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.
Kralın buyruğu ve fermanı, on ikinci ay olan Adar ayının on üçüncü günü yerine getirilecekti. Yahudi düşmanları o gün Yahudiler'i alt etmeyi ummuşlardı, ama tam tersi oldu; Yahudiler kendilerinden nefret edenleri alt ettiler.
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.
Yahudiler kendilerini yok etmeyi tasarlayanlara saldırmak üzere Kral Ahaşveroş'un bütün illerindeki kentlerde bir araya geldiler. Hiç kimse onlara karşı koyamadı. Çünkü Yahudi korkusu bütün halkları sarmıştı.
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.
İl önderleri, satraplar, valiler ve kralın memurları, Mordekay'dan korktukları için Yahudiler'i desteklediler.
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.
Mordekay sarayda güçlü biriydi artık; ünü bütün illere ulaşmıştı. Gücü gittikçe artıyordu.
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,
Yahudiler bütün düşmanlarını kılıçtan geçirdiler, öldürdüler, yok ettiler. Kendilerinden nefret edenlere dilediklerini yaptılar.
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:
Sus Kalesi'nde beş yüz kişiyi öldürüp yok ettiler.
7 Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha
Yahudi düşmanı Hammedata oğlu Haman'ın on oğlunu –Parşandata, Dalfon, Aspata, Porata, Adalya, Aridata, Parmaşta, Arisay, Ariday ve Vayzata'yı– öldürdüler. Ama yağmaya girişmediler.
8 and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
9 and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vaizatha.
10 When they had slain them, they were unwilling to touch the spoils of their belongings.
11 And immediately the number of those who had been killed in Susa was reported to the king.
Sus Kalesi'nde öldürülenlerin sayısı aynı gün krala bildirildi.
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?”
O da Kraliçe Ester'e, “Yahudiler Sus Kalesi'nde Haman'ın on oğlu dahil beş yüz kişiyi öldürüp yok etmişler” dedi, “Kim bilir, öbür illerimde neler yapmışlardır? İstediğin nedir, sana vereyim; başka dileğin var mı, yerine getirilecektir.”
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.”
Ester, “Eğer kral uygun görüyorsa, Sus'taki Yahudiler bugünkü fermanını yarın da uygulasınlar” dedi, “Haman'ın on oğlunun cesetleri de darağacına asılsın.”
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.
Kral bu isteklerin yerine getirilmesini buyurdu. Sus'ta ferman çıkarıldı ve Haman'ın on oğlu asıldı.
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.
Sus'taki Yahudiler Adar ayının on dördüncü günü yeniden toplanarak kentte üç yüz kişi daha öldürdüler; ama yağmaya girişmediler.
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.
Krallığın illerinde yaşayan öbür Yahudiler de canlarını korumak ve düşmanlarından kurtulmak için bir araya geldiler. Kendilerinden nefret edenlerden yetmiş beş bin kişiyi öldürdüler, ama yağmaya girişmediler.
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.
Bütün bunlar Adar ayının on üçüncü günü oldu. Yahudiler on dördüncü gün dinlendiler ve o günü şölen ve eğlence günü ilan ettiler.
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.
Sus'taki Yahudiler ise kendilerini savunmak için on üçüncü ve on dördüncü günler bir araya geldiler. On beşinci gün de dinlendiler. O günü şölen ve eğlence günü ilan ettiler.
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.
Taşradaki kentlerde yaşayan Yahudiler işte bu nedenle Adar ayının on dördüncü gününü şölen ve eğlence günü olarak kutlarlar ve birbirlerine yemek sunarlar.
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,
Mordekay bu olayları kayda geçirdi. Ardından Kral Ahaşveroş'un uzak, yakın bütün illerinde yaşayan Yahudiler'e mektuplar gönderdi.
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.
Her yıl Adar ayının on dördüncü ve on beşinci günlerini kutlamalarını buyurdu.
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.
Çünkü o günler, Yahudiler'in düşmanlarından kurtulduğu günlerdir. O ay kederlerinin sevince, yaslarının mutluluğa dönüştüğü aydır. Mordekay o günlerde şölenler düzenleyip eğlenmelerini, birbirlerine yemek sunmalarını, yoksullara armağanlar vermelerini buyurdu.
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.
Böylece Yahudiler, Mordekay'ın buyruğunu kabul ederek başlattıkları kutlamaları sürdürdüler.
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.
Çünkü bütün Yahudiler'in düşmanı Agaklı Hammedata oğlu Haman onları yok etmek için düzen kurmuştu. Onları ezip yok etmek için pur, yani kura çekmişti.
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.
Ama kral durumu öğrenince, Haman'ın Yahudiler'e karşı kurduğu düzen geri tepti; kral, Haman'ın ve oğullarının darağacına asılmaları için yazılı buyruklar verdi.
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.
Pur sözcüğünden ötürü bu günlere Purim adı verildi. Böylece Yahudiler, Mordekay'ın mektubunda yazılı olanlardan, görüp geçirdiklerinden ve başlarına gelenlerden ötürü bu iki günü buyrulduğu biçimde ve günlerde her yıl kutlamayı kabul ettiler. Bu gelenek kendileri için, soylarından olanlar ve onlara katılan herkes için geçerli olacaktı.
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.
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.
Böylece bu günler her ilde, her kentte ve her ailede kuşaktan kuşağa anımsanacak ve kutlanacaktı. Purim günleri Yahudiler için son bulmayacak ve bu günlerin anısı kuşaklar boyu sürecekti.
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.
Avihayil'in kızı Kraliçe Ester ve Yahudi Mordekay Purim'le ilgili bu ikinci mektubu tam yetkiyle yazıp uygulamaya koydular.
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,
Mordekay, Ahaşveroş'un egemenliği altındaki yüz yirmi yedi ilde yaşayan Yahudiler'e esenlik ve güvenlik dilekleriyle dolu mektuplar gönderdi.
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,
Kraliçe Ester'le birlikte daha önce kararlaştırdıkları gibi, Purim günlerini belirlenen tarihte kutlamalarını buyuruyordu. Bu kutlamalara kendilerinin de, soylarından gelenlerin de katılmalarını, oruç tutmada ve ağıt yakmada belirlenen kurallara uymalarını istedi.
32 and all things which are contained in the history of this book, which is called Esther.
Purim'e ilişkin bu düzenlemeler Ester'in buyruğuyla onaylandı ve kayda geçirildi.
