ESTHER 9
1 Amah hla hlai nit, Adar hla, hnin hlai thum a pha coeng. Te khohnin ah manghai ol neh a olkhan te saii ham om. Judah kah thunkha rhoek loh amih soah taemrhai ham a lamso uh. Tedae te a palet la om tih a hmuhuet Judah rhoek loh amih soah lat a taemrhai uh.
And in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day thereof, 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 (but it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had power over them that hated them),
2 Judah rhoek khaw amih boethae aka tlap thil rhoek te kut hlah ham manghai Ahasuerus paeng tom kah amamih khopuei ah tingtun uh. Pilnam boeih soah a birhihnah loh a tlak dongah amih mikhmuh ah hlang a pai thai moenih.
the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout the provinces of king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt. And no man could withstand them; for the fear of them had fallen upon all the peoples.
3 Paeng kah mangpa boeih neh khoboei rhoek khaw, rhalboei rhoek khaw, manghai bitat aka saii rhoek khaw, Judah rhoek ni a duel uh. Amih te Mordekai taengkah birhihnah loh a tlak thil.
And all the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors and officers of the king, helped the Jews; for the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.
4 Mordekai te manghai im ah len tih a thang khaw paeng tom ah cet. Mordekai he hlang la pongpa coeng tih pantai coeng.
For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went forth throughout the provinces; for the man Mordecai became continually greater.
5 Judah loh a thunkha boeih te cunghang hmasoe neh, ngawnnah neh, pocinah neh a ngawn uh. Amih aka lunguet rhoek te a kolonah bangla a saii uh.
And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword and slaughter and destruction, and did what they would to those that hated them.
6 Shushan rhalmah im ah Judah rhoek loh a ngawn tih hlang ya nga milh.
And in Shushan the fortress the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
7 Te phoeiah Parshandatha, Dalphon neh Aspatha ah.
And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
8 Poratha, Adalia neh Aridatha ah.
and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai neh Vaizatha ah.
and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,
10 Judah aka daengdaeh Hammedatha capa Haman koca parha te a ngawn uh. Tedae kutbuem dongah tah a kut te hlah uh pawh.
the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the oppressor of the Jews, they slew; but they laid not their hands on the prey.
11 Te khohnin ah Shushan rhalmah im kah a ngawn hlangmi rhoek te manghai mikhmuh la pawk.
On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the fortress was brought before the king.
12 Manghai loh Esther manghainu taengah, “Shushan rhalmah im ah Judah rhoek loh a ngawn uh tih hlang ya nga neh Haman koca parha te milh coeng. Manghai paeng kah a coih ah metlam a saii uh co? Nang kah mebang huithuinah mai akhaw nang taengah m'paek bitni. Na kueknah te metla om bal cakhaw han saii bitni,” a ti nah.
And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the fortress, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? And what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee; and what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
13 Te dongah Esther loh, “Manghai ham khaw a then mak atah, tihnin kah olkhan bangla thangvuen ah Shushan kah Judah rhoek taengla pae saeh lamtah saii saeh. Te vaengah Haman ca rhoek parha te thing dongah kuiok sak saeh,” a ti nah.
And Esther said, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews that are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according to this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
14 Te dongah manghai loh, “Te tlam te saii ham om,” a ti nah. Te phoeiah Shushan ah olkhan a paek tih Haman ca rhoek parha te a kuiok sak uh.
And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
15 Judah, Judah rhoek van khaw Adar hla kah hnin hlai li vaengah tah Shushan ah koep tingtun uh. Te vaengah Shushan ah hlang ya thum a ngawn uh dae kutbuem dongah tah a kut te hlah uh pawh.
And 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 they laid not their hand on the prey.
16 Manghai paeng khuikah Judah aka coih rhoek khaw amamih hinglu te pai puei ham, a thunkha taeng lamloh duem hamla tingtun uh. Te vaengah a lunguet rhoek a ngawn te thawng sawmrhih neh thawng nga lo. Tedae kutbuem dongah tah a kut te hlah uh pawh.
And the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their life, and had rest from their enemies; and they slew of them that hated them seventy-five thousand (but they laid not their hand on the prey),
17 Adar hla kah hnin hlai thum phoeikah a hlai li dongah tah amah duem uh. Te te buhkoknah neh kohoenah hnin la a khueh uh.
on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and joy.
