Esther 8
1 That same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed his relation to her.
Na ta dan je dal Kralj Ahasvér hišo Hamána, sovražnika Judov, kraljici Esteri. Mordohaj pa je prišel pred kralja, kajti Estera je povedala, kaj ji je bil.
2 The king removed the signet ring he had recovered from Haman and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed Mordecai over the estate of Haman.
Kralj je snel svoj prstan, ki ga je vzel od Hamána in ga dal Mordohaju. Estera pa je Mordohaja postavila nad Hamánovo hišo.
3 And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.
Estera je ponovno spregovorila pred kraljem in padla dol pri njegovih stopalih in ga s solzami rotila, da odstrani vragolijo Hamána, Agágovca in njegov naklep, ki ga je zasnoval zoper Jude.
4 The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, and she arose and stood before the king.
Potem je kralj proti Esteri iztegnil zlato žezlo. Tako je Estera vstala in stala pred kraljem
5 “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.
in rekla: »Če kralju ugaja in če sem našla naklonjenost v njegovem pogledu in se zdi stvar pravilna pred kraljem in sem prijetna v njegovih očeh, naj bo zapisano, da se razveljavijo pisma, ki jih je zasnoval Hamán, Hamedátov sin, Agágovec, katera je napisal, da uničijo Jude, ki so po vseh kraljevih provincah.
6 For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”
Kajti kako lahko prenašam gledanje zla, ki bo prišlo k mojemu ljudstvu? Ali kako lahko prenašam gledanje uničenja mojega sorodstva?«
7 So King Xerxes said to Esther the Queen and Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.
Tedaj je kralj Ahasvér rekel kraljici Esteri in Judu Mordohaju: »Glejta, Esteri sem dal hišo Hamána, njega pa so obesili na vislice, ker je svojo roko položil na Jude.
8 Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”
Tudi za Jude napišita, kakor vama to ugaja, v kraljevem imenu in to zapečatita s kraljevim prstanom, kajti pisanja, ki je napisano v kraljevem imenu in zapečateno s kraljevim pečatom, noben človek ne more razveljaviti.«
9 At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan ), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush —writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
Potem so bili poklicani kraljevi pisarji, ob tistem času, v tretjem mesecu, ki je mesec siván, na njegov triindvajseti dan in to je bilo napisano glede na vse, kar je Mordohaj zapovedal Judom, poročnikom, namestnikom in vladarjem provinc, ki so od Indije do Etiopije, sto sedemindvajsetim provincam, vsaki provinci glede na njihovo pisanje in vsakemu ljudstvu glede na njihov jezik in Judom glede na njihovo pisanje in glede na njihov jezik.
10 Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.
Napisal je v imenu Kralja Ahasvérja in to zapečatil s kraljevim prstanom in pisma poslal po slih na konjskem hrbtu in jahačih na mulah, kamelah in mladih [enogrbih] velblodih.
11 By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.
V teh je kralj zagotovil Judom, ki so bili v vsakem mestu, da se zberejo skupaj in da stojijo za svoje življenje, da uničijo, da ubijejo in da povzročijo, da umre vsa moč ljudstva in province, ki bi jih hotela napasti, tako malčke kakor ženske in da njihov dobiček vzamejo za plen,
12 The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
na en dan po vseh provincah Kralja Ahasvérja, namreč na trinajsti dan dvanajstega meseca, ki je mesec adár.
13 A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
Kopija pisanja za zapoved, ki naj bi bila dana v vsako provinco, je bila razglašena vsemu ljudstvu in da naj bodo Judje pripravljeni za ta dan, da se maščujejo na svojih sovražnikih.
14 The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.
Tako so sli, ki so jahali na mulah in kamelah, odšli ven, podvizani in pritisnjeni s kraljevo zapovedjo. In odlok je bil izdan pri palači Suze.
15 Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.
Mordohaj je odšel izpred prisotnosti kralja v kraljevski obleki iz modre in bele in z veliko krono iz zlata in z obleko iz tankega lanenega platna in vijolične, mesto Suze pa se je veselilo in bilo veselo.
16 For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.
Judje so imeli svetlobo, veselje, radost in čast.
17 In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.
V vsaki provinci in v vsakem mestu, kamor sta prišla kraljeva zapoved in njegov odlok, so imeli Judje radost in veselje, praznovanje in dober dan. In mnogi izmed ljudstva dežele so postali Judje, kajti strah pred Judi je padel nanje.
