Esther · אֶסְתֵּר

Esther 1:19

אִם עַל הַמֶּלֶךְ֮ טוֹב֒ יֵצֵ֣א דְבַר מַלְכ֗וּת מִלְּפָנָיו֙ וְיִכָּתֵ֣ב בְּדָתֵי פָרַס וּמָדַ֔י וְלֹ֥א יַעֲבֹ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא תָב֣וֹא וַשְׁתִּ֗י לִפְנֵי֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ וּמַלְכוּתָ֕הּ יִתֵּ֥ן הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לִרְעוּתָ֥הּ הַטּוֹבָ֖ה מִמֶּֽנָּה׃
ʾim ʿal hamelek ṭvob yeṣeʾ dbar malkvt milpanayv vyikateb bdatey paras vmaday vloʾ yaʿabor ʾasher loʾ tabvoʾ vashtiy lipney hamelek ʾaḥashvervosh vmalkvtah yiten hamelek lirʿvtah haṭvobah mimenah
King James Version (KJV)

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.

Modern English

If it please the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be repealed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus. And let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she.

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