Esther 8

1 In that dai kyng Assuerus yaf to Hester, the queen, the hows of Aaman, aduersarie of Jewis. And Mardochee entride bifor the face of the kyng; for Hester knoulechide to hym, that he was `hir fadris brother.

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

2 Therfor the kyng took the ryng, which he hadde comaundid to be resseyued fro Aaman, and yaf to Mardochee. Forsothe Hester ordeynede Mardochee ouer hir hows.

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

3 And Hester was not appaied with these thingis, and felde doun to the feet of the kyng, and wepte, and spak to hym, and preiede, that he schulde comaunde the malice of Aaman of Agag, and hise worste castis, whiche he hadde thouyte out ayens Jewis, `to be maad voide.

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

4 And the kyng bi custom helde forth the goldun yerde of the kyng with his hond, bi which the signe of merci was schewid. `Therfor sche roos vp,

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

5 and stood bifor hym, and seide, If it plesith the kyng, and if Y haue founde grace bifor hise iyen, and if my preier is not seyn `to be contrarie to hym, Y biseche, that the elde lettris of Aaman, traitour and enemy of Jewis, by whiche he hadde comaundid hem to perische in alle the prouynces of the kyng, be amendid bi newe pistlis;

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

6 for hou schal Y mowe suffre the deth, and the sleyng of my puple?

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

7 And kyng Assuerus answeride to Hester, the queen, and to Mardochee, Jew, Y grauntide the hows of Aaman to Hester, the queen, and Y comaundide hym to be hangid `on the cros, for he was hardi to sette hond ayens the Jewis.

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)*)

8 Therfor write ye to Jewis, as it plesith to you, `bi the name of the kyng, and aseele ye the lettris with my ring. For this was the custom, that no man durste ayenseie the pistlis, that weren sente in the kyngis name, and weren aseelid with his ryng.

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

9 And whanne the dyteris and `writeris of the kyng weren clepid; `sotheli it was the tyme of the thridde monethe, which is clepid Siban, in the thre and twentithe dai of that monethe; pistlis weren writun, as Mardochee wolde, to Jewis, and to princes, and to procuratouris, and to iugis, that weren souereyns of an hundrid and seuene and twenti prouynces, fro Iynde `til to Ethiope, to prouynce and to prouynce, to puple and to puple, bi her langagis and lettris, and to Jewis, that thei myyten rede and here.

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

10 And tho pistlis, that weren sent `bi the kyngis name, weren aseelid with his ryng, and sent bi messangeris, whiche runnen aboute bi alle prouynces, and camen with newe messagis bifor the elde lettris.

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

11 To whiche the kyng comaundide, that thei schulden clepe togidere the Jewis bi alle citees, `and comaunde to be gaderid togidere, that thei schulden stonde for her lyues; and schulden sle, and do awei alle her enemyes, with her wyues and children, and alle howsis.

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

12 And o dai of veniaunce, that is, in the thrittenthe dai of the tweluethe monethe Adar, was ordeined bi alle prouynces.

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

13 And the schort sentence of the pistle was this, that it were maad knowun in alle londis and puplis, that weren suget to the empire of kyng Assuerus, that the Jewis ben redi to take veniaunce of her enemyes.

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

14 And the messangeris yeden out, bifor berynge swift messages; and the comaundement of the kyng hangide in Susa.

[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

15 Sotheli Mardochee yede out of the paleis and of the kyngis siyt, and schynede in the kyngis clothis, that is, of iacynct and of colour of the eir, and he bar a goldun coroun in his heed, and was clothid with a mentil of selk and of purpur; and al the citee fulli ioiede, and was glad.

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

16 Forsothe a newe liyt semede to rise to the Jewis,

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

17 ioie, onour, and daunsyng, at alle puplis, citees, and alle prouynces, whidur euere the comaundementis of the kyng camen, a wondurful ioie, metis, and feestis, and an hooli dai, in so myche, that many of an other folk and sect weren ioyned to the religioun and cerymonyes of hem; for the greet drede of the name of Jewis `hadde asaylid alle hem.

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