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.
Im zwölften Monden, das ist der Mond Adar, am dreizehnten Tage, den des Königs Wort und Gebot bestimmt hatte, daß man's tun sollte, eben desselben Tages, da die Feinde der Juden hofften, sie zu überwältigen, wandte sich's, daß die Juden ihre Feinde überwältigen sollten.
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.
Da versammelten sich die Juden in ihren Städten, in allen Landen des Königs Ahasveros, daß sie die Hand legten an die, so ihnen übel wollten. Und niemand konnte ihnen widerstehen; denn Furcht war über alle Völker kommen.
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.
Auch alle Obersten in Landen und Fürsten und Landpfleger und Amtleute des Königs erhuben die Juden; denn die Furcht Mardachais kam über sie.
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.
Denn Mardachai war groß im Hause des Königs, und sein Gerücht erscholl in allen Ländern, wie er zunähme und groß würde.
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,
Also schlugen die Juden an allen ihren Feinden mit der Schwertschlacht und würgeten und brachten um und taten nach ihrem Willen an denen, die ihnen feind waren.
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:
Und zu Schloß Susan erwürgeten die Juden und brachten um fünfhundert Mann.
7 Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha
Dazu erwürgeten sie Parsandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
8 and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
Poratha, Adalja, Aridatha,
9 and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vaizatha.
Parmastha, Arisai, Aridai, Vajesatha,
10 When they had slain them, they were unwilling to touch the spoils of their belongings.
die zehn Söhne Hamans, des Sohns Medathas, des Judenfeindes; aber an seine Güter legten sie ihre Hände nicht.
11 And immediately the number of those who had been killed in Susa was reported to the king.
Zu derselbigen Zeit kam die Zahl der Erwürgten gen Schloß Susan vor den König.
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?”
Und der König sprach zu der Königin Esther: Die Juden haben zu Schloß Susan fünfhundert Mann erwürget und umgebracht und die zehn Söhne Hamans; was werden sie tun in den andern Ländern des Königs? Was bittest du, daß man dir gebe? und was forderst du mehr, daß man tue?
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.”
Esther sprach: Gefällt es dem Könige, so lasse er auch morgen die Juden zu Susan tun nach dem heutigen Gebot, daß sie die zehn Söhne Hamans an den Baum hängen.
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.
Und der König hieß also tun. Und das Gebot ward zu Susan angeschlagen, und die zehn Söhne Hamans wurden gehänget.
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.
Und die Juden versammelten sich zu Susan am vierzehnten Tage des Monden Adar und erwürgeten zu Susan dreihundert Mann; aber an ihre Güter legten sie ihre Hände nicht.
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.
Aber die andern Juden in den Ländern des Königs kamen zusammen und stunden für ihr Leben, daß sie Ruhe schaffeten vor ihren Feinden; und erwürgeten ihrer Feinde fünfundsiebenzigtausend; aber an ihre Güter legten sie ihre Hände nicht.
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.
Das geschah am dreizehnten Tage des Monden Adar, und ruheten am vierzehnten Tage desselben Monden; den machte man zum Tage des Wohllebens und Freuden.
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.
Aber die Juden zu Susan waren zusammenkommen, beide am dreizehnten und vierzehnten Tage, und ruheten am fünfzehnten Tage; und den Tag machte man zum Tage des Wohllebens und Freuden.
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.
Darum machten die Juden, die auf den Dörfern und Flecken wohneten, den vierzehnten Tag des Monden Adar zum Tage des Wohllebens und Freuden, und sandte einer dem andern Geschenke.
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,
Und Mardachai beschrieb diese Geschichte und sandte die Briefe zu allen Juden, die in allen Ländern des Königs Ahasveros waren, beide nahen und fernen,
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.
daß sie annähmen und hielten den vierzehnten und fünfzehnten Tag des Monden Adar jährlich,
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.
nach den Tagen, darinnen die Juden zur Ruhe kommen waren von ihren Feinden, und nach dem Monden, darinnen ihre Schmerzen in Freude und ihr Leid in gute Tage verkehret war, daß sie dieselben halten sollten für Tage des Wohllebens und Freuden, und einer dem andern Geschenke schicken und den Armen mitteilen.
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.
Und die Juden nahmen's an, das sie angefangen hatten zu tun, und das Mardachai zu ihnen schrieb:
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.
wie Haman, der Sohn Medathas, der Agagiter, aller Juden Feind, gedacht hatte, alle Juden umzubringen, und das Los werfen lassen, sie zu schrecken und umzubringen;
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.
und wie Esther zum Könige gegangen war und geredet, daß durch Briefe seine bösen Anschläge, die er wider die Juden gedacht, auf seinen Kopf gekehret würden; und wie man ihn und seine Söhne an den Baum gehänget hätte.
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.
Daher sie diese Tage Purim nannten nach dem Namen des Loses, nach allen Worten dieses Briefes, und was sie selbst gesehen hatten, und was an sie gelanget war.
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.
Und die Juden richteten es auf und nahmen es auf sich und auf ihren Samen und auf alle, die sich zu ihnen taten, daß sie nicht übergehen wollten, zu halten diese zween Tage jährlich, wie die beschrieben und bestimmt wurden,
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.
daß diese Tage nicht zu vergessen, sondern zu halten seien bei Kindeskindern, bei allen Geschlechtern in allen Ländern und Städten. Es sind die Tage Purim, welche nicht sollen übergangen werden unter den Juden, und ihr Gedächtnis nicht umkommen bei ihrem Samen.
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.
Und die Königin Esther, die Tochter Abihails, und Mardachai, der Jude, schrieben mit ganzer Gewalt, zu bestätigen diesen andern Brief von Purim.
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,
Und sandte die Briefe zu allen Juden in den hundertundsiebenundzwanzig Ländern des Königreichs Ahasveros mit freundlichen und treuen Worten:
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,
daß sie bestätigten diese Tage Purim auf ihre bestimmte Zeit, wie Mardachai, der Jude, über sie bestätiget hatte, und die Königin Esther; wie sie auf ihre Seele und auf ihren Samen bestätiget hatten die Geschichte der Fasten und ihres Schreiens.
32 and all things which are contained in the history of this book, which is called Esther.
Und Esther befahl, die Geschichte dieser Purim zu bestätigen und in ein Buch zu schreiben.
