sa hari. 14 Bawat isa'y pumupunta sa hari sa gabi at kinabukasa'y dinadala sa harem nito na pinapamahalaan ng eunukong si Hegai. Sinumang pumunta sa hari ay hindi nakakabalik sa palasyo kung hindi siya ipapatawag nito.
15 Dumating ang araw ng pagharap ni Ester sa hari. Lahat ng bagay na sinabi ni Hegai ay sinunod niya. Nabighani naman ang lahat ng nakakita sa kanya. 16 Noon ay ikalabindalawang buwan ng ikapitong taon ng paghahari ni Haring Xerxes. 17 Lubos na nabighani ang hari kay Ester at inibig niya ito nang higit sa ibang babae. Kaya, kinoronahan siya nito bilang reyna. 18 Nagdaos ng isang malaking handaan ang hari upang ipagdiwang ang kanilang kasal ni Ester at inanyayahan niya ang lahat ng kanyang mga pinuno at mga kaibigan. Kaugnay nito, ipinag-utos din ng hari na bawasan ang buwis ng mga mamamayan sa buong kaharian.
Iniligtas ni Mordecai ang Hari[b]
19 Samantala, si Mordecai naman ay naitalaga sa isang mataas na katungkulan sa pamahalaan. 20 Hanggang sa panahong iyon, hindi pa rin ipinapaalam ni Ester ang lahi o bansang pinagmulan niya, sapagkat iyon ang bilin ni Mordecai. Sinusunod niya si Mordecai simula pa ng kanyang pagkabata. Patuloy rin niyang sinasamba ang Diyos at sinusunod ang kautusan; hindi niya tinatalikdan ang kanyang pagiging Judio.
21 Dahil itinaas sa tungkulin si Mordecai, nagalit sa hari ang dalawang eunukong bantay-pinto na sina Gabata at Tara. Kaya't binalak nilang patayin ang hari. 22 Nang mapag-alaman ito ni Mordecai, sinabi niya ito kay Reyna Ester at pinabatid naman niya ito sa hari. 23 Ipinasiyasat ito ng hari at napatunayang totoo, kaya ipinabigti niya sina Gabata at Tara. Samantala, bilang parangal kay Mordecai, ang pangyayaring ito'y isinulat sa aklat ng kasaysayan ng kaharian.
Esther 2
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Esther 2
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Esther Made Queen
2 Later when King Xerxes’ fury had subsided,(A) he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what he had decreed about her. 2 Then the king’s personal attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king. 3 Let the king appoint commissioners in every province of his realm to bring all these beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let beauty treatments be given to them. 4 Then let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This advice appealed to the king, and he followed it.
5 Now there was in the citadel of Susa a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin, named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish,(B) 6 who had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, among those taken captive with Jehoiachin[a](C) king of Judah.(D) 7 Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, whom he had brought up because she had neither father nor mother. This young woman, who was also known as Esther,(E) had a lovely figure(F) and was beautiful. Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter when her father and mother died.
8 When the king’s order and edict had been proclaimed, many young women were brought to the citadel of Susa(G) and put under the care of Hegai. Esther also was taken to the king’s palace and entrusted to Hegai, who had charge of the harem. 9 She pleased him and won his favor.(H) Immediately he provided her with her beauty treatments and special food.(I) He assigned to her seven female attendants selected from the king’s palace and moved her and her attendants into the best place in the harem.
10 Esther had not revealed her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had forbidden her to do so.(J) 11 Every day he walked back and forth near the courtyard of the harem to find out how Esther was and what was happening to her.
12 Before a young woman’s turn came to go in to King Xerxes, she had to complete twelve months of beauty treatments prescribed for the women, six months with oil of myrrh and six with perfumes(K) and cosmetics. 13 And this is how she would go to the king: Anything she wanted was given her to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace. 14 In the evening she would go there and in the morning return to another part of the harem to the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the concubines.(L) She would not return to the king unless he was pleased with her and summoned her by name.(M)
15 When the turn came for Esther (the young woman Mordecai had adopted, the daughter of his uncle Abihail(N)) to go to the king,(O) she asked for nothing other than what Hegai, the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the harem, suggested. And Esther won the favor(P) of everyone who saw her. 16 She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal residence in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
17 Now the king was attracted to Esther more than to any of the other women, and she won his favor and approval more than any of the other virgins. So he set a royal crown on her head and made her queen(Q) instead of Vashti. 18 And the king gave a great banquet,(R) Esther’s banquet, for all his nobles and officials.(S) He proclaimed a holiday throughout the provinces and distributed gifts with royal liberality.(T)
Mordecai Uncovers a Conspiracy
19 When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.(U) 20 But Esther had kept secret her family background and nationality just as Mordecai had told her to do, for she continued to follow Mordecai’s instructions as she had done when he was bringing her up.(V)
21 During the time Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthana[b] and Teresh, two of the king’s officers(W) who guarded the doorway, became angry(X) and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes. 22 But Mordecai found out about the plot and told Queen Esther, who in turn reported it to the king, giving credit to Mordecai. 23 And when the report was investigated and found to be true, the two officials were impaled(Y) on poles. All this was recorded in the book of the annals(Z) in the presence of the king.(AA)
Footnotes
- Esther 2:6 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin
- Esther 2:21 Hebrew Bigthan, a variant of Bigthana
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