Esther 9
1 On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king's order and decree were to be carried out. That day the enemies of the Jews had thought they would crush them, but the exact opposite happened—the Jews crushed their enemies.
十二月すなはちアダルの月の十三日王の命令と詔書のおこなはるべき時いよいよ近づける時すなはちユダヤ人の敵ユダヤ人を打伏んとまちかまへたりしに却てユダヤ人おのれを惡む者を打ふする事となりける其日に
2 The Jews gathered in their cities throughout the provinces of King Xerxes to attack those who wanted to destroy them. Nobody could oppose them, because all the other people were afraid of them.
ユダヤ人アハシユエロス王の各州にある己の邑々に相あつまりおのれを害せんとする者どもを殺さんとせり誰も彼らに敵ることを得る者なかりき 其は一切の民ユダヤ人を畏れたればなり
3 All the officials of the provinces, the chief officers, the governors, and the king's officials helped the Jews, because they were afraid of Mordecai.
諸州の牧伯州牧方伯など凡て王の事を辨理ふ者は皆ユダヤ人をたすけたり 是モルデカイを畏るるによりてたり
4 Mordecai had a great deal of power in the royal palace, and his reputation spread throughout the provinces as his power increased.
モルデカイは王の家にて大なる者となりその名各州にきこえわたれり斯その人モルデカイはますます大になりゆきぬ
5 The Jews attacked their enemies with swords, killing and destroying them, and they did whatever they wanted to their enemies.
ユダヤ人すなはち刀刃をもてその一切の敵を撃て殺し滅ぼしおのれを惡む者を意のままに爲したり
6 In the fortress of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.
ユダヤ人またシユシヤンの城においても五百人を殺しほろぼせり
7 This included Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
パルシヤンダタ、ダルポン、アスパタ
8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
ポラタ、アダリヤ、アリダタ
9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,
パルマシタ、アリサイ、アリダイ、ワエザタ
10 the ten sons of Haman, son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not take their possessions.
これらの者すなはちハンメダタの子ユダヤ人の敵たるハマンの十人の子をも彼ら殺せりされどその所有物には手をかけざりき
11 The same day, when the number of those killed in the fortress of Susa was reported to the king,
シユシヤンの城の内にて殺されし者の數をその日王にまうしあげければ
12 he said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men in the fortress of Susa, including Haman's ten sons. Imagine what they've done in the rest of the royal provinces! Now what is it you'd like to ask? It will be given to you. What more do you want? It will be granted.”
王きさきエステルにいひけるはユダヤ人シユシヤンの城の内にて五百人を殺しまたハマンの十人の子をころせり王のその餘の諸州においては幾何なりしぞや 汝また何か求むるところあるやかならず許さるべし尚何かねがふところあるや必らず成就らるべし
13 “If it please Your Majesty,” Esther replied, “allow the Jews in Susa be allowed to do the same tomorrow as they did today, following the decree. Also, let the ten sons of Haman be impaled on poles.”
エステルいひけるは王もし之を善としたまはば願くはシユシヤンにあるユダヤ人に允して明日も今日の詔旨のごとくなさしめ且ハマンの十人の子を木に懸しめたまへ
14 The king ordered this to be done. A decree was issued in Susa, and they impaled the bodies of Haman's ten sons.
王かく爲せと命じシユシヤンにおいて詔旨を出せりマンの十人の子は木に懸らる
15 On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa gathered together again and killed three hundred men there, but again they did not take their possessions.
アダルの月の十四日にシユシヤンのユダヤ人また集まりシユシヤンの内にて三百人をころせり然れどもその所有物には手をかけざりき
16 The other Jews in the king's provinces also gathered to defend themselves and get rid of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but did not touch their possessions.
王の諸州にあるその餘のユダヤ人もまた相あつまり立ておのれの生命を保護しその敵に勝て安んじおのれを惡む者七萬五千人をころせり然れどもその所有には手をかけざりき
17 This happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested and made it a day of feasting and celebration.
アダルの月の十三日にこの事をおこなひ十四日にやすみてその日に酒宴をなして喜こべり
18 However, the Jews in Susa had gathered to fight on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, and made that a day of feasting and celebration.
