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.
E no mês duodécimo, que é o mês de Adar, no dia treze do mesmo mês em que chegou a palavra do rei e a sua ordem para a executar, no dia em que os inimigos dos judeus esperavam assenhorear-se deles, sucedeu o contrário, porque os judeus foram os que se assenhorearam dos seus aborrecedores.
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.
Porque os judeus nas suas cidades, em todas as províncias do rei Assuero, se ajuntaram para pôr as mãos naqueles que procuravam o seu mal: e nenhum parou diante deles; porque o seu terror caiu sobre todos aqueles povos.
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:
E todos os maiorais das províncias, e os sátrapas, e os governadores, e os que faziam a obra do rei, exaltavam os judeus porque tinha caído sobre eles o temor de mardoqueu.
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.
Porque mardoqueu era grande na casa do rei, e a sua fama saía por todas as províncias; porque o homem mardoqueu se ia engrandecendo.
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:
Feriram pois os judeus a todos os seus inimigos, às cutiladas da espada, e da matança e da destruição: e fizeram dos seus aborrecedores o que quizeram.
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:
E na fortaleza de Susan mataram e destruiram os judeus quinhentos homens;
7 Pharsandatha, and Delphon, and Esphatha,
Como também a Parsandatha, e a Dalphon, e a Aspatha,
8 And Phoratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
E a Poratha, e a Adalia, e a Aridatha,
9 And Phermesta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Jezatha.
E a Pharmasta, e a Arisai, e a Aridai, e a Vaizatha:
10 And when they had slain them, they would not touch the spoils of their goods.
Os dez filhos de Haman, filho de Hammedatha, o inimigo dos judeus, mataram, porém ao despojo não estenderam a sua mão.
11 And presently the number of them that were killed in Susan was brought to the king.
No mesmo dia veio perante o rei o número dos mortos na fortaleza de Susan.
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?
E disse o rei à rainha Esther: Na fortaleza de Susan mataram e destruiram os judeus quinhentos homens, e os dez filhos de Haman; nas mais províncias do rei que fariam? qual é pois a tua petição, e dar-se-te-á; ou qual é ainda o teu requerimento? e far-se-á.
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.
Então disse Esther: Se bem parecer ao rei, conceda-se também amanhã aos judeus que se acham em Susan que façam conforme ao mandado de hoje: e enforquem os dez filhos de Haman numa forca.
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.
Então disse o rei que assim se fizesse; e deu-se um edito em Susan, e enforcaram os dez filhos de Haman.
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.
E ajuntaram-se os judeus que se achavam em Susan também no dia quatorze do mês de Adar, e mataram em Susan a trezentos homens: porém ao despojo não estenderam a sua mão.
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.
Também os demais judeus que se achavam nas províncias do rei se ajuntaram para se porém em defesa da sua vida, e tiveram repouso dos seus inimigos; e mataram dos seus aborrecedores setenta e cinco mil; porém ao despojo não estenderam a sua mão.
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.
Sucedeu isto no dia treze do mês de Adar: e repousaram no dia quatorze do mesmo, e fizeram daquele dia dia de banquetes e de alegria.
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.
Também os judeus, que se achavam em Susan se ajuntaram nos dias treze e quatorze do mesmo: e repousaram no dia quinze do mesmo, e fizeram daquele dia dia de banquetes e de alegria.
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.
Os judeus porém das aldeias, que habitavam nas vilas, fizeram do dia quatorze do mês de Adar dia de alegria e de banquetes, e dia de folguedo, e de mandarem presentes uns aos outros.
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,
E mardoqueu escreveu estas coisas, e enviou cartas a todos os judeus que se achavam em todas as províncias do rei Assuero, aos de perto, e aos de longe,
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:
Ordenando-lhes que guardassem o dia quatorze do mês de Adar, e o dia quinze do mesmo, todos os anos,
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.
Conforme aos dias em que os judeus tiveram repouso dos seus inimigos; e ao mês que se lhes mudou de tristeza em alegria, e de luto em dia de folguedo; para que os fizessem dias de banquetes e de alegria, e de mandarem presentes uns aos outros, e aos pobres dádivas.
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.
E se encarregaram os judeus de fazerem o que já tinham começado, como também o que mardoqueu lhes tinha escrito.
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.
Porque Haman, filho de Hammedatha, o agagita, inimigo de todos os judeus, tinha intentado destruir os judeus; e tinha lançado pur, isto é, a sorte, para os assolar e destruir.
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.
Mas, vindo isto perante o rei, mandou ele por cartas que o seu mau intento, que intentara contra os judeus, se tornasse sobre a sua cabeça; pelo que o enforcaram a ele e a seus filhos numa forca.
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:
Por isso àqueles dias chamam purim, do nome pur; pelo que também por causa de todas as palavras daquela carta, e do que viram sobre isso, e do que lhes tinha sucedido,
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.
Confirmaram os judeus, e tomaram sobre si, e sobre a sua semente, e sobre todos os que se achegassem a eles, que não se deixaria de guardar estes dois dias conforme ao que se escrevera deles, e segundo o seu tempo determinado, todos os anos.
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.
E que estes dias seriam lembrados e guardados por cada geração, família, província, e cidade, e que estes dias de purim não traspassariam dentre os judeus, e que a memória deles nunca teria fim entre os de sua semente.
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.
Depois disto escreveu a rainha Esther, filha de Abigail, e mardoqueu o judeu, com toda a força, para confirmarem segunda vez esta carta de purim.
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,
E mandaram cartas a todos os judeus, às cento e vinte e sete províncias do reino de Assuero, com palavras de paz e fidelidade,
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,
Para confirmarem estes dias de purim nos seus tempos determinados, como mardoqueu, o judeu, e a rainha Esther lhes tinham estabelecido, e como eles mesmos já o tinham estabelecido sobre si e sobre a sua semente, acerca do jejum e do seu clamor.
32 And all things which are contained in the history of this book, which is called Esther.
E o mandado de Esther estabeleceu os sucessos daquele purim: e escreveu-se num livro.
