Esther 9

وَفِي الشَّهْرِ الثَّانِي عَشَرَ، أَيْ شَهْرِ أَذَارَ، فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثَ عَشَرَ مِنْهُ، حِينَ قَرُبَ كَلاَمُ الْمَلِكِ وَأَمْرُهُ مِنَ الإِجْرَاءِ، فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي انْتَظَرَ فِيهِ أَعْدَاءُ الْيَهُودِ أَنْ يَتَسَلَّطُوا عَلَيْهِمْ، فَتَحَوَّلَ ذلِكَ، حَتَّى إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ تَسَلَّطُوا عَلَى مُبْغِضِيهِمِ.

Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)

اجْتَمَعَ الْيَهُودُ فِي مُدُنِهِمْ فِي كُلِّ بِلاَدِ الْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ لِيَمُدُّوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ إِلَى طَالِبِي أَذِيَّتِهِمْ، فَلَمْ يَقِفْ أَحَدٌ قُدَّامَهُمْ لأَنَّ رُعْبَهُمْ سَقَطَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الشُّعُوبِ.

The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.

وكُلُّ رُؤَسَاءِ الْبُلْدَانِ وَالْمَرَازِبَةُ وَالْوُلاَةُ وَعُمَّالُ الْمَلِكِ سَاعَدُوا الْيَهُودَ، لأَنَّ رُعْبَ مُرْدَخَايَ سَقَطَ عَلَيْهِمْ.

And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.

لأَنَّ مُرْدَخَايَ كَانَ عَظِيمًا فِي بَيْتِ الْمَلِكِ، وَسَارَ خَبَرُهُ فِي كُلِّ الْبُلْدَانِ، لأَنَّ الرَّجُلَ مُرْدَخَايَ كَانَ يَتَزَايَدُ عَظَمَةً.

For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.

فَضَرَبَ الْيَهُودُ جَمِيعَ أَعْدَائِهِمْ ضَرْبَةَ سَيْفٍ وَقَتْل وَهَلاَكٍ، وَعَمِلُوا بِمُبْغِضِيهِمْ مَا أَرَادُوا.

Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.

وَقَتَلَ الْيَهُودُ فِي شُوشَنَ الْقَصْرِ وَأَهْلَكُوا خَمْسَ مِئَةِ رَجُل.

And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

وَفَرْشَنْدَاثَا وَدَلْفُونَ وَأَسْفَاثَا،

And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,

وَفُورَاثَا وَأَدَلْيَا وَأَرِيدَاثَا،

And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,

وَفَرْمَشْتَا وَأَرِيسَايَ وَأَرِيدَايَ وَيِزَاثَا،

And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,

عَشَرَةَ، بَنِي هَامَانَ بْنِ هَمَدَاثَا عَدُوِّ الْيَهُودِ، قَتَلُوهُمْ وَلكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَمُدُّوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ إِلَى النَّهْبِ.

The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.

فِي ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أُتِيَ بِعَدَدِ الْقَتْلَى فِي شُوشَنَ الْقَصْرِ إِلَى بَيْنِ يَدَيِ الْمَلِكِ.

On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.

فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لأَسْتِيرَ الْمَلِكَةِ فِي شُوشَنَ الْقَصْرِ: «قَدْ قَتَلَ الْيَهُودُ وَأَهْلَكُوا خَمْسَ مِئَةِ رَجُل، وَبَنِي هَامَانَ الْعَشَرَةَ، فَمَاذَا عَمِلُوا فِي بَاقِي بُلْدَانِ الْمَلِكِ؟ فَمَا هُوَ سُؤْلُكِ فَيُعْطَى لَكِ؟ وَمَا هِيَ طِلْبَتُكِ بَعْدُ فَتُقْضَى؟».

And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

فَقَالَتْ أَسْتِيرُ: «إِنْ حَسُنَ عِنْدَ الْمَلِكِ فَلْيُعْطَ غَدًا أَيْضًا لِلْيَهُودِ الَّذِينَ فِي شُوشَنَ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا كَمَا فِي هذَا الْيَوْمِ، وَيَصْلِبُوا بَنِي هَامَانَ الْعَشَرَةَ عَلَى الْخَشَبَةِ».

Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

فَأَمَرَ الْمَلِكُ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا هكَذَا، وَأُعْطِيَ الأَمْرُ فِي شُوشَنَ. فَصَلَبُوا بَنِي هَامَانَ الْعَشَرَةَ.

And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

ثُمَّ اجْتَمَعَ الْيَهُودُ الَّذِينَ فِي شُوشَنَ، فِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابعِ عَشَرَ أَيْضًا مِنْ شَهْرِ أَذَارَ، وَقَتَلُوا فِي شُوشَنَ ثَلاَثَ مِئَةِ رَجُل، وَلكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَمُدُّوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ إِلَى النَّهْبِ.

For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.

وَبَاقِي الْيَهُودِ الَّذِينَ فِي بُلْدَانِ الْمَلِكِ اجْتَمَعُوا وَوَقَفُوا لأَجْلِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَاسْتَرَاحُوا مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِمْ، وَقَتَلُوا مِنْ مُبْغِضِيهِمْ خَمْسَةً وَسَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا، وَلكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَمُدُّوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ إِلَى النَّهْبِ.

But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ عَشَرَ مِنْ شَهْرِ أَذَارَ. وَاسْتَرَاحُوا فِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابعِ عَشَرَ مِنْهُ وَجَعَلُوهُ يَوْمَ شُرْبٍ وَفَرَحٍ.

On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

وَالْيَهُودُ الَّذِينَ فِي شُوشَنَ اجْتَمَعُوا فِي الثَّالِثِ عَشَرَ وَالرَّابعِ عَشَرَ مِنْهُ، وَاسْتَرَاحُوا فِي الْخَامِسِ عَشَرَ وَجَعَلُوهُ يَوْمَ شُرْبٍ وَفَرَحٍ.

