எஸ்தர் 6
1 அந்த ராத்திரியிலே ராஜாவுக்கு நித்திரை வராதபடியினால், காலவர்த்தமானங்கள் எழுதியிருக்கிற நடபடி புஸ்தகத்தைக் கொண்டுவரச்சொன்னான்; அது ராஜசமுகத்தில் வாசிக்கப்பட்டது.
2 அப்பொழுது வாசற் காவலாளரில் ராஜாவின் இரண்டு பிரதானிகளாகிய பிக்தானாவும் தேரேசும், ராஜாவாகிய அகாஸ்வேருவின்மேல் கைபோடப்பார்த்த செய்தியை மொர்தெகாய் அறிவித்தான் என்று எழுதியிருக்கிறது வாசிக்கப்பட்டது.
3 அப்பொழுது ராஜா: இதற்காக மொர்தெகாய்க்கு கனமும் மேன்மையும் செய்யப்பட்டதா என்று கேட்டான். அதற்கு ராஜாவைச் சேவிக்கிற ஊழியக்காரர் அவனுக்கு ஒன்றும் செய்யப்படவில்லை என்று சொன்னார்கள்.
4 ஆமான் தான் செய்த தூக்குமரத்திலே மொர்தெகாயைத் தூக்கிப்போடவேண்டுமென்று, ராஜாவிடத்தில் பேசும்படி ராஜ அரமனையின் வெளிமுற்றத்திலே வந்திருந்தான். அப்பொழுது ராஜா: முற்றத்திலிருக்கிறது யார் என்று கேட்டான்.
5 ராஜாவின் ஊழியக்காரர் அவனை நோக்கி: இதோ, ஆமான் முற்றத்திலே நிற்கிறான் என்றார்கள்; ராஜா: அவன் உள்ளே வரட்டும் என்றான்.
6 ஆமான் உள்ளே வந்தபோது, ராஜா அவனை நோக்கி: ராஜா கனம்பண்ண விரும்புகிற மனுஷனுக்கு என்ன செய்யப்படவேண்டும் என்று கேட்டான்; அதற்கு ஆமான், என்னையன்றி, யாரை ராஜா கனம்பண்ண விரும்புவார் என்று தன்மனதிலே நினைத்து,
7 ராஜாவை நோக்கி: ராஜா கனம்பண்ண விரும்புகிற மனுஷனுக்குச் செய்யவேண்டியது என்னவென்றால்,
8 ராஜா உடுத்திக்கொள்ளுகிற வஸ்திரமும், ராஜா ஏறுகிற குதிரையும், அவர் சிரசிலே தரிக்கப்படும் ராஜமுடியும் கொண்டுவரப்படவேண்டும்.
9 அந்த வஸ்திரமும் குதிரையும் ராஜாவுடைய பிரதான பிரபுக்களில் ஒருவனுடைய கையிலே கொடுக்கப்படவேண்டும்: ராஜா கனம்பண்ண விரும்புகிற மனுஷனை அலங்கரித்தபின்பு, அவனைக் குதிரையின்மேல் ஏற்றி, நகரவீதியில் உலாவும்படி செய்து, ராஜா கனம்பண்ண விரும்புகிற மனுஷனுக்கு இப்படியே செய்யப்படும் என்று அவனுக்கு முன்பாகக் கூறப்படவேண்டும் என்றான்.
10 அப்பொழுது ராஜா ஆமானை நோக்கி: சீக்கிரமாய் நீ சொன்னபடி வஸ்திரத்தையும் குதிரையையும் கொண்டுபோய், ராஜ அரமனையின் வாசலில் உட்கார்ந்திருக்கிற யூதனாகிய மொர்தெகாய்க்கு அந்தப்பிரகாரம் செய்; நீ சொன்ன எல்லாவற்றிலும் ஒன்றும் தவறாதபடி பார் என்றான்.
11 அப்படியே ஆமான் வஸ்திரத்தையும் குதிரையையும் கொண்டுபோய், மொர்தெகாயை அலங்கரித்து, அவனைக் குதிரையின்மேல் ஏற்றி, நகரவீதியில் உலாவும் படி செய்து, ராஜா கனம்பண்ண விரும்புகிற மனுஷனுக்கு இப்படியே செய்யப்படும் என்று அவனுக்கு முன்பாகக் கூறினான்.
12 பின்பு மொர்தெகாய் ராஜாவின் அரமனைவாசலுக்குத் திரும்பிவந்தான்; ஆமானோவென்றால் சஞ்சலப்பட்டு முக்காடிட்டுக்கொண்டு தன் வீட்டுக்குத் தீவிரித்துப் போனான்.
