Esther 9
1 So on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said above is called Adar, when all the Jews were designed to be massacred, and their enemies were greedy after their blood, the case being altered, the Jews began to have the upper hand, and to revenge themselves of their adversaries.
Dalam bulan yang kedua belas--yakni bulan Adar--, pada hari yang ketiga belas, ketika titah serta undang-undang raja akan dilaksanakan, pada hari musuh-musuh orang Yahudi berharap mengalahkan orang Yahudi, terjadilah yang sebaliknya: orang Yahudi mengalahkan pembenci-pembenci mereka.
2 And they gathered themselves together in every city, and town, and place, to lay their hands on their enemies, and their persecutors. And no one durst withstand them, for the fear of their power had gone through every people.
Maka berkumpullah orang Yahudi di dalam kota-kotanya di seluruh daerah raja Ahasyweros, untuk membunuh orang-orang yang berikhtiar mencelakakan mereka, dan tiada seorangpun tahan menghadapi mereka, karena ketakutan kepada orang Yahudi telah menimpa segala bangsa itu.
3 And the judges of the provinces, and the governors, and lieutenants, and every one in dignity, that presided over every place and work, extolled the Jews for fear of Mardochai:
Dan semua pembesar daerah dan wakil pemerintahan dan bupati serta pejabat kerajaan menyokong orang Yahudi, karena ketakutan kepada Mordekhai telah menimpa mereka.
4 For they knew him to be prince of the palace, and to have great power: and the fame of his name increased daily, and was spread abroad through all men’s mouths.
Sebab Mordekhai besar kekuasaannya di dalam istana raja dan tersiarlah berita tentang dia ke segenap daerah, karena Mordekhai itu bertambah-tambah besar kekuasaannya.
5 So the Jews made a great slaughter of their enemies, and killed them, repaying according to what they had prepared to do to them:
Maka orang Yahudi mengalahkan semua musuhnya: mereka memukulnya dengan pedang, membunuh dan membinasakannya; mereka berbuat sekehendak hatinya terhadap pembenci-pembenci mereka.
6 Insomuch that even in Susan they killed five hundred men, besides the ten sons of Aman the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews: whose names are these:
Di dalam benteng Susan saja orang Yahudi membunuh dan membinasakan lima ratus orang.
7 Pharsandatha, and Delphon, and Esphatha,
Juga Parsandata, Dalfon, Aspata,
8 And Phoratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
Porata, Adalya, Aridata,
9 And Phermesta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Jezatha.
Parmasta, Arisai, Aridai dan Waizata,
10 And when they had slain them, they would not touch the spoils of their goods.
kesepuluh anak laki-laki Haman bin Hamedata, seteru orang Yahudi, dibunuh oleh mereka, tetapi kepada barang rampasan tidaklah mereka mengulurkan tangan.
11 And presently the number of them that were killed in Susan was brought to the king.
Pada hari itu juga jumlah orang-orang yang terbunuh di dalam benteng Susan disampaikan ke hadapan raja.
12 And he said to the queen: The Jews have killed five hundred men in the city of Susan, besides the ten sons of Aman: how many dost thou think they have slain in all the provinces? What askest thou more, and what wilt thou have me to command to be done?
Lalu titah raja kepada Ester, sang ratu: "Di dalam benteng Susan saja orang Yahudi telah membunuh dan membinasakan lima ratus orang beserta kesepuluh anak Haman. Di daerah-daerah kerajaan yang lain, entahlah apa yang diperbuat mereka. Dan apakah permintaanmu sekarang? Niscaya akan dikabulkan. Dan apakah keinginanmu lagi? Niscaya dipenuhi."
13 And she answered: If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews, to do tomorrow in Susan as they have done today, and that the ten sons of Aman may be hanged upon gibbets.
Lalu jawab Ester: "Jikalau baik pada pemandangan raja, diizinkanlah kiranya kepada orang Yahudi yang di Susan untuk berbuat besokpun sesuai dengan undang-undang untuk hari ini, dan kesepuluh anak Haman itu hendaklah disulakan pada tiang."
