Aester
1 so raja aur haman aester ranee kee jevanar men agaae.
2 aur raja ne doosare din dakhmadha peete-peete aester se fir poochha, he aester ranee ! tera kya nivedan haai? vah poora kiya jaaega. aur too kya mangatee haai? mang, aur adha rajy tak tujhe diya jaaega.
3 aester ranee ne uttar diya, he raja ! yaadi too mujh par prasann haai, aur raja ko yah sveekar ho, to mere nivedan se mujhe, aur mere mangane se mere logon ko praandan mile.
4 kyonaki maain aaair meree jati ke log bech dale gaae haai, aur ham sab vidhvansaghaat aur nash kiae janevale haain. yaadi ham keval dasa-dasee ho jane ke liye bech dale jate, to maain chup rahatee chahe us dasha men bhee vah virodhaee raja kee haani bhr n sakata.
5 tab raja kshayarsha ne aester ranee se poochha, vah kaun haai? aur kahan haai jis ne aeesa karane kee manasa kee haai?
6 aester ne uttar diya haai ki vah virodhaee aur shatra yahee dushtt haman haai. tab haman raja-ranee ke samhate bhyabheet ho gaya.
7 raja to jalajalahatt men a, madha peene se uttkar, rajabhvan kee baree men nikal gaya aur haman yah dekhkar ki raja ne meree hani ttanee hogee, aester ranee se praandan mangane ko khda hua.
8 jab raja rajabhvan kee baree se dakhmadha peene ke sthan men lautt aya tab kya dekha, ki haman usee chaukee par jis par aester baaittee haai pada haai aur raja ne kaha, kya yah ghar hee men mere samhane hee ranee se barabas karana chahata haai? raja ke munh se yah vachan nikala hee tha, ki sevakon ne haman ka munh ddhanp diya.
9 tab raja ke samhane upasthit rahanevale khojon men se havana nam aek ne raja se kaha, haman ko yahan pachas hath uncha faansee ka aek khmbha khda haai, jo us ne mordakaai ke liye banavaya haai, jis ne raja ke hit kee bat kahee thee. raja ne kaha, usako usee par lattka do.
10 tab haman usee khmbhe par jo us ne mordakaai ke liye taaiyar karaya tha, lattka diya gaya. is par raja kee jalajalahatt ttndee ho gai.