أَسْتِير 8

١ 1 فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ أَعْطَى ٱلْمَلِكُ أَحَشْوِيرُوشُ لِأَسْتِيرَ ٱلْمَلِكَةِ بَيْتَ هَامَانَ عَدُوِّ ٱلْيَهُودِ. وَأَتَى مُرْدَخَايُ إِلَى أَمَامِ ٱلْمَلِكِ لِأَنَّ أَسْتِيرَ أَخْبَرَتْهُ بِمَا هُوَ لَهَا.

On that day King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther the property of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, and Mordecai began to serve before the king, for Esther told the king how Mordecai was related to her.

٢ 2 وَنَزَعَ ٱلْمَلِكُ خَاتَمَهُ ٱلَّذِي أَخَذَهُ مِنْ هَامَانَ وَأَعْطَاهُ لِمُرْدَخَايَ. وَأَقَامَتْ أَسْتِيرُ مُرْدَخَايَ عَلَى بَيْتِ هَامَانَ.

The king took off his signet ring, which he had taken back from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther designated Mordecai to be in charge of Haman's estate.

٣ 3 ثُمَّ عَادَتْ أَسْتِيرُ وَتَكَلَّمَتْ أَمَامَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَسَقَطَتْ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ وَبَكَتْ وَتَضَرَّعَتْ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ يُزِيلَ شَرَّ هَامَانَ ٱلْأَجَاجِيِّ وَتَدْبِيرَهُ ٱلَّذِي دَبَّرَهُ عَلَى ٱلْيَهُودِ.

Then Esther spoke again to the king. She lay facedown on the ground and wept as she pleaded with him to put an end to the evil plan of Haman the Agagite, to the scheme that he had devised against the Jews.

٤ 4 فَمَدَّ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِأَسْتِيرَ قَضِيبَ ٱلذَّهَبِ، فَقَامَتْ أَسْتِيرُ وَوَقَفَتْ أَمَامَ ٱلْمَلِكِ

Then the king held out the golden scepter to Esther, she arose and stood before the king.

٥ 5 وَقَالَتْ: «إِذَا حَسُنَ عِنْدَ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَإِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً أَمَامَهُ وَٱسْتَقَامَ ٱلْأَمْرُ أَمَامَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَحَسُنْتُ أَنَا لَدَيْهِ، فَلْيُكْتَبْ لِكَيْ تُرَدَّ كِتَابَاتُ تَدْبِيرِ هَامَانَ بْنِ هَمَدَاثَا ٱلْأَجَاجِيِّ ٱلَّتِي كَتَبَهَا لِإِبَادَةِ ٱلْيَهُودِ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي كُلِّ بِلَادِ ٱلْمَلِكِ.

She said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in your eyes, if the thing seems right before the king, and I am pleasing in your eyes, let a decree be written to revoke the letters written by Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the letters that he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces.

٦ 6 لِأَنَّنِي كَيْفَ أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَرَى ٱلشَّرَّ ٱلَّذِي يُصِيبُ شَعْبِي؟ وَكَيْفَ أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَرَى هَلَاكَ جِنْسِي؟».

For how could I bear to see disaster fall on my people? How could I endure watching the destruction of my relatives?”

٧ 7 فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ أَحَشْوِيرُوشُ لِأَسْتِيرَ ٱلْمَلِكَةِ وَمُرْدَخَايَ ٱلْيَهُودِيِّ: «هُوَذَا قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُ بَيْتَ هَامَانَ لِأَسْتِيرَ، أَمَّا هُوَ فَقَدْ صَلَبُوهُ عَلَى ٱلْخَشَبَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّهُ مَدَّ يَدَهُ إِلَى ٱلْيَهُودِ.

King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Look, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows, because he was going to attack the Jews.

٨ 8 فَٱكْتُبَا أَنْتُمَا إِلَى ٱلْيَهُودِ مَا يَحْسُنُ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمَا بِٱسْمِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَٱخْتُمَاهُ بِخَاتِمِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْكِتَابَةَ ٱلَّتِي تُكْتَبُ بِٱسْمِ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَتُخْتَمُ بِخَاتِمِهِ لَا تُرَدُّ».

Write another decree for the Jews in the name of the king and seal it with the king's ring. For the decree that has already been written in the king's name and sealed with the king's ring cannot be revoked.”

٩ 9 فَدُعِيَ كُتَّابُ ٱلْمَلِكِ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلثَّالِثِ، أَيْ شَهْرِ سِيوَانَ، فِي ٱلثَّالِثِ وَٱلْعِشْرِينَ مِنْهُ، وَكُتِبَ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ مُرْدَخَايُ إِلَى ٱلْيَهُودِ وَإِلَى ٱلْمَرَازِبَةِ وَٱلْوُلَاةِ وَرُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْبُلْدَانِ ٱلَّتِي مِنَ ٱلْهِنْدِ إِلَى كُوشَ، مِئَةٍ وَسَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ كُورَةً، إِلَى كُلِّ كُورَةٍ بِكِتَابَتِهَا وَكُلِّ شَعْبٍ بِلِسَانِهِ، وَإِلَى ٱلْيَهُودِ بِكِتَابَتِهِمْ وَلِسَانِهِمْ.

