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.