Est 1:1In diēbus Assuērī, quī regnāvit ab Indiā ūsque Aethiopiam super centum vīgintī septem prōvinciās, quandō sēdit in soliō regnī suī, Susan cīvitās regnī ejus exōrdium fuit.In the days of Ahasuerus, who reigned from India as far as Ethiopia over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, when he sat on the throne of his kingdom, Susa, the city of his kingdom, was the beginning. Est 1:3Tertiō igitur annō imperiī suī fēcit grande convīvium cūnctīs prīncipibus et puerīs suīs, fortissimīs Persārum, et Mēdōrum inclytīs, et praefectīs prōvinciārum cōram sē, ut ostenderet dīvitiās glōriae regnī suī, ac magnitūdinem atque jactantiam potentiae suae, multō tempore, centum vidēlicet et octōgintā diēbus.So in the third year of his rule he made a great banquet for all his princes and his servants, the bravest of the Persians, and the renowned of the Medes, and the governors of the provinces, in his presence, so that he might show the riches of the glory of his kingdom, and the greatness and the boasting of his power, for a long time, namely for a hundred and eighty days.
Est 1:5Cumque implērentur diēs convīviī, invītāvit omnem populum, quī inventus est in Susan, ā maximō ūsque ad minimum: et jussit septem diēbus convīvium praeparārī in vestibulō hortī, et nemoris quod rēgiō cultū et manū cōnsitum erat.And when the days of the banquet were being completed, he invited all the people who were found in Susa, from the greatest to the least: and he ordered a banquet to be prepared for seven days in the entrance-court of the garden, and of the grove which had been planted by royal care and hand. Est 1:6Et pendēbant ex omnī parte tentōria āeriī colōris et carbasinī ac hyacinthinī, sustentāta fūnibus byssinīs atque purpureīs, quī eburneīs circulīs īnsertī erant, et columnīs marmoreīs fulciēbantur.And there were hanging on every side hangings of sky-blue colour, and of fine flax, and of violet, held up by cords of linen and of purple, which had been inserted into rings of ivory, and were supported by marble columns. Est 1:6Lectulī quoque aureī et argenteī, super pavīmentum smaragdinō et pariō strātum lapide, dispositī erant: quod mīrā varietāte pictūra decorābat.Couches too of gold and of silver had been set out upon a pavement laid with emerald and Parian stone: which a painting of wonderful variety adorned.
Est 1:7Bibēbant autem quī invītātī erant aureīs pōculīs, et aliīs atque aliīs vāsis cibī īnferēbantur.And those who had been invited were drinking from golden cups, and the foods were brought in on vessels of one kind after another. Est 1:7Vīnum quoque, ut magnificentiā rēgiā dignum erat, abundāns, et praecipuum pōnēbātur.Wine also, as was worthy of royal magnificence, was set out, abundant and choice. Est 1:8Nec erat quī nōlentēs cōgeret ad bibendum, sed sīcut rēx statuerat, praepōnēns mēnsīs singulōs dē prīncipibus suīs ut sūmeret ūnusquisque quod vellet.Nor was there anyone to compel the unwilling to drink, but just as the king had appointed, setting individual men from his princes over the tables, so that each one might take what he wished. Est 1:9Vasthi quoque rēgīna fēcit convīvium fēminārum in palātiō, ubi rēx Assuērus manēre cōnsuēverat.Queen Vashti also made a banquet of women in the palace, where King Ahasuerus had been accustomed to stay. Est 1:10Itaque diē septimō, cum rēx esset hilarior, et post nimiam pōtātiōnem incaluisset merō, praecēpit Maumam, et Bazatha, et Harbona, et Bagatha, et Abgatha, et Zethar, et Charchas, septem eunūchīs quī in cōnspectū ejus ministrābant, ut intrōdūcerent rēgīnam Vasthi cōram rēge, positō super caput ejus diadēmate, ut ostenderet cūnctīs populīs et prīncipibus pulchritūdinem illīus: erat enim pulchra valdē.And so on the seventh day, when the king was rather merry, and after excessive drinking had grown warm with wine, he commanded Maumam, and Bazatha, and Harbona, and Bagatha, and Abgatha, and Zethar, and Charchas, the seven eunuchs who served in his sight, that they should bring in Queen Vashti before the king, a diadem having been placed upon her head, so that he might show to all the peoples and princes her beauty: for she was very beautiful.
