Esther 8

1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.

١ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ وَهَبَ الْمَلِكُ أَحَشْوِيرُوشُ لِلْمَلِكَةِ أَسْتِيرَ بَيْتَ هَامَانَ عَدُوِّ الْيَهُودِ. وَمَثَلَ مُرْدَخَايُ أَمَامَ الْمَلِكِ لأَنَّ أَسْتِيرَ أَطْلَعَتْهُ عَلَى قَرَابَتِهِ مِنْهَا،

2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

٢ فَنَزَعَ الْمَلِكُ خَاتَمَهُ الَّذِي اسْتَرَدَّهُ مِنْ هَامَانَ وَأَعْطَاهُ لِمُرْدَخَايَ، وَطَلَبَتْ أَسْتِيرُ مِنْ مُرْدَخَايَ أَنْ يُشْرِفَ عَلَى مُمْتَلَكَاتِ هَامَانَ.

3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

٣ ثُمَّ عَادَتْ أَسْتِيرُ وَكَلَّمَتِ الْمَلِكَ، وَانْطَرَحَتْ عِنْدَ قَدَمَيْهِ، وَتَوَسَّلَتْ إِلَيْهِ بَاكِيَةً لِيُبْطِلَ مُؤَامَرَةَ هَامَانَ الأَجَاجِيِّ وَتَدْبِيرَاتِهِ الَّتِي خَطَّطَهَا ضِدَّ الْيَهُودِ،

4 Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.

٤ فَمَدَّ الْمَلِكُ لأَسْتِيرَ صَوْلَجَانَ الذَّهَبِ، فَنَهَضَتْ وَوَقَفَتْ أَمَامَهُ

5 And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be 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 which are in all the king’s provinces:

٥ وَقَالَتْ: «إِذَا طَابَ لِلْمَلِكِ وَحَظِيتُ بِرِضَاهُ، وَاسْتَصْوَبَ الْمَلِكُ الرَّأْيَ، وَرُقْتُ أَنَا فِي عَيْنَيْهِ، فَلْيُصْدِرِ الْمَلِكُ أَوَامِرَ تُلْغِي رَسَائِلَ تَدْبِيرَاتِ هَامَانَ بْنِ هَمَدَاثَا الأَجَاجِيِّ، الَّتِي بَعَثَ بِها لإِبَادَةِ الْيَهُودِ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي كُلِّ أَقَالِيمِ الْمَلِكِ،

6 for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

٦ إِذْ كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ أَرَى الشَّرَّ يَحِيقُ بِشَعْبِي؟ وَكَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ أَشْهَدَ هَلاكَ أَبْنَاءِ جِنْسِي؟»

7 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.

٧ فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ أَحَشْوِيرُوشُ لِلْمَلِكَةِ أَسْتِيرَ وَلِمُرْدَخَايَ الْيَهُودِيِّ: «لَقَدْ أَعْطَيْتُ مُمْتَلَكَاتِ هَامَانَ لأَسْتِيرَ، وَصَلَبْتُهُ هُوَ عَلَى خَشَبَةٍ، لأَنَّهُ حَاوَلَ أَنْ يَمُسَّ الْيَهُودَ بِسُوءٍ.

8 Write ye also to the Jews, as it liketh 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 no man reverse.

٨ فَاكْتُبَا أَنْتُمَا إِلَى الْيَهُودِ بِكُلِّ مَا تَرَيَانِهِ مُنَاسِباً بِاسْمِ الْمَلِكِ، وَاخْتُمَاهُ بِخَاتَمِهِ، لأَنَّ الْمَرَاسِيمَ الَّتِي تُسَنُّ بِاسْمِ الْمَلِكِ وَتُخْتَمُ بِخَاتَمِهِ لَا تُبْطَلُ».

9 Then were the king’s scribes called at that time, in the third month, which is the month, Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

٩ فَاسْتُدْعِيَ كُتَّابُ الْمَلِكِ عَلَى التَّوِّ، فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنَ شَهْرِ سِيوَانَ، (تَمُّوزَ – يُولْيُو) وَكَتَبُوا مَا أَمْلاهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مُرْدَخَايُ إِلَى الْيَهُودِ وَالْحُكَّامِ وَالْوُلاةِ وَرُؤَسَاءِ الأَقَالِيمِ، الَّتِي تَمْتَدُّ مِنَ الْهِنْدِ إِلَى كُوشٍ، وَالْبَالِغُ عَدَدُهَا مِئَةً وَسَبْعَةً وَعِشْرِينَ إِقْلِيماً إِلَى كُلِّ إِقْلِيمٍ بِلُغَتِهِ وَلَهْجَةِ شَعْبِهِ، وَإِلَى الْيَهُودِ بِلُغَتِهِمْ وَلَهْجَتِهِمْ.

