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Esther 1:4 (YLT) Young's Literal Translation

1 And it cometh to pass, in the days of Ahasuerus -- he is Ahasuerus who is reigning from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces --
2 in those days, at the sitting of the king Ahasuerus on the throne of his kingdom, that is in Shushan the palace,
3 in the third year of his reign, he hath made a banquet to all his heads and his servants; of the force of Persia and Media, the chiefs and heads of the provinces are before him,
4 in his shewing the wealth of the honour of his kingdom, and the glory of the beauty of his greatness, many days -- eighty and a hundred days.
5 And at the fulness of these days hath the king made to all the people who are found in Shushan the palace, from great even unto small, a banquet, seven days, in the court of the garden of the house of the king --
6 white linen, white cotton, and blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple on rings of silver, and pillars of marble, couches of gold, and of silver, on a pavement of smaragdus, and white marble, and mother-of-pearl, and black marble --
7 and the giving of drink in vessels of gold, and the vessels are divers vessels, and the royal wine is abundant, as a memorial of the king.
8 And the drinking is according to law, none is pressing, for so hath the king appointed for every chief one of his house, to do according to the pleasure of man and man.
9 Also Vashti the queen hath made a banquet for women, in the royal house that the king Ahasuerus hath.
10 On the seventh day, as the heart of the king is glad with wine, he hath said to Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who are ministering in the presence of the king Ahasuerus,
11 to bring in Vashti the queen before the king, with a royal crown, to shew the peoples and the heads her beauty, for she is of good appearance,
12 and the queen Vashti refuseth to come in at the word of the king that is by the hand of the eunuchs, and the king is very wroth, and his fury hath burned in him.
13 And the king saith to wise men, knowing the times -- for so is the word of the king before all knowing law and judgment,
14 and he who is near unto him is Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memucan, seven heads of Persia and Media seeing the face of the king, who are sitting first in the kingdom --
15 `According to law, what -- to do with queen Vashti, because that she hath not done the saying of the king Ahasuerus by the hand of the eunuchs?`
16 And Memucan saith before the king and the heads, `Not against the king by himself hath Vashti the queen done perversely, but against all the heads, and against all the peoples that are in all provinces of the king Ahasuerus;
17 for go forth doth the word of the queen unto all the women, to render their husbands contemptible in their eyes, in their saying, The king Ahasuerus said to bring in Vashti the queen before him, and she did not come;
18 yea, this day do princesses of Persia and Media, who have heard the word of the queen, say so to all heads of the king, even according to the sufficiency of contempt and wrath.
19 `If to the king it be good, there goeth forth a royal word from before him, and it is written with the laws of Persia and Media, and doth not pass away, that Vashti doth not come in before the king Ahasuerus, and her royalty doth the king give to her companion who is better than she;
20 and the sentence of the king that he maketh hath been heard in all his kingdom -- for it is great -- and all the wives give honour to their husbands, from great even unto small.`
21 And the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and of the princes, and the king doth according to the word of Memucan,
22 and sendeth letters unto all provinces of the king, unto province and province according to its writing, and unto people and people according to its tongue, for every man being head in his own house -- and speaking according to the language of his people.
1 Now it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS in the days H3117 B-CMP of Ahasuerus H325 , ( PPRO-3MS this H1931 PPRO-3MS is Ahasuerus H325 which reigned H4427 , from India H1912 even unto H5704 W-PREP Ethiopia H3568 EMS , over a hundred H3967 and seven H7651 MFS and twenty H6242 W-MMP provinces H4082 : )
2 That in those H1992 D-PPRO-3MP days H3117 BD-NMP , when the king H4428 D-NMS Ahasuerus H325 sat H3427 on H5921 PREP the throne H3678 of his kingdom H4438 CFP-3MS , which H834 RPRO was in Shushan H7800 the palace H1002 ,
3 In the third H7969 MFS year H8141 B-CFS of his reign H4427 , he made H6213 VQQ3MS a feast H4960 NMS unto all H3605 L-CMS his princes H8269 CMP-3MS and his servants H5650 W-CMS-3MS ; the power H2428 of Persia H6539 and Media H4074 W-EMS , the nobles H6579 and princes H8269 CMP-3MS of the provinces H4082 , being before H6440 him :
4 When he showed H7200 the riches H6239 of his glorious H3519 kingdom H4438 CFP-3MS and the honor H3366 NMS of his excellent H8597 majesty H1420 many H7227 AMP days H3117 NMS , even a hundred H3967 W-BFS and fourscore H8084 days H3117 NMS .
