Ester 2
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Naging Reyna si Ester
2 Nang mawala na ang galit ni Haring Ahasuerus, naalala niya si Vasti at ang ginawa nito, at ang kautusan na nilagdaan niya laban dito. 2 Sinabi ng mga pinunong naglilingkod sa kanya, “Mahal na Hari, bakit po hindi kayo maghanap ng magagandang dalagang birhen? 3 Pumili po kayo ng mga pinuno sa bawat probinsyang nasasakupan ng kaharian ninyo para maghanap ng magagandang dalagang birhen at dalhin dito sa lungsod ng Susa, sa tahanan ng mga kababaihan. Ipaasikaso ninyo sila kay Hegai na isa sa mga pinuno ninyong mataas ang katungkulan, na nangangalaga sa tahanan ng mga kababaihan. Siya na po ang bahalang magbigay sa mga dalaga ng mga pangangailangan nila para sa pagpapaganda. 4 At ang dalaga pong magugustuhan ninyo ang siyang ipapalit ninyo kay Vasti bilang reyna.” Nagustuhan ng hari ang payong ito kaya sinunod niya.
5 Nang panahong iyon, may isang Judio na nakatira sa lungsod ng Susa. Ang pangalan niyaʼy Mordecai na anak ni Jair, na apo ni Shimei na anak ni Kish, na kabilang sa lahi ni Benjamin. 6 Isa siya sa mga bihag ni Haring Nebucadnezar na dinala sa Babilonia mula sa Jerusalem, kasama ni Haring Jehoyakin[a] ng Juda. 7 Si Mordecai ay may pinsang dalaga. Nang itoʼy maulila, inalagaan niya ito, pinalaki at itinuring na parang sarili niyang anak. Ang pangalan niya ay Hadasa na tinatawag ding Ester. Maganda si Ester at maganda rin ang hugis ng katawan nito.
8 Nang maihayag ang utos ng hari, maraming dalaga ang dinala sa palasyo ng hari roon sa Susa. Ang isa sa kanila ay si Ester. Ipinaasikaso sila kay Hegai dahil ito nga ang nangangasiwa sa mga babaeng dinadala roon. 9 Tuwang-tuwa si Hegai kay Ester, kaya mabuti ang pakikitungo niya rito. Binigyan niya agad ng pagkain si Ester at ng mga kailangan nito sa pagpapaganda. Ipinili niya ito ng pinakamagandang kwarto at binigyan ng pitong katulong na babae.
10 Hindi sinabi ni Ester na isa siyang Judio, dahil pinagbilinan siya ni Mordecai na huwag itong sasabihin. 11 Araw-araw namang dumaraan si Mordecai malapit sa bakuran ng bahay na tinitirhan ng mga dalaga para malaman ang kalagayan ni Ester (at kung ano na ang mga nangyayari sa kanya).
12 Bago humarap ang isang babae sa hari, kinakailangang matapos niya ang isang taon ng pagpapaganda. Sa unang anim na buwan, magpapahid siya ng langis ng mira sa katawan, at sa susunod na anim na buwan, magpapahid naman ng mga pabango at iba pang pampaganda. 13 At bago siya pumunta sa hari, bibigyan siya ng anumang damit at alahas na gusto niyang isuot para sa pagharap sa hari. 14 Pupunta siya sa hari pagsapit ng gabi at kinabukasan, dadalhin siya sa tirahan ng mga asawa ng hari na pinamamahalaan ni Shaasgaz na isa sa mga pinunong mataas ang katungkulan. Siya ang namamahala sa mga asawa ng hari. Walang sinuman sa kanila ang makakabalik sa hari maliban lang kung magustuhan siya at ipatawag ng hari.
15-16 Nang ikasampung buwan, buwan ng Tibet, at ikapitong taon ng paghahari ni Ahasuerus, dumating ang araw na si Ester[b] na ang haharap sa hari sa palasyo. Sinunod ni Ester ang payo ni Hegai, ang pinunong nangangalaga sa kanila sa tahanan ng mga babae. Isinuot niya ang damit na sinabi ni Hegai na isuot niya. Ganoon na lang ang paghanga at pagpuri ng mga nakakita sa kanya, at dinala siya sa palasyo ng hari.
17 Nagustuhan ng hari si Ester ng higit kaysa sa ibang mga dalaga na dinala sa kanya. Tuwang-tuwa siya kay Ester, at mabuti ang trato niya sa kanya. Kinoronahan niya ito at ginawang reyna bilang kapalit ni Vasti. 18 Nagdaos ang hari ng malaking handaan para parangalan si Ester. Inanyayahan niya ang lahat ng pinuno niya at ang iba pang naglilingkod sa kanya. Nang araw na iyon, ipinag-utos niya sa lahat at sa buong kaharian na magdiwang ng isang pista opisyal, at nagbigay siya ng maraming regalo sa mga tao.
Iniligtas ni Mordecai ang Hari
19 Sa pangalawang pagtitipon ng mga dalaga, si Mordecai ay isa nang opisyal na nakapwesto sa pintuan ng palasyo. 20 Hindi pa rin sinasabi ni Ester na isa siyang Judio, tulad ng bilin ni Mordecai. Sinusunod pa rin ni Ester si Mordecai katulad noon, nang siyaʼy nasa pangangalaga pa nito.
21 Nang panahong si Mordecai ay isa nang opisyal na nakapwesto sa pintuan ng palasyo, may dalawang pinuno ng hari na ang mga pangalan ay Bigtana[c] at Teres. Sila ang mga guwardya ng pintuan ng kwarto ng hari. Galit sila kay Haring Ahasuerus, at nagplano silang patayin ito. 22 Pero nalaman ni Mordecai ang planong ito, kaya sinabi niya ito kay Reyna Ester. Sinabi naman ito ni Ester sa hari at ipinaalam din niya sa kanya na si Mordecai ang nakatuklas sa planong pagpatay. 23 Ipinasiyasat ito ng hari. At nang mapatunayang totoo ito, ipinatuhog niya sina Bigtan at Teres sa nakatayong matulis na kahoy. At ang pangyayaring itoʼy ipinasulat ng hari sa aklat ng kasaysayan ng kaharian.
Esther 2
King James Version
2 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
2 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
4 And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
5 Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
7 And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
8 So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.
10 Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
12 Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
13 Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.
14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
18 Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.
20 Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.
21 In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.
22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.
23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
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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