Esther 9
1 Now on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, when the time came for the king's order to be put into effect, on the very day when the haters of the Jews had been hoping to have rule over them; though the opposite had come about, and the Jews had rule over their haters;
Le treize du douzième mois, du mois d'adar, l'édit du roi fut exécuté.
2 On that day, the Jews came together in their towns through all the divisions of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, for the purpose of attacking all those who were attempting evil against them: and everyone had to give way before them, for the fear of them had come on all the peoples.
Ce jour-là, les ennemis des Juifs périrent, et nul ne se défendit à cause de la crainte qu'ils avaient d'eux.
3 And all the chiefs and the captains and the rulers and those who did the king's business gave support to the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai had come on them.
Et les officiers des satrapes, et les rois, et les scribes royaux, honorèrent les Juifs; car ils redoutaient Mardochée.
4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and word of him went out through every part of the kingdom: for the man Mordecai became greater and greater.
Et l'édit du roi en vint à être loué dans tout le royaume.
5 So the Jews overcame all their attackers with the sword and with death and destruction, and did to their haters whatever they had a desire to do.
6 And in Shushan the Jews put to death five hundred men.
7 They put to death Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
Pharsannès, et Delphon, et Phasgas,
8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
Et Phardathas, et Barcas, et Sarbacas,
9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,
Et Marmarinas, et Ruphès, et Arsès, et Zabuthis.
10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the hater of the Jews; but they put not a hand on any of their goods.
Et ils enlevèrent les dix fils d'Aman, fils d'Amadathe le Bugéen, l'ennemi des Juifs, et ils pillèrent leurs maisons
11 On that day the number of those who had been put to death in the town of Shushan was given to the king.
Ce même jour-là. Et on remit au roi le dénombrement de ceux qui, à Suse, avaient péri.
12 And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have put five hundred men to death in Shushan, as well as the ten sons of Haman: what then have they done in the rest of the kingdom! Now what is your prayer? for it will be given to you; what other request have you? and it will be done.
Et le roi dit à Esther: Les Juifs ont tué cinq cents hommes à Suse; combien penses-tu qu'ils en aient exterminé dans les provinces? Que demandes- tu encore, que te faut-il?
13 Then Esther said, If it is the king's pleasure, let authority be given to the Jews in Shushan to do tomorrow as has been done today, and let orders be given for the hanging of Haman's ten sons.
Et Esther répondit: Qu'il soit permis aux Juifs d'en user de même demain jusqu'à pendre les dix fils d'Aman.
14 And the king said that this was to be done, and the order was given out in Shushan, and the hanging of Haman's ten sons was effected.
Et le roi le voulut ainsi; et les corps des fils d'Aman furent livrés aux Juifs de la ville pour être pendus.
15 For the Jews who were in Shushan came together again on the fourteenth day of the month Adar and put to death three hundred men in Shushan; but they put not a hand on their goods.
Et les Juifs de Suse se réunirent le quatorze d'Adar, et ils tuèrent trois cents hommes, et ils ne prirent rien de leurs dépouilles.
16 And the other Jews in every division of the kingdom came together, fighting for their lives, and got salvation from their haters and put seventy-five thousand of them to death; but they did not put a hand on their goods.
Les autres Juifs du royaume se réunirent et se prêtèrent un mutuel secours, et ils se débarrassèrent de leurs ennemis; car ils en tuèrent quinze mille, le treize d'adar, et ils ne prirent rien.
17 This they did on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same month they took their rest, and made it a day of feasting and joy.
Et ils restèrent en repos le quatorze du même mois, car ils fêtèrent ce jour de repos par de grandes réjouissances.
18 But the Jews in Shushan came together on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth day of the month; and on the fifteenth day they took their rest, and made it a day of feasting and joy.
Mais les Juifs de Suse ne cessèrent le massacre qu'à fin du quatorze; et ils passèrent le quinze à se réjouir.
19 So the Jews of the country places living in unwalled towns make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of feasting and joy and a good day, a day for sending offerings one to another.
