Ester 9

1 Og i den tolvte Maaned, det er Adar Maaned, paa den trettende Dag i den, der Kongens Ord og hans Lov skulde til at fuldbyrdes, paa den Dag som Jødernes Fjender havde ventet at skulle herske over dem, og det vendte sig om, saa at Jøderne selv herskede over deres Hadere,

Now in the twelfth month (that is the month of Adar), on the thirteenth day, when the king’s command and his decree was about to put into execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, then the tables were turned so that the Jews had the mastery over those who hated them.

2 da samledes Jøderne i deres Stæder i alle Kong Ahasverus's Landskaber for at lægge Haand paa dem, som søgte deres Ulykke; og ingen kunde bestaa for deres Ansigt, thi Frygt for dem var falden paa alle Folkene.

The Jews gathered together in the cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, to attack anyone who tried to harm them. No one could withstand them, for the fear of them had fallen on all the peoples.

3 Og alle Øverster i Landskaberne og Statholdere og Fyrster og Kongens Embedsmænd holdt med Jøderne; thi Frygt for Mardokaj var falden paa dem,

All the princes of the provinces and the satraps and the governors and they who attended to the king’s business, helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen on them.

4 fordi Mardokaj var stor i Kongens Hus, og hans Ry gik igennem alle Landskaberne; thi Manden Mardokaj vedblev at gaa frem i Magt.

For Mordecai was great in the king’s palace, and as his power increased his fame spread throughout all the provinces.

5 Saa sloge Jøderne alle deres Fjender med Sværdslag og Drab og Ødelæggelse, og de gjorde efter deres Tykke imod deres Hadere.

The Jews put all their enemies to the sword and, with slaughter and destruction, they did what they wanted to those who hated them.

6 Og i Borgen Susan ihjelsloge Jøderne og ødelagde fem Hundrede Mænd.

In Susa the capital the Jews killed five hundred people.

7 Og Parsandatha og Dalfon og Aspatha,

They killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,

8 og Poratha og Adalja og Aridatha,

Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,

9 og Parmastha og Arisaj og Aridaj og Vajesatha,

Parmashta, Arisia, Aridai, and Vaizatha,

10 ti Sønner af Haman, Ham-Medathas Søn, Jødernes Fjende sloge de ihjel; men de lagde ikke deres Haand paa Byttet.

the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy; but they did not take any plunder.

11 Paa den samme Dag kom de ihjelslagnes Tal i Borgen Susan for Kongen.

On that day the number of those who were slain in Susa was brought before the king,

12 Og Kongen sagde til Dronning Esther: Jøderne have ihjelslaget og ødelagt fem Hundrede Mænd og Hamans ti Sønner i Borgen Susan; hvad have de gjort i Kongens øvrige Landskaber? men hvad er din Bøn? og det skal gives dig, og hvad er ydermere din Begæring? og det skal ske.

and the king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have slain five hundred people in Susa, and 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 to you. What is your request? It will be done.”

13 Og Esther sagde: Dersom det synes Kongen godt, da lad der ogsaa i Morgen gives Jøderne, som ere i Susan, Tilladelse til at gøre efter denne Dags Lov og at hænge Hamans ti Sønner paa Træet.

“If it please the king,” Esther said, “let it be granted to the Jews who are in Susa to do tomorrow also according to this day’s decree. Let the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”

14 Og Kongen befalede at gøre saa, og der blev givet en Lov i Susan, og de hængte Hamans ti Sønner.

And the king commanded it to be done. A decree was given out in Susa and they hung the bodies of Haman’s ten sons on the gallows.

15 Og Jøderne, som vare i Susan, samledes ogsaa paa den fjortende Dag i Adar Maaned og ihjelsloge i Susan tre Hundrede Mænd; men de lagde ikke deres Haand paa Byttet.

The Jews who were in Susa gathered themselves together again on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar. They killed three hundred people in Susa. But they did not take any plunder.

16 Men de øvrige Jøder, som vare i Kongens Landskaber, samledes og værgede for deres Liv og fik Ro for deres Fjender og ihjelsloge af deres Fjender fem og halvfjerdsindstyve Tusinde; men de lagde ikke deres Haand paa Byttet.

And the other Jews who were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together and fought for their lives and overcame their enemies. They killed seventy-five thousand who hated them. But they did not take any plunder.

17 Dette skete paa den trettende Dag i Adar Maaned, og de hvilede paa den fjortende i den og gjorde den til Gæstebuds- og Glædesdag.

This was on the thirteenth day of Adar. On the fourteenth day of the month Adar the Jews rested and made it a day of feasting and rejoicing.