13 ஆமான் தனக்கு நேரிட்ட எல்லாவற்றையும் தன் மனைவியாகிய சிரேஷுக்கும் தன் சிநேகிதர் எல்லாருக்கும் அறிவித்தபோது, அவனுடைய ஆலோசனைக்காரரும் அவன் மனைவியாகிய சிரேஷும் அவனைப் பார்த்து: மொர்தெகாய்க்கு முன்பாக நீர் தாழ்ந்துபோகத் தொடங்கினீர்; அவன் யூதகுலமானால் நீர் அவனை மேற்கொள்ளாமல் அவனுக்கு முன்பாகத் தாழ்ந்துபோவது நிச்சயம் என்றார்கள்.
1 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king’s house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
5 And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?
7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king’s gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
12 And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
Amos 3 in Tamil and English
1 ఐగుప్తుదేశమునుండి యెహోవా రప్పించిన ఇశ్రా యేలీయులారా, మిమ్మునుగూర్చియు ఆయన రప్పించిన కుటుంబమువారినందరినిగూర్చియు ఆయన సెలవిచ్చిన మాట ఆలకించుడి.
Hear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
2 అదేమనగా భూమిమీది సకల వంశములలోను మిమ్మును మాత్రమే నేను ఎరిగియున్నాను గనుక మీరు చేసిన దోషక్రియలన్నిటినిబట్టి మిమ్మును శిక్షింతును.
You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
3 సమ్మతింపకుండ ఇద్దరు కూడి నడుతురా?ఎర దొరకక సింహము అడవిలో గర్జించునా?
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
4 ఏమియు పట్టు కొనకుండనే కొదమ సింహము గుహలోనుండి బొబ్బ పెట్టునా?
Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
5 భూమిమీద ఒకడును ఎరపెట్టకుండ పక్షి ఉరిలో చిక్కుపడునా? ఏమియు పట్టుబడకుండ ఉరి పెట్టువాడు వదలిలేచునా?
Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
6 పట్టణమందు బాకానాదము వినబడగా జనులకు భయము పుట్టకుండునా? యెహోవా చేయనిది పట్టణములో ఉపద్రవము కలుగునా?
Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
7 తన సేవకులైన ప్రవక్తలకు తాను సంకల్పించినదానిని బయలు పరచకుండ ప్రభువైన యెహోవా యేమియు చేయడు.
Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
8 సింహము గర్జించెను, భయపడనివాడెవడు? ప్రభువైన యెహోవా ఆజ్ఞ ఇచ్చియున్నాడు, ప్రవచింపకుండువా డెవడు?
The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
9 అష్డోదు నగరులలో ప్రకటనచేయుడి, ఐగుప్తుదేశపు నగరులలో ప్రకటనచేయుడి; ఎట్లనగా--మీరు షోమ్రోను నకు ఎదురుగానున్న పర్వతములమీదికి కూడివచ్చి అందులో జరుగుచున్న గొప్ప అల్లరి చూడుడి; అందులో జనులు పడుచున్న బాధ కనుగొనుడి.
Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
10 వారు నీతి క్రియలు చేయ తెలియక తమ నగరులలో బలాత్కారము చేతను దోపుడుచేతను సొమ్ము సమకూర్చుకొందురు.
For they know not to do right, saith the Lord, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
11 కాబట్టి ప్రభువైన యెహోవా సెలవిచ్చునదేమనగా శత్రువు వచ్చును, అతడు దేశమంతట సంచరించి నీ ప్రభావమును కొట్టివేయగా నీ నగరులు పాడగును.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
12 యెహోవా సెలవిచ్చునదేమనగాగొల్లవాడు సింహము నోటనుండి రెండు కాళ్లనైనను చెవి ముక్కనైనను విడిపించు నట్లుగా షోమ్రోనులో మంచములమీదను బుట్టాలువేసిన శయ్యలమీదను కూర్చుండు ఇశ్రాయేలీయులు రక్షింప బడుదురు.
Thus saith the Lord; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
13 ప్రభువును దేవుడును సైన్యములకధిపతియు నగు యెహోవా సెలవిచ్చునదేమనగా--నా మాట ఆల కించి యాకోబు ఇంటివారికి దానిని రూఢిగా తెలియ జేయుడి.
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hosts,
14 ఇశ్రాయేలువారు చేసిన దోషములనుబట్టి నేను వారిని శిక్షించు దినమున బేతేలులోని బలిపీఠములను నేను శిక్షింతును; ఆ బలిపీఠపు కొమ్ములు తెగవేయబడి నేలరాలును.
That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Beth-el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
15 చలికాలపు నగరును వేసవికాలపు నగరును నేను పడగొట్టెదను, దంతపు నగరులును లయమగును, బహు నగరులు పాడగును; ఇదే యెహోవా వాక్కు.
And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the Lord.