Esther 2 (UGV3)

1 Bād meṅ jab bādshāh kā ġhussā ṭhanḍā ho gayā to malikā use dubārā yād āne lagī. Jo kuchh Washtī ne kiyā thā aur jo faislā us ke bāre meṅ huā thā wuh bhī us ke zahan meṅ ghūmtā rahā. 2 Phir us ke mulāzimoṅ ne ḳhayāl pesh kiyā, “Kyoṅ na pūrī saltanat meṅ shahanshāh ke lie ḳhūbsūrat kuṅwāriyāṅ talāsh kī jāeṅ? 3 Bādshāh apnī saltanat ke har sūbe meṅ afsar muqarrar kareṅ jo yih ḳhūbsūrat kuṅwāriyāṅ chun kar Sosan ke qile ke zanānḳhāne meṅ lāeṅ. Unheṅ zanānḳhāne ke inchārj Haijā ḳhwājāsarā kī nigarānī meṅ de diyā jāe aur un kī ḳhūbsūratī baṛhāne ke lie rang nikhārne kā har zarūrī tarīqā istemāl kiyā jāe. 4 Phir jo laṛkī bādshāh ko sab se zyādā pasand āe wuh Washtī kī jagah malikā ban jāe.”Yih mansūbā bādshāh ko achchhā lagā, aur us ne aisā hī kiyā. 5 Us waqt Sosan ke qile meṅ Binyamīn ke qabīle kā ek Yahūdī rahtā thā jis kā nām Mardakī bin Yāīr bin Simaī bin Qīs thā. 6 Mardakī kā ḳhāndān un Isrāīliyoṅ meṅ shāmil thā jin ko Bābal kā bādshāh Nabūkadnazzar Yahūdāh ke bādshāh Yahūyākīn ke sāth jilāwatan karke apne sāth le gayā thā. 7 Mardakī ke chachā kī ek nihāyat ḳhūbsūrat beṭī banām Hadassāh thī jo Āstar bhī kahlātī thī. Us ke wālidain ke marne par Mardakī ne use le kar apnī beṭī kī haisiyat se pāl liyā thā. 8 Jab bādshāh kā hukm sādir huā to bahut-sī laṛkiyoṅ ko Sosan ke qile meṅ lā kar zanānḳhāne ke inchārj Haijā ke sapurd kar diyā gayā. Āstar bhī un laṛkiyoṅ meṅ shāmil thī. 9 Wuh Haijā ko pasand āī balki use us kī ḳhās mehrbānī hāsil huī. Ḳhwājāsarā ne jaldī jaldī banāw-singār kā silsilā shurū kiyā, khāne-pīne kā munāsib intazām karwāyā aur shāhī mahal kī sāt chunīdā naukarāniyāṅ Āstar ke hawāle kar dīṅ. Rihāish ke lie Āstar aur us kī laṛkiyoṅ ko zanānḳhāne ke sab se achchhe kamre die gae. 10 Āstar ne kisī ko nahīṅ batāyā thā ki maiṅ Yahūdī aurat hūṅ, kyoṅki Mardakī ne use hukm diyā thā ki is ke bāre meṅ ḳhāmosh rahe. 11 Har din Mardakī zanānḳhāne ke sahan se guzartā tāki Āstar ke hāl kā patā kare aur yih ki us ke sāth kyā kyā ho rahā hai. 12 12-13 Aḳhaswerus Bādshāh se milne se pahle har kuṅwārī ko bārah mahīnoṅ kā muqarrarā banāw-singār karwānā thā, chhih māh mur ke tel se aur chhih māh balsān ke tel aur rang nikhārne ke