5 And when these H428 D-DPRO-3MP days H3117 D-NMP were expired H4390 , the king H4428 D-NMS made H6213 VQQ3MS a feast H4960 NMS unto all H3605 L-CMS the people H5971 that were present H4672 in Shushan H7800 the palace H1002 , both unto great H1419 and small H6996 , seven H7651 RMS days H3117 NMP , in the court H2691 of the garden H1594 of the king H4428 \'s palace H1055 ;
6 Where were white H2353 , green H3768 , and blue H8504 , hangings , fastened H270 with cords H2256 B-CMP of fine linen H948 and purple H713 to H5921 PREP silver H3701 rings H1550 and pillars H5982 of marble H8336 : the beds H4296 were of gold H2091 NMS and silver H3701 , upon H5921 PREP a pavement H7531 of red H923 , and blue H8336 , and white H1858 , and black marble H5508 .
7 And they gave them drink H8248 in vessels H3627 of gold H2091 NMS , (the vessels H3627 being diverse H8138 one from another H3627 , ) and royal H4438 CFP wine H3196 W-CMS in abundance H7227 AMS , according to the state H3027 of the king H4428 .
8 And the drinking H8360 was according to the law H1881 ; none H369 NPAR did compel H597 : for H3588 CONJ so H3651 ADV the king H4428 D-NMS had appointed H3245 to H5921 PREP all H3605 NMS the officers H7227 AMS of his house H1004 NMS-3MS , that they should do H6213 L-VQFC according to every man H376 NMS \'s pleasure H7522 .
9 Also H1571 CONJ Vashti H2060 the queen H4436 made H6213 VQQ3MS a feast H4960 for the women H802 GFP in the royal H4438 house H1004 CMS which H834 RPRO belonged to king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 .
10 On the seventh H7637 D-ONUM day H3117 B-AMS , when the heart H3820 NMS of the king H4428 D-NMS was merry H2895 with wine H3196 , he commanded H559 VQQ3MS Mehuman H4104 , Biztha H968 , Harbona H2726 , Bigtha H903 , and Abagtha H5 , Zethar H2242 , and Carcas H3752 , the seven H7651 RMS chamberlains H5631 that served H8334 in the presence H6440 CMP of Ahasuerus H325 the king H4428 D-NMS ,
11 To bring H935 L-VHFC Vashti H2060 the queen H4436 before H6440 L-CMP the king H4428 D-NMS with the crown H3804 royal H4438 CFP , to show H7200 the people H5971 and the princes H8269 her beauty H3308 : for H3588 CONJ she H1931 was fair H2896 to look on H4758 NMS .
12 But the queen H4436 Vashti H2060 refused H3985 to come H935 L-VQFC at the king H4428 D-NMS \'s commandment H1697 by RPRO his chamberlains H5631 : therefore was the king H4428 D-NMS very H3966 ADV wroth H7107 , and his anger H2534 burned H1197 in him .