Est 1:12Quae renuit, et ad rēgis imperium quod per eunūchōs mandāverat, venīre contempsit.She refused, and scorned to come at the command of the king which he had sent through the eunuchs. Est 1:12Unde īrātus rēx, et nimiō furōre succēnsus, interrogāvit sapientēs, quī ex mōre rēgiō semper eī aderant, et illōrum faciēbat cūncta cōnsiliō, scientium lēgēs, ac jūra majōrum (erant autem prīmī et proximī, Charsena, et Sethar, et Admatha, et Tharsis, et Mares, et Marsana, et Mamuchan, septem ducēs Persārum, atque Mēdōrum, quī vidēbant faciem rēgis, et prīmī post eum residēre solitī erant): cui sententiae Vasthi rēgīna subjacēret, quae Assuērī rēgis imperium, quod per eunūchōs mandāverat, facere nōluisset.Wherefore the king, angered, and kindled with excessive fury, asked the wise men, who by royal custom were always at his side, and by whose counsel he did all things, men knowing the laws and the rights of the forefathers (now the first and nearest were Charsena, and Sethar, and Admatha, and Tharsis, and Mares, and Marsana, and Mamuchan, seven leaders of the Persians and of the Medes, who saw the face of the king, and were accustomed to sit first after him): to what sentence Queen Vashti should be subject, who had been unwilling to do the command of King Ahasuerus which he had sent through the eunuchs.
Est 1:16Responditque Mamuchan, audiente rēge atque prīncipibus: Nōn sōlum rēgem laesit rēgīna Vasthi, sed et omnēs populōs et prīncipēs quī sunt in cūnctīs prōvinciīs rēgis Assuērī.And Mamuchan answered, the king and the princes hearing: "Not only has Queen Vashti wronged the king, but also all the peoples and princes who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. Est 1:17Ēgrediētur enim sermō rēgīnae ad omnēs mulierēs, ut contemnant virōs suōs, et dīcant: Rēx Assuērus jussit ut rēgīna Vasthi intrāret ad eum, et illa nōluit.For the word of the queen will go out to all women, so that they despise their husbands, and say: 'King Ahasuerus ordered that Queen Vashti should come in to him, and she would not.' Est 1:18Atque hōc exemplō omnēs prīncipum conjugēs Persārum atque Mēdōrum parvipendent imperia marītōrum: unde rēgis jūsta est indignātiō.And by this example all the wives of the princes of the Persians and of the Medes will think little of the commands of their husbands: wherefore the king's indignation is just. Est 1:19Sī tibi placet, ēgrediātur ēdictum ā faciē tuā, et scrībātur jūxtā lēgem Persārum atque Mēdōrum, quam praeterīrī illicitum est, ut nēquāquam ultrā Vasthi ingrediātur ad rēgem, sed regnum illīus altera, quae melior est illā, accipiat.If it pleases you, let an edict go out from your face, and let it be written according to the law of the Persians and of the Medes, which it is unlawful to pass over, that Vashti should by no means come in to the king any more, but that another, who is better than she, should receive her kingdom.
Est 1:20Et hoc in omne (quod lātissimum est) prōvinciārum tuārum dīvulgētur imperium, et cūnctae uxōrēs, tam mājōrum quam minōrum, dēferant marītīs suīs honōrem.And let this be made known through all the empire of your provinces (which is very wide), and let all wives, both of the greater and of the lesser, pay honour to their husbands." Est 1:21Placuit cōnsilium ejus rēgī et prīncipibus: fēcitque rēx jūxtā cōnsilium Mamuchan, et mīsit epistolās ad ūniversās prōvinciās regnī suī, ut quaeque gēns audīre et legere poterat, dīversīs linguīs et litterīs, esse virōs prīncipēs ac mājōrēs in domibus suīs: et hoc per cūnctōs populōs dīvulgārī.His counsel pleased the king and the princes: and the king did according to the counsel of Mamuchan, and sent letters to all the provinces of his kingdom, as each nation could hear and read, in different tongues and letters, that men should be the rulers and the greater in their houses: and that this should be made known through all the peoples.