1-3. (a) Storyim wat nao happen taem Esther wakabaot go for throne blo hasband blo hem. (b) Wat nao king duim taem Esther kam visitim hem?

 ESTHER isisi wakabaot go for throne, heart blo hem pampam tumas. Imaginim, seke nomoa evriwan lo datfala royal haos blo Shushan kwaet nao, Esther savve herem nomoa footstep blo hemseleva and mek noes blo datfala kaleko blo queen wea hem werem. Esther no lukluk lo olketa stael post and spesol timba lo ruf wea olketa karvem, wea olketa tekem kam from Lebanon. Bat hem focus nomoa lo man wea sidaon lo throne, bikos datfala man nao savve disaedem sapos hem bae laef or dae.

² King hem watchim Esther taem hem wakabaot kam, and then hem pointim go datfala golden scepter lo Esther. Datfala simpol akson blo king hem minim Esther bae no dae. Taem king duim datwan, hem showimaot hem forgivim Esther from hem brekem law taem hem kam lo king nomata hem no kasem invitation. Then Esther wakabaot go lo king and tasim top blo datfala scepter.—Esther 5:1, 2.

³ King Ahasuerus hem barava rich and garem bigfala paoa. Kaleko blo olketa king lo Persia lo datfala taem, hem savve kostim staka handred million dollar. Nomata king barava garem big paoa, Esther luksavve hasband blo hem lovem hem. King askem hem: “Queen Esther, wat nao happen? Wat nao iu laek askem? Nomata iu askem haf lo kingdom blo mi, bae mi givim lo iu!”—Esther 5:3.

 4. Wat nao olketa challenge wea Esther mas deal witim?

⁴ Esther showimaot hem garem strong faith and hem no fraet taem hem kam lo king. Reason hem kam lo king hem bikos hem laek for protectim pipol blo hem and stopem datfala nogud plan for killim dae evri Jew. Nomata king acceptim hem for kam story lo hem, Esther still feisim yet samfala big challenge. Hem mas pruvim lo king hao datfala man Haman wea king trustim tumas, hem wanfala nogud man. Haman trikim king taem hem mekem king agree for olketa Jew mas dae. Hao nao Esther savve changem tingting blo king, and wat nao iumi savve lanem from faith blo hem?

5, 6. (a) Hao nao Esther followim principle lo Ecclesiastes 3:1, 7? (b) Hao nao Esther showimaot hem wise lo hao hem go story lo hasband blo hem?

⁵ Waswe, hem fitim for Esther talem disfala problem lo king front lo evriwan wea stap? Maet wei for duim olsem bae mek shame lo king and Haman bae garem taem for tingim wat for talem for defendim hemseleva. So wanem nao Esther duim? Staka handred year bifor, King Solomon hem sei: “Taem hem stap for evri samting . . . taem for no toktok and taem for toktok.” (Eccl. 3:1, 7) Imaginim, maet Mordecai wea adoptim Esther, hem teachim olketa wise toktok hia lo Esther taem hem young yet. Esther luksavve hem barava important for chusim best “taem for toktok.”

⁶ Esther sei: “Sapos king agree lo diswan, mi laekem king and Haman for kam tuday lo feast wea mi redyim for king.” (Esther 5:4) King hem agree and talem Haman for kam. Samting wea Esther duim hem wise tumas bikos hem no mek shame lo hasband blo  hem, and hem arrangem wanfala best taem for hem savve storyim datfala problem.—Readim Proverbs 10:19.

7, 8. Wat nao happen lo feast wea Esther redyim, and why nao hem no laek for story yet lo king?

⁷ Taem Esther redyim datfala feast, masbi hem tingim wat kaen kaikai and hapitaem nao hasband blo hem bae laekem. Hem chusim best wine for mekem king hem relax and hapi. (Ps. 104:15) King Ahasuerus barava hapi, so hem askem Esther moa for talem hem wat hem laekem. Bat waswe, hem best taem for Esther story?

⁸ Esther savve hem no taem yet for story, bat hem invaetem king and Haman for kam lo nara feast moa lo next day. (Esther 5:7, 8) Why nao olsem? Bikos laef blo evri pipol blo Esther stap lo danger. So Esther laek for barava sure hem chusim best taem, nogud king hem kros and Haman win lo nogud plan blo hem for killim dae olketa Jew. So hem weit, and arrangem nara feast for showim lo hasband blo hem hao hem barava tinghae and respectim hem.

