1 A nd it cometh to pass, in the days of Ahasuerus -- he Ahasuerus who is reigning from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces --

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

2 i n those days, at the sitting of the king Ahasuerus on the throne of his kingdom, that 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 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 before him,

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

4 i n 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.

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

5 A nd 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 --

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

6 w hite 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 --

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 the giving of drink in vessels of gold, and the vessels divers vessels, and the royal wine abundant, as a memorial 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 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.

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 hath made a banquet for women, in the royal house that the king Ahasuerus hath.

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

10 O n 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,

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

11 t o bring in Vashti the queen before the king, with a royal crown, to shew the peoples and the heads her beauty, for she of good appearance,

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

12 a nd the queen Vashti refuseth to come in at the word of the king that by the hand of the eunuchs, and the king is very wroth, and his fury hath burned in him.

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

13 A nd the king saith to wise men, knowing the times -- for so the word of the king before all knowing 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 he who is near unto him 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 --

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 ` 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?'

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 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 in all 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 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;

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

18 y ea, this day do princesses of Persia and Media, who have heard the word of the queen, say to all heads of the king, even according to the sufficiency of 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 ` If to the king 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 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 the sentence of the king that he maketh hath been heard in all his kingdom -- for it great -- and all the wives give honour to their husbands, from great even unto small.'

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

21 A nd the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and of the princes, and the king doth according to the word of Memucan,

فَاسْتَحْسَنَ المَلِكُ وَالمَسْؤولونَ هَذِهِ المَشُورَةَ. وَأخَذَ المَلِكُ بِاقْتِراحِ مَمُوكانَ.

22 a nd 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.

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.