13 Then the king H4428 D-NMS said H559 W-VQY3MS to the wise men H2450 , which knew H3045 VQPMS the times H6256 , ( CONJ for CONJ so H3651 ADV was the king H4428 D-NMS \'s manner H1697 CMS toward H6440 L-CMP all H3605 NMS that knew H3045 VQPMS law H1881 and judgment H1779 :
14 And the next H7138 unto H413 PREP-3MS him was Carshena H3771 , Shethar H8369 , Admatha H133 , Tarshish H8659 LFS , Meres H4825 , Marsena H4826 , and Memucan H4462 , the seven H7651 RMS princes H8269 CMP of Persia H6539 and Media H4074 W-EMS , which saw H7200 the king H4428 D-NMS \'s face H6440 CMP , and which sat H3427 the first H7223 in the kingdom H4438 ; )
15 What H4100 IGAT shall we do H6213 unto the queen H4436 Vashti H2060 according to law H1881 , because H5921 PREP she hath not H3808 ADV performed H6213 VQQ3MS the commandment H3982 of the king H4428 D-NMS Ahasuerus H325 by H3027 B-CFS the chamberlains H5631 ?
16 And Memucan H4462 answered H559 W-VQY3MS before H6440 L-CMP the king H4428 D-NMS and the princes H8269 , Vashti H2060 the queen H4436 hath not H3808 NADV done wrong H5753 to H5921 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS only H905 L-CMS-3MS , but H3588 CONJ also to H5921 PREP all H3605 NMS the princes H8269 , and to H5921 PREP all H3605 NMS the people H5971 that H834 RPRO are in all H3605 NMS the provinces H4082 of the king H4428 D-NMS Ahasuerus H325 .
17 For H3588 CONJ this deed H1697 NMS of the queen H4436 shall come abroad H3318 VQY3MS unto H5921 PREP all H3605 NMS women H802 D-NFP , so that they shall despise H959 their husbands H1167 in their eyes H5869 , when it shall be reported H559 , The king H4428 D-NMS Ahasuerus H325 commanded H559 VQQ3MS Vashti H2060 the queen H4436 to be brought in H935 L-VHFC before H6440 L-CMP-3MS him , but she came H935 not H3808 W-NPAR .
18 Likewise shall the ladies H8282 of Persia H6539 and Media H4074 W-EMS say H559 this H2088 D-PMS day H3117 unto all H3605 the king H4428 D-NMS \'s princes H8269 CMP , which H834 RPRO have heard of VQQ3MP the deed H1697 CMS of the queen H4436 . Thus shall there arise too much H1767 contempt H963 and wrath H7110 .
19 If H518 PART it please H2895 the king H4428 D-NMS , let there go H3318 VQY3MS a royal H4438 CFP commandment H1697 NMS from L-CMP him , and let it be written H3789 among the laws H1881 of the Persians H6539 and the Medes H4074 W-EMS , that it be not H3808 W-NPAR altered H5674 , That H834 RPRO Vashti H2060 come H935 VQY3FS no H3808 W-NPAR more before H6440 L-CMP king H4428 D-NMS Ahasuerus H325 ; and let the king H4428 D-NMS give H5414 VHFA her royal estate H4438 CFP unto another H7468 that is better H2896 than H4480 PREP-3FS she .
20 And when the king H4428 D-NMS \'s decree H6599 which H834 RPRO he shall make H6213 VQY3MS shall be published H8085 throughout all H3605 B-CMS his empire H4438 CFP-3MS , ( CONJ for CONJ it H1931 PPRO-3FS is great H7227 AFS , ) all H3605 W-CMS the wives H802 D-NFP shall give H5414 to their husbands H1167 honor H3366 NMS , both to great H1419 and small H6996 .
21 And the saying H1697 D-NMS pleased H3190 the king H4428 D-NMS and the princes H8269 ; and the king H4428 D-NMS did H6213 W-VQY3MS according to the word H1697 K-NMS of Memucan H4462 :
22 For he sent H7971 W-VQY3MS letters H5612 into H413 PREP all H3605 NMS the king H4428 D-NMS \'s provinces H4082 , into H413 PREP every province H4082 according to the writing H3791 thereof , and to H413 PREP every people H5971 NMS after their language H3956 , that every H3605 NMS man H376 NMS should H1961 bear rule H8323 in his own house H1004 B-CMS-3MS , and that it should be published H1696 according to the language H3956 of every people H5971 .