 9. Why nao hem important for patient, and hao nao iumi savve followim example blo Esther?

 ⁹ Wei for patient hem barava important and hem wanfala wei wea staka pipol no garem. Nomata Esther hem barava wari and laekem tumas for story witim king, hem weit for best taem for hem duim datwan. Iumi evriwan savve lane from example blo hem, bikos staka taem iumi lukim samting wea no stret, and iumi laekem tumas for stretem datwan. Sapos iumi laek for convincim samwan wea garem paoa for stretem wanfala problem, maet iumi need for patient olsem Esther. Provebs 25:15 sei: “Sapos iu patient, iu savve convincim wanfala komanda, and tongue wea tok kaen savve brekem wanfala bon.” Sapos iumi patient and weit for raet taem for toktok olsem Esther, and tok kaen lo man, maet iumi savve changem tingting blo hem nomata tingting blo hem strong olsem bon. Waswe, Jehovah wea hem God blo Esther, helpem hem from hem patient and wise?

10, 11. Why nao feeling blo Haman change bihaen hem lusim firstfala feast, and wat nao waef and frens blo Haman talem hem for duim?

¹⁰ From Esther hem patient, samfala interesting samting kamap. Bihaen firstfala feast, Haman “hapi tumas” bikos hem tingse king and queen barava tinghae lo hem. Bat taem hem kasem gate blo palace, hem lukim Mordecai, datfala Jew wea still no laek for baodaon lo hem. Olsem iumi storyim lo chapter bifor diswan, reason why Mordecai no baodaon lo Haman, hem no bikos hem no respectim Haman, bat Mordecai followim konsens blo hem and tingim frenship blo hem witim Jehovah God. Bat taem Haman lukim Mordecai, hem “kros tumas.”—Esther 5:9.

¹¹ Taem Haman talem waef and frens blo hem abaotem wat Mordecai duim, olketa sei for hem redyim wanfala post wea winim 22 meter hae, and askem king for hangem Mordecai lo post hia. Haman agree witim datfala idea and hem kwiktaem arrange for olketa duim datwan.—Esther 5:12-14.

12. Why nao king laekem for olketa readim big datfala official record buk, and wat nao iumi lanem from datwan?

¹² Lo datfala naet, wanfala samting hem happen lo king. Bible sei “king no savve sleep,” so hem talem olketa wakaman for readim lo hem datfala official record buk. Wanfala case wea olketa readim nao hem abaotem taem wea samfala man plan for killim hem dae. King rememberim datwan, olketa kasholem olketa man hia and killim olketa dae. Taem hem ting bak, hem rememberim hao Mordecai nao reportim datfala plan, and hem ask sapos olketa rewardim Mordecai for datwan. Bat, olketa sei Mordecai no kasem eni reward.—Readim Esther 6:1-3.

13, 14. (a) Hao nao gogo plan blo Haman hem start for go rong? (b) Wat nao waef and frens blo Haman talem hem?

¹³ Taem king herem datwan, hem feel nogud so hem ask sapos eni bigman blo hem arrive finis lo palace, mekem hem savve stretem datfala situation. Luk olsem Haman nomoa arrive early lo palace blo king, bikos hem laek askem king for letem hem killim dae Mordecai. Bat bifor Haman askem king abaotem datwan, king askem Haman abaotem best wei for mekhae lo wanfala man wea king hapi lo hem. Haman tingse hemseleva nao datfala man. So hem talem king for duim samting wea bae barava mekhae lo datfala man, olsem for givim kaleko blo king for datfala man werem, and for wanfala bigman leadim hem raonem Shushan antap lo horse blo king and singaot big for praisem hem front lo evriwan. Imaginim feis blo Haman taem hem faendaot dat Mordecai nao hem datfala man wea king laek  mekhae lo hem! And hu nao datfala bigman wea king markem for leadim Mordecai raonem Shushan? Haman!—Esther 6:4-10.

¹⁴ Haman hem feel nogud tumas, bat hem duim wanem king talem and then hem ranawe go bak lo haos blo hem. Waef and frens blo Haman luksavve diswan hem wanfala nogud saen, and olketa sei hard for hem winim Mordecai datfala Jew.—Esther 6:12, 13.

15. (a) Wat nao gud samting wea happen from Esther hem patient? (b) Why nao hem wise for iumi mas ‘patient and weit’?

¹⁵ From Esther hem patient and weit for wanfala day moa bifor hem story lo king, datwan givim chance lo Haman for duim samting wea lead go lo wei for mek shame lo hemseleva. And tu, luk olsem Jehovah nao mekem king for no sleep gud lo datfala naet. (Prov. 21:1) Dastawe Bible sei for iumi ‘mas patient and weit.’ (Readim Micah 7:7.) Taem iumi weitim Jehovah for stretem olketa problem blo iumi, bae iumi lukim hao samting wea Jehovah duim hem winim if iumiseleva nao duim samting for stretem datfala problem.

