1 N ow it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces),

وَقَعَتِ الأحْداثُ التّالِيَةُ فَي أيّامِ أحَشْوِيرُوشَ. وَهُوَ المَلِكُ الذِي حَكَمَ مِنَ الهِندِ إلَى الحَبَشَةِ عَلَى مِئَةٍ وَسَبعٍ وَعِشرِينَ مُقاطَعَةً.

2 t hat in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

حَكَمَ المَلِكُ أحَشْويِرُوشَ فِي تِلْكَ الأيَّامِ مِنْ عَرْشِ مُلكِهِ فِي قَصْرِ العاصِمَةِ شُوشَنَ.

3 i n the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him;

وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثالِثَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِهِ، أقامَ احْتِفالاً لِكُلِّ ضُبّاطِهِ وَوُزَرائِهِ وَقادَةِ جَيْشِ فارِسَ وَمادِيَ وَالنُّبَلاءِ وَرُؤَساءِ البِلادِ.

4 w hen he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even a hundred and fourscore days.

وَاسْتَمَرَّتِ الاحْتِفالاتُ مِئَةً وَثَمانِينَ يَوماً، أظْهَرَ فِيها غِنَى مَملَكَتِهِ العَظِيمَ، وَجَمالَ وَرَوعَةَ مَجدِ مُلكِهِ.

5 A nd when these days were fulfilled, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.

وَفِي نِهايَةِ تِلْكَ الأيّامِ، أقامَ المَلِكُ وَلِيمَةً فِي ساحَةِ حَدِيقَةِ المَنزِلِ الصَّيفِيِّ لِمُدَّةِ سَبْعَةِ أيّامٍ، لِجَمِيعِ السّاكِنِينَ فِي العاصِمَةِ شُوشَنَ بِمُخْتَلِفِ طَبَقاتِهِمْ.

6 T here were hangings of white cloth, of green, and of blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble.

كانَتِ السّاحَةُ مُزّيَّنَةً بَسَتائِرَ كَتَّانِيَةٍ بَيْضاءَ وَزَرقاءَ مُعَلَّقَةٍ عَلَى أعْمِدَةٍ رُخامِيَّةٍ بِحِبالٍ بَيضاءَ مِنْ كَتَّانٍ وَأُرْجُوانَ، وَبِحَلَقاتٍ فِضِّيَةٍ. أمّا المَقاعِدُ فَمِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَفِضَّةٍ، وُضِعَتْ عَلَى أرْضِيَّةٍ مَرْصُوفَةٍ بِالمَرْمَرِ وَالرَّخامِ السُّمَّاقِيِّ وَالقُزَحِيِّ وَالأسْوَدِ.

7 A nd they gave them drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.

وَكانَتِ المَشرُوباتُ تُقَدَّمُ فِي آنِيَةٍ ذَهَبِيَّةٍ، يَتَمّيَّزُ كُلٌّ مِنْها عَنِ الآخَرِ. فُقُدِّمَتِ الخُمُورُ المَلَكِيَّةُ بِوَفرَةٍ بَحَسَبِ سَخاءِ المَلِكِ.

8 A nd the drinking was according to the law; none could compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

وَكانَ شُرْبُ الخَمْرِ بِالأبارِيقِ بِلا قُيودٍ! إذْ أمَرَ المَلِكُ جَمِيعَ خُدّامِ القَصرِ بِأنْ يُقَدِّمُوا لِلضُّيوفِ كَلَّ ما يَرِيدُونَهُ. عِصْيانُ المَلِكَةِ وَشْتِي

9 A lso Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.

كَما أقامَتِ المَلِكَةُ وَشتِي وَلِيمَةً لِكُلِّ النِّساءِ فِي قَصرِ المَلِكِ أحْشُوِيرُشَ.

10 O n the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that ministered in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

وَفِي اليَومِ السّابِعِ، بَعدَ أنْ فَرِحَ قَلبُ المَلِكِ بِسَبَبِ الخَمْرِ، أمَرَ خُدّامَهُ السَبعَةَ: مَهُومانَ وَبِزْثا وَحَرْبُونا وَبِغْثا وَأبَغْثا وَزِيَثارَ وَكَرْكَسَ،

11 t o bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was fair to look on.

بِأنْ يُحضِرُوا إلَيهِ المَلِكَةَ وَشتِي، وَهِيَ تَرتَدِي التّاجَ المَلَكِّيّ. فَقَدْ أرادَ أنْ يَعرِضَ جَمالَها أمامَ الشُّعُوبِ وَالمَسؤُولِينَ وَالضُّبّاطِ، لأنَّها كانَتْ جَمِيلَةً جِداً.

12 B ut the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by the chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

وَلَكِنَّ المَلِكَةَ وَشتِي رَفَضَتِ المَجِئَ خِلافاً لأمْرِ المَلِكِ الَّذِي أرْسَلَهُ عَنْ طَرِيقِ خُدّامِهِ. فَغَضِبَ المَلِكُ جِدّاً، وَاغتاظَ غَيظاً شَدِيداً.

