Esther 8
1 On that day, King Achashyerosh gave the house of Haman, the Jews' enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.
Na ta dan je dal Kralj Ahasvér hišo Hamána, sovražnika Judov, kraljici Esteri. Mordohaj pa je prišel pred kralja, kajti Estera je povedala, kaj ji je bil.
2 The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
Kralj je snel svoj prstan, ki ga je vzel od Hamána in ga dal Mordohaju. Estera pa je Mordohaja postavila nad Hamánovo hišo.
3 Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his plot that he had devised against the Jews.
Estera je ponovno spregovorila pred kraljem in padla dol pri njegovih stopalih in ga s solzami rotila, da odstrani vragolijo Hamána, Agágovca in njegov naklep, ki ga je zasnoval zoper Jude.
4 Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
Potem je kralj proti Esteri iztegnil zlato žezlo. Tako je Estera vstala in stala pred kraljem
5 She said, "If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right to the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces.
in rekla: »Če kralju ugaja in če sem našla naklonjenost v njegovem pogledu in se zdi stvar pravilna pred kraljem in sem prijetna v njegovih očeh, naj bo zapisano, da se razveljavijo pisma, ki jih je zasnoval Hamán, Hamedátov sin, Agágovec, katera je napisal, da uničijo Jude, ki so po vseh kraljevih provincah.
6 For how can I endure to see the disaster that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?"
Kajti kako lahko prenašam gledanje zla, ki bo prišlo k mojemu ljudstvu? Ali kako lahko prenašam gledanje uničenja mojega sorodstva?«
7 Then King Achashyerosh said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, "See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged on the gallows, because he laid his hand on the Jews.
Tedaj je kralj Ahasvér rekel kraljici Esteri in Judu Mordohaju: »Glejta, Esteri sem dal hišo Hamána, njega pa so obesili na vislice, ker je svojo roko položil na Jude.
8 Write also to the Jews, as it pleases you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring; for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may not be reversed by any man."
Tudi za Jude napišita, kakor vama to ugaja, v kraljevem imenu in to zapečatita s kraljevim prstanom, kajti pisanja, ki je napisano v kraljevem imenu in zapečateno s kraljevim pečatom, noben človek ne more razveljaviti.«
9 Then the king's scribes were called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and officials of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing, and in their language.
Potem so bili poklicani kraljevi pisarji, ob tistem času, v tretjem mesecu, ki je mesec siván, na njegov triindvajseti dan in to je bilo napisano glede na vse, kar je Mordohaj zapovedal Judom, poročnikom, namestnikom in vladarjem provinc, ki so od Indije do Etiopije, sto sedemindvajsetim provincam, vsaki provinci glede na njihovo pisanje in vsakemu ljudstvu glede na njihov jezik in Judom glede na njihovo pisanje in glede na njihov jezik.
10 He wrote in the name of King Achashyerosh, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by courier on horseback, riding on royal horses that were bread from swift steeds.
Napisal je v imenu Kralja Ahasvérja in to zapečatil s kraljevim prstanom in pisma poslal po slih na konjskem hrbtu in jahačih na mulah, kamelah in mladih [enogrbih] velblodih.
11 In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to defend their life, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions,
V teh je kralj zagotovil Judom, ki so bili v vsakem mestu, da se zberejo skupaj in da stojijo za svoje življenje, da uničijo, da ubijejo in da povzročijo, da umre vsa moč ljudstva in province, ki bi jih hotela napasti, tako malčke kakor ženske in da njihov dobiček vzamejo za plen,
12 on one day in all the provinces of King Achashyerosh, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
na en dan po vseh provincah Kralja Ahasvérja, namreč na trinajsti dan dvanajstega meseca, ki je mesec adár.
13 A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that the Jews should be ready for that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
Kopija pisanja za zapoved, ki naj bi bila dana v vsako provinco, je bila razglašena vsemu ljudstvu in da naj bodo Judje pripravljeni za ta dan, da se maščujejo na svojih sovražnikih.
14 So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Shushan.
Tako so sli, ki so jahali na mulah in kamelah, odšli ven, podvizani in pritisnjeni s kraljevo zapovedjo. In odlok je bil izdan pri palači Suze.
15 Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad.
Mordohaj je odšel izpred prisotnosti kralja v kraljevski obleki iz modre in bele in z veliko krono iz zlata in z obleko iz tankega lanenega platna in vijolične, mesto Suze pa se je veselilo in bilo veselo.
16 The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor.
Judje so imeli svetlobo, veselje, radost in čast.
17 In every province, and in every city, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast, and a good day. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen on them.
V vsaki provinci in v vsakem mestu, kamor sta prišla kraljeva zapoved in njegov odlok, so imeli Judje radost in veselje, praznovanje in dober dan. In mnogi izmed ljudstva dežele so postali Judje, kajti strah pred Judi je padel nanje.
