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Esther I 1-9



Well, I thought I'd translate some psalms, but as I looked at them I realized a
poetic text would be *very* difficult to render well in Klingon. So here's
Esther I 1-9. But first, a list of transliterations and questionable compounds
and phrases......
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baS chiS	silver
baS SuD		gold
bo'Dijnuv	courtier
Dojghach	majesty
Du'Hom		courtyard
*HoDu*		India
*linen*		linen
*meDiya*	Media
*meghila*	megilla
mu'tlhegh	verse
nagh chiS	marble
naghHom let 'iH	mosaic, mosaic tile
ngup		curtain
*perSiya*	Persia
*porviriy*	porphyry
qachHom		pavilion
*qoton*		cotton
*quS*		Ethiopia
quS'a'		couch
*SuSa*		Susa
ta'quS		throne
*vaStiy*	Vashti
veng jen	acropolis
wovghach	brightness, color
yoS'a'		province
*'aHaSweroS*	Ahasuerus
'ay'		chapter
*'eSter*	Esther
'uQ'a'		banquet
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Now a (preliminary) translation. Any and all comments are welcome.
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*'eSter* *meghila*: 'ay' wa', mu'tlheghmey wa' Hut je joj.

1. qaStaHviS *HoDu* *quS* je jojDaq wa'vatlh cha'maH yoS'a'mey che'pu'bogh
   *'aHaSweroS* jajmey qaSpu' wani'mey.
2. *SuSa* veng jenDaq ta'quSDajDaq ba'pu'Di' ta' *'aHaSweroS*,
3. qaStaHviS che'ghachDaj DiS wejDich yaSpu'DajvaD bo'Dijnuvpu'DajvaD je 'uQ'a'
   chenmoHpu' *'aHaSweroS*. SaHpu' *perSiya* *meDiya* je mangghom yaSpu',
   chuQun, yoS'a' che'wi'pu' je,
4. 'ej qaStaHviS jajmey law', qaStaHviS biD DiS, wo'Daj mipghach DojghachDaj
   Dunghach je 'angpu'.

5. rintaHDi' wani'vam, *SuSa* veng jenDaq Qongbogh loDpu' HochvaD ta' qachHom
   Du'HomDaq Soch jaj yupma' chenmoHpu' ta'. potlhwi'vaD potlhbe'wi'vaD je
   chenmoHpu'.
6. 'iHchoHmeH Du'Hom, baS chiS QebmeyDaq *linen* tlheghHommey nagh chiS tutmey
   Doq *qoton* ngupmey chiS Doq je lurarlu', 'ej *porviriy* nagh chiS naghmey
   wovghachmey Sar je naghHom let 'iH ravDaq baS chiS baS SuD je quS'a'mey. 
7. 'ej baS SuD Hivje'meyDaq tlhutlhlaHwi'mey lujablu'pu', 'ej Hivje'mey Hoch
   pimchuq; 'ej ta' Hiq law'bejqu' tu'lu'pu' -- 'e' ghajniS ta'.
8. 'ach chut lobbe'pu' tlhutlhghach: ra'pu' pagh; tlhutlh luneHDi' mebpu' Hoch
   jab jabwi'pu' 'e' ghaH ra'pu' ta'.
9. ta' *'aHaSweroS* ta' juHDaq be'pu'vaD yupma' chenmoHpu' be'ta' *vaStiy* je.
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