dīgar tarīqoṅ se. Jab use bādshāh ke mahal meṅ jānā thā to zanānḳhāne kī jo bhī chīz wuh apne sāth lenā chāhtī use dī jātī. 14 Shām ke waqt wuh mahal meṅ jātī aur agle din use subah ke waqt dūsre zanānḳhāne meṅ lāyā jātā jahāṅ bādshāh kī dāshtāeṅ shāshjaz ḳhwājāsarā kī nigarānī meṅ rahtī thīṅ. Is ke bād wuh phir kabhī bādshāh ke pās na ātī. Use sirf isī sūrat meṅ wāpas lāyā jātā ki wuh bādshāh ko ḳhās pasand ātī aur wuh us kā nām le kar use bulātā. 15 Hote hote Āstar bint Abīḳhail kī bārī āī. (Abīḳhail Mardakī kā chachā thā, aur Mardakī ne us kī beṭī ko lepālak banā liyā thā.) Jab Āstar se pūchhā gayā ki āp zanānḳhāne kī kyā chīzeṅ apne sāth le jānā chāhtī haiṅ to us ne sirf wuh kuchh le liyā jo Haijā ḳhwājāsarā ne us ke lie chunā. Aur jis ne bhī use dekhā us ne use sarāhā. 16 Chunāṅche use bādshāh kī hukūmat ke sātweṅ sāl ke dasweṅ mahīne banām tebat meṅ Aḳhaswerus ke pās mahal meṅ lāyā gayā. 17 Bādshāh ko Āstar dūsrī laṛkiyoṅ kī nisbat kahīṅ zyādā pyārī lagī. Dīgar tamām kuṅwāriyoṅ kī nisbat use us kī ḳhās qabūliyat aur mehrbānī hāsil huī. Chunāṅche bādshāh ne us ke sar par tāj rakh kar use Washtī kī jagah malikā banā diyā. 18 Is mauqe kī ḳhushī meṅ us ne Āstar ke ezāz meṅ baṛī ziyāfat kī. Tamām shurafā aur afsaroṅ ko dāwat dī gaī. Sāth sāth sūboṅ meṅ kuchh ṭaiksoṅ kī muāfī kā elān kiyā gayā aur faiyāzī se tohfe taqsīm kie gae. 19 Jab kuṅwāriyoṅ ko ek bār phir jamā kiyā gayā to Mardakī shāhī sahan ke darwāze meṅ baiṭhā thā. 20 Āstar ne ab tak kisī ko nahīṅ batāyā thā ki maiṅ Yahūdī hūṅ, kyoṅki Mardakī ne yih batāne se manā kiyā thā. Pahle kī tarah jab wuh us ke ghar meṅ rahtī thī ab bhī Āstar us kī har bāt māntī thī. 21 Ek din jab Mardakī shāhī sahan ke darwāze meṅ baiṭhā thā to do ḳhwājāsarā banām Bigtān aur Tarsh ġhusse meṅ ā kar Aḳhaswerus ko qatl karne kī sāzisheṅ karne lage. Donoṅ shāhī kamroṅ ke pahredār the. 22 Mardakī ko patā chalā to us ne Āstar ko ḳhabar pahuṅchāī jis ne Mardakī kā nām le kar bādshāh ko ittalā dī. 23 Muāmale kī taftīsh kī gaī to durust sābit huā, aur donoṅ mulāzimoṅ ko phāṅsī de dī gaī. Yih wāqiyā bādshāh kī maujūdagī meṅ us kitāb meṅ darj kiyā gayā jis meṅ rozānā us kī hukūmat ke aham wāqiyāt likhe jāte the.

