أَسْتِير 9

١ 1 وَفِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلثَّانِي عَشَرَ، أَيْ شَهْرِ أَذَارَ، فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثَ عَشَرَ مِنْهُ، حِينَ قَرُبَ كَلَامُ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَأَمْرُهُ مِنَ ٱلإِجْرَاءِ، فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلَّذِي ٱنْتَظَرَ فِيهِ أَعْدَاءُ ٱلْيَهُودِ أَنْ يَتَسَلَّطُوا عَلَيْهِمْ، فَتَحَوَّلَ ذَلِكَ، حَتَّى إِنَّ ٱلْيَهُودَ تَسَلَّطُوا عَلَى مُبْغِضِيهِمِ.

Now in the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day, when the king's law and decree were about to be carried out, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain power over them, it was reversed. The Jews gained power over those who hated them.

٢ 2 ٱجْتَمَعَ ٱلْيَهُودُ فِي مُدُنِهِمْ فِي كُلِّ بِلَادِ ٱلْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ لِيَمُدُّوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ إِلَى طَالِبِي أَذِيَّتِهِمْ، فَلَمْ يَقِفْ أَحَدٌ قُدَّامَهُمْ لِأَنَّ رُعْبَهُمْ سَقَطَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ.

The Jews assembled in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, to lay hands on those who tried to bring disaster on them. No one could stand against them, for the fear of them had fallen on all the peoples.

٣ 3 وكُلُّ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْبُلْدَانِ وَٱلْمَرَازِبَةُ وَٱلْوُلَاةُ وَعُمَّالُ ٱلْمَلِكِ سَاعَدُوا ٱلْيَهُودَ، لِأَنَّ رُعْبَ مُرْدَخَايَ سَقَطَ عَلَيْهِمْ.

All the officials of the provinces, the provincial governors, the governors, and the king's administrators, helped the Jews because the fear of Mordecai had fallen on them.

٤ 4 لِأَنَّ مُرْدَخَايَ كَانَ عَظِيمًا فِي بَيْتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَسَارَ خَبَرُهُ فِي كُلِّ ٱلْبُلْدَانِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّجُلَ مُرْدَخَايَ كَانَ يَتَزَايَدُ عَظَمَةً.

For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces, for the man Mordecai was becoming great.

٥ 5 فَضَرَبَ ٱلْيَهُودُ جَمِيعَ أَعْدَائِهِمْ ضَرْبَةَ سَيْفٍ وَقَتْلٍ وَهَلَاكٍ، وَعَمِلُوا بِمُبْغِضِيهِمْ مَا أَرَادُوا.

The Jews attacked their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and did as they pleased to those who hated them.

٦ 6 وَقَتَلَ ٱلْيَهُودُ فِي شُوشَنَ ٱلْقَصْرِ وَأَهْلَكُوا خَمْسَ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ.

In the fortress of Susa itself the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.

٧ 7 وَفَرْشَنْدَاثَا وَدَلْفُونَ وَأَسْفَاثَا،

They killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,

٨ 8 وَفُورَاثَا وَأَدَلْيَا وَأَرِيدَاثَا،

Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,

٩ 9 وَفَرْمَشْتَا وَأَرِيسَايَ وَأَرِيدَايَ وَيِزَاثَا،

Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, Vaizatha,

١٠ 10 عَشَرَةَ، بَنِي هَامَانَ بْنِ هَمَدَاثَا عَدُوِّ ٱلْيَهُودِ، قَتَلُوهُمْ وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَمُدُّوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ إِلَى ٱلنَّهْبِ.

and the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not take any plunder.

١١ 11 فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ أُتِيَ بِعَدَدِ ٱلْقَتْلَى فِي شُوشَنَ ٱلْقَصْرِ إِلَى بَيْنِ يَدَيِ ٱلْمَلِكِ.

That day the number of those killed in the fortress of Susa, was reported to the king.

١٢ 12 فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِأَسْتِيرَ ٱلْمَلِكَةِ فِي شُوشَنَ ٱلْقَصْرِ: «قَدْ قَتَلَ ٱلْيَهُودُ وَأَهْلَكُوا خَمْسَ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ، وَبَنِي هَامَانَ ٱلْعَشَرَةَ، فَمَاذَا عَمِلُوا فِي بَاقِي بُلْدَانِ ٱلْمَلِكِ؟ فَمَا هُوَ سُؤْلُكِ فَيُعْطَى لَكِ؟ وَمَا هِيَ طِلْبَتُكِ بَعْدُ فَتُقْضَى؟».

The king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed five hundred men in the fortress of Susa, including the ten sons of Haman. What then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be granted you. What is your request? It will be granted to you.”

١٣ 13 فَقَالَتْ أَسْتِيرُ: «إِنْ حَسُنَ عِنْدَ ٱلْمَلِكِ فَلْيُعْطَ غَدًا أَيْضًا لِلْيَهُودِ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي شُوشَنَ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا كَمَا فِي هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ، وَيَصْلِبُوا بَنِي هَامَانَ ٱلْعَشَرَةَ عَلَى ٱلْخَشَبَةِ».

