Ester 8

1 Samme Dag gav Kong Ahasverus Dronning Ester Hamans, Jødernes Fjendes, Hus. Og Mordokaj fik Foretræde hos Kongen, thi Ester havde fortalt, hvad han havde været for hende.

That day the king gave all the family of Haman, the hater of the Jews, to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had made clear what he was to her.

2 Og Kongen tog sin Seglring, som han havde frataget Haman, og gav Mordokaj den. Og Ester satte Mordokaj over Hamans Hus.

And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther put Mordecai over the family of Haman.

3 Men Ester henvendte sig atter til Kongen, og hun kastede sig ned for hans Fødder og græd og bønfaldt ham om at afværge de onde Raad, Agagiten Haman havde lagt op imod Jøderne.

Then Esther again came before the king, falling down at his feet, and made request to him with weeping, that he would put a stop to the evil purposes of Haman the Agagite and the designs which he had made against the Jews.

4 Kongen rakte det gyldne Scepter ud imod Ester, og Ester rejste sig op og traadte hen til Kongen

Then the king put out the rod of gold to Esther, and she got up before the king.

5 og sagde: »Hvis Kongen synes, og hvis jeg har fundet Naade for hans Ansigt og Kongen holder det for ret, og han har Behag i mig, lad der saa blive givet skriftlig Befaling til at tilbagekalde de Skrivelser, Agagiten Haman, Hammedatas Søn, udpønsede, og som han lod udgaa for at udrydde Jøderne i alle Kongens Lande;

And she said, If it is the king's pleasure and if I have his approval and this thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing to him, then let letters be sent giving orders against those which Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, sent out for the destruction of the Jews in all divisions of the kingdom:

6 thi hvor kan jeg udholde at se den Ulykke, som rammer mit Folk, og hvor kan jeg udholde at se min Slægts Undergang!«

For how is it possible for me to see the evil which is to overtake my nation? how may I see the destruction of my people?

7 Da sagde Kong Ahasverus til Dronning Ester og Jøden Mordokaj: »Hamans Hus har jeg givet Ester, og han selv er blevet hængt i Galgen, fordi han stod Jøderne efter Livet.

Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, See now, I have given Esther the family of Haman, and he has come to his death by hanging, because he made an attack on the Jews.

8 Nu kan I selv i Kongens Navn affatte en Skrivelse om Jøderne, som I finder det for godt, og sætte det kongelige Segl under; thi en Skrivelse, der een Gang er udgaaet i Kongens Navn og forseglet med det kongelige Segl, kan ikke kaldes tilbage.«

So now send a letter about the Jews, writing whatever seems good to you, in the king's name, and stamping it with the king's ring: for a writing signed in the king's name and stamped with the king's ring may not be changed.

9 Saa blev Kongens Skrivere med det samme tilkaldt paa den tre og tyvende Dag i den tredje Maaned, det er Sivan Maaned, og der blev skrevet, ganske som Mordokaj bød, til Jøderne og til Satraperne og Statholderne og Fyrsterne i Landene fra Indien til Ætiopien, 127 Landsdele, til hver Landsdel med dens egen Skrift og til hvert Folk paa dets eget Sprog, ogsaa til Jøderne med deres egen Skrift og paa deres eget Sprog.

Then at that time, on the twenty-third day of the third month, which is the month Sivan, the king's scribes were sent for; and everything ordered by Mordecai was put in writing and sent to the Jews and the captains and the rulers and the chiefs of all the divisions of the kingdom from India to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven divisions, to every division in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing and their language.

10 Han affattede Skrivelser i Kong Ahasverus's Navn og forseglede dem med Kongens Seglring; derefter sendte han dem ud ved ridende Ilbud, der red paa Gangere fra de kongelige Stalde, med Kundgørelse om,

The letters were sent in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with his ring, and they were taken by men on horseback, going on the quick-running horses used for the king's business, the offspring of his best horses:

11 at Kongen tilstedte Jøderne i hver enkelt By at slutte sig sammen og værge deres Liv og i hvert Folk og hvert Land at udrydde, ihjelslaa og tilintetgøre alle væbnede Skarer, som angreb dem, tillige med Børn og Kvinder, og at plyndre deres Ejendele,

In these letters the king gave authority to the Jews in every town to come together and make a fight for their lives, and to send death and destruction on the power of any people in any part of the kingdom attacking them or their children or their women, and to take their goods from them by force,

12 alt paa en og samme Dag i alle Kong Ahasverus's Lande, paa den trettende Dag i den tolvte Maaned, det er Adar Maaned.

On one day in every division of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, that is, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.

13 En Afskrift af Skrivelsen, der skulde udgaa som Forordning i alle Rigets Dele, blev kundgjort for alle Folkene, for at Jøderne den Dag kunde være rede til at tage Hævn over deres Fjender.

A copy of the writing, to be made public as an order in every division of the kingdom, was given out to all the peoples, so that the Jews might be ready when that day came to give punishment to their haters.

14 Saa snart Forordningen var givet i Borgen Susan, skyndte Ilbudene, som red paa de kongelige Gangere, sig paa Kongens Bud af Sted saa hurtigt, de kunde.

So the men went out on the quick-running horses used on the king's business, wasting no time and forced on by the king's order; and the order was given out in Shushan, the king's town.

15 Men Mordokaj gik fra Kongen i en kongelig Klædning af violet Purpur og hvidt Linned, med et stort Gulddiadem og en Kappe af fint Linned og rødt Purpur, medens Byen Susan jublede og glædede sig.

And Mordecai went out from before the king, dressed in king-like robes of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold and clothing of purple and the best linen: and all the town of Shushan gave loud cries of joy.

16 Jøderne havde nu Lykke og Glæde, Fryd og Ære;

And the Jews had light and joy and honour.

17 og i hver eneste Landsdel og i hver eneste By, hvor Kongens Bud og Forordning naaede hen, var der Fryd og Glæde blandt Jøderne med Gæstebud og Fest. Og mange af Hedningerne gik over til Jødedommen, thi Frygt for Jøderne var faldet paa dem.

And in every part of the kingdom and in every town, wherever the king's letter and his order came, the Jews were glad with great joy, and had a feast and a good day. And a great number of the people of the land became Jews: for the fear of the Jews had come on them.