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Esther 1

1Anditcametopassinthedaysבִּימֵ֣יbi.MeiH3117ofAhasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325(thatis,theAhasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325thatreignedהַמֹּלֵךְ֙ha.mo.leKhH4427fromIndiaמֵהֹ֣דּוּme.Ho.duH1912eventoEthiopia,overahundredוּמֵאָ֖הu.me.'AhH3967andtwenty-sevenprovincesמְדִינָֽה׃me.di.NahH4082),

2inthosedaysבַּיָּמִ֖יםbai.ya.MimH3117,whenthekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325satonthethroneכִּסֵּ֣אki.Se'H3678ofhiskingdomH4438,whichwasinShushanthefortress,

3inthethirdyearבִּשְׁנַ֤תbish.NatH8141ofhisreignלְמָלְכ֔וֹle.ma.le.KhoH4427,hemadeH6213afeastמִשְׁתֶּ֔הmish.TehH4960toallhisprincesH8269andhisservantsוַעֲבָדָ֑יוva.'a.va.DavH5650;thepowerofPersiaפָּרַ֣סpa.RasH6539andMediaוּמָדַ֗יu.ma.DaiH4074,thenoblesandtheprincesH8269oftheprovincesH4082beingbeforehim;

4whenheshewedthegloriouswealthעֹ֙שֶׁר֙'o.sherH6239ofhiskingdomמַלְכוּת֔וֹmal.khu.ToH4438andthesplendid magnificenceofhisgrandeurmanyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227daysיָמִ֣יםya.MimH3117,ahundredוּמְאַ֖תu.me.'AtH3967andeightyשְׁמוֹנִ֥יםshe.mo.NimH8084daysיֽוֹם׃YomH3117.

5Andwhenthesedaysהַיָּמִ֣יםhai.ya.MimH3117wereexpired,thekingH4428madeH6213afeastמִשְׁתֶּ֖הmish.TehH4960toallthepeopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971thatwerepresentinShushanthefortress,bothtogreatלְמִגָּ֧דוֹלle.mi.Ga.dolH1419andsmallH6996,sevenשִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִ֑יםya.MimH3117,inthecourtבַּחֲצַ֕רba.cha.TzarH2691ofthegardenגִּנַּ֥תgi.NatH1594oftheking'spalaceבִּיתַ֖ןbi.TanH1055.

6Whiteח֣וּר׀churH2353, green,andblueH8504[hangings]werefastenedwithcordsבְּחַבְלֵי־be.chav.lei-H2256ofbyssusandpurpleוְאַרְגָּמָ֔ןve.'ar.ga.ManH713tosilverכֶ֖סֶףKhe.sefH3701ringsandpillarsוְעַמּ֣וּדֵיve.'a.Mu.deiH5982ofwhiteH2353marble;couchesH4296ofgoldזָהָ֣בza.HavH2091andsilverוָכֶ֗סֶףva.Khe.sefH3701[lay]uponapavementרִֽצְפַ֥תritz.FatH7531ofredandwhiteH2353marble,andalabaster,andblack marble.

7AndtheygaveH8248drinkוְהַשְׁקוֹת֙ve.hash.kOtH8248invesselsH3627ofgoldזָהָ֔בza.HavH2091(thevesselsH3627being diverseonefromanother),androyalwineוְיֵ֥יןve.YeinH3196inabundance,accordingtotheking'sbounty.

8Andthedrinkingwas,accordingtocommandment,withoutconstraint;forsothekingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428hadappointedיִסַּ֣דyi.SadH3245toallthemagnatesofhishouseבֵּית֔וֹbei.ToH1004,thattheyshoulddoaccordingtoeveryman'spleasureכִּרְצ֥וֹןkir.TzonH7522.

9Alsoגַּ֚םgamH1571thequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֔הha.mal.KahH4436Vashtiוַשְׁתִּ֣יvash.TiH2060madeH6213afeastמִשְׁתֵּ֣הmish.TehH4960forthewomenH802oftheroyalhouseבֵּ֚יתbeitH1004whichbelongedtokingלַמֶּ֥לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃ ס'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325.

10Ontheseventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יha.she.vi.'IH7637dayבַּיּוֹם֙bai.yOmH3117,whentheking'sheartלֵב־lev-H3820wasmerrywithwineבַּיָּ֑יִןbai.Ya.yinH3196,hecommandedMehuman,Biztha,Harbonaחַרְבוֹנָ֜אchar.vo.Na'H2726,Bigtha,andAbagtha,Zethar,andCarcas,thesevenשִׁבְעַת֙shiv.'AtH7651chamberlainsthatservedH8334inthepresenceH6440ofkingH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325,

11tobringלְ֠הָבִיאLe.ha.vi'H935Vashtiוַשְׁתִּ֧יvash.TiH2060thequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֛הha.mal.KahH4436beforethekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428withtheroyalcrownבְּכֶ֣תֶרbe.Khe.terH3804toshewthepeoplesH5971andtheprincesH8269herbeautyיָפְיָ֔הּya.fe.YahH3308;forshewasofbeautifulcountenance.

12Butthequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֣הha.mal.KahH4436Vashtiוַשְׁתִּ֗יvash.TiH2060refusedH3985tocomeלָבוֹא֙la.Vo'H935atthewordבִּדְבַ֣רbid.VarH1697ofthekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428whichwas[sent]bythechamberlains;andthekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428wasveryH3966wroth,andhisfuryburnedבָּעֲרָ֥הba.'a.RahH1197inhim.

13AndthekingH4428saidH559tothewiseלַחֲכָמִ֖יםla.cha.kha.MimH2450menwhoknewH3045thetimesH6256(forsoH3651wastheking'sbusiness[conducted]beforeallthatknewH3045lawדָּ֥תdatH1881andjudgmentוָדִֽין׃va.DinH1779;

14andthenexttohimwereCarshena,Shethar,Admatha,Tarshishתַרְשִׁ֔ישׁtar.ShishH8659,Meres,Marsena, [and]Memucanמְמוּכָ֑ןme.mu.KhanH4462,thesevenשִׁבְעַ֞תshiv.'AtH7651princesH8269ofPersiaפָּרַ֣סpa.RasH6539andMediaוּמָדַ֗יu.ma.DaiH4074,whosawH7200theking'sfaceפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440,andwhosatH3427firstH7223inthekingdomבַּמַּלְכֽוּת׃ba.mal.KhutH4438),

15Whatshallbedonetothequeenבַּמַּלְכָּ֖הba.mal.KahH4436Vashtiוַשְׁתִּ֑יvash.TiH2060accordingtolawכְּדָת֙ke.DatH1881,becauseshehasnotperformedthewordofthekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325bythechamberlains?

16ThensaidH559Memucanמְמוּכָ֗ןmu.me.khanH4462beforethekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428andtheprincesH8269,Thequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֑הha.mal.KahH4436Vashtiוַשְׁתִּ֣יvash.TiH2060hasnotdonewrongtothekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428onlyלְבַדּ֔וֹle.va.DoH905,butalsotoalltheprincesH8269,andtoallthepeoplesH5971thatareinalltheprovincesH4082ofthekingהַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325.

17Fortheactofthequeenהַמַּלְכָּה֙ha.mal.KahH4436willcomeH935abroadtoallwomenH802,soastorendertheirhusbandsבַּעְלֵיהֶ֖ןba'.lei.HenH1167contemptibleintheireyesH5869,whentheyshallsayH559,Thekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֡וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325commandedthequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֛הha.mal.KahH4436Vashtiוַשְׁתִּ֧יvash.TiH2060tobebroughtH935inbeforehim,andshecameH935not!

18AndtheprincessesofPersiaפָּֽרַס־pa.ras-H6539andMediaוּמָדַ֗יu.ma.DaiH4074whohaveheardH8085ofthequeen'sact,willsayתֹּאמַ֣רְנָה׀to.Mar.nahH559itthisdayוְֽהַיּ֨וֹםve.hai.YomH3117toalltheking'sprincesH8269,andtherewillbecontemptandangerenough.

19Ifitpleasethekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,letaroyalordergoיֵצֵ֤אye.Tze'H3318forthH3318fromhim,andletitbewrittenH3789amongthelawsבְּדָתֵ֥יbe.da.TeiH1881ofthePersiansandtheMedes,thatitmaynotpassיַעֲב֑וֹרya.'a.VorH5674,ThatVashtiוַשְׁתִּ֗יvash.TiH2060comeתָב֜וֹאta.Vo'H935nomoreמִמֶּֽנָּה׃mi.Me.nahH4480beforekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325;andletthekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428giveיִתֵּ֣ןyi.TenH5414herroyalestatetoanotherthatisbetterH2896thanshe;

20andwhentheking'sedictwhichheshallmakeH5414shallbeheardH8085throughouthisrealm—foritisgreatלְמִגָּד֖וֹלle.mi.ga.DolH1419—allthewivesH802shallgiveיִתְּנ֤וּyi.te.NuH5414totheirhusbandsלְבַעְלֵיהֶ֔ןle.va'.lei.HenH1167honour,fromthegreatestH1419totheleast.

21Andthesayingpleasedthekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428andtheprincesH8269;andthekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428didaccordingtothewordH1697ofMemucanמְמוּכָֽן׃me.mu.KhanH4462.

22AndhesentH7971lettersH5612intoalltheking'sprovincesH4082,intoeveryprovinceH4082accordingtothewritingthereof,andtoeverypeopleH5971accordingtotheirlanguageכִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹkil.sho.NoH3956,Thateverymanאִישׁ֙'ishH376shouldbearruleH8323inhisownhouseH1004,andshouldspeakוּמְדַבֵּ֖רu.me.da.BerH1696accordingtothelanguageכִּלְשׁ֥וֹןkil.ShonH3956ofhispeopleH5971.

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