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Knjiga o Jestiri 2
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Knjiga o Jestiri
Capítulo 2
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Posle toga, kad se utiša gnev cara Asvira, on se opomenu Astine i šta je učinila i šta je naređeno za nju.
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I rekoše momci carevi, sluge njegove: Da potraže caru mladih devojaka lepih;
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i neka odredi car pristave po svim zemljama carstva svog da skupe sve devojke mlade i lepe u Susan grad carski u ženski dvor pod ruku Igaja dvoranina carevog, čuvara ženskog, i neka im se daju potrebe za lepotu.
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Pa koja devojka bude po volji caru, neka bude carica na Astinino mesto. I to bi po volji caru, i učini tako.
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Beše u Susanu, carskom gradu Judejac po imenu Mardohej, sin Jaira sina Simeja sina Kisovog, od plemena Venijaminovog,
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koji bi odveden u ropstvo iz Jerusalima s robljem koje bi odvedeno u ropstvo s Jehonijom carem Judinim, kog zarobi Navuhodonosor, car vavilonski.
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On odgajaše Adasu, a to je Jestira, kći strica njegovog, jer ne imaše oca ni matere; a devojka beše lepog stasa i krasnog lica, i po smrti oca joj i matere uze je Mardohej za kćer.
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I kad se razglasi reč careva i zapovest, i mnogo se devojaka skupi u Susan grad carski pod ruku Igajevu, bi i Jestira dovedena u dvor carev, pod ruku Igaja čuvara ženskog.
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I devojka mu omile i nađe milost u njega, te joj odmah dade potrebe za lepotu i deo njen, i sedam pristalih devojaka iz carskog doma, i namesti je s njenim devojkama na najlepše mesto u ženskom domu.
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Jestira ne kaza narod svoj ni rod svoj, jer joj Mardohej beše zabranio da ne kazuje.
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A Mardohej hodaše svaki dan ispred trema od ženskog doma da bi doznao kako je Jestira i šta će biti od nje.
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A kad bi došao red na koju devojku da uđe k caru Asviru, pošto bi joj se činilo po ženskom zakonu dvanaest meseca (jer toliko vremena trebaše da se ulepšavaju, šest meseca uljem od smirne, a šest meseca mirisima i drugim stvarima za lepotu žensku),
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tada bi devojka išla k caru, i šta bi god rekla dalo bi joj se da s tim ide iz ženske kuće u dom carev.
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Uveče bi ušla, a ujutru bi se vratila u drugu kuću žensku pod ruku Sazgaza dvoranina carevog, čuvara inočkog; više ne bi išla k caru, već ako bi je hteo car, te bi bila pozvana po imenu.
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I tako, kad dođe red na Jestiru, kćer Avihaila strica Mardohejevog, koju beše uzeo za kćer, da uđe k caru, ona ne zaiska ništa nego šta reče Igaj dvoranin carev, čuvar ženski; i Jestira nalažaše milost u svakog ko je viđaše.
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Tako bi Jestira odvedena k caru Asviru u carski dvor njegov desetog meseca, koje je mesec Tevet, sedme godine carovanja njegovog.
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I caru omile Jestira mimo sve druge žene, i pridobi milost i ljubav njegovu mimo sve devojke, te joj metnu carski venac na glavu i učini je caricom na mesto Astinino.
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I učini car veliku gozbu svim knezovima svojim i slugama svojim radi Jestire, i pokloni zemljama olakšice, i razdade darove kako car može.
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A kad se drugom skupljahu devojke, Mardohej seđaše na vratima carevim.
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A Jestira ne kaza svoj rod ni narod, kao što joj beše zapovedio Mardohej, i Jestira činjaše šta joj Mardohej govoraše, kao kad se odgajaše kod njega.
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U te dane, kad Mardohej seđaše na vratima carevim, rasrdiše se Vihtan i Tares, dva dvoranina careva između onih koji stražahu na pragu, i gledahu da dignu ruke na cara Asvira.
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A to dozna Mardohej i javi carici Jestiri, a Jestira kaza caru u ime Mardohejevo.
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I kad se stvar izvide i nađe, biše obešena ona obojica na drvo, i to se zapisa u knjigu dnevnika pred carem.
Esther
Capítulo 2
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After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
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Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
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And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
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And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
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¶ Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
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Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
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And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
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¶ So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
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And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.
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Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
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And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
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¶ Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
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Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king’s house.
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In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
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¶ Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
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So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
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And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
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Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
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And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.
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Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.
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¶ In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
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And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai’s name.
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And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.