10 And he wrote in the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the king’s service, bred of the stud:

١٠ وَهَكَذَا كُتِبَتْ هَذِهِ الْمَرَاسِيمُ بِاسْمِ الْمَلِكِ، وَخُتِمَتْ بِخَاتَمِهِ، وَحَمَلَهَا رُكَّابُ الْجِيَادِ وَالْبِغَالِ عَلَى بَرِيدِ خَيْلِ الْمَلِكِ الأَصِيلَةِ،

11 wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, [their] little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

١١ وَفِيهَا خَوَّلَ الْمَلِكُ الْيَهُودَ فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ أَنْ يَتَآزَرُوا لِلدِّفَاعِ عَنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ، وَيُهْلِكُوا وَيَقْتُلُوا وَيَسْتَأْصِلُوا أَيَّةَ قُوَّةٍ مُسَلَّحَةٍ تَابِعَةٍ لأَيِّ شَعْبٍ أَوْ إِقْلِيمٍ تُهَاجِمُهُمْ مَعَ أَطْفَالِهِمْ وَنِسَائِهِمْ، وَأَنْ يَسْتَوْلُوا عَلَى غَنَائِمِهِمْ،

12 upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, [namely], upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

١٢ فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ، هُوَ الْيَوْمُ الثَّالِثَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الثَّانِي عَشَرَ، (آذَارَ – مَارِسَ)، وَذَلِكَ فِي جَمِيعِ أَقَالِيمِ الْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ.

13 A copy of the writing, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published unto all the peoples, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

١٣ وَقَدْ وُزِّعَتْ نُسَخٌ مِنَ الْمَرْسُومِ الصَّادِرِ عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ الْبِلادِ، وَأُذِيعَتْ بَيْنَ كُلِّ الأُمَمِ، وَكَانَ عَلَى الْيَهُودِ أَنْ يَتَأَهَّبُوا لِهَذَا الْيَوْمِ لِلانْتِقَامِ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِمْ.

14 So the posts that rode upon swift steeds that were used in the king’s service went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment; and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace.

١٤ فَحَمَلَ رُكَّابُ الْجِيَادِ وَالْبِغَالِ الْبَرِيدَ وَانْطَلَقُوا مُسْرِعِينَ يَحُثُّهُمْ أَمْرُ الْمَلِكِ، كَمَا أُذِيعَ الْمَرْسُومُ فِي الْعَاصِمَةِ شُوشَنَ.

15 And Mordecai went forth front the presence of the king in royal apparel 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.

١٥ وَخَرَجَ مُرْدَخَايُ مِنْ حَضْرَةِ الْمَلِكِ بِثِيَابٍ مُلَوَّنَةٍ بِأَلْوَانٍ زَرْقَاءَ وَبَيْضَاءَ، وَعَلَى هَامَتِهِ تَاجٌ ذَهَبِيٌّ عَظِيمٌ، وَعَلَى كَتِفَيْهِ عَبَاءَةٌ مِنْ كَتَّانٍ وَأُرْجُوَانٍ، وَغَمَرَتِ الْبَهْجَةُ وَالْفَرْحَةُ مَدِينَةَ شُوشَنَ،

16 The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honour.

١٦ وَعَمَّتِ الْيَهُودَ الْغِبْطَةُ وَالسَّعَادَةُ وَنُورُ الْفَرَحِ الْمُتَأَلِّقُ، وَنَالَهُمُ الإِكْرَامُ.

17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness and joy, a feast and a good day. And many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen upon them.

١٧ وَسَادَ الْفَرَحُ يَهُودَ كُلِّ بِلادِ الْمَمْلَكَةِ وَمُدُنِهَا عِنْدَمَا وَصَلَهُمْ مَرْسُومُ الْمَلِكِ وَأَمْرُهُ، فَأَقَامُوا الْوَلائِمَ وَاحْتَفَلُوا. وَكَثِيرُونَ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ أُمَمِ الأَقَالِيمِ تَهَوَّدُوا لأَنَّ الْخَوْفَ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ طَغَى عَلَيْهِمْ.