16, 17. (a) Wat taem nao Esther luksavve hem raet “taem for toktok”? (b) Hao nao Esther hem difren from Vashti, first waef blo king?

¹⁶ Esther no laek mekem king for weit moa, so lo mek-tu feast, hem luksavve hem taem for hem story lo king. Bat hao nao bae hem duim datwan? Chance hem kamap taem king seleva askem Esther for talem wat nao hem laekem. (Esther 7:2) Taem olsem, Esther luksavve hem raet “taem for toktok.”

¹⁷ Maet firstaem, Esther hem prea lo God for helpem hem. Then hem sei: “O king, sapos iu hapi lo mi and sapos king agree, petition blo mi hem for iu sevem laef blo mi, and samting mi laek askem  hem for iu sevem pipol blo mi.” (Esther 7:3) Esther showimaot lo king hem bae respectim eni samting wea hem disaedem. Esther hem barava difren from Vashti, first waef blo king, wea barava mek shame lo hasband blo hem! (Esther 1:10-12) Esther no sei king hem rong for trustim Haman tu, bat hem askem nomoa for king sevem laef blo hem.

18. Hao nao Esther talem datfala problem lo king?

¹⁸ Masbi samting Esther talem hem barava affectim king and hem sapraes tu, hu nao bae laek for killim dae queen blo hem? Esther hem sei: “Olketa salem mifala finis, mi and pipol blo mi, for olketa killim dae and finisim mifala evriwan. Sapos olketa salem mifala olsem man and woman slave nomoa, bae mi stap kwaet. Disfala nogud samting shud no happen bikos diswan bae spoelem king.” (Esther 7:4) Esther no fraet for talem truth, and hem sei tu, sapos olketa bae kamap slave nomoa hem bae no talem eni samting. Bat sapos Esther and olketa Jew dae, datwan bae spoelem king tu. Dastawe Esther mas talem king nao.

19. Wat nao iumi lanem from wei wea Esther savve gud hao for story?

¹⁹ Example blo Esther savve teachim iumi hao for story. If enitaem iumi mas story abaotem wanfala serious problem lo samwan wea iumi lovem or eni bigman, hem gud for iumi patient, showimaot respect, and no hol bak for talem tru samting.—Prov. 16:21, 23.

20, 21. (a) Hao nao Esther talemaot wat Haman duim, and wat nao king duim? (b) Wat nao Haman duim taem hem herem datwan?

²⁰ Ahasuerus sei: “Hu nao man wea no fraet for duim kaen samting olsem, and wea nao hem?” Maet Esther hem point go lo Haman taem hem sei: “Disfala enemy wea hem heitim mifala hem nao  disfala wicked Haman.” Evriwan kwaet nao. Haman barava fraet nao. Imaginim feis blo Ahasuerus, taem hem luksavve disfala man wea hem trustim, hem trikim hem for saenem wanfala order for killim dae waef blo hem wea hem lovem tumas! King hem kros fogud and hem getap and go aotsaed.—Esther 7:5-7.

²¹ Haman go lo chair wea queen sidaon and begim hem for forgivim hem. Taem king kam bak insaed rum, hem kros tumas bikos hem lukim Haman stap klosap lo Esther and hem tingse hem trae for reipim queen lo haos blo hem. Haman hem no wei nao. Olketa holem Haman, kavarem feis blo hem and tekem hem go. Wanfala bigman blo king talem king abaotem post wea Haman laek for hangem Mordecai lo hem. Semtaem nomoa, Ahasuerus talem olketa for go hangem Haman lo datfala post.—Esther 7:8-10.

22. Hao nao example blo Esther teachim iumi for no givap, no feel nogud and gohed garem faith?

²² Staka samting lo world distaem hem no stret. Maet lo tingting blo pipol, hard for hem change. Waswe, enitaem iu ting olsem tu? Esther no givap and tingse hem hard nao. Hem garem faith lo Jehovah. Lo barava taem, Esther no fraet for talem samting wea stret and hem trustim Jehovah for stretem datfala problem. Iumi tu mas olsem! From taem blo Esther kasem distaem, Jehovah no change. Jehovah luksavve lo nogud plan blo olketa wicked and iusim plan blo olketa for spoelem olketa seleva, olsem hem duim lo Haman.—Readim Psalm 7:11-16.

