Esther 5 (UGV3)
1 Tīsre din Āstar Malikā apnā shāhī libās pahne hue mahal ke andarūnī sahan meṅ dāḳhil huī. Yih sahan us hāl ke sāmne thā jis meṅ taḳht lagā thā. Us waqt bādshāh darwāze ke muqābil apne taḳht par baiṭhā thā. 2 Āstar ko sahan meṅ khaṛī dekh kar wuh ḳhush huā aur sone ke shāhī asā ko us kī taraf baṛhā diyā. Tab Āstar qarīb āī aur asā ke sire ko chhū diyā. 3 Bādshāh ne us se pūchhā, “Āstar Malikā, kyā bāt hai? Āp kyā chāhtī haiṅ? Maiṅ use dene ke lie taiyār hūṅ, ḳhāh saltanat kā ādhā hissā kyoṅ na ho!” 4 Āstar ne jawāb diyā, “Maiṅ ne āj ke lie ziyāfat kī taiyāriyāṅ kī haiṅ. Agar bādshāh ko manzūr ho to wuh Hāmān ko apne sāth le kar us meṅ shirkat kareṅ.” 5 Bādshāh ne apne mulāzimoṅ ko hukm diyā, “Jaldī karo! Hāmān ko bulāo tāki ham Āstar kī ḳhāhish pūrī kar sakeṅ.” Chunāṅche bādshāh aur Hāmān Āstar kī taiyārshudā ziyāfat meṅ sharīk hue. 6 Mai pī pī kar bādshāh ne Āstar se pūchhā, “Ab mujhe batāeṅ, āp kyā chāhtī haiṅ? Wuh āp ko diyā jāegā. Apnī darḳhāst pesh kareṅ, kyoṅki maiṅ saltanat ke ādhe hisse tak āp ko dene ke lie taiyār hūṅ.” 7 Āstar ne jawāb diyā, “Merī darḳhāst aur ārzū yih hai, 8 agar bādshāh mujh se ḳhush hoṅ aur unheṅ merī guzārish aur darḳhāst pūrī karnā manzūr ho to wuh kal ek bār phir Hāmān ke sāth ek ziyāfat meṅ shirkat kareṅ jo maiṅ āp ke lie taiyār karūṅ. Phir maiṅ bādshāh ko jawāb dūṅgī.” 9 Us din jab Hāmān mahal se niklā to wuh baṛā ḳhush aur zindādil thā. Lekin phir us kī nazar Mardakī par paṛ gaī jo shāhī sahan ke darwāze ke pās baiṭhā thā. Na wuh khaṛā huā, na Hāmān ko dekh kar kāṅp gayā. Hāmān lāl-pīlā ho gayā, 10 lekin apne āp par qābū rakh kar wuh chalā gayā.Ghar pahuṅch kar wuh apne dostoṅ aur apnī bīwī Zarish ko apne pās bulā kar 11 un ke sāmne apnī zabardast daulat aur muta'addid beṭoṅ par sheḳhī mārne lagā. Us ne unheṅ un sāre mauqoṅ kī fahrist sunāī jin par bādshāh ne us kī izzat kī thī aur faḳhr kiyā ki bādshāh ne mujhe tamām bāqī shurafā aur afsaroṅ se zyādā ūṅchā ohdā diyā hai. 12 Hāmān ne kahā, “Na sirf yih, balki āj Āstar Malikā ne aisī ziyāfat kī jis meṅ bādshāh ke alāwā sirf maiṅ hī sharīk thā. Aur mujhe malikā se kal ke lie bhī dāwat milī hai ki bādshāh ke sāth ziyāfat meṅ shirkat karūṅ. 13 Lekin jab tak Mardakī Yahūdī shāhī mahal ke sahan ke darwāze par baiṭhā nazar ātā hai maiṅ chain kā sāṅs nahīṅ lūṅgā.” 14 Us kī bīwī Zarish aur bāqī azīzoṅ ne mashwarā diyā, “Sūlī banwāeṅ jis kī ūṅchāī 75 fuṭ ho. Phir kal subah-sawere bādshāh ke pās jā kar guzārish kareṅ ki Mardakī ko us se laṭkāyā jāe. Is ke bād āp tasallī se bādshāh ke sāth jā kar ziyāfat ke maze le sakte haiṅ.” Yih mansūbā Hāmān ko achchhā lagā, aur us ne sūlī taiyār karwāī.
