Estera 9
1 Trinaestoga dana dvanaestog mjeseca, mjeseca Adara, kad je morala biti izvršena odredba kraljevog ukaza, istoga dana u koji su se neprijatelji Židova nadali zavladati nad njima dogodi se obrnuto: Židovi zavladaše nad neprijateljima svojim.
On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.
2 Židovi se sakupiše po svojim gradovima u svim pokrajinama kralja Ahasvera da udare na one koji su tražili njihovu propast. I nitko se nije usuđivao da im pruži otpor, jer je sve narode spopao strah od Židova.
In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.
3 Svi su knezovi pokrajina i namjesnici, upravljači i činovnici kraljevi štitili Židove jer ih je obuzeo strah od Mordokaja.
And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.
4 Jer je Mordokaj postao velik na kraljevskom dvoru, i po svim pokrajinama širio se glas da Mordokaj postaje sve moćniji.
For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.
5 Židovi, dakle, udariše mačem po svim svojim neprijateljima, sasjekoše ih i zatrše; sa svojim mrziteljima postupiše kako im se htjelo.
The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.
6 Samo u tvrđavi Suzi smakoše i zatrše Židovi pet stotina ljudi;
In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,
7 pogubiše Paršandatu, Dalfona, Aspatu,
including Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
8 Poratu, Adaliju, Aridatu,
Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
9 Parmaštu, Arisaja, Aridaja, Jezatu
Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha.
10 i deset sinova Hamana, sina Hamdatina, progonitelja Židova. Ali se ne pojagmiše za plijenom.
They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
11 Toga istog dana, doznavši za broj ubijenih u tvrđavi Suzi,
On that day the number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king,
12 kralj reče kraljici Esteri: "U tvrđavi Suzi Židovi su smaknuli i uništili pet stotina ljudi i deset Hamanovih sinova. Što su tek onda izveli u ostalim pokrajinama kraljevim? Koja je sada molba tvoja? Bit će uslišana! Koja je tvoja želja? Bit će ispunjena!"
who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”
13 "Ako je kralju po volji," reče Estera, "neka se Židovima koji žive u Suzi dopusti još sutra primijeniti isti zakon kao i danas i neka se objesi deset Hamanovih sinova."
Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”
14 Kralj naredi da se tako učini: zakon bi u Suzi proglašen i deset Hamanovih sinova obješeno.
So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
15 Tako se Židovi Suze sakupiše i četrnaestoga dana mjeseca Adara pa pobiše u Suzi još tri stotine ljudi. Ali se ni tada ne pojagmiše za plijenom.
On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
16 Ostali Židovi, oni koji su živjeli u kraljevskim pokrajinama, sakupiše se da brane svoje živote i mir od neprijatelja: pobiše sedamdeset i pet tisuća dušmana. Ali se ni tada ne pojagmiše za plijenom. Bio je trinaesti dan mjeseca Adara.
The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
17 Četrnaestoga dana Židovi su mirovali: to bijaše dan gozbe i veselja.
This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.
18 Židovi u Suzi koji su se sakupili trinaestoga i četrnaestoga dana mirovahu petnaestoga dana; to je bio dan njihova veselja i gozbi.
The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.
19 Zbog toga Židovi pripoljci, oni koji žive po neutvrđenim selima, blagdanski svetkuju četrnaesti dan mjeseca Adara veseleći se i gozbujući i među sobom izmjenjujući darove. a A koji žive u gradovima slave i petnaesti dan Adara u razdraganosti i u veselju, izmjenjujući među sobom darove.
This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.
20 Mordokaj opisa te događaje i upravi pisma Židovima svih blizih i dalekih pokrajina kralja Ahasvera.
Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,
21 Naložio im je da četrnaesti i petnaesti dan mjeseca Adara svake godine slave
to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
22 kao dane u kojima su Židovi postigli spokoj od svojih neprijatelja i kao mjesec koji je bio pretvorio u radost njihovu tugu a u blagdan njihovo žalovanje. Neka ih slave gozbom i veseljem, izmjenjujući među sobom darove i dijeleći poklone ubogima.
as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.
23 Židovi prihvatiše da drže ono što su već sami od sebe počeli slaviti i o čemu im je pisao Mordokaj:
So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.
24 "Haman, sin Hamdatin, Agađanin, progonitelj svih Židova, kako je bio naumio sve ih uništiti, baci 'Pur', to jest ždrijeb, za njihovo smaknuće i zator;
For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.
25 ali kad je za njegovu zamisao doznao kralj, on pismeno naredi: 'Neka se na njegovu glavu obori opaki naum što ga bijaše zasnovao protiv Židova i neka bude obješen, on i sinovi njegovi.'"
But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
26 Zbog toga su ti dani nazvani Purim, prema riječi Pur. Zato prema svem sadržaju toga pisma i prema onome što su vidjeli i što im bijaše preneseno
Therefore these days are called Purim, from the word Pur. Because of all the instructions in this letter, and because of all they had seen and experienced,
27 Židovi se neopozivo obvezaše i prihvatiše za se, za svoje potomke i za sve one koji se s njima budu udružili da će svake godine slaviti ta dva dana prema tom propisu i u to vrijeme.
the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.
28 Te dane valja slaviti i njih se sjećati od pokoljenja do pokoljenja u svakoj obitelji, pokrajini i gradu; ti dani Purima ne smiju iščeznuti ispred Židova, ni spomen na njih biti izbrisan iz njihova roda.
These days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.
29 Kraljica Estera, kći Abihailova, i Židov Mordokaj pisali su to što snažnije da tako još jednom potkrijepe pismo o Purimu.
So Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.
30 Pisma su poslali svim Židovima u sto dvadeset i sedam pokrajina Ahasverova kraljevstva s porukom mira i vjernosti;
And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,
31 da obdržavaju te dane Purima u njihovo određeno vrijeme, kako su to odredili Židov Mordokaj i kraljica Estera, i da drže post i molitve, onako kako su to oni obvezali sebe i svoje potomke.
in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.
32 Tako Esterina naredba ozakoni ove propise Purima i to bi zapisano u knjigu.
So Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, which were written into the record.
