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.

Na i te tekau ma rua o nga marama, ara i te marama Arara, i te tekau ma toru o nga ra, i te mea ka tata te mahia te kupu a te kingi, me tana ture, i te ra ano i hua ai nga hoariri o nga Hurai ka taea e ratou; otiia i puta ke ano, no te mea i taea e nga Hurai te hunga i kino ki a ratou;

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.

Ka huihui nga Hurai ki o ratou pa i nga kawanatanga katoa a Kingi Ahahueruha, he mea kia pa ai nga ringa ki te hunga e whai ana kia mate ratou; a kihai tetahi i tu ki to ratou aroaro; kua tau hoki to ratou wehi ki nga iwi katoa.

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:

A, ko nga rangatira katoa o nga kawanatanga, me nga kawana, me nga kawana iti, me nga kaimahi i te mahi a te kingi, i awhina i nga Hurai; no te mea kua tau te wehi o Mororekai ki a ratou.

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.

He nui hoki a Mororekai i roto i te whare o te kingi, a i paku tona rongo ki nga kawanatanga katoa: kua nui haere hoki taua tangata, a Mororekai.

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:

Na patua iho e nga Hurai o ratou hoariri katoa ki te hoari, he parekura, he whakangaromanga; meatia ana e ratou ta ratou i pai ai ki te hunga i kino ki a ratou.

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:

I Huhana ano, i te whare kingi, e rima rau nga tangata i patua, i whakangaromia e nga Hurai.

7 Pharsandatha, and Delphon, and Esphatha,

Ko Parahanarata ano, ko Rarapono, ko Ahapata,

8 And Phoratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,

Ko Porata, ko Araria, ko Arirata,

9 And Phermesta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Jezatha.

Ko Paramahata, ko Arihai, ko Arirai, ko Waietata,

10 And when they had slain them, they would not touch the spoils of their goods.

Ko nga tama kotahi tekau a Hamana tama a Hamerata, a te hoariri o nga Hurai, patua iho e ratou; kihai ia o ratou ringa i pa ki nga taonga.

11 And presently the number of them that were killed in Susan was brought to the king.

I taua ra ka kawea ki te kingi te tokomaha o te hunga i patua ki Huhana, ki te whare kingi.

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?

Na ka mea te kingi ki a Kuini Ehetere, E rima rau nga tangata kua patua nei e nga Hurai, huna rawa ki Huhana, ki te whare kingi, me nga tama kotahi tekau a Hamana; i pehea ra ratou i era kawanatanga a te kingi? he aha hoki tau e mea nei mau? ka hoatu hoki ki a koe. He aha ake tau e tono ai? a ka meatia.

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.

Ano ra ko Ehetere, Ki te pai te kingi, tukua nga Hurai i Huhana apopo kia mea i nga mea o te ture o tenei ra, kia whakairihia nga tama kotahi tekau a Hamana ki runga ki te rakau.

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.

Na ka mea te kingi kia meatia tenei, a ka homai te ture i Huhana. Na whakairihia ana nga tama kotahi tekau a Hamana.

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.

A i huihui nga Hurai i Huhana i te tekau ma wha ano o nga ra o te marama Arara, a e toru rau nga tangata i patua e ratou i Huhana; kihai ia o ratou ringa i pa ki nga taonga.

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.

Na, ko era atu Hurai o nga kawanatanga a te kingi, i huihui ratou, a tu ana ki runga, kia ora ai ratou. Na ka ta o ratou manawa i o ratou hoariri, a patua iho e ratou o te hunga i kino ki a ratou e whitu tekau ma rima mano; kihai ano ia o ratou ringa i pa ki nga taonga.

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.

I meinga tenei i te tekau ma toru ano o nga ra o te marama Arara; i te tekau ma wha hoki ka ta te manawa, waiho iho e ratou hei ra mo te kai hakari, mo te hari.

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.

