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Esther 2
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Eine neue Königin wird gesucht

2 Als sich der Zorn des Königs gelegt hatte, dachte er zurück an das, was Wasti getan hatte, und an seinen Erlass gegen sie. 2 Da schlugen ihm seine Diener vor: »Man könnte doch für den König schöne Mädchen suchen, die noch Jungfrauen sind. 3 In allen Provinzen seines Reiches sollen Beamte des Königs solche Mädchen auswählen und in seinen Harem nach Susa bringen. Dort kommen sie in die Obhut des Eunuchen Hegai, der ja auch für die Frauen des Königs verantwortlich ist. Sie werden alle Schönheitsmittel bekommen, die sie brauchen. 4 Das Mädchen, das dem König am besten gefällt, soll an Wastis Stelle Königin werden.«

Der König war einverstanden und folgte dem Rat seiner Diener.

5 In der Residenz Susa wohnte ein Jude namens Mordechai aus dem Stamm Benjamin. Er war ein Sohn von Jaïr und Enkel von Schimi aus der Sippe Kisch. 6 Mordechais Vorfahren befanden sich unter den Gefangenen, als König Nebukadnezar damals König Jojachin[a] von Juda und einen Teil der jüdischen Bevölkerung nach Babylonien verschleppte. 7 Mordechai hatte eine Kusine namens Hadassa, die auch Esther genannt wurde. Ihre Eltern lebten nicht mehr, deshalb hatte Mordechai sie als Pflegetochter angenommen. Sie war sehr schön, und ihre Gestalt war besonders anmutig.

8 Als nun der Erlass des Königs verkündet wurde, brachte man viele Mädchen in die Residenz Susa, wo Hegai sich um sie kümmerte, der die Verantwortung für den königlichen Harem hatte. Auch Esther war unter ihnen. 9 Sie gefiel Hegai ganz besonders und gewann seine Gunst. Er versorgte sie mit den besten Schönheitsmitteln und mit den gesündesten Speisen. Dann gab er ihr sieben ausgewählte Dienerinnen aus dem Königspalast und wies ihr die schönsten Räume des Harems zu.

10 Ihre jüdische Abstammung verschwieg Esther; so hatte es ihr Mordechai eingeschärft. 11 Mordechai kam jeden Tag zum Hof des Harems, um zu erfahren, ob es ihr gut ging und was man mit ihr vorhatte.

12-13 Vor der Begegnung mit König Xerxes pflegten sich die Mädchen sechs Monate lang mit Myrrhenöl und sechs Monate mit Balsamöl und anderen Schönheitsmitteln, so wie es vorgeschrieben war. Jedes Mädchen, das an der Reihe war, vor dem König zu erscheinen, konnte sich selbst im Harem Kleider und Schmuck aussuchen. 14 Am Abend ging es in den Palast, und am nächsten Morgen kehrte es in den zweiten Harem zurück. Dort wohnten die Nebenfrauen des Königs, für die der königliche Eunuch Schaaschgas verantwortlich war. Keines der Mädchen durfte noch einmal zum König kommen, es sei denn, es hatte ihm ganz besonders gefallen und er ließ es mit Namen rufen.

Xerxes ernennt Esther zur Königin

15 So kam auch Esther an die Reihe, die Tochter von Abihajil, dessen Neffe Mordechai sie als Pflegetochter angenommen hatte. Sie suchte ihre Kleider und ihren Schmuck nicht selbst aus, sondern folgte dem Rat von Hegai. Alle, die sie sahen, bewunderten ihre Schönheit. 16 Im Monat Tebet, dem 10. Monat seines 7. Regierungsjahrs, wurde Esther zu Xerxes in den Palast gebracht.

17 Der König gewann Esther lieber als jede andere Frau. In seinen Augen stellte sie alle anderen Mädchen weit in den Schatten. Darum setzte er ihr das königliche Diadem auf und ernannte sie an Wastis Stelle zur Königin. 18 Ihr zu Ehren lud er die Beamten und die anderen führenden Männer seines Reiches zu einem großen Fest ein. Er befreite die Bewohner der Provinzen von ihren Steuern und ließ großzügige Geschenke verteilen.

Mordechai rettet Xerxes das Leben

19 Zu der Zeit, als weitere Mädchen an den Hof des Königs kamen, war Mordechai im Palast angestellt. 20 Esther hatte niemandem erzählt, dass sie Jüdin war, weil Mordechai es ihr verboten hatte. Sie befolgte seine Anweisungen wie früher, als sie noch seine Pflegetochter war.

