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| WYHY BYMY )X$WRW$ HW) )X$WRW$ HMLK MHDW W(D-KW$ $B( W(&RYM WM)H MDYNH | Esth 1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) |
| BYMYM HHM K$BT HMLK )X$WRW$ (L KS) MLKWTW )$R B$W$N HBYRH | Esth 1:2 That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, |
| B$NT $LW$ LMLKW (&H M$TH LKL-&RYW W(BDYW XYL PRS WMDY HPRTMYM W&RY HMDYNWT LPNYW | Esth 1:3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: |
| BHR)TW )T-($R KBWD MLKWTW W)T-YQR TP)RT GDWLTW YMYM RBYM $MWNYM WM)T YWM | Esth 1:4 When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days. |
| WBMLW)T HYMYM H)LH (&H HMLK LKL-H(M HNMC)YM B$W$N HBYRH LMGDWL W(D-Q+N M$TH $B(T YMYM BXCR GNT BYTN HMLK | Esth 1:5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace; |
| XWR KRPS WTKLT )XWZ BXBLY-BWC W)RGMN (L-GLYLY KSP W(MWDY $$ M+WT ZHB WKSP (L RCPT BH+-W$$ WDR WSXRT | Esth 1:6 Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble. |
| WH$QWT BKLY ZHB WKLYM MKLYM $WNYM WYYN MLKWT RB KYD HMLK | Esth 1:7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king. |
| WH$TYH KDT )YN )NS KY-KN YSD HMLK (L KL-RB BYTW L(&WT KRCWN )Y$-W)Y$ | Esth 1:8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. |
| GM W$TY HMLKH (&TH M$TH N$YM BYT HMLKWT )$R LMLK )X$WRW$ | Esth 1:9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. |
| BYWM H$BY(Y K+WB LB-HMLK BYYN )MR LMHWMN BZT) XRBWN) BGT) W)BGT) ZTR WKRKS $B(T HSRYSYM HM$RTYM )T-PNY HMLK )X$WRW$ | Esth 1:10 On 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 served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king, |
| LHBY) )T-W$TY HMLKH LPNY HMLK BKTR MLKWT LHR)WT H(MYM WH&RYM )T-YPYH KY-+WBT MR)H HY) | Esth 1:11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on. |
| WTM)N HMLKH W$TY LBW) BDBR HMLK )$R BYD HSRYSYM WYQCP HMLK M)D WXMTW B(RH BW | Esth 1:12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. |
| WY)MR HMLK LXKMYM YD(Y H(TYM KY-KN DBR HMLK LPNY KL-YD(Y DT WDYN | Esth 1:13 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment: |
| WHQRB )LYW KR$N) $TR )DMT) TR$Y$ MRS MRSN) MMWKN $B(T &RY PRS WMDY R)Y PNY HMLK HY$BYM R)$NH BMLKWT | Esth 1:14 And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;) |
| KDT MH-L(&WT BMLKH W$TY (L )$R L)-(&TH )T-M)MR HMLK )X$WRW$ BYD HSRYSYM | Esth 1:15 What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains? |
| WY)MR MMWKN LPNY HMLK WH&RYM L) (L-HMLK LBDW (WTH W$TY HMLKH KY (L-KL-H&RYM W(L-KL-H(MYM )$R BKL-MDYNWT HMLK )X$WRW$ | Esth 1:16 And 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 people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus. |
| KY-YC) DBR-HMLKH (L-KL-HN$YM LHBZWT B(LYHN B(YNYHN B)MRM HMLK )X$WRW$ )MR LHBY) )T-W$TY HMLKH LPNYW WL)-B)H | Esth 1:17 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not. |
| WHYWM HZH T)MRNH &RWT PRS-WMDY )$R $M(W )T-DBR HMLKH LKL &RY HMLK WKDY BZYWN WQCP | Esth 1:18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath. |
| )M-(L-HMLK +WB YC) DBR-MLKWT MLPNYW WYKTB BDTY PRS-WMDY WL) Y(BWR )$R L)-TBW) W$TY LPNY HMLK )X$WRW$ WMLKWTH YTN HMLK LR(WTH H+WBH MMNH | Esth 1:19 If it please the king, let there go 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. |
| WN$M( PTGM HMLK )$R-Y(&H BKL-MLKWTW KY RBH HY) WKL-HN$YM YTNW YQR LB(LYHN LMGDWL W(D-Q+N | Esth 1:20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small. |
| WYY+B HDBR B(YNY HMLK WH&RYM WY(& HMLK KDBR MMWKN | Esth 1:21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: |
| WY$LX SPRYM )L-KL-MDYNWT HMLK )L-MDYNH WMDYNH KKTBH W)L-(M W(M KL$WNW LHYWT KL-)Y$ &RR BBYTW WMDBR KL$WN (MW | Esth 1:22 For 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 that it should be published according to the language of every people. |