Esther 8
1 [Later] on that same day, King Xerxes declared that everything that Haman, the enemy of the Jews, owned, would now belong to Queen Esther. Esther told the king that Mordecai was her cousin. [When] the king [heard that, he sent a message to tell] Mordecai to come in.
Pada hari itu juga raja Ahasyweros mengaruniakan harta milik Haman, seteru orang Yahudi, kepada Ester, sang ratu, dan Mordekhai masuk menghadap raja, karena Ester telah memberitahukan apa pertalian Mordekhai dengan dia.
2 When Mordecai came in, the king took off the ring that had his official seal on it, the ring that he had [previously] given to Haman, and gave it to Mordecai, [to indicate that Mordecai was now his most important official]. And Esther appointed Mordecai to be in charge of everything that had belonged to Haman.
Maka raja mencabut cincin meterai yang diambil dari pada Haman, lalu diserahkannya kepada Mordekhai; dan Mordekhai diangkat oleh Ester menjadi kuasa atas harta milik Haman.
3 Esther again [came to] talk to the king. She prostrated herself at his feet, crying. She [wanted to] plead for him to stop what Haman had planned, to kill all the Jews.
Kemudian Ester berkata lagi kepada raja sambil sujud pada kakinya dan menangis memohon karunianya, supaya dibatalkannya maksud jahat Haman, orang Agag itu, serta rancangan yang sudah dibuatnya terhadap orang Yahudi.
4 The king held out his gold scepter/staff toward Esther, so Esther arose and stood in front of him.
Maka raja mengulurkan tongkat emas kepada Ester, lalu bangkitlah Ester dan berdiri di hadapan raja,
5 She said, “Your majesty, if you are pleased with me, and if you think that it is the right thing to do, make a new law to cancel what Haman decreed, that all the Jews in all the provinces in your empire should be killed.
serta sembahnya: "Jikalau baik pada pemandangan raja dan jikalau hamba mendapat kasih raja, dan hal ini kiranya dipandang benar oleh raja dan raja berkenan kepada hamba, maka hendaklah dikeluarkan surat titah untuk menarik kembali surat-surat yang berisi rancangan Haman bin Hamedata, orang Agag itu, yang ditulisnya untuk membinasakan orang Yahudi di dalam semua daerah kerajaan.
6 I cannot bear seeing all my family and [all the rest of] my people killed.”
Karena bagaimana hamba dapat melihat malapetaka yang menimpa bangsa hamba dan bagaimana hamba dapat melihat kebinasaan sanak saudara hamba?"
7 King Xerxes replied to Queen Esther and Mordecai, “Because Haman tried to get rid of all the Jews, I have given to Esther everything that belonged to Haman, and I have ordered [my soldiers] to hang Haman.
Maka jawab raja Ahasyweros kepada Ester, sang ratu, serta kepada Mordekhai, orang Yahudi itu: "Harta milik Haman telah kukaruniakan kepada Ester, dan Haman sendiri telah disulakan pada tiang karena ia sudah mengacungkan tangannya kepada orang Yahudi.
8 So now I am also permitting you to write other letters, to [save] your people. You may put my name [on the letters], and use my ring to seal them because no letter that has my name on it and which is sealed with my ring can ever be changed.”
Tuliskanlah atas nama raja apa yang kamu pandang baik tentang orang Yahudi dan meteraikanlah surat itu dengan cincin meterai raja, karena surat yang dituliskan atas nama raja dan dimeteraikan dengan cincin meterai raja tidak dapat ditarik kembali."
9 Then the king summoned his secretaries, on June 25th, and [Mordecai told them to] write letters to the Jews and to all the governors and other officials in all of the 127 provinces, which extended from India [in the east] to Ethiopia [in the west]. They wrote these letters in all the languages that the people in each area spoke. They also wrote letters to the Jewish people, in their language.