Then the king's scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month. A decree was written containing all that Mordecai was commanding concerning the Jews. It was written to the provincial governors, the governors and officials of the provinces that were located from India to Cush, 127 provinces, to every province written in their own writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing and language.

١٠ 10 فَكَتَبَ بِٱسْمِ ٱلْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ وَخَتَمَ بِخَاتِمِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَأَرْسَلَ رَسَائِلَ بِأَيْدِي بَرِيدِ ٱلْخَيْلِ رُكَّابِ ٱلْجِيَادِ وَٱلْبِغَالِ بَنِي الرَّمَكِ،

Mordecai wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king's signet ring. He sent the documents by couriers riding on the fast horses that were used in the king's service, bred from the royal stud.

١١ 11 ٱلَّتِي بِهَا أَعْطَى ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْيَهُودَ فِي مَدِينَةٍ فَمَدِينَةٍ أَنْ يَجْتَمِعُوا وَيَقِفُوا لِأَجْلِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ، وَيُهْلِكُوا وَيَقْتُلُوا وَيُبِيدُوا قُوَّةَ كُلِّ شَعْبٍ وَكُورَةٍ تُضَادُّهُمْ حَتَّى ٱلْأَطْفَالَ وَٱلنِّسَاءَ، وَأَنْ يَسْلُبُوا غَنِيمَتَهُمْ،

The king gave to the Jews who were in every city permission to gather together and to make a stand to protect their lives: To annihiliate, to kill, and to destroy any armed force from any people or province that might attack them, children and women included, or to plunder their possessions.

١٢ 12 فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ فِي كُلِّ كُوَرِ ٱلْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ، فِي ٱلثَّالِثَ عَشَرَ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلثَّانِي عَشَرَ، أَيْ شَهْرِ أَذَارَ.

This was to be in effect in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.

١٣ 13 صُورَةُ ٱلْكِتَابَةِ ٱلْمُعْطَاةِ سُنَّةً فِي كُلِّ ٱلْبُلْدَانِ، أُشْهِرَتْ عَلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ أَنْ يَكُونَ ٱلْيَهُودُ مُسْتَعِدِّينَ لِهَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ لِيَنْتَقِمُوا مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِمْ.

A copy of the decree was to be issued as a law and publicly displayed to all the peoples. The Jews were to be ready on that day to take vengeance on their enemies.

١٤ 14 فَخَرَجَ ٱلبَرِيدُ رُكَّابُ ٱلْجِيَادِ وَٱلْبِغَالِ وَأَمْرُ ٱلْمَلِكِ يَحِثُّهُمْ وَيُعَجِّلُهُمْ، وَأُعْطِيَ ٱلْأَمْرُ فِي شُوشَنَ ٱلْقَصْرِ.

So the couriers rode on the royal horses that were used in the king's service. They went without delay. The king's decree was also issued from the palace in Susa.

١٥ 15 وَخَرَجَ مُرْدَخَايُ مِنْ أَمَامِ ٱلْمَلِكِ بِلِبَاسٍ مَلِكِيٍّ أَسْمَانْجُونِيٍّ وَأَبْيَضَ، وَتَاجٌ عَظِيمٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، وَحُلَّةٌ مِنْ بَزٍّ وَأُرْجُوَانٍ. وَكَانَتْ مَدِينَةُ شُوشَنَ مُتَهَلِّلَةً وَفَرِحَةً.

Then Mordecai left the king's presence wearing royal clothes of blue and white, with a great crown of gold and a purple robe of fine linen, and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

١٦ 16 وَكَانَ لِلْيَهُودِ نُورٌ وَفَرَحٌ وَبَهْجَةٌ وَكَرَامَةٌ.

The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor.

١٧ 17 وَفِي كُلِّ بِلَادٍ وَمَدِينَةٍ، كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَصَلَ إِلَيْهِ كَلَامُ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَأَمْرُهُ، كَانَ فَرَحٌ وَبَهْجَةٌ عِنْدَ ٱلْيَهُودِ وَوَلَائِمُ وَيَوْمٌ طَيِّبٌ. وَكَثِيرُونَ مِنْ شُعُوبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ تَهَوَّدُوا لِأَنَّ رُعْبَ ٱلْيَهُودِ وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِمْ.

In every province and in every city, wherever the king's decree reached, there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a feast and a holiday. Many from among the variety of peoples of the land became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen on them.