14 And the king commanded that it should be so done. And forthwith the edict was hung up in Susan, and the ten sons of Aman were hanged.
Rajapun menitahkan berbuat demikian; maka undang-undang itu dikeluarkan di Susan dan kesepuluh anak Haman disulakan orang.
15 And on the fourteenth day of the month Adar the Jews gathered themselves together, and they killed in Susan three hundred men: but they took not their substance.
Jadi berkumpullah orang Yahudi yang di Susan pada hari yang keempat belas bulan Adar juga dan dibunuhnyalah di Susan tiga ratus orang, tetapi kepada barang rampasan tidaklah mereka mengulurkan tangan.
16 Moreover through all the provinces which were subject to the king’s dominion the Jews stood for their lives, and slew their enemies and persecutors: insomuch that the number of them that were Billed amounted to seventy-five thousand, and no man took any of their goods.
Orang Yahudi yang lain, yang ada di dalam daerah kerajaan, berkumpul dan mempertahankan nyawanya serta mendapat keamanan terhadap musuhnya; mereka membunuh tujuh puluh lima ribu orang di antara pembenci-pembenci mereka, tetapi kepada barang rampasan tidaklah mereka mengulurkan tangan.
17 Now the thirteenth day of the month Adar was the first day with them all of the slaughter, and on the fourteenth day they left off. Which they ordained to be kept holy day, so that all times hereafter they should celebrate it with feasting, joy, and banquets.
Hal itu terjadi pada hari yang ketiga belas dalam bulan Adar. Pada hari yang keempat belas berhentilah mereka dan hari itu dijadikan mereka hari perjamuan dan sukacita.
18 But they that were killing in the city of Susan, were employed in the slaughter on the thirteenth and fourteenth day of the same month: and on the fifteenth day they rested. And therefore they appointed that day to be a holy day of feasting and gladness.
Akan tetapi orang Yahudi yang di Susan berkumpul, baik pada hari yang ketiga belas, baik pada hari yang keempat belas dalam bulan itu. Lalu berhentilah mereka pada hari yang kelima belas dan hari itu dijadikan mereka hari perjamuan dan sukacita.
19 But those Jews that dwelt in towns not walled and in villages, appointed the fourteenth day of the month Adar for banquets and gladness, so as to rejoice on that day, and send one another portions of their banquets and meats.
Oleh sebab itu orang Yahudi yang di pedusunan, yakni yang diam di perkampungan merayakan hari yang keempat belas bulan Adar itu sebagai hari sukacita dan hari perjamuan, dan sebagai hari gembira untuk antar-mengantar makanan.
20 And Mardochai wrote all these things, and sent them comprised in letters to the Jews that abode in all the king’s provinces, both those that lay near and those afar off,
Maka Mordekhai menuliskan peristiwa itu, lalu mengirimkan surat-surat kepada semua orang Yahudi di seluruh daerah raja Ahasyweros, baik yang dekat baik yang jauh,
21 That they should receive the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the month Adar for holy days, and always at the return of the year should celebrate them with solemn honour:
untuk mewajibkan mereka, supaya tiap-tiap tahun merayakan hari yang keempat belas dan yang kelima belas bulan Adar,
22 Because on those days the Jews revenged themselves of their enemies, and their mourning and sorrow were turned into mirth and joy, and that these should be days of feasting and gladness, in which they should send one to another portions of meats; and should give gifts to the poor.
karena pada hari-hari itulah orang Yahudi mendapat keamanan terhadap musuhnya dan dalam bulan itulah dukacita mereka berubah menjadi sukacita dan hari perkabungan menjadi hari gembira, dan supaya menjadikan hari-hari itu hari perjamuan dan sukacita dan hari untuk antar-mengantar makanan dan untuk bersedekah kepada orang-orang miskin.
23 And the Jews undertook to observe with solemnity all they had begun to do at that time, which Mardochai by letters had commanded to be done.
Maka orang Yahudi menerima sebagai ketetapan apa yang sudah dimulai mereka melakukannya dan apa yang ditulis Mordekhai kepada mereka.
