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Estè 2
Haitian Creole Version
Estè 2
Haitian Creole Version
2 ¶ Apre sa, lè kolè wa a fin pase, lide wa a te toujou sou sa Vachti te fè a ak sou desizyon li menm li te pran lè sa a.
2 Se konsa, nan moun ki toujou avèk wa a, gen ladan yo ki di l': -Poukisa ou pa mete moun chache pou ou kèk bèl ti jenn fi ki tifi toujou?
3 Nan tout pwovens peyi ou la, wa chwazi kèk enspekte ki va chache dènye bèl ti jenn fi ki poko nan gason. Y'a mennen yo nan kay madanm ou yo, isit la, lavil Souz, kapital la. Wa mete yo sou kont Egayi, domestik konfyans ou ki reskonsab madanm ou yo, pou li ba yo tou sa yo bezwen pou fè kò yo bèl.
4 Lèfini, jenn fi ki va fè ou plezi plis la wa mete l' larenn nan plas Vachti a. Wa a wè se te yon bon lide, li fè sa konsa vre.
5 Lè sa a, nan lavil Souz, kapital peyi a, te gen yon jwif ki te rele Madoche. Se te pitit Jayi, nan branch fanmi Benjamen. Li te soti nan fanmi Kich ak Chimeyi.
6 Lè Nèbikadneza, wa peyi Babilòn lan, te pran Jekonya, wa peyi Jida a, ansanm ak lòt prizonye yo nan lavil Jerizalèm pou l' te depòte yo, Madoche te ladan l' tou.
7 Li te gen yon ti kouzin li ki te rele Estè. Men bon non jwif li se te Adasa. Se te yon bèl fi anfòm. Lè papa l' ak manman l' mouri, Madoche te pran l' lakay li, li leve l' tankou pwòp pitit fi li.
8 Apre yo te fin pibliye lòd wa a, yo mache chache anpil jenn fi, yo mennen yo lakay wa a lavil Souz, kapital la. Estè te ladan yo tou. Se konsa li te lakay wa a, sou kont Egayi ki te reskonsab tout madanm wa yo.
9 Estè te fè Egayi plezi anpil. San l' te ale avè l'. Li pa pèdi tan li, li ba li tou sa li te bezwen pou fè kò l' bèl ak manje ki bon pou li. Li chwazi sèt bòn lakay wa a, li bay Estè pou sèvis pa l', epi li mete l' nan pi bon apatman ki te genyen nan kay madanm wa yo.
10 Estè pa t' kite pèsonn konnen moun ki peyi ak ki ras li te ye, paske Madoche te ba li lòd pou l' pa t' di anyen sou sa.
11 Chak jou, Madoche bò pa l' menm t'ap pwonmennen devan lakou kay medam yo pou l' te konnen jan Estè t'ap degaje l', ki jan sa tapral pase pou li.
12 Yo te pran yon lanne nèt pou pare jenn fi yo. Yo pase sis mwa ap pran masaj ak lwil fèt ak lami, sis mwa ak odè ansanm ak krèm fèt pou madan marye. Apre sa, yo mennen jenn fi yo yonn apre lòt al jwenn wa Asyeris.
13 Men ki jan sa te fèt: lè yon jenn fi ap kite kay medam yo pou ale kay wa a, yo ba li tou sa li te vle mete sou li.
14 Se yon jou swa yo toujou mennen l'. Nan maten, yo fè l' ale nan yon lòt kay wa a te genyen pou fanm kay li yo. Yo renmèt li nan men Chagaz ki te reskonsab kay sa a. Jenn fi a pa t' gen pou l' te tounen kay wa a ankò, esepte si wa a te vle. Lè konsa, se wa a ki pou bay non fi li vle a.
15 Jou pou Estè ale kay wa a rive. Estè, pitit fi Abikayil la, kouzin Madoche te pran pou pitit fi li a, leve, li pa mande anyen pase sa Egayi, domestik konfyans wa a ki te reskonsab jenn fi yo, te ba li konsèy mande pou mete sou li. Tout moun tonbe pou Estè lè yo wè l'.
16 Se konsa, Asyeris t'ap mache sou sètan depi li te wa, nan dizyèm mwa, mwa yo rele Tebèt la, lè yo mennen Estè devan wa a lakay li.
17 Wa a tonbe pou Estè plis pase pou tout lòt fanm li te janm konnen. Estè te rive fè wa a plezi plis pase tout lòt jenn fi yo. Wa a renmen l' plis pase lòt yo. Li mete kouwòn li a sou tèt Estè, li nonmen l' larenn nan plas Vachti a.
18 Lèfini, li voye envite tout chèf li yo ak moun pa l' yo, li fè yon gwo resepsyon pou Estè. Li bay yon jou vakans nan tout peyi a nèt. Apre sa, li bay kado adwat agoch jan wa yo konn fè l' la.
19 Pandan tout tan yo t'ap mennen jenn fi yo bay wa a, Madoche te chita bò pòtay palè a.
20 Estè menm pa t' kite pèsonn konnen moun ki peyi ak ki ras li te ye. Madoche te ba li lòd pa di anyen sou sa. Estè te obeyi l' jan li te toujou obeyi l' lè li te timoun lakay li.
21 ¶ Antan Madoche te chita bò pòtay la, de domestik konfyans wa a, Bigtan ak Tèrèch, ki t'ap fè pòs devan chanm wa a, fache sou wa a, yo fè konplo pou yo touye l'.
22 Madoche vin konn sa. Li di larenn Estè sa. Larenn Estè menm al di wa a men sa Madoche voye di l'.
23 Yo mennen ankèt, yo jwenn sa Madoche te di a se te vre. Yo pann de mesye yo. Lèfini, wa a bay lòd pou yo ekri koze a nan gwo liv achiv gouvènman yo.
Esther 2
New International Version
Esther 2
New International Version
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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