されどシユシヤンにをるユダヤ人はその十三日と十四日とにあひ集まり十五日にやすみてその日に酒宴をなして喜こべり
19 To this day rural Jews, living in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of celebration and feasting, a holiday when they send gifts to one another.
これによりて村々のユダヤ人すなはち石垣なき邑々にすめる者はアダルの月の十四日をもて喜樂の日酒宴の日吉日となして互に物をやりとりす
20 Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews throughout the provinces ruled by King Xerxes, near and far,
モルデカイこれらの事を書しるしてアハシユエロス王の諸州にをるユダヤ人に遠きにも近きにも書をおくり
21 requiring them to celebrate every year the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
アダルの月の十四日と十五日を年々にいはふことを命じ
22 as the time when the Jews rested from their victory over their enemies, and as the month when their sadness was turned into joy and their mourning into a time of celebration. He wrote them to observe the days as days of feasting and joy and giving gifts of food to one another and presents to the poor.
この兩の日にユダヤ人その敵に勝て休みこの月は彼のために憂愁より喜樂にかはり悲哀より吉日にかはりたれば是らの日に酒宴をなして喜びたがひに物をやりとりし貧しき者に施與をなすべしと諭しぬ
23 The Jews agreed to continue what they had already started doing, following what Mordecai had written to them.
ここをもてユダヤ人はその已にはじめたるごとくモルデカイがかれらに書おくりしごとく行なひつづけたり
24 For Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted to destroy the Jews, and had cast “pur” (meaning a “lot”) to crush and destroy them.
アガグ人ハンメダタの子ハマンすなはちすべてのユダヤ人の敵たる者ユダヤ人を滅ぼさんと謀りプルすなはち籤を投てこれを滅ぼし絶さんとしたりしが
25 But when it came to the king's attention, he sent out letters ordering that the evil scheme which Haman had planned against the Jews should rebound on him, and that he and his sons should be impaled on poles.
その事王の前に明かになりし時王書をおくりて命じハマンがユダヤ人を害せんとはかりしその惡き謀計をしてハマンのかうべに歸らしめ彼とその子等を木に懸しめたり
26 (That's why these days are called Purim, from the word Pur.) As a result of all the instructions in Mordecai's letter, and what they'd seen, and what had happened to them,
このゆゑに此兩の日をそのプルの名にしたがひてプリムとなづけたり斯りしかばこの書のすべての詞によりこの事につきて見たるところ己の遇たるところに依て
27 the Jews committed themselves to adopt the practice that they and their descendants and all who join them should not forget to celebrate these two days as set down, and at the right time every year.
ユダヤ人あひ定め年々その書るところにしたがひその定めたる時にしたがひてこの兩の日をまもり己とおのれの子孫および凡て已につらなる者これを行ひつづけて廢すること無く
28 These days were to be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim would always be observed among the Jews, and they would not be forgotten by their descendants.
この兩の日をもて代々家々州々邑々において必ず記念てまもるべき者となしこれらのプリムの日をしてユダヤ人の中に廢せらるること無らしめまたこの記念をしてその子孫の中に絶ること無らしむ
29 Then Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, wrote a letter, along with Mordecai the Jew, giving in her letter full authority to Mordecai's letter about Purim.
かくてアビハイルの女なる后エステルとユダヤ人モルデカイおほいなる力をもて此プリムの第二の書を書おくりてこれを堅うす
30 Letters expressing peace and reassurance were also sent all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the empire of King Xerxes.
すなはちモルデカイ、アハシユエロスの國の百二十七州にある一切のユダヤ人に平和と眞實の言語をもて書をおくり
31 They established these days of Purim at their given time as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had ordered, committing themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and mourning.
斷食と悲哀のことにつきてプリムのこれらの日を堅うしてその定めたる時を守らしむすなはちユダヤ人モルデカイと后エステルが曾てかれらに命じたるごとくまたユダヤ人等が曾てみづから己のためおよびおのれの子孫のために定めたるがごとし
32 In this way Esther's decree confirmed these practices regarding Purim, which were entered in the official record.
エステルの語プリムにかかはる是等の事をかたうせり是は書にしるされたり
