Esther 9
1 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.
Ke sun len aksingoul tolu in malem aksingoul luo, malem Adar, len se ma sap lun tokosra ac fah mau akpwayeyuk, ac mwet lokoalok lun mwet Jew elos finsrak mu elos fah leum faclos, tusruktu tiana ouinge — mwet Jew pa tuh leum fin mwet lokoalok lalos.
2 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.
In acn sin mwet Jew in siti nukewa ke mutunfacl nukewa lal tokosra Ahasuerus, mwet Jew elos tukeni ac akola in mweuni kutena mwet su srike in anwuk nu selos. Mwet yen nukewa sangeng selos, ac wangin mwet ku in kutangulosla.
3 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.
Pa oru mwet fulat nukewa — governor, mwet leum ac mwet tutaf lun tokosra — mwet inge elos sroang kasru mwet Jew ke sripen elos nukewa sangeng sel Mordecai.
4 For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.
Pungal Mordecai fahsrelik nu yen nukewa in tokosrai sac, lah arulana yohk ku lal inkul sin tokosra, ac ku lal yokyokelik na.
5 The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.
Ke ma inge mwet Jew elos ku in oru kutena ma elos lungse oru nu sin mwet lokoalok lalos. Elos anwuk nu selos ke cutlass ac onelosla.
6 In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,
In Susa, siti fulat sac sifacna, mwet Jew we onela mwet lumfoko.
7 including Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
Elos unilya Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha.
Parmashta, Arisal, Aridai, ac Vaizatha —
10 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.
mwet inge pa wen singoul natul Haman wen natul Hammedatha, mwet lokoalok lun mwet Jew. Tusruktu mwet uh tiana eisla kutena ma in ma wap lalos.
11 On that day the number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king,
Ke len sacna, pisen mwet anwuki in Susa fwackyang nu sel tokosra.
12 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.”
Ke ma inge tokosra el fahk nu sel Kasra Esther, “In siti Susa mukena, mwet Jew elos onela mwet lumfoko, weang wen singoul natul Haman. Na faska in mutunfacl saya ah! Inge, oasr pac ma kom enenu— Ac itukot nu sum. Fahkma lah mea pac kom lungse, ac kom ac fah eis.”
13 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.”
Esther el topuk ac fahk, “Fin wo ye mutun Tokosra, lela nu sin mwet Jew in Susa tuh ma elos oru misenge in sifilpa orek lutu. Ac sap tuh monin wen singoul natul Haman in sripsripyak ke nien loksak sac.”
14 So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
Tokosra el sapkin ma inge in orek, ac sap soko inge sulkakinyukelik in Susa. Monin wen singoul natul Haman sripsripyak ye mutun mwet nukewa.
15 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.
Ke len aksingoul akosr in malem Adar, mwet Jew su muta in Susa toeni ac sifilpa uniya mwet tolfoko su muta in siti uh. Tusruktu elos tia eis kutena ma wap.
16 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.
Mwet Jew in mutunfacl saya elos tukeni ac sifacna loangelos. Elos suk in sukosokla liki mwet kwaselos, ouinge elos uniya mwet itngoul limekosr tausin mwet lokoalok lalos. Tusruktu elos tia eis kutena ma wap.
17 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.
Ma inge elos oru ke len aksingoul tolu in malem Adar. Len se toko ah, len aksingoul akosr, elos mongla ac oru tuh in sie len in engan ac orek kufwa.
18 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.
Tusruktu mwet Jew in acn Susa, elos oru len aksingoul limekosr in sie len in engan ac orek kufwa, ke sripen elos uniya mwet lokoalok lalos ke len aksingoul tolu ac singoul akosr.
19 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.
Pa inge sripa se pwanang mwet Jew su muta in siti srisrik ma tia kulusyukyak ke pot uh elos akfulatye len aksingoul akosr in malem Adar oana sie len lulap nu selos in aengani ac orek kufwa ac akitakati ke mwe mongo.
20 Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,
Mordecai el sapkin in simla ma nukewa ma sikyak inge, ac supwalik leta nu sin mwet Jew nukewa su muta yen apkuran ac oayapa yen loessula apneni mutunfacl nukewa in Tokosrai lun Persia,
21 to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
ac fahkang nu selos in akfulatye len aksingoul akosr ac singoul limekosr in malem Adar, tuh in len lulap lalos in yac nukewa.
22 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.
Pa inge len ma mwet Jew elos tuh aksukosokyalosla liki mwet lokoalok lalos. Pa inge malem se ma moul in keok ac asor lalos tuh ekla nu ke engan ac insewowo. Fwackyang nu selos elos in akfulatye len luo inge ke orek kufwa ac aengani, oayapa elos in sang mwe kite ke mwe mongo nu sin sie sin sie ac nu sin mwet sukasrup.
23 So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.
Ke ma inge mwet Jew elos oru oana ma Mordecai el sapkakin nu selos, ac elos mutawauk in akfulatye len inge ke yac nukewa.
24 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.
Haman, wen natul Hammedatha in fwilin tulik natul Agag su kwase mwet Jew nukewa, el tuh orek susfa (pangpang “purim”) in konauk len se ma ac sikiyukla mwet Jew. El tuh nunku in sukelosla nukewa.
25 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.
Tusruktu ke tokosra el etauk ke pwapa sulallal sac, el supwalik leta in sapkin tuh ma Haman el akoo in oru lain mwet Jew fah folokyang nu sel sifacna, na el, ac wen natul, sripsripyak ke nien loksak sac.
26 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,
Pa inge sripa oru pangpang len lulap inge Purim, (kalmeya pa “susfa”). Ke sripen leta lal Mordecai, ac ke sripen ma nukewa ma sikyak nu selos,
27 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.
mwet Jew elos orala sie ma sap nu selos sifacna, oayapa nu sin fwilin tulik natulos ac kutena mwet su ac fah wela mwet Jew, tuh len luo inge in akfulatyeyuk ke sun pacl fal la ke yac nukewa, in fal nu ke oakwuk ma Mordecai el oakiya.
28 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.
Akkeyeyukla tuh sou lun mwet Jew in fwil nukewa, ac in mutunfacl nukewa ac siti nukewa, fah esam ac akilen len lun Purim nwe tok.
29 So Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.
Na Kasra Esther, acn natul Abihail, el simusla pac leta se weang leta lal Mordecai, ac sang ku nukewa lal in akkeye sramsram ke Purim, oapana ma Mordecai el simusla tari.
30 And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,
Leta sac ma nu sin mwet Jew nukewa, ac supweyukelik nu in mutunfacl siofok longoul itkosr in Tokosrai lun Persia. Leta inge fahkak mwe finsrak nu sin mwet Jew tuh elos in moul in misla ac tia fosrnga,
31 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.
ac oayapa oakiya tuh elos, ac fwil natulos, in akfulatye len lun Purim ke pacl fal, oana ke elos oakiya pac akilenyen pacl in lalo ac eoksra. Ma se inge sapkinyuk sel Mordecai ac Kasra Esther.
32 So Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, which were written into the record.
Ma sap lal Esther, ma akkeye oakwuk nu ke Purim, tuh simla in sie book limlim.
