1<\/span><\/a> S\u00ed\u00f0ar, er Xerxes konungi rann rei\u00f0in, minntist hann Vast\u00ed og ath\u00e6fis hennar og einnig d\u00f3msins sem h\u00fan haf\u00f0i hloti\u00f0. 2<\/span><\/a> Hir\u00f0sveinar konungs s\u00f6g\u00f0u \u00fe\u00e1: \u201eN\u00fa skal leita\u00f0 a\u00f0 ungum og f\u00f6grum meyjum handa konunginum. 3<\/span><\/a> Konungur setji til \u00feess menn \u00ed \u00f6llum h\u00e9ru\u00f0um r\u00edkisins a\u00f0 safna fallegum, ungum meyjum \u00ed kvennab\u00far konungs \u00ed virkisborginni S\u00fasa. \u00dear skal Hega\u00ed, geldingur konungs, s\u00e1 sem g\u00e6tir kvennanna, hafa umsj\u00f3n me\u00f0 \u00feeim og \u00feeim skulu fengin fegrunarsmyrsl. 4<\/span><\/a> S\u00fa st\u00falka, sem gengur \u00ed augun \u00e1 konungi, skal s\u00ed\u00f0an ver\u00f0a drottning \u00ed sta\u00f0 Vast\u00ed.\u201c \u00deetta f\u00e9ll konungi vel og f\u00f3r hann a\u00f0 \u00feessu r\u00e1\u00f0i. 19<\/span><\/a> Teki\u00f0 var \u00e1 m\u00f3ti meyjunum \u00ed hitt kvennab\u00fari\u00f0 en Mordeka\u00ed sat \u00fe\u00e1 vi\u00f0 hallarhli\u00f0i\u00f0. 20<\/span><\/a> Ester f\u00f3r a\u00f0 fyrirm\u00e6lum Mordeka\u00ed og l\u00e9t ekkert uppi um \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0 s\u00edna e\u00f0a \u00e6tterni en h\u00e9lt \u00e1fram a\u00f0 hl\u00fd\u00f0a r\u00e1\u00f0um hans eins og \u00e1\u00f0ur \u00feegar h\u00fan var \u00ed f\u00f3stri hj\u00e1 honum. 21<\/span><\/a> Me\u00f0an Mordeka\u00ed sat vi\u00f0 hallarhli\u00f0i\u00f0 var\u00f0 hli\u00f0v\u00f6r\u00f0unum Bigtan og Teres, tveimur geldingum konungs, gramt \u00ed ge\u00f0i og \u00e1formu\u00f0u \u00feeir a\u00f0 r\u00e1\u00f0a Xerxes konung af d\u00f6gum. 22<\/span><\/a> Mordeka\u00ed komst a\u00f0 \u00feessu og sag\u00f0i Ester drottningu en h\u00fan greindi konungi fr\u00e1 og bar Mordeka\u00ed fyrir s\u00f6gunni. 23<\/span><\/a> M\u00e1li\u00f0 var kanna\u00f0 og sannreynt og voru \u00feeir b\u00e1\u00f0ir festir \u00e1 g\u00e1lga. Var \u00feetta allt f\u00e6rt \u00ed r\u00edkisann\u00e1la a\u00f0 konungi vi\u00f0st\u00f6ddum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ester ver\u00f0ur drottning 1 S\u00ed\u00f0ar, er Xerxes konungi rann rei\u00f0in, minntist hann Vast\u00ed og ath\u00e6fis hennar og einnig d\u00f3msins sem h\u00fan haf\u00f0i hloti\u00f0. 2 Hir\u00f0sveinar konungs s\u00f6g\u00f0u \u00fe\u00e1: \u201eN\u00fa skal leita\u00f0 a\u00f0 ungum og f\u00f6grum meyjum handa konunginum. 3 Konungur setji til \u00feess menn \u00ed \u00f6llum h\u00e9ru\u00f0um r\u00edkisins a\u00f0 safna fallegum, ungum meyjum \u00ed kvennab\u00far konungs \u00ed virkisborginni S\u00fasa. \u00dear skal Hega\u00ed, geldingur konungs, s\u00e1 sem g\u00e6tir kvennanna, hafa umsj\u00f3n me\u00f0 \u00feeim og \u00feeim skulu fengin fegrunarsmyrsl. 4 S\u00fa st\u00falka, sem gengur \u00ed augun \u00e1 konungi, skal s\u00ed\u00f0an ver\u00f0a drottning \u00ed sta\u00f0 Vast\u00ed.\u201c \u00deetta f\u00e9ll konungi vel og f\u00f3r hann […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"bibliukaflar_NT.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2045","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/biblian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/biblian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/biblian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/biblian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/biblian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/biblian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2045\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/biblian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
5<\/span><\/a> \u00cd virkisborginni S\u00fasa var Gy\u00f0ingur a\u00f0 nafni Mordeka\u00ed, sonur Ja\u00edrs, sonar S\u00edme\u00ed, sonar K\u00edss, af \u00e6tt Benjam\u00edns. 6<\/span><\/a> Var hann \u00ed h\u00f3pi \u00feeirra sem Neb\u00fakadnesar Bab\u00fdlon\u00edukonungur t\u00f3k til fanga og flutti burt fr\u00e1 Jer\u00fasalem \u00e1samt Jekonja J\u00fadakonungi. 7<\/span><\/a> Mordeka\u00ed haf\u00f0i teki\u00f0 \u00ed f\u00f3stur Hadassa, \u00fea\u00f0 er Ester, d\u00f3ttur f\u00f6\u00f0urbr\u00f3\u00f0ur s\u00edns, en h\u00fan \u00e1tti hvorki f\u00f6\u00f0ur n\u00e9 m\u00f3\u00f0ur. H\u00fan var fallega vaxin og fr\u00ed\u00f0 s\u00fdnum og haf\u00f0i Mordeka\u00ed teki\u00f0 hana s\u00e9r \u00ed d\u00f3ttur sta\u00f0 \u00feegar fa\u00f0ir hennar og m\u00f3\u00f0ir \u00f6ndu\u00f0ust.