21 Eines Tages, während Mordechai Dienst hatte, verschworen sich die beiden Eunuchen Bigtan und Teresch, die am Königspalast die Eingänge bewachten, gegen Xerxes und planten einen Anschlag auf ihn. 22 Mordechai erfuhr davon, erzählte es Königin Esther, und die meldete es in seinem Namen dem König. 23 Xerxes ließ die Angelegenheit untersuchen, und als die Verschwörung aufgedeckt wurde, kamen die beiden Schuldigen an den Galgen[b]. Der König befahl, den Vorfall in der Chronik des persischen Reiches festzuhalten.

Footnotes

  1. 2,6 Wörtlich: Jechonja. – Dies ist ein anderer Name für Jojachin. Vgl. 2. Könige 24,6‒16.
  2. 2,23 Der hebräische Ausdruck könnte auch das Aufspießen oder Aufhängen an einem Holzpfahl (ähnlich der Kreuzigung) meinen. So auch im weiteren Verlauf des Buches.
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Esther 2
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Esther Becomes Queen

2 After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus subsided, he remembered Vashti, (A)what she had done, and what had been decreed against her. 2 Then the king’s servants who attended him said: “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king; 3 and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather all the beautiful young virgins to [a]Shushan the [b]citadel, into the women’s quarters, under the custody of [c]Hegai the king’s eunuch, custodian of the women. And let beauty preparations be given them. 4 Then let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.”

This thing pleased the king, and he did so.

5 In [d]Shushan the [e]citadel there was a certain Jew whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of (B)Kish, a Benjamite. 6 (C)Kish[f] had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been captured with [g]Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away. 7 And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, (D)his uncle’s daughter, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman was lovely and beautiful. When her father and mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.

8 So it was, when the king’s command and decree were heard, and when many young women were (E)gathered at [h]Shushan the [i]citadel, under the custody of Hegai, that Esther also was taken to the king’s palace, into the care of Hegai the custodian of the women. 9 Now the young woman pleased him, and she obtained his favor; so he readily gave (F)beauty preparations to her, besides [j]her allowance. Then seven choice maidservants were provided for her from the king’s palace, and he moved her and her maidservants to the best place in the house of the women.

10 (G)Esther had not [k]revealed her people or family, for Mordecai had charged her not to reveal it. 11 And every day Mordecai paced in front of the court of the women’s quarters, to learn of Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.

12 Each young woman’s turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after she had completed twelve months’ preparation, according to the regulations for the women, for thus were the days of their preparation apportioned: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfumes and preparations for beautifying women. 13 Thus prepared, each young woman went to the king, and she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the women’s quarters to the king’s palace. 14 In the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch who kept the concubines. She would not go in to the king again unless the king delighted in her and called for her by name.

15 Now when the turn came for Esther (H)the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his daughter, to go in to the king, she requested nothing but what Hegai the king’s eunuch, the custodian of the women, advised. And Esther (I)obtained favor in the sight of all who saw her. 16 So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. 17 The king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins; so he set the royal (J)crown upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18 Then the king (K)made a great feast, the Feast of Esther, for all his officials and servants; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces and gave gifts according to the [l]generosity of a king.

Mordecai Discovers a Plot

19 When virgins were gathered together a second time, Mordecai sat within the king’s gate. 20 (L)Now Esther had not revealed her family and her people, just as Mordecai had charged her, for Esther obeyed the command of Mordecai as when she was brought up by him.

21 In those days, while Mordecai sat within the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, [m]Bigthan and Teresh, doorkeepers, became furious and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 22 So the matter became known to Mordecai, (M)who told Queen Esther, and Esther informed the king in Mordecai’s name. 23 And when an inquiry was made into the matter, it was confirmed, and both were hanged on a gallows; and it was written in (N)the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king.

Footnotes

  1. Esther 2:3 Or Susa
  2. Esther 2:3 palace
  3. Esther 2:3 Heb. Hege
  4. Esther 2:5 Or Susa
  5. Esther 2:5 palace
  6. Esther 2:6 Lit. Who
  7. Esther 2:6 Jehoiachin, 2 Kin. 24:6
  8. Esther 2:8 Or Susa
  9. Esther 2:8 palace
  10. Esther 2:9 Lit. her portions
  11. Esther 2:10 Revealed the identity of
  12. Esther 2:18 Lit. hand
  13. Esther 2:21 Bigthana, Esth. 6:2
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Ester 2
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Assuero casa com Ester

2 Passadas essas coisas, e apaziguado já o furor do rei Assuero, lembrou-se de Vasti, e do que fizera, e do que se tinha decretado a seu respeito. 2 Então, disseram os jovens do rei que lhe serviam: Busquem-se para o rei moças virgens, formosas à vista. 3 E ponha o rei comissários em todas as províncias do seu reino, que reúnam todas as moças virgens, formosas à vista, na fortaleza de Susã, na casa das mulheres, debaixo da mão de Hegai, eunuco do rei, guarda das mulheres, e deem-se-lhes os seus enfeites. 4 E a moça que parecer bem aos olhos do rei reine em lugar de Vasti. E isso pareceu bem aos olhos do rei, e assim fez.