23. (a) Hao nao king rewardim Mordecai and Esther? (b) Hao nao profesi wea Jacob talem bifor hem dae abaotem Benjamin hem fulfill? (Lukim box “ Wanfala Profesi Kamap Tru.”)

²³ Then, King hem faendaot hu nao Mordecai. Hem savve Mordecai nao man wea sevem hem from olketa wea laek killim hem dae bifor, and hem just faendaot Mordecai nao hem adoptim Esther. Ahasuerus mekem Mordecai for kamap prime minister for changem Haman. King givim Esther haos blo Haman witim evri riches blo hem and Esther talem Mordecai for lukaftarem olketa samting hia.—Esther 8:1, 2.

24, 25. (a) Why nao Esther mas gohed duim samting nomata Haman dae finis? (b) Hao nao Esther putim laef blo hem lo danger moa?

 ²⁴ Esther and Mordecai sef nao, nomata olsem datfala queen mas duim samting moa. Hem no tingim hemseleva bat hem tingim olketa Jew wea stap lo danger yet. Nomata Haman hem dae, datfala order for killim dae olketa Jew hem still stap yet and gohed for kasem evri ples wea king rulim. Taem Haman chusim date for attakim olketa Jew hem iusim samting olsem daes, wea olketa kolem Pur, wea hem join witim spiritism, for markem datfala day. (Esther 9:24-26) Tu-thri month stap yet bifor datfala day, nomata olsem olketa mas duim samting kwiktaem. Waswe, olketa savve stopem datwan for happen?

²⁵ Esther putim laef blo hem lo danger nara taem moa taem hem go for lukim king nomata king no invaetem hem. Hem krae and begim hasband blo hem for mas changem nao datfala law. Bat eni law wea King blo Persia talem, hem hard for changem. (Dan. 6:12, 15) So king givim paoa lo Esther and Mordecai for mekem wanfala niu law. Law hia givim raet lo olketa Jew for defendim olketa seleva. Kwiktaem nomoa olketa sendem nius abaotem datfala law go lo evri ples wea olketa Jew stap anda lo rul blo Persia. Diswan givim hope lo olketa Jew nao. (Esther 8:3-16) From datfala niu law, masbi olketa Jew lo evri ples savve iusim weapon and redi for faet. Bat important  samting nao, waswe, bae “Jehovah, komanda blo olketa army,” helpem pipol blo hem?—1 Sam. 17:45.

26, 27. (a) Lo wanem wei nao Jehovah helpem pipol blo hem for winim olketa enemy? (b) Wanem profesi nao fulfill taem olketa killim dae olketa son blo Haman?

²⁶ Lo datfala day wea Haman markem for killim dae olketa Jew, pipol blo God olketa redi. Staka bigman blo Persia tu saedem olketa Jew, bikos olketa herem dat Mordecai changem Haman for kamap prime minister. Jehovah mekem pipol blo hem for barava win lo datfala faet. Hem savve sapos olketa no finisim evri enemy blo olketa, maet olketa enemy hia bae trae for pei bak bihaen. a—Esther 9:1-6.

²⁷ Olketa killim dae tu tenfala son blo Haman mekem Mordecai wea hem nao tekovarem haos blo Haman, for sef. (Esther 9:7-10) Diswan fulfillim wanfala Bible profesi wea God talem abaotem hao evri Amalekite bae finis, wea olketa enemy blo olketa Jew. (Deut. 25:17-19) Maet tenfala son hia nao olketa last Amalekite for dae.

28, 29. (a) Why nao hem will blo Jehovah for Esther and pipol blo hem join insaed faet? (b) Why nao example blo Esther hem wanfala blessing for iumi distaem?

²⁸ Nomata Esther hem young, hem willing for acceptim samfala big responsibility, olsem for givim komand for killim dae olketa enemy blo olketa Jew. Datwan hem no isi. Bat Jehovah mas protectim pipol blo hem, bikos datfala Messiah bae kam from laen blo Israel and Messiah nao bae givim hope for evri man! (Gen. 22:18) Olketa wea worshipim God distaem hapi bikos taem datfala Messiah, Jesus, kam lo earth, hem talem olketa follower blo hem for no join insaed eni faet.—Matt. 26:52.

²⁹ Nomata olsem, iumi olketa Christian insaed wanfala spiritual faet. Satan hem barava traem best blo hem for spoelem faith blo iumi lo Jehovah God. (Readim 2 Corinth 10:3, 4.) Example blo Esther hem nambawan blessing for iumi! Iumi laek for showimaot faith olsem Esther taem iumi patient, wise, no fraet, and no tingim iumiseleva, bat iumi willing for defendim pipol blo God.