Esther 8

1 in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to give: give [the] king Ahasuerus to/for Esther [the] queen [obj] house: home Haman to vex ([the] Jew *Q(k)*) and Mordecai to come (in): come to/for face: before [the] king for to tell Esther what? he/she/it to/for her

And in that day king Artaxerxes gave to Esther all that belonged to Aman the slanderer: and Mardochaeus was called by the king; for Esther had shown that he was related to her.

2 and to turn aside: remove [the] king [obj] ring his which to pass: bring from Haman and to give: give her to/for Mordecai and to set: appoint Esther [obj] Mordecai upon house: home Haman

And the king took the ring which he had taken away from Aman, and gave it to Mardochaeus: and Esther appointed Mardochaeus over all that had been Aman's.

3 and to add: again Esther and to speak: speak to/for face: before [the] king and to fall: fall to/for face: before foot his and to weep and be gracious to/for him to/for to pass: bring [obj] distress: evil Haman [the] Agagite and [obj] plot his which to devise: design upon [the] Jew

And she spoke yet again to the king, and fell at his feet, and implored [him] to do away the mischief of Aman, and all that he had done against the Jews.

4 and to extend [the] king to/for Esther [obj] scepter [the] gold and to arise: rise Esther and to stand: stand to/for face: before [the] king

Then the king stretched out to Esther the golden sceptre: and Esther arose to stand near the king.

5 and to say if upon [the] king pleasant and if to find favor to/for face: before his and to succeed [the] word: thing to/for face: before [the] king and pleasant I in/on/with eye: appearance his to write to/for to return: turn back [obj] [the] scroll: document plot Haman son: child Hammedatha [the] Agagite which to write to/for to perish [obj] [the] Jew which in/on/with all province [the] king

And Esther said, If it seem good to you, and I have found favor [in your sight], let an order be sent that the letters sent by Aman may be reversed, that were written for the destruction of the Jews, who are in your kingdom.

6 for how? be able and to see: see in/on/with distress: harm which to find [obj] people my and how? be able and to see: see in/on/with destruction relatives my

For how shall I be able to look upon the affliction of my people, and how shall I be able to survive the destruction of my kindred?

7 and to say [the] king Ahasuerus to/for Esther [the] queen and to/for Mordecai [the] Jew behold house: household Haman to give: give to/for Esther and [obj] him to hang upon [the] tree: stake upon which to send: reach hand his (in/on/with Jew *Q(k)*)

And the king said to Esther, If I have given and freely granted you all that was Aman's, and hanged him on a gallows, because he laid his hands upon the Jews, what do you yet further seek?

8 and you(m. p.) to write upon [the] Jew like/as pleasant in/on/with eye: appearance your in/on/with name [the] king and to seal in/on/with ring [the] king for writing which to write in/on/with name [the] king and to seal in/on/with ring [the] king nothing to/for to return: turn back

Write you also in my name, as it seems good to you, and seal [it] with my ring: for whatever [orders] are written at the command of the king, and sealed with my ring, it is not lawful to gainsay them.

9 and to call: call to scribe [the] king in/on/with time [the] he/she/it in/on/with month [the] third he/she/it month Sivan in/on/with three and twenty in/on/with him and to write like/as all which to command Mordecai to(wards) [the] Jew and to(wards) [the] satrap and [the] governor and ruler [the] province which from India and till Cush seven and twenty and hundred province province and province like/as writing her and people and people like/as tongue: language his and to(wards) [the] Jew like/as writing their and like/as tongue: language their

So the scribes were called in the first month, which is Nisan, on the three and twentieth day of the same year; and [orders] were written to the Jews, whatever [the king had] commanded to the local governors and chiefs of the satraps, from India even to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven satraps, according to the several provinces, according to their dialects.

10 and to write in/on/with name [the] king Ahasuerus and to seal in/on/with ring [the] king and to send: depart scroll: document in/on/with hand: by [the] to run: run in/on/with horse to ride [the] steed [the] steed son: young animal [the] mare

And they were written by order of the king, and sealed with his ring, and they sent the letters by the posts:

11 which to give: allow [the] king to/for Jew which in/on/with all city and city to/for to gather and to/for to stand: stand upon soul: life their to/for to destroy and to/for to kill and to/for to perish [obj] all strength: soldiers people and province [the] to provoke [obj] them child and woman and spoil their to/for to plunder

wherein he charged them to use their [own] laws in every city, and to help each other, and to treat their adversaries, and those who attacked them, as they pleased,

12 in/on/with day one in/on/with all province [the] king Ahasuerus in/on/with three ten to/for month two ten he/she/it month Adar

on one day in all the kingdom of Artaxerxes, on the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is Adar.

13 copy [the] writing to/for to give: give law in/on/with all province and province to reveal: proclaim to/for all [the] people and to/for to be ([the] Jew *Q(k)*) (ready *Q(K)*) to/for day [the] this to/for to avenge from enemy their

And let the copies be posted in conspicuous places throughout the kingdom, and let all the Jews be ready against this day, to fight against their enemies.

14 [the] to run: run to ride [the] steed [the] steed to come out: come to dismay and to hasten in/on/with word [the] king and [the] law to give: give in/on/with Susa [the] palace

So the horsemen went forth with haste to perform the king's commands; and the ordinance was also published in Susa.

15 and Mordecai to come out: come from to/for face [the] king in/on/with clothing royalty blue and white and crown gold great: large and robe fine linen and purple and [the] city Susa to cry out and to rejoice

And Mardochaeus went forth robed in the royal apparel, and wearing a golden crown, and a diadem of fine purple linen: and the people in Susa saw [it] and rejoiced.

16 to/for Jew to be light and joy and rejoicing and preciousness

And the Jews had light and gladness,

17 and in/on/with all province and province and in/on/with all city and city place which word [the] king and law his to touch joy and rejoicing to/for Jew feast and day pleasant and many from people [the] land: country/planet to become a Jew for to fall: fall dread [the] Jew upon them

in every city and province wherever the ordinance was published: wherever the proclamation took place, the Jews had joy and gladness, feasting and mirth: and many of the Gentiles were circumcised, and became Jews, for fear of the Jews.