Engari ko nga Hurai i Huhana, i huihui i te tekau ma toru o nga ra o taua marama, i te tekau ma wha ano, a no te tekau ma rima ka whakata; waiho iho e ratou hei ra mo te kai hakari, mo te hari.

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.

Na reira nga Hurai e noho ana i nga pa koraha, i nga pa taiepakore, i mea ai ko te tekau ma wha o nga ra o te marama Arara hei ra mo te hari, mo te kai hakari, hei ra pai, e tuku tahua ai tetahi ki tetahi.

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,

Na ka tuhituhia e Mororekai enei mea katoa, a tukua ana e ia nga pukapuka ki nga Hurai katoa o nga kawanatanga katoa a Kingi Ahahueruha, ki nga mea e tata ana, ki nga mea i tawhiti,

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:

Kia whakapumautia te tikanga ma ratou, kia whakaritea te tekau ma wha o nga ra o te marama Arara, me te tekau ma rima ano o nga ra o taua marama, i ia tau, i ia tau,

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.

Kia rite ki nga ra i ta ai te manawa o nga Hurai i o ratou hoariri, ki te marama ano i puta ke ai to ratou tangi hei hari, to ratou pouri hei ra pai, kia meinga hei ra kai hakari, hei ra hari, e tukua ai etahi wahi ma tetahi, ma tetahi, me etahi mea ano ma nga rawakore.

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.

Na whakaae ana nga Hurai kia mahia nga mea i timataia nei e ratou, nga mea ano i tuhituhia e Mororekai ki a ratou.

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.

He mea mo ta Hamana tama a Hamerata Akaki; ko te hoariri nei ia o nga Hurai katoa; whakaaroa ana e ia he he mo nga Hurai, kia huna ratou; a maka ana e ia he Puri, ara he rota mo ratou kia whakamotitia, kia huna;

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.

No te taenga ia o taua mea ki te aroaro o te kingi, ka whakahau ia, na te pukapuka, kia hoki te whakaaro kino i whakaaroa e ia mo nga Hurai ki runga ki tona pane ake, a taronatia ana ia, ratou ko ana tama, ki runga ki te tarawa.

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:

Na reira i huaina ai aua ra ko Purimi, no te ingoa nei, no Puri. Na reira ano, no nga kupu katoa o tenei pukapuka, no ta ratou ano i kite ai o tenei mea, no nga mea ano i pa ki a ratou,

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.

I whakapumau ai nga Hurai i te tikanga, i whakaae ai hei mea ma ratou, ma o ratou uri, ma te hunga ano hoki e honoa ki a ratou, hei mea e kore e whakataka, kia whakaritea enei ra e rua, kia pera ano me te mea i tuhituhia, i te wa ano e tika ai i tenei tau, i tenei tau;

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.

Kia maharatia ano enei ra, kia mahia e nga whakatupuranga katoa, e nga hapu katoa, e nga kawanatanga katoa, e nga pa katoa, kia kaua ano enei ra o Purimi e ngaro i roto i nga Hurai, me te maharatanga ki aua ra kia kaua e mahue i o ratou uri.

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.

Katahi ka tuhituhi a Kuini Ehetere, ta Apihaira tamahine, a Mororekai Hurai ano, whakapau rawa to raua mana, kia whakapumautia tenei pukapuka tuarua o Purimi.

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,

A i tukua e ia he pukapuka ki nga Hurai katoa, ki nga kawanatanga kotahi rau e rua tekau ma whitu o te kingitanga o Ahahueruha, no te rangimarie nga kupu, no te pono,

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,

Kia whakapumautia enei ra o Purimi i nga wa e tika ai, kia pera me ta Mororekai Hurai raua ko Kuini Ehetere i whakatakoto ai ma ratou; me ta ratou ano i whakatakoto ai hei tikanga ma ratou, ma o ratou uri, ara nga nohopuku, me ta ratou tangi.

32 And all things which are contained in the history of this book, which is called Esther.

Na whakapumautia ana enei meatanga Purimi e te kupu a Ehetere; tuhituhia iho ki te pukapuka.