18 Men Jøderne, som vare i Susan, samledes paa den trettende i den og paa den fjortende i den; og de hvilede paa den femtende i den, og den gjorde de til Gæstebuds- og til Glædesdag.

(But the Jews in Susa gathered on both the thirteenth and fourteenth day – and rested on the fifteenth day of the same month and made it a day of feasting and rejoicing.)

19 Derfor gjorde Jøderne paa Landet, de, som boede i de ubefæstede Stæder, den fjortende Dag i Adar Maaned til Gæstebuds- og Glædes- og Lystighedsdag og til en, paa hvilken den ene sender den anden Gaver.

This is why the Jews who live in the country villages keep the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of rejoicing and feasting and a holiday, and a day in which they send gifts of food to each other.

20 Og Mardokaj skrev disse Ting og sendte Breve til alle Jøderne, som vare i alle Kong Ahasverus's Landskaber, dem, som vare nær, og dem, som vare langt borte,

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

21 om at fastsætte for dem, at de skulde gøre den fjortende Dag i Adar Maaned og den femtende Dag i den, Aar for Aar,

He told them to keep the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and also the fifteenth day every year,

22 som de Dage, paa hvilke Jøderne havde faaet Ro for deres Fjender, og den Maaned, som var bleven vendt for dem fra Bedrøvelse til Glæde og fra Sorg til Lystighedsdag: — At de skulde gøre samme til Gæstebuds- og Glædesdage, og at den ene skulde sende den anden Foræringer og Gaver til de fattige.

as the days on which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned from sorrow to gladness and from mourning into a feast day. They should make them days of feasting and gladness and of sending gifts of food to each other and of gifts to the poor.

23 Og Jøderne vedtoge at gøre det, som de havde begyndt, og som Mardokaj havde skrevet dem til.

So what the Jews had begun to do they adopted as a custom, just as Mordecai had written to them.

24 Thi Haman, Ham-Medathas Søn, Agagiten, alle Jøders Fjende, havde optænkt et Anslag imod Jøderne om at udrydde dem og havde ladet kaste Pur, det er Lod, for at ødelægge og udrydde dem.

For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted to destroy them. He had cast ‘Pur’, that is the lot, intending to consume them and to destroy them.

25 Og da det var kommet for Kongens Ansigt, havde han ladet sige ved Brevet, at hans onde Anslag, som han havde optænkt imod Jøderne, skulde komme tilbage paa hans Hoved; og de hængte ham og hans Sønner paa Træet.

But when the matter came before the king, he gave written orders that his wicked plot, which he had planned against the Jews, should come upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

26 Derfor kaldte man de samme Dage Purim, efter Ordet Pur, for den Sags Skyld, for alle dette Brevs Ord, og hvad de derhos havde set, og hvad der var kommet over dem.

This is why these days are called Purim, after the word Pur. Therefore because of all the words of this letter, as well as all they had seen, and all they had experienced,

27 Jøderne stadfæstede og vedtoge det for sig og for deres Sæd og for alle dem, som sluttede sig til dem, som noget, ingen maatte overtræde, at de skulde holde disse to Dage efter deres Forskrift og deres bestemte Tid, Aar for Aar;

the Jews established and made it a custom for them, for their descendants, and for all who should join them, so that it might not be repealed, that they should continue to observe these two days as feasts each year,

28 og at de Dage skulde blive ihukommede og holdte af enhver Slægt, al enhver Familie, hvert Landskab og hver Stad; og at disse Purims Dage ikke skulde forsømmes iblandt Jøderne, og deres Ihukommelse ikke ophøre for deres Sæd.

and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city. And these days of Purim should not pass away from among the Jews nor the remembrance of them disappear among their descendants.

29 Og Dronning Esther, Abihajls Datter, og Jøden Mardokaj skreve eftertrykkeligt for at stadfæste dette andet Brev om Purim.

Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, gave Mordecai the Jew all authority in writing to confirm this second letter of Purim.

30 Og han sendte Breve til alle Jøderne, til hundrede og syv og tyve Landskaber i Ahasverus's Rige med Fred og Sandheds Ord

He sent letters to all the Jews, to the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, wishing them peace and security,

31 til at stadfæste disse Purims Dage paa deres bestemte Tider, ligesom Jøden Mardokaj og Dronning Esther havde stadfæstet for dem, og ligesom de havde stadfæstet for sig selv og for deres Sæd angaaende Fasten og Veklagen.

to confirm these days of Purim in their proper times, to be observed as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had directed and as the Jews had proscribed for themselves and their descendants, in the matter of the fastings and their cry of lamentation.

32 Og Esthers Ord stadfæstede disse Forskrifter om Purim; og det er skrevet i Bogen.

And the commands of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the records.