Esther said, “If it pleases the king, let the Jews who are in Susa be permitted to carry out this day's decree tomorrow also, and let the bodies of Haman's ten sons be hanged on gallows.”

١٤ 14 فَأَمَرَ ٱلْمَلِكُ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا هَكَذَا، وَأُعْطِيَ ٱلْأَمْرُ فِي شُوشَنَ. فَصَلَبُوا بَنِي هَامَانَ ٱلْعَشَرَةَ.

So the king commanded that this be done. A decree was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.

١٥ 15 ثُمَّ ٱجْتَمَعَ ٱلْيَهُودُ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي شُوشَنَ، فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلرَّابِعِ عَشَرَ أَيْضًا مِنْ شَهْرِ أَذَارَ، وَقَتَلُوا فِي شُوشَنَ ثَلَاثَ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَمُدُّوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ إِلَى ٱلنَّهْبِ.

The Jews who were in Susa came together on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and killed three hundred more men in Susa, but laid no hands on the plunder.

١٦ 16 وَبَاقِي ٱلْيَهُودِ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي بُلْدَانِ ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱجْتَمَعُوا وَوَقَفُوا لِأَجْلِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَٱسْتَرَاحُوا مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِمْ، وَقَتَلُوا مِنْ مُبْغِضِيهِمْ خَمْسَةً وَسَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَمُدُّوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ إِلَى ٱلنَّهْبِ.

The rest of the Jews who were in the king's provinces came together to defend their lives, and they got relief from their enemies and killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them, but they did not lay their hands on the valuables of those they killed.

١٧ 17 فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ عَشَرَ مِنْ شَهْرِ أَذَارَ. وَٱسْتَرَاحُوا فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلرَّابِعِ عَشَرَ مِنْهُ وَجَعَلُوهُ يَوْمَ شُرْبٍ وَفَرَحٍ.

This happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. On the fourteenth day they rested and made that a day of feasting and gladness.

١٨ 18 وَٱلْيَهُودُ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي شُوشَنَ ٱجْتَمَعُوا فِي ٱلثَّالِثِ عَشَرَ وَٱلرَّابِعِ عَشَرَ مِنْهُ، وَٱسْتَرَاحُوا فِي ٱلْخَامِسِ عَشَرَ وَجَعَلُوهُ يَوْمَ شُرْبٍ وَفَرَحٍ.

But the Jews who were in Susa assembled together on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days. On the fifteenth day they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

١٩ 19 لِذَلِكَ يَهُودُ ٱلْأَعْرَاءِ ٱلسَّاكِنُونَ فِي مُدُنِ ٱلْأَعْرَاءِ جَعَلُوا ٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلرَّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنْ شَهْرِ أَذَارَ لِلْفَرَحِ وَٱلشُّرْبِ، وَيَوْمًا طَيِّبًا وَلِإِرْسَالِ أَنْصِبَةٍ مِنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ.

That is why the Jews of the villages, who make their homes in the rural towns, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of gladness and feasting, and as a day on which they send gifts of food to one another.

٢٠ 20 وَكَتَبَ مُرْدَخَايُ هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورَ وَأَرْسَلَ رَسَائِلَ إِلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلْيَهُودِ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي كُلِّ بُلْدَانِ ٱلْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ ٱلْقَرِيبِينَ وَٱلْبَعِيدِينَ،

Mordecai recorded these things and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,

٢١ 21 لِيُوجِبَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يُعَيِّدُوا فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلرَّابِعِ عَشَرَ مِنْ شَهْرِ أَذَارَ، وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْخَامِسِ عَشَرَ مِنْهُ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ،

obligating them to keep the fourteenth and the fifteenth day of Adar every year.

٢٢ 22 حَسَبَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلَّتِي ٱسْتَرَاحَ فِيهَا ٱلْيَهُودُ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِمْ وَٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلَّذِي تَحَوَّلَ عِنْدَهُمْ مِنْ حُزْنٍ إِلَى فَرَحٍ وَمِنْ نَوْحٍ إِلَى يَوْمٍ طَيِّبٍ، لِيَجْعَلُوهَا أَيَّامَ شُرْبٍ وَفَرَحٍ وَإِرْسَالِ أَنْصِبَةٍ مِنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ وَعَطَايَا لِلْفُقَرَاءِ.

These were the days when the Jews got relief from their enemies, and the month when their sorrow turned to joy, and mourning into a day of celebration. They were to make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending gifts of food to one another, and gifts to the poor.

٢٣ 23 فَقَبِلَ ٱلْيَهُودُ مَا ٱبْتَدَأُوا يَعْمَلُونَهُ وَمَا كَتَبَهُ مُرْدَخَايُ إِلَيْهِمْ.

So the Jews continued the celebration they had begun, doing what Mordecai had written to them.