Pada waktu itu juga dipanggillah para panitera raja, dalam bulan yang ketiga--yakni bulan Siwan--pada tanggal dua puluh tiga, dan sesuai dengan segala yang diperintahkan Mordekhai ditulislah surat kepada orang Yahudi, dan kepada para wakil pemerintah, para bupati dan para pembesar daerah, dari India sampai ke Etiopia, seratus dua puluh tujuh daerah, kepada tiap-tiap daerah menurut tulisannya dan kepada tiap-tiap bangsa menurut bahasanya, dan juga kepada orang Yahudi menurut tulisan dan bahasanya.
10 They wrote in those letters that the Jews in every city were permitted by the king to gather together to protect themselves. They also were permitted to kill any group of soldiers who attacked them. They were also permitted to kill the women and children of those who attacked them, and to take the possessions of the people whom they killed.
Maka ditulislah pesan atas nama raja Ahasyweros dan dimeterai dengan cincin meterai raja, lalu dengan perantaraan pesuruh-pesuruh cepat yang berkuda, yang mengendarai kuda kerajaan yang tangkas yang diternakkan di pekudaan, dikirimkanlah surat-surat
yang isinya: raja mengizinkan orang Yahudi di tiap-tiap kota untuk berkumpul dan mempertahankan nyawanya serta memunahkan, membunuh atau membinasakan segala tentara, bahkan anak-anak dan perempuan-perempuan, dari bangsa dan daerah yang hendak menyerang mereka, dan untuk merampas harta miliknya,
12 [All this was to be done] on March 7th of the following year. Mordecai signed the king’s name on the letters, and sealed them with the seal that was on the king’s ring. Then he gave them to messengers, who rode on fast horses that had been raised especially for the king.
pada hari yang sama di segala daerah raja Ahasyweros, pada tanggal tiga belas bulan yang kedua belas, yakni bulan Adar.
13 Copies of this law were to be nailed to posts in every province and read to all the people, in order that the Jews would be ready to (get revenge on/fight against) their enemies on March 7th.
Salinan pesan tertulis itu harus diundangkan di tiap-tiap daerah, lalu diumumkan kepada segala bangsa, dan orang Yahudi harus bersiap-siap untuk hari itu akan melakukan pembalasan kepada musuhnya.
14 The king commanded the men who took these letters [to all the provinces] to ride quickly on the king’s horses. And copies of the letter were also posted and read to the people in [the capital city, ] Susa.
Maka dengan terburu-buru dan tergesa-gesa berangkatlah pesuruh-pesuruh cepat yang mengendarai kuda kerajaan yang tangkas itu, atas titah raja, dan undang-undang itu dikeluarkan di dalam benteng Susan.
15 Before Mordecai left the palace, he put on the blue and white robe and a large gold crown that the king had given him. He also put on a coat made of fine purple cloth. When the people in Susa heard the new law, they all shouted and cheered.
Dan Mordekhai keluar dari hadapan raja dengan memakai pakaian kerajaan dari pada kain ungu tua dan kain lenan, dengan memakai tajuk emas yang mengagumkan serta jubah dari pada kain lenan halus dan kain ungu muda. Maka kota Susanpun bertempiksoraklah dan bersukaria:
16 The Jews in Susa were very happy, and [other people] honored [them].
orang Yahudi telah beroleh kelapangan hati dan sukacita, kegirangan dan kehormatan.
17 And when the new law arrived in every city and province, the Jews there celebrated and prepared feasts and were very joyful. And many men throughout the empire [were circumcised and] became Jews, because they were now afraid of [what] the Jews [would do to them if they were not Jews].
Demikian juga di tiap-tiap daerah dan di tiap-tiap kota, di tempat manapun titah dan undang-undang raja telah sampai, ada sukacita dan kegirangan di antara orang Yahudi, dan perjamuan serta hari gembira; dan lagi banyak dari antara rakyat negeri itu masuk Yahudi, karena mereka ditimpa ketakutan kepada orang Yahudi.
