Esther 9
1 Therefore, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said before is called Adar, when all the Jews were prepared to be executed and their enemies were greedy for their blood, the situation turned around, and the Jews began to have the upper hand and to vindicate themselves of their adversaries.
Le treize du douzième mois, du mois d'adar, l'édit du roi fut exécuté.
2 And they gathered together throughout each city, and town, and place, so as to extend their hands against their enemies and their persecutors. And no one dared to resist them, because their great power had pierced 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 For even the judges of the provinces, and the rulers, and the procurators, and everyone of dignity, who presided over every place and work, extolled the Jews for fear of Mordecai.
Et les officiers des satrapes, et les rois, et les scribes royaux, honorèrent les Juifs; car ils redoutaient Mardochée.
4 For they knew him to be the leader of the palace and to have much power. Likewise, the fame of his name increased daily and flew everywhere through word of mouth.
Et l'édit du roi en vint à être loué dans tout le royaume.
5 And so the Jews struck their enemies like a great plague and killed them, repaying according to what they had prepared to do to them,
6 so much so that even in Susa they executed five hundred men, besides the ten sons of Haman the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews, and their names are these:
7 Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha
Pharsannès, et Delphon, et Phasgas,
8 and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
Et Phardathas, et Barcas, et Sarbacas,
9 and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vaizatha.
Et Marmarinas, et Ruphès, et Arsès, et Zabuthis.
10 When they had slain them, they were unwilling to touch the spoils of their belongings.
Et ils enlevèrent les dix fils d'Aman, fils d'Amadathe le Bugéen, l'ennemi des Juifs, et ils pillèrent leurs maisons
11 And immediately the number of those who had been killed in Susa was reported to the king.
Ce même jour-là. Et on remit au roi le dénombrement de ceux qui, à Suse, avaient péri.
12 He said to the queen, “In the city of Susa, the Jews have executed five hundred men, and also the ten sons of Haman. How many executions do you think that they have carried out in all the provinces? What more do you ask, and what do you wish, so that I may order it to 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 And she answered, “If it pleases the king, may power be granted to the Jews, so as to do tomorrow in Susa just as they have done today, and that the ten sons of Haman may be hung up the gallows.”
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 instructed that it should be so done. And immediately the edict was hung up in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hung up.
Et le roi le voulut ainsi; et les corps des fils d'Aman furent livrés aux Juifs de la ville pour être pendus.
15 On the fourteenth day of the month Adar, the Jews gathered themselves together, and they executed in Susa three hundred men, but they did not seize their belongings from them.
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 Moreover, throughout all the provinces which were subject to the king’s dominion, the Jews made a stand for their lives, and they executed their enemies and their persecutors, so much so that the number of those who were killed amounted to seventy-five thousand, and yet no one touched any of their belongings.
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 Now the thirteenth day of the month Adar was the first day with all of the executions, and on the fourteenth day they ceased the killing. This day they established to be sacred, so that in all times hereafter they would be free for feasting, joyfulness, and celebration.
Et ils restèrent en repos le quatorze du même mois, car ils fêtèrent ce jour de repos par de grandes réjouissances.
18 But, as for those who were carrying out the killings in the city of Susa, they turned to killing on the thirteenth and fourteenth day of the same month. But on the fifteenth day they ceased to attack. And for that reason they established that day as sacred, with feasting and with gladness.
Mais les Juifs de Suse ne cessèrent le massacre qu'à fin du quatorze; et ils passèrent le quinze à se réjouir.
19 But in truth, those Jews who were staying in unwalled towns and villages, appointed the fourteenth day of the month Adar for celebration and gladness, so as to rejoice on that day and send one another portions of their feasts and their meals.
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 so Mordecai wrote down all these things and sent them, composed in letters, to the Jews who were staying in all the king’s provinces, as much to those in nearby places as to those far away,
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 so that they would accept the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the month Adar for holy days, and always, at the return of the year, would celebrate them with sacred esteem.
D'instituer ces jours comme des jours heureux, et de fêter le treize et le quatorze d'adar.
22 For on those days, the Jews vindicated themselves of their enemies, and their mourning and sorrow were turned into mirth and joy, so that these would be days of feasting and gladness, in which they would send one another portions of their feasts, and would grant gifts 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 accepted as a solemn ritual all the things which they had begun to do at that time, which Mordecai had commanded with letters to be done.
Et les Juifs se sont conformés depuis à ce qu'avait écrit Mardochée, leur faisant savoir:
24 For Haman, the son of Hammedatha of Agag lineage, the enemy and adversary of the Jews, had devised evil against them, to kill them and to destroy them. And he had cast Pur, which in our language means the lot.
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 And after this, Esther had entered before the king, begging him that his efforts might be made ineffective by the king’s letters, and that the evil he intended against the Jews might return upon his own head. Finally, both he and his sons were fastened to a cross.
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 And so, from that time, these days are called Purim, that is, of the lots, because Pur, that is, the lot, was cast into the urn. And all things that had been carried out are contained in the volume of this epistle, that is, of this book.
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 And whatever they suffered, and whatever was altered afterwards, the Jews received for themselves and their offspring and for all who were willing to be joined to their religion, so that none would be permitted to transgress the solemnity of these two days, to which the writing testifies, and which certain times require, as the years continually succeed one another.
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 These are the days which no one ever will erase into oblivion, and which every province in the whole world, throughout each generation, shall celebrate. Neither is there any city wherein the days of Purim, that is, of lots, may not be observed by the Jews, and by their posterity, which has been obligated to these ceremonies.
Et ces jours des Phrurées, disent-ils, seront gardés en tout temps, et le mémorial ne manquera à aucune génération.
29 And Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, also wrote a second letter, so that with all zealousness this day would be confirmed as customary for future generations.
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 they sent to all the Jews, who had been stirred up in the one hundred twenty-seven provinces of king Artaxerxes, that they should have peace and receive truth,
31 and observe the days of lots, and celebrate them with joy at their proper time, just as Mordecai and Esther had established. And they accepted these to be observed by themselves and by their offspring: fasting, and crying out, and the days of lots,
32 and all things which are contained in the history of this book, which is called Esther.
Et Esther fit cela par un commandement pour toujours, et elle l'écrivit en un mémoire.
