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Esther

Chapter 2

KJV · Textus Receptus

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 hand 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.

Asante Twi

1Yeinom akyi, ɛberɛ a ɔhene Ahasweros abufuo dwoeɛ no, ɔkaee Wasti, ne deɛ wayɛ, ne deɛ wɔhyɛɛ tiaa no.Under pastoral review
2Afei ɔhene asomfoɔ a wɔsom no no kaa sɛ, Ma wɔnhwehwɛ mmaabunu ahoɔfɛfoɔ mma ɔhene:Under pastoral review
3Na ma ɔhene nyi apiafoɔ wɔ n'ahennie amantam nyinaa mu, sɛdeɛ wɔbɛboaboa mmaabunu ahoɔfɛfoɔ nyinaa ano akɔ Susan ahemfie mu, mmaa fie hɔ, Hege, ɔhene piani, mmaa sohwɛfoɔ no nsam; na ma wɔmfa wɔn ahodwira nneɛma mma wɔn:Under pastoral review
4Na ababaawa a ɔbɛsɔ ɔhene ani no, ɔnyɛ ɔhemmaa nsi Wasti ananmu. Na asɛm no sɔɔ ɔhene ani; na ɔyɛɛ saa.Under pastoral review
5Na na Yudani bi wɔ Susan ahemfie mu a ne din de Mordekai, Yair babarima, Simei babarima, Kis babarima, Benyaminni;Under pastoral review
6Deɛ wɔsoaa no firii Yerusalem kaa nnommum a wɔsoaa wɔn kaa Yekonia, Yuda hene ho, deɛ Nebukadnesar, Babilon hene soaa no kɔeɛ no ho.Under pastoral review
7Na ɔtetee Hadasa, yɛ Ɛster, ne wɔfa babaa: efisɛ na ɔnni agya na ɔnni maame, na ababaawa no bɔberɛ yɛ fɛ na ne ho yɛ fɛ; deɛ Mordekai faa no yɛɛ no ne ba, ɛberɛ a n'agya ne ne maame wuwuiɛ no.Under pastoral review
8Enti ɛbaa sɛ, ɛberɛ a wɔtee ɔhene ahyɛdeɛ ne ne mmara no, na wɔboaboaa mmaabunu bebree ano kɔɔ Susan ahemfie mu, Hegai nsam no, wɔde Ɛster nso baa ɔhene fie, Hegai, mmaa sohwɛfoɔ no nsam.Under pastoral review
9Na ababaawa no sɔɔ n'ani, na ɔnyaa adɔeɛ wɔ ne hɔ; na ntɛm ara ɔde n'ahodwira nneɛma maa no, ne nneɛma a ɛyɛ ne dea, ne mmaawa baason a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde ma no, firi ɔhene fie: na ɔde no ne ne mmaawa kɔɔ mmaa fie hɔ baabi a ɛyɛ pa ara.Under pastoral review
10Na Ɛster nkyerɛɛ ne nkurɔfoɔ anaa n'abusua: efisɛ na Mordekai ahyɛ no sɛ ɔnnkyerɛ.Under pastoral review
11Na Mordekai nanteɛ mmaa fie no adiwo anim da biara, sɛ ɔbɛhunu sɛdeɛ Ɛster ho teɛ, ne deɛ ɛbɛto no.Under pastoral review
12Na ɛberɛ a ababaawa biara ɛberɛ duruiɛ sɛ ɔkɔ ɔhene Ahasweros nkyɛn, ɛberɛ a wadi abosome dumienu, sɛdeɛ mmaa amanneɛ teɛ, (efisɛ saa na wɔn ahodwira nna no wieeɛ, abosome nsia a wɔde kurobo ngo yɛeɛ, ne abosome nsia a wɔde nnuhwam ne mmaa ahodwira nneɛma yɛeɛ;)Under pastoral review
13Afei sei na ababaawa biara kɔɔ ɔhene nkyɛn; biribiara a ɔpɛ no, wɔde maa no sɛ ɔmfa nka ne ho mfiri mmaa fie hɔ nkɔ ɔhene fie.Under pastoral review
14Anwummerɛ na ɔkɔeɛ, na adekyeeɛ ɔsane baa mmaa fie a ɛtɔ so mmienu no mu, Saasgas, ɔhene piani a ɔhwɛ mpenafoɔ so no nsam: wankɔ ɔhene nkyɛn bio, gye sɛ ɔhene ani gye ne ho, na wɔbɔ ne din frɛ no.Under pastoral review
15Na ɛberɛ a Ɛster, Abihail a ɔyɛ Mordekai wɔfa babaa, deɛ ɔfaa no yɛɛ ne ba no, ɛberɛ duruiɛ sɛ ɔkɔ ɔhene nkyɛn no, wammisa biribiara gye deɛ Hegai, ɔhene piani, mmaa sohwɛfoɔ no hyɛeɛ. Na Ɛster nyaa adom wɔ wɔn a wɔhunuu no nyinaa ani so.Under pastoral review
16Enti wɔde Ɛster kɔɔ ɔhene Ahasweros nkyɛn wɔ n'ahennie fie mu wɔ bosome a ɛtɔ so edu mu, yɛ bosome Tebet, n'ahennie afe a ɛtɔ so nson mu.Under pastoral review
17Na ɔhene dɔɔ Ɛster sene mmaa no nyinaa, na ɔnyaa adom ne animuonyam wɔ n'anim sene mmaabunu no nyinaa; enti ɔde ahennie ahenkyɛ hyɛɛ no, na ɔyɛɛ no ɔhemmaa sii Wasti ananmu.Under pastoral review
18Afei ɔhene yɛɛ aponto kɛseɛ maa ne mpanimfoɔ nyinaa ne n'asomfoɔ, Ɛster aponto; na ɔmaa amantam no ahomegyeɛ, na ɔmaa akyɛdeɛ, sɛdeɛ ɔhene ahonyadeɛ teɛ.Under pastoral review
19Na ɛberɛ a wɔboaboaa mmaabunu no ano ɛtɔ so mmienu so no, na Mordekai tenaa ɔhene ɛpono ano.Under pastoral review
20Na Ɛster nkyerɛɛ n'abusua anaa ne nkurɔfoɔ; sɛdeɛ Mordekai hyɛɛ no: efisɛ Ɛster yɛɛ Mordekai ahyɛdeɛ, sɛdeɛ ɛberɛ a ɔne no tetee no.Under pastoral review
21Saa nna no mu, ɛberɛ a Mordekai tenaa ɔhene ɛpono ano no, ɔhene apiafoɔ baanu, Bigtan ne Teres, wɔn a wɔhwɛ ɛpono no ano no, bo fuiɛ, na wɔhwehwɛɛ sɛ wɔbɛteɛ wɔn nsa wɔ ɔhene Ahasweros so.Under pastoral review
22Na asɛm no daa adi kyerɛɛ Mordekai, na ɔkaa kyerɛɛ ɔhemmaa Ɛster; na Ɛster de kaa kyerɛɛ ɔhene wɔ Mordekai din mu.Under pastoral review
23Na ɛberɛ a wɔbisaa asɛm no mu no, wɔhunuiɛ; ɛno enti wɔsɛnee wɔn baanu dua so: na wɔtwerɛɛ no abakɔsɛm nwoma no mu wɔ ɔhene anim.Under pastoral review

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