8<\/span><\/a> \u00deegar tilskipanir og bo\u00f0 konungs ur\u00f0u kunn var m\u00f6rgum st\u00falkum safna\u00f0 saman til hallar konungs \u00ed S\u00fasa \u00ed umsj\u00e1 Hega\u00ed, \u00feess sem g\u00e6tti kvennab\u00farsins, og var Ester \u00ed h\u00f3pi \u00feeirra. 9<\/span><\/a> Hega\u00ed gast vel a\u00f0 st\u00falkunni og vann h\u00fan hylli hans og s\u00e1 hann henni \u00e1n tafar fyrir fegrunarsmyrslum og n\u00e6gum mat. \u00de\u00e1 f\u00e9kk hann henni einnig sj\u00f6 valdar \u00feernur \u00far h\u00f6ll konungs og eftirl\u00e9t henni og \u00feernum hennar besta sta\u00f0inn \u00ed kvennab\u00farinu.
10<\/span><\/a> Ester haf\u00f0i hvorki gert uppsk\u00e1tt \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0erni sitt n\u00e9 \u00e6tt \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 haf\u00f0i Mordeka\u00ed banna\u00f0 henni. 11<\/span><\/a> En Mordeka\u00ed var daglega \u00e1 stj\u00e1i fyrir utan forgar\u00f0 kvennab\u00farsins til a\u00f0 hyggja a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed hvernig Ester vegna\u00f0i og hvernig me\u00f0 hana v\u00e6ri fari\u00f0.
12<\/span><\/a> Eftir t\u00f3lf m\u00e1na\u00f0a undirb\u00faning kom a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 hver st\u00falka um sig skyldi ganga fyrir Xerxes konung. Svo langur t\u00edmi var \u00e1skilinn samkv\u00e6mt si\u00f0venju til snyrtingar kvenna, sex m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir me\u00f0 myrrukvo\u00f0u og a\u00f0rir sex me\u00f0 ilmefnum og \u00f6\u00f0rum fegrunarsmyrslum kvenna. 13<\/span><\/a> \u00deegar st\u00falka gekk inn til konungs var henni fengi\u00f0 allt sem h\u00fan vildi hafa me\u00f0 s\u00e9r \u00far kvennab\u00farinu til hallar konungs. 14<\/span><\/a> \u00deanga\u00f0 gekk h\u00fan a\u00f0 kv\u00f6ldi dags en a\u00f0 morgni f\u00f3r h\u00fan \u00ed hitt kvennab\u00fari\u00f0 \u00ed umsj\u00e1 Saasgasar, geldings konungs, sem g\u00e6tti hj\u00e1kvenna hans. Ekki f\u00f3r h\u00fan til konungs aftur nema konungur hef\u00f0i \u00e1 henni d\u00e1l\u00e6ti og h\u00fan v\u00e6ri bo\u00f0u\u00f0 til hans me\u00f0 nafni.
15<\/span><\/a> Kom n\u00fa r\u00f6\u00f0in a\u00f0 Ester, d\u00f3ttur Ab\u00edha\u00edls, f\u00f6\u00f0urbr\u00f3\u00f0ur Mordeka\u00ed sem haf\u00f0i teki\u00f0 hana s\u00e9r \u00ed d\u00f3ttur sta\u00f0, og skyldi h\u00fan ganga fyrir konung. Ba\u00f0 h\u00fan \u00fe\u00e1 ekki um neitt fram yfir \u00fea\u00f0 sem geldingur konungs, kvennav\u00f6r\u00f0urinn Hega\u00ed, haf\u00f0i lagt til. Og Ester vann hylli allra sem s\u00e1u hana. 16<\/span><\/a> Fari\u00f0 var me\u00f0 Ester til hallar Xerxesar konungs \u00ed t\u00edunda m\u00e1nu\u00f0inum, m\u00e1nu\u00f0inum tebet, \u00e1 sj\u00f6unda stj\u00f3rnar\u00e1ri hans. 17<\/span><\/a> Konungur f\u00e9kk meiri \u00e1st \u00e1 Ester en nokkurri konu annarri og naut h\u00fan meiri hylli og d\u00e1l\u00e6tis af honum en allar hinar meyjarnar. Hann setti \u00fev\u00ed hina konunglegu k\u00f3r\u00f3nu \u00e1 h\u00f6fu\u00f0 henni og t\u00f3k hana s\u00e9r fyrir drottningu \u00ed sta\u00f0 Vast\u00ed. 18<\/span><\/a> Og konungur h\u00e9lt mikla veislu \u00f6llum h\u00f6f\u00f0ingjum s\u00ednum og emb\u00e6ttism\u00f6nnum Ester til hei\u00f0urs. Hann fyrirskipa\u00f0i hv\u00edldardag \u00ed \u00f6llum l\u00f6ndum s\u00ednum og deildi \u00fat gj\u00f6fum af konunglegri rausn.<\/p>\nMordeka\u00ed og Haman<\/h3>\n