Estè 9
1 Alò, nan douzyèm mwa a (sa vle di mwa Adar a), sou trèzyèm jou a, lè lòd a wa a avèk dekrè li a te prèt pou acheve, nan jou lè lènmi a Jwif yo te gen espwa vin mèt sou yo a, li te vin vire tèt anba jiskaske Jwif yo menm te vin domine sou sila ki te rayi yo.
Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, 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, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them; )
2 Jwif yo te rasanble nan vil pa yo toupatou nan pwovens a Wa Assuérus yo pou mete men yo sou sila ki te chache fè yo mal yo. Konsa, pa t genyen moun ki te kab kanpe devan yo, paske perèz yo te vin tonbe sou tout moun nan pèp yo.
The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.
3 Menm tout chèf pwovens yo, reprezantan a wa yo, gouvènè yo e sila ki t ap fè afè a wa yo te asiste Jwif yo akoz laperèz a Mardochée te vin tonbe sou yo.
And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.
4 Anverite, Mardochée te gran lakay a wa a e repitasyon li te gaye toupatou nan pwovens yo, paske nonm nan, Mardouchée, te vin pi gwo e pi gwo.
For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
5 Konsa, Jwif yo te frape tout lènmi yo avèk nepe, te touye e detwi. Yo te fè sa yo te pito a sila ki te rayi yo.
Thus the Jews stroke all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
6 Nan sitadèl Suse la, Jwif yo te touye e detwi senk-san òm.
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
7 Yo te touye Parchandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
9 Parmaschtha, Arizaï, Aridaï avèk Vajezatha,
And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,
10 dis fis a Haman yo, fis a Hammedatha yo, lènmi a Jwif yo. Men yo te refize touche piyaj la.
The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
11 Nan menm jou sa a, fòs kantite a sila ki te touye nan sitadèl Suse la te rapòte a wa a.
On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
12 Wa a te di a rèn Esther: “Jwif yo te fin touye e detwi senk-san moun avèk fis a Haman yo nan sitadèl Suse la. Alò, konsa se kisa ke yo gen tan fè nan lòt pwovens a wa yo!” Koulye a, se ki petisyon ou? Menm li menm va bay a ou menm. Epi kisa ou mande anplis? Li menm tou va fèt.
And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is your petition? and it shall be granted you: or what is your request further? and it shall be done.
13 Epi Esther te di: “Si sa se plezi a wa a, kite demen, anplis, vin bay a Jwif ki nan Suse yo, pou fè menm ak dekrè ki pou jodi a; epi kite dis fis a Haman yo vin pann sou wo etaj la.”
Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
14 Pou sa, wa a te kòmande pou li ta fèt konsa. Yon dekrè te pibliye nan Suse e dis fis a Haman yo te pann.
And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
15 Jwif ki te nan Suse yo te rasanble, anplis, nan katòzyèm jou nan mwa Adar a e te touye twa-san moun nan Suse, men yo pa t mete men yo sou piyaj la.
For 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 on the prey they laid not their hand.
16 Alò, tout lòt moun nan Jwif yo ki te nan pwovens yo te rasanble pou defann lavi yo, pou te retire lènmi yo pami yo e pou te touye swasann-kenz-mil nan sila ki te rayi yo; men yo pa t mete men yo sou piyaj la.
But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
17 Sa te fèt nan trèzyèm jou nan mwa Adar e nan katòzyèm jou a, yo te repoze e te fè li yon jou gwo fèt avèk rejwisans.
On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
18 Men Jwif ki te nan Suse yo te rasanble nan trèzyèm avèk katòzyèm jou nan menm mwa a. Men yo te repoze nan kenzyèm jou a, e te fè li yon jou gwo fèt avèk rejwisans.
But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
19 Pou sa, Jwif nan andwa andeyò yo, ki te rete nan lavil riral yo, fè katòzyèm jou nan mwa Adar a yon jou fèt pou rejwi, fè fèt ak voye pòsyon manje bay youn lòt.
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the towns without protective walls, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
20 Epi Mardochée te fè yon rapò de evènman sila yo, e li te voye lèt a tout Jwif ki te nan tout pwovens a Wa Assuérus yo, ni sila ki pre yo, ni sila ki te lwen yo,
And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
21 pou fè yo konprann se devwa yo pou selebre katòzyèm jou a mwa Adar a avèk kenzyèm jou nan menm mwa a chak ane,
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 paske nan jou sa yo, Jwif yo retire lènmi yo e se te nan mwa sa a ke tristès la te vin vire an kè kontan e kite rele anmwey la pou rive fè yon jou fèt; ke yo ta dwe fè yo jou a gwo bankè ak rejwisans; epi pou voye manje bay youn lòt avèk kado pou pòv yo.
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto 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 Konsa, Jwif yo te acheve fè sa ke yo te kòmanse fè a e menm sa ke Mardochée te ekri yo.
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
24 Paske Haman, fis a Hammedatha a, Agagit la, advèsè a tout Jwif yo, te manevre kont Jwif yo pou detwi yo, e te voye Pur, sa vle di osò, pou deranje yo ak detwi yo.
Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy 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 Men lè li te rive nan atansyon a wa a, li te pase lòd pa lèt ke manèv mechan li an pou li te divize kont Jwif yo ta retounen sou pwòp tèt li, e ke li menm avèk fis li yo ta pann sou wo etaj la.
But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
26 Pou sa, yo rele jou sila yo Purim menm non ak Pur. Epi akoz enstriksyon nan lèt sila yo, akoz sa yo te wè konsa ak sa ki te rive yo,
Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
27 Jwif yo te etabli e te fè kon koutim yo avèk desandan yo, pou tout sila ki te fè alyans avèk yo, pou yo pa ta manke selebre de jou sa yo selon règ e selon tan ki apwente chak ane.
The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
28 Pou sa, jou sa yo te gen pou sonje e selebre pandan tout jenerasyon, tout fanmi, tout pwovens ak tout vil; epi jou sila yo a Purim pa te janm dwe neglije pami Jwif yo, ni memwa yo vin pèdi fòs pami desandan yo.
And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, 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 perish from their seed.
29 Epi rèn Esther, fi a Abichaïl la, avèk Mardochée, Jwif la, te ekri avèk plen otorite pou konfime dezyèm lèt sa a konsènan Purim.
Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
30 Li te voye lèt yo a tout Jwif nan san-venn-sèt pwovens a wayòm Assuérus yo, avèk pawòl lapè ak verite,
And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
31 pou etabli jou a Purim sila yo nan tan ki apwente, jis jan ke Mardochée avèk rèn Esther te etabli a pou yo menm e pou desandan pa yo avèk enstriksyon pou tan jèn avèk lamantasyon yo.
To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had commanded with authority them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
32 Se te lòd Esther a ki te etabli koutim sila yo pou Purim, e sa te ekri nan liv la.
And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
