us rat raja ko neend naheen ai, isaliye usakee agyaa se itihas kee pustak lai gai, aur paddhkar raja ko sunai gai.
2 aur yah likha hua mila, ki jab raja kshayarsha ke haakim jo darapal bhee the, un men se bigatana aur teresh nam do janon ne us par hath chalane kee yuktai kee thee use mordakaai ne pragatt kiya tha.
3 tab raja ne poochha, isake badale mordakaai kee kya praatishtta aur badai kee gai? raja ke jo sevak usakee seva tthal kar rahe the, unhon ne usako uttar diya, usake liye kuchh bhee naheen kiya gaya.
4 raja ne poochha, angan men kaun haai? usee samay to haman raja ke bhvan se baharee angan men is manasa se aya tha, ki jo khmbha us ne mordakaai ke liye taaiyar karaya tha, us par usako lattka dene kee charcha raja se kare.
5 tab raja ke sevakon ne us se kaha, angan men to haman khda haai. raja ne kaha, use bheetar bulava lao.
6 jab haman bheetar aya, tab raja ne us se poochha, jis manushy kee pratishtta raja karana chahata ho to usake liye kya karana uchit hoga? haman ne yah sochakar, ki mujh se adhaik raja kis kee pratishtta karana chahata hoga?
7 raja ko uttar diya, jis manushy kee pratishtta raja karana chahe,
8 to usake liye rajakeey vasr laya jaa, jo raja pahinata haai, aur aek ghoda bhee, jis par raja savar hota haai, or usake sir par jo rajakeey mukutt dhara jata haai vah bhee laya jaae.
9 fir vah vasr, aur vah ghoda raja ke kisee bade haakim ko saunpa jaa, aur jisakee pratishtta raja karana chahata ho, usako vah vasr pahinaya jaa, aur us ghaede par savar karake, nagar ke chauk men use firaya jaae aur usake age age yah prachar kiya jaa, ki jisakee pratishtta raja karana chahata haai, usake sath aeesa hee kiya jaaega.
10 raja ne haman se kaha, fauta karake apane kahane ke anusar us vasr aur us ghaede ko lekar, us yahoodee mordakaai se jo rajabhvan ke faattk men baaitta karata haai, vaaisa hee kara. jaaisa too ne kaha haai us men kuchh bhee kamee hone n paae.
11 tab haman ne us vasr, aur us ghaede ko lekar, mordakaai ko pahinaya, aur use ghaede par chaddhakar, nagar ke chauk men is prakar pukarata hua ghaumaya ki jisakee pratishtta raja karana chahata haai usake sath aeesa hee kiya jaaega.
12 tab mordakaai to rajabhvan ke faattk men lautt gaya parantu haman shaek karata hua aur sir ddhanpe huae jhtt apane ghar ko gaya.
13 aur haman ne apanee pattee jeresh aur apane sab mitraen se sab kuchh jo us par beeta tha varnn kiya.
14 tab usake buaddhiman mitraen aur usakeee patnee jeresh ne us se kaha, mordakaai jise too neecha dikhna chahata haai, yaadi vah yahoodiyon ke vansh men ka haai, to too us par prabal n hone paaega us se pooree reeti neecha hee khaega. ve us se baten kar hee rahe the, ki raja ke khoje akar, haman ko aester kee kee hui jevanar men fauta se liva le gaae.