But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

لِذلِكَ يَهُودُ الأَعْرَاءِ السَّاكِنُونَ فِي مُدُنِ الأَعْرَاءِ جَعَلُوا الْيَوْمَ الرَّابعَ عَشَرَ مِنْ شَهْرِ أَذَارَ لِلْفَرَحِ وَالشُّرْبِ، وَيَوْمًا طَيِّبًا وَلإِرْسَالِ أَنْصِبَةٍ مِنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ.

Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

وَكَتَبَ مُرْدَخَايُ هذِهِ الأُمُورَ وَأَرْسَلَ رَسَائِلَ إِلَى جَمِيعِ الْيَهُودِ الَّذِينَ فِي كُلِّ بُلْدَانِ الْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ الْقَرِيبِينَ وَالْبَعِيدِينَ،

And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,

لِيُوجِبَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يُعَيِّدُوا فِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابعِ عَشَرَ مِنْ شَهْرِ أَذَارَ، وَالْيَوْمِ الْخَامِسِ عَشَرَ مِنْهُ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ،

To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

حَسَبَ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي اسْتَرَاحَ فِيهَا الْيَهُودُ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِمْ وَالشَّهْرِ الَّذِي تَحَوَّلَ عِنْدَهُمْ مِنْ حُزْنٍ إِلَى فَرَحٍ وَمِنْ نَوْحٍ إِلَى يَوْمٍ طَيِّبٍ، لِيَجْعَلُوهَا أَيَّامَ شُرْبٍ وَفَرَحٍ وَإِرْسَالِ أَنْصِبَةٍ مِنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ وَعَطَايَا لِلْفُقَرَاءِ.

As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

فَقَبِلَ الْيَهُودُ مَا ابْتَدَأُوا يَعْمَلُونَهُ وَمَا كَتَبَهُ مُرْدَخَايُ إِلَيْهِمْ.

And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

وَلأَنَّ هَامَانَ بْنَ هَمَدَاثَا الأَجَاجِيَّ عَدُوَّ الْيَهُودِ جَمِيعًا تَفَكَّرَ عَلَى الْيَهُودِ لِيُبِيدَهُمْ وَأَلْقَى فُورًا، أَيْ قُرْعَةً، لإِفْنَائِهِمْ وَإِبَادَتِهِمْ.

Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

وَعِنْدَ دُخُولِهَا إِلَى أَمَامِ الْمَلِكِ أَمَرَ بِكِتَابَةٍ أَنْ يُرَدَّ تَدْبِيرُهُ الرَّدِيءُ الَّذِي دَبَّرَهُ ضِدَّ الْيَهُودِ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، وَأَنْ يَصْلِبُوهُ هُوَ وَبَنِيهِ عَلَى الْخَشَبَةِ.

But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

لِذلِكَ دَعُوا تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ «فُورِيمَ» عَلَى اسْمِ الْفُورِ. لِذلِكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ جَمِيعِ كَلِمَاتِ هذِهِ الرِّسَالَةِ وَمَا رَأَوْهُ مِنْ ذلِكَ وَمَا أَصَابَهُمْ،

Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,

أَوْجَبَ الْيَهُودُ وَقَبِلُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَعَلَى نَسْلِهِمْ وَعَلَى جَمِيعِ الَّذِينَ يَلْتَصِقُونَ بِهِمْ حَتَّى لاَ يَزُولَ، أَنْ يُعَيِّدُوا هذَيْنِ الْيَوْمَيْنِ حَسَبَ كِتَابَتِهِمَا وَحَسَبَ أَوْقَاتِهِمَا كُلَّ سَنَةٍ،

The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;

وَأَنْ يُذْكَرَ هذَانِ الْيَوْمَانِ وَيُحْفَظَا فِي دَوْرٍ فَدَوْرٍ وَعَشِيرَةٍ فَعَشِيرَةٍ وَبِلاَدٍ فَبِلاَدٍ وَمَدِينَةٍ فَمَدِينَةٍ. وَيَوْمَا الْفُورِ هذَانِ لاَ يَزُولاَنِ مِنْ وَسَطِ الْيَهُودِ، وَذِكْرُهُمَا لاَ يَفْنَى مِنْ نَسْلِهِمْ.

And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.

وَكَتَبَتْ أَسْتِيرُ الْمَلِكَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِيحَائِلَ وَمُرْدَخَايُ الْيَهُودِيُّ بِكُلِّ سُلْطَانٍ بِإِيجَابِ رِسَالَةِ الْفُورِيمِ هذِهِ ثَانِيَةً،

Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.

وَأَرْسَلَ الْكِتَابَاتِ إِلَى جَمِيعِ الْيَهُودِ، إِلَى كُوَرِ مَمْلَكَةِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ الْمِئَةِ وَالسَّبْعِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ بِكَلاَمِ سَلاَمٍ وَأَمَانَةٍ،

And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,

لإِيجَابِ يَوْمَيِ الْفُورِيمِ هذَيْنِ فِي أَوْقَاتِهِمَا، كَمَا أَوْجَبَ عَلَيْهِمْ مُرْدَخَايُ الْيَهُودِيُّ وَأَسْتِيرُ الْمَلِكَةُ، وَكَمَا أَوْجَبُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَعَلَى نَسْلِهِمْ أُمُورَ الأَصْوَامِ وَصُرَاخِهِمْ.

To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.

وَأَمْرُ أَسْتِيرَ أَوْجَبَ أُمُورَ الْفُورِيمِ هذِهِ، فَكُتِبَتْ فِي السِّفْرِ.

And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.