In Other Versions

Esther 2 in the ANGEFD

Esther 2 in the ANTPNG2D

Esther 2 in the AS21

Esther 2 in the BAGH

Esther 2 in the BBPNG

Esther 2 in the BBT1E

Esther 2 in the BDS

Esther 2 in the BEV

Esther 2 in the BHAD

Esther 2 in the BIB

Esther 2 in the BLPT

Esther 2 in the BNT

Esther 2 in the BNTABOOT

Esther 2 in the BNTLV

Esther 2 in the BOATCB

Esther 2 in the BOATCB2

Esther 2 in the BOBCV

Esther 2 in the BOCNT

Esther 2 in the BOECS

Esther 2 in the BOGWICC

Esther 2 in the BOHCB

Esther 2 in the BOHCV

Esther 2 in the BOHLNT

Esther 2 in the BOHNTLTAL

Esther 2 in the BOICB

Esther 2 in the BOILNTAP

Esther 2 in the BOITCV

Esther 2 in the BOKCV

Esther 2 in the BOKCV2

Esther 2 in the BOKHWOG

Esther 2 in the BOKSSV

Esther 2 in the BOLCB

Esther 2 in the BOLCB2

Esther 2 in the BOMCV

Esther 2 in the BONAV

Esther 2 in the BONCB

Esther 2 in the BONLT

Esther 2 in the BONUT2

Esther 2 in the BOPLNT

Esther 2 in the BOSCB

Esther 2 in the BOSNC

Esther 2 in the BOTLNT

Esther 2 in the BOVCB

Esther 2 in the BOYCB

Esther 2 in the BPBB

Esther 2 in the BPH

Esther 2 in the BSB

Esther 2 in the CCB

Esther 2 in the CUV

Esther 2 in the CUVS

Esther 2 in the DBT

Esther 2 in the DGDNT

Esther 2 in the DHNT

Esther 2 in the DNT

Esther 2 in the ELBE

Esther 2 in the EMTV

Esther 2 in the ESV

Esther 2 in the FBV

Esther 2 in the FEB

Esther 2 in the GGMNT

Esther 2 in the GNT

Esther 2 in the HARY

Esther 2 in the HNT

Esther 2 in the IRVA

Esther 2 in the IRVB

Esther 2 in the IRVG

Esther 2 in the IRVH

Esther 2 in the IRVK

Esther 2 in the IRVM

Esther 2 in the IRVM2

Esther 2 in the IRVO

Esther 2 in the IRVP

Esther 2 in the IRVT

Esther 2 in the IRVT2

Esther 2 in the IRVU

Esther 2 in the ISVN

Esther 2 in the JSNT

Esther 2 in the KAPI

Esther 2 in the KBT1ETNIK

Esther 2 in the KBV

Esther 2 in the KJV

Esther 2 in the KNFD

Esther 2 in the LBA

Esther 2 in the LBLA

Esther 2 in the LNT

Esther 2 in the LSV

Esther 2 in the MAAL

Esther 2 in the MBV

Esther 2 in the MBV2

Esther 2 in the MHNT

Esther 2 in the MKNFD

Esther 2 in the MNG

Esther 2 in the MNT

Esther 2 in the MNT2

Esther 2 in the MRS1T

Esther 2 in the NAA

Esther 2 in the NASB

Esther 2 in the NBLA

Esther 2 in the NBS

Esther 2 in the NBVTP

Esther 2 in the NET2

Esther 2 in the NIV11

Esther 2 in the NNT

Esther 2 in the NNT2

Esther 2 in the NNT3

Esther 2 in the PDDPT

Esther 2 in the PFNT

Esther 2 in the RMNT

Esther 2 in the SBIAS

Esther 2 in the SBIBS

Esther 2 in the SBIBS2

Esther 2 in the SBICS

Esther 2 in the SBIDS

Esther 2 in the SBIGS

Esther 2 in the SBIHS

Esther 2 in the SBIIS

Esther 2 in the SBIIS2

Esther 2 in the SBIIS3

Esther 2 in the SBIKS

Esther 2 in the SBIKS2

Esther 2 in the SBIMS

Esther 2 in the SBIOS

Esther 2 in the SBIPS

Esther 2 in the SBISS

Esther 2 in the SBITS

Esther 2 in the SBITS2

Esther 2 in the SBITS3

Esther 2 in the SBITS4

Esther 2 in the SBIUS

Esther 2 in the SBIVS

Esther 2 in the SBT

Esther 2 in the SBT1E

Esther 2 in the SCHL

Esther 2 in the SNT

Esther 2 in the SUSU

Esther 2 in the SUSU2

Esther 2 in the SYNO

Esther 2 in the TBIAOTANT

Esther 2 in the TBT1E

Esther 2 in the TBT1E2

Esther 2 in the TFTIP

Esther 2 in the TFTU

Esther 2 in the TGNTATF3T

Esther 2 in the THAI

Esther 2 in the TNFD

Esther 2 in the TNT

Esther 2 in the TNTIK

Esther 2 in the TNTIL

Esther 2 in the TNTIN

Esther 2 in the TNTIP

Esther 2 in the TNTIZ

Esther 2 in the TOMA

Esther 2 in the TTENT

Esther 2 in the UBG

Esther 2 in the UGV

Esther 2 in the UGV2

Esther 2 in the VBL

Esther 2 in the VDCC

Esther 2 in the YALU

Esther 2 in the YAPE

Esther 2 in the YBVTP

Esther 2 in the ZBP