24 For Aman, the son of Amadathi of the race of Agag, the enemy and adversary of the Jews, had devised evil against them, to kill them and destroy them: and had cast Phur, that is, the lot.
Sesungguhnya Haman bin Hamedata, orang Agag, seteru semua orang Yahudi itu, telah merancangkan hendak membinasakan orang Yahudi dan diapun telah membuang pur--yakni undi--untuk menghancurkan dan membinasakan mereka,
25 And afterwards Esther went in to the king, beseeching him that his endeavours might be made void by the king’s letters: and the evil that he had intended against the Jews, might return upon his own head. And so both he and his sons were hanged upon gibbets.
akan tetapi ketika hal itu disampaikan ke hadapan raja, maka dititahkannyalah dengan surat, supaya rancangan jahat yang dibuat Haman terhadap orang Yahudi itu dibalikkan ke atas kepalanya. Maka Haman beserta anak-anaknya disulakan pada tiang.
26 And since that time these days are called Phurim, that is, of lots: because Phur, that is, the lot, was cast into the urn. And all things that were done, are contained in the volume of this epistle, that is, of this book:
Oleh sebab itulah hari-hari itu disebut Purim, menurut kata pur. Oleh sebab itu jugalah, yakni karena seluruh isi surat itu dan karena apa yang dilihat mereka mengenai hal itu dan apa yang dialami mereka,
27 And the things that they suffered, and that were afterwards changed, the Jews took upon themselves and their seed, and upon all that had a mind to be joined to their religion, so that it should be lawful for none to pass these days without solemnity: which the writing testifieth, and certain times require, as the years continually succeed one another.
orang Yahudi menerima sebagai kewajiban dan sebagai ketetapan bagi dirinya sendiri dan keturunannya dan bagi sekalian orang yang akan bergabung dengan mereka, bahwa mereka tidak akan melampaui merayakan kedua hari itu tiap-tiap tahun, menurut yang dituliskan tentang itu dan pada waktu yang ditentukan,
28 These are the days which shall never be forgot: and which all provinces in the whole world shall celebrate throughout all generations: neither is there any city wherein the days of Phurim, that is, of lots, must not be observed by the Jews, and by their posterity, which is bound to these ceremonies.
dan bahwa hari-hari itu akan diperingati dan dirayakan di dalam tiap-tiap angkatan, di dalam tiap-tiap kaum, di tiap-tiap daerah, di tiap-tiap kota, sehingga hari-hari Purim itu tidak akan lenyap dari tengah-tengah orang Yahudi dan peringatannya tidak akan berakhir dari antara keturunan mereka.
29 And Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mardochai the Jew, wrote also a second epistle, that with all diligence this day should be established a festival for the time to come.
Lalu Ester, sang ratu, anak Abihail, menulis surat, bersama-sama dengan Mordekhai, orang Yahudi itu; surat yang kedua tentang hari raya Purim ini dituliskannya dengan segala ketegasan untuk menguatkannya.
30 And they sent to all the Jews that were in the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of king Assuerus, that they should have peace, and receive truth,
Lalu dikirimkanlah surat-surat kepada semua orang Yahudi di dalam keseratus dua puluh tujuh daerah kerajaan Ahasyweros, dengan kata-kata salam dan setia,
31 And observe the days of lots, and celebrate them with joy in their proper time: as Mardochai and Esther had appointed, and they undertook them to be observed by themselves and by their seed, fasts, and cries, and the days of lots,
supaya hari-hari Purim itu dirayakan pada waktu yang ditentukan, seperti yang diwajibkan kepada mereka oleh Mordekhai, orang Yahudi itu, dan oleh Ester, sang ratu, dan seperti yang diwajibkan mereka kepada dirinya sendiri serta keturunan mereka, mengenai hal berpuasa dan meratap-ratap.
32 And all things which are contained in the history of this book, which is called Esther.
Demikianlah perintah Ester menetapkan perihal Purim itu, kemudian dituliskan di dalam kitab.