18 Judah khuiah khaw Shushan kah Judah rhoek tah a hlai thum ah, a hlai li ah tingtun uh tih a hlai nga dongah duem uh. Te te buhkoknah neh kohoenah hnin la a khueh uh.
But the Jews that were at Shushan gathered themselves together on the thirteenth [day] thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and joy.
19 Te dongah vongah khopuei ah vangca hlang la kho aka sa Judah rhoek long tah Adar hla kah hnin hlai li te kohoenah neh buhkoknah la, khohnin then la a saii uh. Te vaengah hlang loh a hui taengah maehvae taelnah om.
Therefore the Jews of the villages that dwell in the country towns make the fourteenth of the month Adar a day of joy and feasting, and a good day, and on which they send portions one to another.
20 Te ol te Mordekai loh a daek tih manghai Ahasuerus paeng pum kah Judah hlang a yoei a hla boeih taengah ca a pat.
And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the Jews near and far that were in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus,
21 Kum takuem kum khat dongkah Adar hla hnin hlai li neh a hlai nga hnin vaengah te te saii ham om tila amih soah a cak sak.
to establish [this] among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
22 Te khohnin van vaengah amih Judah rhoek ham khaw a thunkha rhoek taeng lamloh duem uh. Tekah hla vaengah tah amih ham kothaenah te kohoenah la, nguekcoinah lamloh khohnin then la a poeh pah. Te te buhkoknah neh kohoenah khohnin la khueh tih a hui taengah maehvae taelnah rhip om tih, khodaeng rhoek te kutdoe a paek uh.
as the days on which the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month that was turned to 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.
23 Saii hamla a phueng uh tih Mordekai loh amih ham a daek pah te tah Judah rhoek long khaw a doe uh.
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them.
24 Judah pum aka daengdaeh Agagite Hammedatha capa Haman loh amih Judah rhoek te milh sak ham a moeh. Amih khawkkhek ham neh milh sak ham Pur hmulung te a naan bal.
For Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the oppressor 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;
25 Tedae manghai mikhmuh ah a phoe vaengah tah anih kah kopoek thae neh Judah rhoek a moeh thil te amah lu ah tla tih amah neh a ca rhoek te thing dongah kuiok sak ham khaw ca neh mael ham a thui.
and when [Esther] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head; and they hanged him and his sons on the gallows.
26 Te dongah te khohnin te Pur ming lamloh Purim la a khue uh. Teka ca dongah ol boeih a om dongah, he dong lamloh mebang a hmuh uh tih amih taengah mebang a thoeng khaw a sawt uh.
Therefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore, according to all the words of this letter, and for what they had seen concerning this matter and what had happened to them,
27 Judah rhoek loh a doe, a doe uh tih amamih so neh a tiingan soah khaw, amih taengah aka naep boeih soah khaw a thoh puei uh. Te dongah A kum, kum takuem ah, a ca neh a tuetang bangla hnin hnih khuiah saii tih om thil ham te dal uh pawh.
the Jews ordained and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves to them, so that it should not fail, that they would observe these two days according to their writing and according to their fixed time, every year;
28 Te khohnin te a poek uh tih thawnpuei neh cadilcahma loh a cako, a cako ah, paeng, paeng ah, kho, kho boeih ah a saii uh. Purim hnin he Judah khui lamloh dalh tlaih mahpawh. Te te poekkoepnah khaw a tiingan lamloh muei tlaih mahpawh.
and that these days should be remembered and observed throughout every generation, in 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 cease from among their seed.
29 Abihail canu Esther manghainu neh Judah Mordekai loh Purim ca he pabae la cak sak ham saithainah boeih neh a daek.
And queen Esther the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.
30 Ngaimongnah oltak ol te manghai Ahasuerus kah paeng ya pakul parhih kah Judah boeih taengah ca a pat.
And he sent letters to all the Jews, to the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, words of peace and truth,
31 Purim hnin he amah tuetang vaengah Judah Mordekai neh Esther manghainu loh amih ham a thoh pah vanbangla a thoh puei uh. Te vaengah amamih hinglu ham neh a tiingan ham khaw yaehnah neh a pang ol neh a saii uh.
to confirm these days of Purim in their fixed times, according as Mordecai the Jew and queen Esther had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, as to the matters of the fastings and their cry.
32 Esther kah olpaek he Purim ol la a cak sak tih cabu khuiah khaw a daek.
And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