À cause de cela, les Juifs dispersés dans toutes les provinces ont coutume de fêter le quatorze d'adar, et chacun envoie des parts à son voisin. Mais ceux qui vivent au loin dans des grandes villes célèbrent la fête le quinze d'Adar, en envoyant des parts à leurs voisins.
20 And Mordecai sent letters to all the Jews in every division of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, near and far,
Mardochée écrivit ces choses en un livre, et il envoya dire à tous les Juifs qui demeuraient dans le royaume d'Artaxerxès, soit près, soit loin,
21 Ordering them to keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and the fifteenth day of the same month, every year,
D'instituer ces jours comme des jours heureux, et de fêter le treize et le quatorze d'adar.
22 As days on which the Jews had rest from their haters, and the month which for them was turned from sorrow to joy, and from weeping to a good day: and that they were to keep them as days of feasting and joy, of sending offerings to one another and good things to the poor.
Car, en ces deux journées, les Juifs avaient été délivrés de leurs ennemis; et le mois, qui est adar, durant lequel ils avaient passé du deuil à la joie, et des douleurs à un jour heureux, fut consacré tout entier aux jours heureux des noces et des réjouissances; et chacun envoya des parts à ses amis et aux indigents.
23 And the Jews gave their word to go on as they had been doing and as Mordecai had given them orders in writing;
Et les Juifs se sont conformés depuis à ce qu'avait écrit Mardochée, leur faisant savoir:
24 Because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of all the Jews, had made designs for their destruction, attempting to get a decision by Pur (that is, chance) with a view to putting an end to them and cutting them off;
Comme Aman, fils d'Amadathe le Macédonien, était devenu leur ennemi; comme il avait fait un édit, et agité les sorts pour les exterminer;
25 But when the business was put before the king, he gave orders by letters that the evil design which he had made against the Jews was to be turned against himself; and that he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging.
Comme il était entré chez le roi, lui disant de faire pendre Mardochée; et comment tous les maux qu'il avait essayé de faire tomber sur les Juifs étaient tombés sur lui-même, qui avait été pendu ainsi que ses fils.
26 So these days were named Purim, after the name of Pur. And so, because of the words of this letter, and of what they had seen in connection with this business, and what had come to them,
À cause de cela, ces jours furent appelés Phrurées, à cause des sorts (car, dans leur dialecte, les sorts se traduisent par Phrurées); à cause des paroles de ce livre de Mardochée, et à cause de ce qu'ils avaient souffert à ce sujet et de ce qui leur était advenu.
27 The Jews made a rule and gave an undertaking, causing their seed and all those who were joined to them to do the same, so that it might be in force for ever, that they would keep those two days, as ordered in the letter, at the fixed time every year;
Et il régla les choses ainsi. Et les Juifs adoptèrent l'usage de ces fêtes pour eux et pour leur race, et pour ceux qui se joignirent à eux pour les observer, et ils ne feront jamais autrement; et ces jours sont un mémorial gardé de générations en générations en chaque ville, chaque famille, chaque province.
28 And that those days were to be kept in memory through every generation and every family, in every division of the kingdom and every town, that there might never be a time when these days of Purim would not be kept among the Jews, or when the memory of them would go from the minds of their seed.
Et ces jours des Phrurées, disent-ils, seront gardés en tout temps, et le mémorial ne manquera à aucune génération.
29 Then Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, sent a second letter giving the force of their authority to the order about the Purim.
Et la reine Esther, fille d'Aminadab, et le Juif Mardochée, écrivirent tout ce qu'ils avaient fait pour confirmer la lettre concernant les Phrurées.
30 And he sent letters to all the Jews in the hundred and twenty-seven divisions of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with true words of peace,
31 Giving the force of law to these days of Purim at their fixed times, as they had been ordered by Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen, and in keeping with the rules they had made for themselves and their seed, in connection with their time of going without food and their cry for help.
32 The order given by Esther gave the force of law to the rules about the Purim; and it was recorded in the book.
Et Esther fit cela par un commandement pour toujours, et elle l'écrivit en un mémoire.