٢٤ 24 وَلِأَنَّ هَامَانَ بْنَ هَمَدَاثَا ٱلْأَجَاجِيَّ عَدُوَّ ٱلْيَهُودِ جَمِيعًا تَفَكَّرَ عَلَى ٱلْيَهُودِ لِيُبِيدَهُمْ وَأَلْقَى فُورًا، أَيْ قُرْعَةً، لِإِفْنَائِهِمْ وَإِبَادَتِهِمْ.

At that time Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and he threw Pur (that is, he threw lots), to crush and destroy them.

٢٥ 25 وَعِنْدَ دُخُولِهَا إِلَى أَمَامِ ٱلْمَلِكِ أَمَرَ بِكِتَابَةٍ أَنْ يُرَدَّ تَدْبِيرُهُ ٱلرَّدِيءُ ٱلَّذِي دَبَّرَهُ ضِدَّ ٱلْيَهُودِ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، وَأَنْ يَصْلِبُوهُ هُوَ وَبَنِيهِ عَلَى ٱلْخَشَبَةِ.

But when the matter came before the king, he gave orders by letters that the wicked plan Haman developed against the Jews should come back on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

٢٦ 26 لِذَلِكَ دَعُوا تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ «فُورِيمَ» عَلَى ٱسْمِ ٱلْفُورِ. لِذَلِكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ جَمِيعِ كَلِمَاتِ هَذِهِ ٱلرِّسَالَةِ وَمَا رَأَوْهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَمَا أَصَابَهُمْ،

Therefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. Because of everything that was written in this letter, and everything that they had seen and that had happened to them,

٢٧ 27 أَوْجَبَ ٱلْيَهُودُ وَقَبِلُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَعَلَى نَسْلِهِمْ وَعَلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَلْتَصِقُونَ بِهِمْ حَتَّى لَا يَزُولَ، أَنْ يُعَيِّدُوا هَذَيْنِ ٱلْيَوْمَيْنِ حَسَبَ كِتَابَتِهِمَا وَحَسَبَ أَوْقَاتِهِمَا كُلَّ سَنَةٍ،

the Jews accepted a new custom and duty. This custom would be for themselves, their descendants, and everyone who joined them. It would be that they would celebrate these two days every year. They would celebrate them in a certain way and at the same time each year.

٢٨ 28 وَأَنْ يُذْكَرَ هَذَانِ ٱلْيَوْمَانِ وَيُحْفَظَا فِي دَوْرٍ فَدَوْرٍ وَعَشِيرَةٍ فَعَشِيرَةٍ وَبِلَادٍ فَبِلَادٍ وَمَدِينَةٍ فَمَدِينَةٍ. وَيَوْمَا ٱلْفُورِ هَذَانِ لَا يَزُولَانِ مِنْ وَسَطِ ٱلْيَهُودِ، وَذِكْرُهُمَا لَا يَفْنَى مِنْ نَسْلِهِمْ.

These days were to be celebrated and observed in every generation, every family, every province, and every city. These Jews and their descendants would never cease to faithfully observe these days of Purim, so that they should never forget them.

٢٩ 29 وَكَتَبَتْ أَسْتِيرُ ٱلْمَلِكَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِيحَائِلَ وَمُرْدَخَايُ ٱلْيَهُودِيُّ بِكُلِّ سُلْطَانٍ بِإِيجَابِ رِسَالَةِ ٱلْفُورِيمِ هَذِهِ ثَانِيَةً،

Queen Esther daughter of Abihail and Mordecai the Jew wrote with full authority and confirmed this second letter about Purim.

٣٠ 30 وَأَرْسَلَ ٱلْكِتَابَاتِ إِلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلْيَهُودِ، إِلَى كُوَرِ مَمْلَكَةِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ ٱلْمِئَةِ وَٱلسَّبْعِ وَٱلْعِشْرِينَ بِكَلَامِ سَلَامٍ وَأَمَانَةٍ،

Letters were sent to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, wishing the Jews safety and truth.

٣١ 31 لِإِيجَابِ يَوْمَيِ ٱلْفُورِيمِ هَذَيْنِ فِي أَوْقَاتِهِمَا، كَمَا أَوْجَبَ عَلَيْهِمْ مُرْدَخَايُ ٱلْيَهُودِيُّ وَأَسْتِيرُ ٱلْمَلِكَةُ، وَكَمَا أَوْجَبُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَعَلَى نَسْلِهِمْ أُمُورَ ٱلْأَصْوَامِ وَصُرَاخِهِمْ.

These letters confirmed the days of Purim at their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther obligated the Jews. The Jews accepted this obligation for themselves and their descendants, just as also they accepted times of fasting and lamenting.

٣٢ 32 وَأَمْرُ أَسْتِيرَ أَوْجَبَ أُمُورَ ٱلْفُورِيمِ هَذِهِ، فَكُتِبَتْ فِي ٱلسِّفْرِ.

The command of Esther confirmed these regulations regarding Purim, and it was written in the book.