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