In Other Versions
Esther 5 in the ANGEFD
Esther 5 in the ANTPNG2D
Esther 5 in the AS21
Esther 5 in the BAGH
Esther 5 in the BBPNG
Esther 5 in the BBT1E
Esther 5 in the BDS
Esther 5 in the BEV
Esther 5 in the BHAD
Esther 5 in the BIB
Esther 5 in the BLPT
Esther 5 in the BNT
Esther 5 in the BNTABOOT
Esther 5 in the BNTLV
Esther 5 in the BOATCB
Esther 5 in the BOATCB2
Esther 5 in the BOBCV
Esther 5 in the BOCNT
Esther 5 in the BOECS
Esther 5 in the BOGWICC
Esther 5 in the BOHCB
Esther 5 in the BOHCV
Esther 5 in the BOHLNT
Esther 5 in the BOHNTLTAL
Esther 5 in the BOICB
Esther 5 in the BOILNTAP
Esther 5 in the BOITCV
Esther 5 in the BOKCV
Esther 5 in the BOKCV2
Esther 5 in the BOKHWOG
Esther 5 in the BOKSSV
Esther 5 in the BOLCB
Esther 5 in the BOLCB2
Esther 5 in the BOMCV
Esther 5 in the BONAV
Esther 5 in the BONCB
Esther 5 in the BONLT
Esther 5 in the BONUT2
Esther 5 in the BOPLNT
Esther 5 in the BOSCB
Esther 5 in the BOSNC
Esther 5 in the BOTLNT
Esther 5 in the BOVCB
Esther 5 in the BOYCB
Esther 5 in the BPBB
Esther 5 in the BPH
Esther 5 in the BSB
Esther 5 in the CCB
Esther 5 in the CUV
Esther 5 in the CUVS
Esther 5 in the DBT
Esther 5 in the DGDNT
Esther 5 in the DHNT
Esther 5 in the DNT
Esther 5 in the ELBE
Esther 5 in the EMTV
Esther 5 in the ESV
Esther 5 in the FBV
Esther 5 in the FEB
Esther 5 in the GGMNT
Esther 5 in the GNT
Esther 5 in the HARY
Esther 5 in the HNT
Esther 5 in the IRVA
Esther 5 in the IRVB
Esther 5 in the IRVG
Esther 5 in the IRVH
Esther 5 in the IRVK
Esther 5 in the IRVM
Esther 5 in the IRVM2
Esther 5 in the IRVO
Esther 5 in the IRVP
Esther 5 in the IRVT
Esther 5 in the IRVT2
Esther 5 in the IRVU
Esther 5 in the ISVN
Esther 5 in the JSNT
Esther 5 in the KAPI
Esther 5 in the KBT1ETNIK
Esther 5 in the KBV
Esther 5 in the KJV
Esther 5 in the KNFD
Esther 5 in the LBA
Esther 5 in the LBLA
Esther 5 in the LNT
Esther 5 in the LSV
Esther 5 in the MAAL
Esther 5 in the MBV
Esther 5 in the MBV2
Esther 5 in the MHNT
Esther 5 in the MKNFD
Esther 5 in the MNG
Esther 5 in the MNT
Esther 5 in the MNT2
Esther 5 in the MRS1T
Esther 5 in the NAA
Esther 5 in the NASB
Esther 5 in the NBLA
Esther 5 in the NBS
Esther 5 in the NBVTP
Esther 5 in the NET2
Esther 5 in the NIV11
Esther 5 in the NNT
Esther 5 in the NNT2
Esther 5 in the NNT3
Esther 5 in the PDDPT
Esther 5 in the PFNT
Esther 5 in the RMNT
Esther 5 in the SBIAS
Esther 5 in the SBIBS
Esther 5 in the SBIBS2
Esther 5 in the SBICS
Esther 5 in the SBIDS
Esther 5 in the SBIGS
Esther 5 in the SBIHS
Esther 5 in the SBIIS
Esther 5 in the SBIIS2
Esther 5 in the SBIIS3
Esther 5 in the SBIKS
Esther 5 in the SBIKS2
Esther 5 in the SBIMS
Esther 5 in the SBIOS
Esther 5 in the SBIPS
Esther 5 in the SBISS
Esther 5 in the SBITS
Esther 5 in the SBITS2
Esther 5 in the SBITS3
Esther 5 in the SBITS4
Esther 5 in the SBIUS
Esther 5 in the SBIVS
Esther 5 in the SBT
Esther 5 in the SBT1E
Esther 5 in the SCHL
Esther 5 in the SNT
Esther 5 in the SUSU
Esther 5 in the SUSU2
Esther 5 in the SYNO
Esther 5 in the TBIAOTANT
Esther 5 in the TBT1E
Esther 5 in the TBT1E2
Esther 5 in the TFTIP
Esther 5 in the TFTU
Esther 5 in the TGNTATF3T
Esther 5 in the THAI
Esther 5 in the TNFD
Esther 5 in the TNT
Esther 5 in the TNTIK
Esther 5 in the TNTIL
Esther 5 in the TNTIN
Esther 5 in the TNTIP
Esther 5 in the TNTIZ
Esther 5 in the TOMA
Esther 5 in the TTENT
Esther 5 in the UBG
Esther 5 in the UGV
Esther 5 in the UGV2
Esther 5 in the VBL
Esther 5 in the VDCC
Esther 5 in the YALU
Esther 5 in the YAPE
Esther 5 in the YBVTP
Esther 5 in the ZBP