Esther 9
1 Le treize du douzième mois, du mois d'adar, l'édit du roi fut exécuté.
And in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day thereof, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them (but it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had power over them that hated them),
2 Ce jour-là, les ennemis des Juifs périrent, et nul ne se défendit à cause de la crainte qu'ils avaient d'eux.
the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout the provinces of king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt. And no man could withstand them; for the fear of them had fallen upon all the peoples.
3 Et les officiers des satrapes, et les rois, et les scribes royaux, honorèrent les Juifs; car ils redoutaient Mardochée.
And all the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors and officers of the king, helped the Jews; for the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.
4 Et l'édit du roi en vint à être loué dans tout le royaume.
For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went forth throughout the provinces; for the man Mordecai became continually greater.
And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword and slaughter and destruction, and did what they would to those that hated them.
And in Shushan the fortress the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
7 Pharsannès, et Delphon, et Phasgas,
And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
8 Et Phardathas, et Barcas, et Sarbacas,
and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
9 Et Marmarinas, et Ruphès, et Arsès, et Zabuthis.
and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,
10 Et ils enlevèrent les dix fils d'Aman, fils d'Amadathe le Bugéen, l'ennemi des Juifs, et ils pillèrent leurs maisons
the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the oppressor of the Jews, they slew; but they laid not their hands on the prey.
11 Ce même jour-là. Et on remit au roi le dénombrement de ceux qui, à Suse, avaient péri.
On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the fortress was brought before the king.
12 Et le roi dit à Esther: Les Juifs ont tué cinq cents hommes à Suse; combien penses-tu qu'ils en aient exterminé dans les provinces? Que demandes- tu encore, que te faut-il?
And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the fortress, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? And what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee; and what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
13 Et Esther répondit: Qu'il soit permis aux Juifs d'en user de même demain jusqu'à pendre les dix fils d'Aman.
And Esther said, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews that are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according to this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
14 Et le roi le voulut ainsi; et les corps des fils d'Aman furent livrés aux Juifs de la ville pour être pendus.
And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
15 Et les Juifs de Suse se réunirent le quatorze d'Adar, et ils tuèrent trois cents hommes, et ils ne prirent rien de leurs dépouilles.
And the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but they laid not their hand on the prey.
16 Les autres Juifs du royaume se réunirent et se prêtèrent un mutuel secours, et ils se débarrassèrent de leurs ennemis; car ils en tuèrent quinze mille, le treize d'adar, et ils ne prirent rien.
And the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their life, and had rest from their enemies; and they slew of them that hated them seventy-five thousand (but they laid not their hand on the prey),
17 Et ils restèrent en repos le quatorze du même mois, car ils fêtèrent ce jour de repos par de grandes réjouissances.
on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and joy.
18 Mais les Juifs de Suse ne cessèrent le massacre qu'à fin du quatorze; et ils passèrent le quinze à se réjouir.
But the Jews that were at Shushan gathered themselves together on the thirteenth [day] thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and joy.
19 À cause de cela, les Juifs dispersés dans toutes les provinces ont coutume de fêter le quatorze d'adar, et chacun envoie des parts à son voisin. Mais ceux qui vivent au loin dans des grandes villes célèbrent la fête le quinze d'Adar, en envoyant des parts à leurs voisins.
Therefore the Jews of the villages that dwell in the country towns make the fourteenth of the month Adar a day of joy and feasting, and a good day, and on which they send portions one to another.
20 Mardochée écrivit ces choses en un livre, et il envoya dire à tous les Juifs qui demeuraient dans le royaume d'Artaxerxès, soit près, soit loin,
And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the Jews near and far that were in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus,
21 D'instituer ces jours comme des jours heureux, et de fêter le treize et le quatorze d'adar.
to establish [this] among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
22 Car, en ces deux journées, les Juifs avaient été délivrés de leurs ennemis; et le mois, qui est adar, durant lequel ils avaient passé du deuil à la joie, et des douleurs à un jour heureux, fut consacré tout entier aux jours heureux des noces et des réjouissances; et chacun envoya des parts à ses amis et aux indigents.
as the days on which the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month that was turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
23 Et les Juifs se sont conformés depuis à ce qu'avait écrit Mardochée, leur faisant savoir:
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them.
24 Comme Aman, fils d'Amadathe le Macédonien, était devenu leur ennemi; comme il avait fait un édit, et agité les sorts pour les exterminer;
For Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the oppressor of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them and to destroy them;
25 Comme il était entré chez le roi, lui disant de faire pendre Mardochée; et comment tous les maux qu'il avait essayé de faire tomber sur les Juifs étaient tombés sur lui-même, qui avait été pendu ainsi que ses fils.
and when [Esther] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head; and they hanged him and his sons on the gallows.
26 À cause de cela, ces jours furent appelés Phrurées, à cause des sorts (car, dans leur dialecte, les sorts se traduisent par Phrurées); à cause des paroles de ce livre de Mardochée, et à cause de ce qu'ils avaient souffert à ce sujet et de ce qui leur était advenu.
Therefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore, according to all the words of this letter, and for what they had seen concerning this matter and what had happened to them,
27 Et il régla les choses ainsi. Et les Juifs adoptèrent l'usage de ces fêtes pour eux et pour leur race, et pour ceux qui se joignirent à eux pour les observer, et ils ne feront jamais autrement; et ces jours sont un mémorial gardé de générations en générations en chaque ville, chaque famille, chaque province.
the Jews ordained and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves to them, so that it should not fail, that they would observe these two days according to their writing and according to their fixed time, every year;
28 Et ces jours des Phrurées, disent-ils, seront gardés en tout temps, et le mémorial ne manquera à aucune génération.
and that these days should be remembered and observed throughout every generation, in every family, every province, and every city, and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them cease from among their seed.
29 Et la reine Esther, fille d'Aminadab, et le Juif Mardochée, écrivirent tout ce qu'ils avaient fait pour confirmer la lettre concernant les Phrurées.
And queen Esther the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.
And he sent letters to all the Jews, to the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, words of peace and truth,
to confirm these days of Purim in their fixed times, according as Mordecai the Jew and queen Esther had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, as to the matters of the fastings and their cry.
32 Et Esther fit cela par un commandement pour toujours, et elle l'écrivit en un mémoire.
And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
