روز سیزدهم ادار، روزی که باید نخستین فرمان پادشاه اجرا میشد و دشمنان یهودیان در آرزوی شکست کامل آنها بودند، فرا رسید. امّا اوضاع تغییر یافت و یهودیان بر دشمنان خود غالب شدند.
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;)