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 two [plus] ten month that [is] [the] month of Adar on thir-teen day in it when it approached [the] word of the king and law his to be done on the day when they had hoped [the] enemies of the Jews to domineer over them and it was reversed it that they domineered the Jews they over [those who] 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.
They assembled the Jews in cities their in all [the] provinces of the king Ahasuerus to stretch out a hand on those seeking harm their and anyone not he stood before them for it had fallen dread of them on 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] officials of the provinces and the satraps and the governors and [the] doers of the work which [belonged] to the king [were] supporting the Jews for it had fallen [the] dread of Mordecai on 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 [was] great Mordecai in [the] house of the king and [the] report of him [was] going in all the provinces for the man Mordecai [was] going and becoming great.
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 they struck down the Jews all enemies their a striking down of sword and slaughter and destruction and they did over [those who] hated them according to pleasure their.
6 Shushan rhalmah im ah Judah rhoek loh a ngawn tih hlang ya nga milh.
And in Susa the citadel they killed the Jews and they destroyed five hundred man.
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 - Vaizatha.
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 [the] sons of Haman [the] son of Hammedatha [the] opposer of the Jews they killed and on the plunder not they stretched out hand their.
11 Te khohnin ah Shushan rhalmah im kah a ngawn hlangmi rhoek te manghai mikhmuh la pawk.
On the day that it came [the] number of those killed in Susa the citadel 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 he said the king to Esther the queen in Susa the citadel they have killed the Jews and they have destroyed five hundred man and [the] ten [the] sons of Haman in [the] rest of [the] provinces of the king what? have they done and what? [is] petition your so it may be given to you and what? [is] request your more and it may 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 she said Esther if [is] on the king good let it be permitted also tomorrow to the Jews who [are] in Susa to do according to [the] law of this day and [the] ten [the] sons of Haman let them hang on 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 sakuh.
And he said the king to be done thus and it was given [the] law in Susa and [the] ten [the] sons of Haman people hanged.
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 they assembled (the Jews *Q(k)*) who [were] in Susa also on day four-teen of [the] month of Adar and they killed in Susa three hundred man and on the plunder not they stretched out hand their.
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] remainder of the Jews who [were] in [the] provinces of the king they assembled - and they made a stand on life their and they had rest from enemies their and they killed among [those who] hated them five and seventy thousand and on the plunder not they stretched out hand their.
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 day thir-teen of [the] month of Adar and they rested on [day] four-teen in it and they made it a day of feast 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.
(And the Jews *Q(k)*) who [were] in Susa they assembled on [day] thir-teen in it and on [day] four-teen in it and they rested on [day] fif-teen in it and they made it a day of feast 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.
There-fore the Jews (the rural villagers *Q(k)*) who were dwelling in [the] cities of the open regions [are] observing day four-teen of [the] month Adar joy and a feast and a day good and [the] sending of portions each to neighbor his.
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 he wrote Mordecai the words these and he sent out letters to all the Jews who [were] in all [the] provinces of the king Ahasuerus near and far.
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 impose on them to be observing day four-teen of [the] month Adar and day fif-teen in it in every year and year.
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 a khueh tih a hui taengah maehvae taelnah rhip om tih, khodaeng rhoek te kutdoe a paekuh.
As the days when they had rest on them the Jews from enemies their and the month when it was changed for them from sorrow into joy and from mourning into a day good to make them days of feast and joy and [the] sending of portions each to neighbor his and gifts to the needy [people].
23 Saii hamla a phueng uh tih Mordekai loh amih ham a daek pah te tah Judah rhoek long khaw a doe uh.
And he accepted the Jews [that] which they had begun to do and [that] which he had written Mordecai 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] opposer of all the Jews he had planned on the Jews to destroy them and he had cast Pur that [is] the lot to trouble 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 came it before the king he said with the letter let it return plan his evil which he had planned on the Jews on own head his and people will hang him and sons his 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 sawtuh.
There-fore people called the days these Purim on [the] name of the Pur there-fore on all [the] words of the letter this and whatever they had seen on thus and whatever it 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 dongahA kum, kum takuem ah, a ca neh a tuetang bangla hnin hnih khuiah saii tih om thil ham te dal uh pawh.
They imposed (and they accepted *Q(K)*) the Jews - on themselves - and on offspring their and on all who joined themselves to them and not it will pass away to be observing [the] two the days these according to writing their and according to appointed time their in every year and year.
28 Te khohnin te 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 the days these [were] remembered and observed in every generation and generation clan and clan province and province and city and city and [the] days of the Purim these not they will pass away from among the Jews and remembrance their not it will cease from offspring their.
29 Abihail canu Esther manghainu neh Judah Mordekai loh Purim ca he pabae la cak sak ham saithainah boeih neh a daek.
And she wrote Esther the queen [the] daughter of Abihail and Mordecai the Jew all authority to confirm [the] letter of the Purim this second.
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 seven and twenty and one hundred province[s] [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 [the] days of the Purim these at appointed times their just as he had imposed on them Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen and just as they had imposed on self their and on offspring their [the] words of the fasts and cry of distress their.
32 Esther kah olpaek he Purim ol la a cak sak tih cabu khuiah khaw a daek.
And [the] command of Esther it confirmed [the] words of the Purim these and [it was] written in the book.