5 Havia, então, um homem judeu na fortaleza de Susã, cujo nome era Mardoqueu, filho de Jair, filho de Simei, filho de Quis, homem benjamita, 6 que fora transportado de Jerusalém com os cativos que foram levados com Jeconias, rei de Judá, ao qual transportara Nabucodonosor, rei de Babilônia. 7 Este criara a Hadassa (que é Ester, filha do seu tio), porque não tinha pai nem mãe; e era moça bela de aparência e formosa à vista; e, morrendo seu pai e sua mãe, Mardoqueu a tomara por sua filha. 8 Sucedeu, pois, que, divulgando-se o mandado do rei e a sua lei e ajuntando-se muitas moças na fortaleza de Susã, debaixo da mão de Hegai, também levaram Ester à casa do rei, debaixo da mão de Hegai, guarda das mulheres. 9 E a moça pareceu formosa aos seus olhos e alcançou graça perante ele; pelo que se apressou a dar-lhe os seus enfeites e os seus alimentos, como também em lhe dar sete moças de respeito da casa do rei; e a fez passar com as suas moças ao melhor lugar da casa das mulheres. 10 Ester, porém, não declarou o seu povo e a sua parentela; porque Mardoqueu lhe tinha ordenado que o não declarasse. 11 E passeava Mardoqueu cada dia diante do pátio da casa das mulheres, para se informar de como Ester passava e do que lhe sucederia.

12 E, chegando já a vez de cada moça, para vir ao rei Assuero, depois que fora feito a cada uma segundo a lei das mulheres, por doze meses (porque assim se cumpriam os dias das suas purificações, seis meses com óleo de mirra e seis meses com especiarias e com as coisas para a purificação das mulheres), 13 desta maneira, pois, entrava a moça ao rei; tudo quanto ela desejava se lhe dava, para ir da casa das mulheres à casa do rei; 14 à tarde, entrava e, pela manhã, tornava à segunda casa das mulheres, debaixo da mão de Saasgaz, eunuco do rei, guarda das concubinas; não tornava mais ao rei, salvo se o rei a desejasse e fosse chamada por nome.

15 Chegando, pois, a vez de Ester, filha de Abiail, tio de Mardoqueu (que a tomara por sua filha), para ir ao rei, coisa nenhuma pediu, senão o que disse Hegai, eunuco do rei, guarda das mulheres; e alcançava Ester graça aos olhos de todos quantos a viam. 16 Assim, foi levada Ester ao rei Assuero, à casa real, no décimo mês, que é o mês de tebete, no sétimo ano do seu reinado. 17 E o rei amou a Ester mais do que a todas as mulheres, e ela alcançou perante ele graça e benevolência mais do que todas as virgens; e pôs a coroa real na sua cabeça e a fez rainha em lugar de Vasti. 18 Então, o rei fez um grande convite a todos os seus príncipes e aos seus servos para a festa de Ester; e deu repouso às províncias e fez presentes segundo o estado do rei. 19 E, reunindo-se segunda vez as virgens, Mardoqueu estava assentado à porta do rei. 20 Ester, porém, não declarava a sua parentela e o seu povo, como Mardoqueu lhe ordenara; porque Ester cumpria o mandado de Mardoqueu, como quando a criara.

Mardoqueu descobre uma conspiração

21 Naqueles dias, assentando-se Mardoqueu à porta do rei, dois eunucos do rei, dos guardas da porta, Bigtã e Teres, grandemente se indignaram e procuraram pôr as mãos sobre o rei Assuero. 22 E veio isso ao conhecimento de Mardoqueu, e ele o fez saber à rainha Ester, e Ester o disse ao rei, em nome de Mardoqueu. 23 E inquiriu-se o negócio, e se descobriu; e ambos foram enforcados numa forca. Isso foi escrito no livro das crônicas perante o rei.

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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

  1. Esther 2:6 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin
  2. Esther 2:21 Hebrew Bigthan, a variant of Bigthana
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