ʻo ʻEsetera
2:1 Ma hope o kēia mau mea, i ka wā i maʻalili ai ka huhū o ke aliʻi ʻo ʻAhasuero, ʻo ia
Hoʻomanaʻo ihola ʻo ia iā Vaseti, a me kāna mea i hana ai, a me ka mea i kau ʻia
iā ia.
2:2 A laila, ʻōlelo aʻela nā kauwā a ke aliʻi i lawelawe iā ia, ʻAe
Ua imi na kaikamahine puupaa maikai i ke alii.
2:3 A e hoonoho ke alii i mau luna ma na aina a pau o kona aupuni.
i houluulu lakou i na kaikamahine puupaa maikai a pau i Susana
ka halealii, i ka hale o na wahine, i ka malamaia o Hege
ka luna keʻena o ke aliʻi, ka mea mālama i nā wāhine; a waiho i kā lākou mau mea no
e hoomaemae ia lakou.
2:4 A o ke kaikamahine e lealea ai ke alii, e lilo ia i alii wahine ma ka hakahaka o Vaseti.
A ua pono ia mea i ke alii; a hana iho la ia pela.
2:5 Aia ma Susana ka halealii kekahi Iudaio, o kona inoa
Moredekai, ke keiki a Iaira, ke keiki a Simei, ke keiki a Kisa, a
Beniamina;
2:6 Ka poe i lawe pio ia mai Ierusalema aku me ka poe pio
ua lawe pu ia me Iekonia ke alii o ka Iuda, ka mea a Nebukaneza
ua lawe pio aku ke alii o Babulona.
2:7 A hanai oia ia Hadasa, oia o Esetera, ke kaikamahine a kona makuakane
ʻAʻohe ona makua kāne, ʻaʻole ona makuahine, a ua maikaʻi a nani hoʻi ke kaikamahine;
ia Moredekai, i ka make ana o kona makuakane a me kona makuwahine, lawe aku la ia nona
kaikamahine.
2:8 Eia kekahi, i ka wā i kauoha ʻia ai ke aliʻi a me kāna kauoha
lohe, a hoakoakoaia mai na kaikamahine he nui i Susana
hale aliʻi, ma ka lima o Hegai, a ua lawe ʻia aku ʻo ʻEsetera i ke alo
ka hale o ke alii, ia Hegai, ke kahu o na wahine.
2:9 A ua oluolu ke kaikamahine ia ia, a loaa ia ia ke aloha ia ia; a ʻo ia
hāʻawi koke aku i kāna mau mea no ka huikala ʻana, me nā mea like
ia ia, a me na kaikamahine ehiku i kupono ke haawiia nona
o ka hale o ke alii: a koho aku la oia ia ia a me kana mau kauwawahine i mea maikai
wahi o ka hale o na wahine.
2:10 ʻAʻole i hōʻike ʻo ʻEsetera i kona poʻe kānaka, ʻaʻole hoʻi i kona hoahānau, no ka mea, ʻo Moredekai
kauoha aku ia ia, mai hoike aku.
2:11 A hele o Moredekai i kela la i keia la imua o ke kahua o ka hale o na wahine, e
ʻike i ka hana a ʻEsetera, a me ka mea e hiki mai ana iā ia.
2:12 A hiki i ka manawa o kēlā me kēia kaikamahine e komo i ke aliʻi ʻo ʻAhasuero
he umikumamalua malama ia, e like me ke ano o na wahine.
(no ka mea, ua pau na la o ko lakou huikala ana, eono
mahina me ka aila mura, a me na malama eono me ke ala ono, a me
na mea e ae no ka hoomaemae wahine;)
2:13 A laila, hele mai kēlā me kēia kaikamahine i ke aliʻi; ʻo kāna mea i makemake ai
hāʻawi iā ia e hele pū me ia mai ka hale o nā wāhine i ke aliʻi
hale.
2:14 I ke ahiahi hele ʻo ia, a i ka lā aʻe, hoʻi ʻo ia i ka lua
ka hale o na wahine, i ka malamaia o Saasegaza, ka luna o ke alii.
ka mea i mālama i nā haiā wahine: ʻaʻole ia i komo hou i ke aliʻi, koe wale nō
Ua hauʻoli ke aliʻi iā ia, a ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ma kona inoa.
2:15 Ano, i ka manawa o Esetera, ke kaikamahine a Abihaila ka makua kāne o
Ua hele mai o Moredekai, ka mea i lawe ia ia i kaikamahine nana
aliʻi, ʻaʻohe mea āna i koi aku ai, ʻo ka mea wale nō ʻo Hegai, ka luna keʻena o ke aliʻi
kahu wahine, hoonohoia. A loaʻa iā ʻEsetera ke aloha ʻia e nā maka
o ka poe a pau i nana aku ia ia.
2:16 A lawe ʻia ʻo ʻEsetera i ke aliʻi ʻo ʻAhasuero i loko o kona hale aliʻi ma ka hale aliʻi
ka umi o ka malama, oia ka malama o Tebeta, i ka hiku o ka makahiki o kona
noho alii.
2:17 A aloha ke aliʻi iā ʻEsetera ma mua o nā wāhine a pau, a loaʻa iā ia ka lokomaikaʻi
a ua oi aku kona alohaia mamua o na wahine puupaa a pau; i hoonoho ai i ka
lei alii ma kona poo, a hoolilo ia ia i alii wahine ma ka hakahaka o Vaseti.
2:18 A laila, hana ke aliʻi i ʻahaʻaina nui na kona mau aliʻi a me kāna poʻe kauwā.
ʻo ka ʻahaʻaina ʻo ʻEsetera; a hoʻokuʻu aku ʻo ia i nā ʻāina, a hāʻawi
makana, e like me ke kulana o ke alii.
2:19 A i ka lua o ka hoakoakoa ana o na wahine puupaa, alaila
Noho iho la o Moredekai ma ka pukapa o ke alii.
2:20 ʻAʻole i hōʻike ʻo ʻEsetera i kona ʻohana a me kona poʻe kānaka; e like me Moredekai
kauoha aku la ia ia: no ka mea, ua hana o Esetera i ke kauoha a Moredekai, e like me ia mamua
ua hānai ʻia ʻo ia me ia.
2:21 Ia mau la, i ko Moredekai noho ana ma ka pukapa o ke alii, elua o ke alii
na luna keena, o Bigtana a me Teresa, o ka poe kiai puka
huhu, a imi e kau ka lima maluna o ke alii, o Ahasuero.
2:22 A ua ʻike ʻia ia mea e Moredekai, nāna i haʻi aku iā ʻEsetera, i ke aliʻi wahine;
a hai aku la o Esetera i ke alii ma ka inoa o Moredekai.
2:23 A i ka wā i hoʻokolokolo ʻia ai, ua ʻike ʻia. nolaila
ua lī ʻia lāua ʻelua ma ka lāʻau: a ua kākau ʻia ia ma ka buke o Iēhova
moolelo imua o ke alii.