13 T hen the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment;

وَاسْتَشارَ المَلِكُ الحُكَماءَ العارِفِينَ فِي شُؤونِ القانُونِ – فَهَذا ما اعْتادَ المَلِكُ أنْ يَفْعَلَهُ مَعَ الخُبَراءِ فِي ما يَتَعَلَّقُ بِالأوامِرِ وَالقَراراتِ اليَومِيَّةِ.

14 a nd the next unto him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom),

وَكانَ المُقَرَّبُونَ إلَيهِ سَبعَةُ مَسؤولِينَ مِنْ فارِسَ وَمادِيَ هُمْ كَرْشَنا وَشِيثارَ وَأدْماثا وَتَرْشِيشَ وَمَرَسُ وَمَرْسَنا وَمَمُوكانُ. وَهُمِ الرِّجالُ البارِزُونَ فِي المَملَكَةِ الَّذينَ كانَ يُسمَحُ لَهُمْ بِالدُّخُولِ مُباشَرَةً إلَى المَلِكِ.

15 W hat shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

فَقالَ لَهُمُ المَلِكُ: «ماذا يَنبَغِي أنْ نَفعَلَ بِالمَلِكَةِ وَشتِي بِحَسَبِ القانُونِ، فَهِيَ لَمْ تُنَفِّذْ ما أمَرَ بِهِ المَلِكُ عَنْ طَرِيقِ خُدّامِهِ؟»

16 A nd Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

فَقالَ مَمُوكانُ للمَلِكِ وَللمَسْؤولِينَ: «لَمْ تُخطِئِ المَلِكَةُ وَشتِي إلَى المَلِكِ وَحْدَهُ، بَلْ إلَى كُلِّ المَسؤولِينَ وَجَمِيعِ النّاسِ الَّذينَ يَعِيشُونَ فِي بِلادِ المَلِكِ أحَشْوِيرُوشَ.

17 F or this deed of the queen will come abroad unto all women, to make their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

فَسَيَصِلُ خَبَرُ ما فَعَلَتْهُ المَلِكَةُ إلَى كُلِّ النِّساءِ، فَيَحْتَقِرنَ أزواجَهُنَّ. وَحِينَئِذٍ سَيُقالُ: ‹أمَرَ المَلِكُ أحَشْوِيرُوشَ المَلِكَةَ وَشتِي بِأنْ تَحْضُرَ أمامَهُ، فَلَمْ تُطِعْ أمْرَهُ!›

18 A nd this day will the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the deed of the queen say the like unto all the king's princes. So will there arise much contempt and wrath.

بَلْ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، جَمِيعُ نِساءِ بِلادِ فارِسَ وَمادِيَ اللَّواتِي سَمِعْنَ بِمَوْقِفِ المَلِكَةِ، سَيَتَمَرَّدْنَ عَلَى أزْواجِهُنَّ خُدَّامِ المَلِكِ. وَلَنْ تَهدأَ دَوّامَةُ الاحْتِقارِ وَالغَضَبِ.

19 I f it please the king, let there go forth a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

فَإنِ اسْتَحْسَنَ المَلِكُ، فَلْيُصْدِرْ مَرْسُوماً مَلَكِيّاً يُكْتَبُ فِي شَرائِعِ مادِيَ وَفارِسَ، حَتّى لا يُمكِنَ إبطالُهُ، بِأنْ لا تَدْخُلَ المَلِكَةُ وَشتِي إلَى مَحْضَرِ المَلِكِ أحَشْوِيرُوشَ ثانِيَةً، وَبِأنْ يُعطِيَ المَلِكُ مَنصِبَها المَلَكِيَّ لامْرأةٍ أفضَلَ مِنها.

20 A nd when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.

وَلْيُعلَنْ قَرارُ المَلِكِ فِي جَمِيعِ أنْحاءِ مَملَكَتِهِ وَعَلَى امْتِدادِها! وَهَكَذا تُكْرِمُ جَمِيعُ النِّساءِ أزْواجَهُنَّ، العُظَماءَ مِنْهُمْ وَغَيْرَ العُظَماءِ.»

21 A nd the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

فَاسْتَحْسَنَ المَلِكُ وَالمَسْؤولونَ هَذِهِ المَشُورَةَ. وَأخَذَ المَلِكُ بِاقْتِراحِ مَمُوكانَ.

22 f or he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and should speak according to the language of his people.

فَأرسَلَ المَلِكُ رَسائِلَ إلَى جَمِيعِ الأقالِيمِ – كُلِّ إقلِيمٍ بِحَسَبِ أُسلُوبِ كِتابَتِهِ، وَكَلُّ شَعبٍ بِحَسَبِ لُغَتِهِ – بِأنَّ كُلَّ رَجُلٍ هُوَ السَّيِّدُ فِي بَيتِهِ. وَأمَرَ أنْ تُبَلَّغَ بِذَلِكَ جَمِيعُ الشّعُوبِ بِلُغاتِها.