Ester 9
1 Akhirnya tibalah tanggal tiga belas bulan Adar, yaitu hari yang ditetapkan untuk pelaksanaan perintah raja atas orang-orang Yahudi. Hari itu telah dinantikan oleh musuh-musuh bangsa Yahudi untuk menguasai bangsa itu. Tetapi ternyata orang Yahudilah yang mengalahkan mereka.
And in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day thereof, when the king's command with his law drew near to he put into execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews had hoped to have power over them, which had been changed nevertheless, so that the Jews had power over those that hated them,
2 Di setiap kota, orang-orang Yahudi berkumpul dan bersatu untuk menyerang semua orang yang berniat jahat terhadap mereka. Bangsa-bangsa di mana saja menjadi ketakutan kepada mereka sehingga tak seorang pun berani menghadapi mereka.
The Jews assembled together in their cities, throughout all the provinces of king Achashverosh, to stretch out their hand against those that had sought their injury: and no man could keep standing before them; for the dread of them had fallen upon all the nations.
3 Malahan semua pembesar provinsi, para gubernur, bupati dan pejabat kerajaan menyokong orang Yahudi karena semuanya takut kepada Mordekhai.
And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the governors, and the superintendents of the affairs of the king, elevated the Jews; because the dread of Mordecai had fallen upon them.
4 Di seluruh kerajaan orang tahu bahwa Mordekhai sangat berpengaruh di istana dan semakin berkuasa pula.
For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai became greater and greater.
5 Demikianlah bangsa Yahudi dapat berbuat semaunya dengan musuh mereka, mereka menyerang dengan pedang lalu membunuhnya.
And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and extermination; and they acted with those that hated them according to their pleasure.
6 Di Susan, ibukota negara, orang Yahudi membunuh lima ratus orang.
And in Shushan the capital the Jews slew and exterminated five hundred men.
7 Di antaranya terdapat kesepuluh anak laki-laki Haman anak Hamedata, musuh besar orang Yahudi. Mereka itu adalah: Parsandata, Dalfon, Aspata, Porata, Adalya, Aridata, Parmasta, Arisai, Aridai dan Waizata. Tetapi orang Yahudi tidak melakukan perampokan.
And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
And Poratha, and Adalya, and Aridatha,
And Parmashtha, and Arissai, and Aridai, and Vayzatha,
The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the adversary of the Jews, did they slay; but to the spoil did they not stretch forth their hand.
11 Pada hari itu juga orang melaporkan kepada raja jumlah orang-orang yang terbunuh di Susan.
On that same day came the number of those that were slain in Shushan the capital before the king.
12 Kata baginda kepada Ratu Ester, "Di Susan saja orang Yahudi telah membunuh 500 orang, termasuk kesepuluh anak Haman. Apalagi di provinsi-provinsi! Entahlah apa yang mereka lakukan di sana! Nah, apa lagi yang kauminta sekarang? Katakan saja, engkau pasti akan mendapatnya!"
Then said the king unto Esther the queen, In Shushan the capital have the Jews slain and exterminated five hundred men, and the ten sons of Haman: what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? Now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request farther? and it shall be done.
13 Ester menjawab, "Kalau Baginda berkenan, hendaknya orang Yahudi yang tinggal di Susan ini besok pagi diizinkan mengulangi lagi apa yang telah dilakukannya pada hari ini. Lagipula, hendaknya mayat anak-anak Haman itu digantung pada tiang-tiang gantungan."
Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it tomorrow also be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do according to the law of this day, and let the ten sons of Haman be hanged on the gallows.
14 Lalu raja memberi perintah untuk melaksanakan permintaan Ester; surat perintah untuk kota Susan dikeluarkan dan mayat kesepuluh anak Haman digantung.
And the king ordered that it should be done so; and the law was given out at Shushan; and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.
15 Jadi pada tanggal empat belas bulan Adar, orang-orang Yahudi di Susan berkumpul kembali dan membunuh 300 orang lagi di kota itu. Dan kali ini juga mereka tidak merampok.
And the Jews that were in Shushan assembled together also on the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and slew at Shushan three hundred men; but to the spoil they did not stretch forth their hand.
16 Orang-orang Yahudi yang tinggal di provinsi-provinsi juga telah berkumpul dan membela diri mereka. Mereka mengalahkan musuhnya dan membunuh 75.000 orang yang membenci mereka. Tetapi mereka tidak merampok.
And the remaining Jews that were in the king's provinces assembled together, and stood forward for their life, and procured rest from their enemies, and slew of those that hated them seventy and five thousand; but to the spoil did they not stretch forth their hand,
17 Peristiwa itu terjadi pada tanggal tiga belas bulan Adar. Hari berikutnya, pada tanggal empat belas, mereka tidak membunuh siapa pun, melainkan merayakan hari itu dengan gembira.
On the thirteenth day of the month Adar, and they rested on the fourteenth day thereof, and made it a day of entertainment and joy.
18 Tetapi orang Yahudi yang ada di Susan merayakan tanggal lima belas sebagai hari besar, sebab mereka telah membunuh musuh pada tanggal tiga belas dan empat belas, lalu berhenti pada tanggal lima belas.
But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof, and rested on the fifteenth thereof, and made it a day of entertainment and joy.
19 Itulah sebabnya orang Yahudi yang tinggal di kota-kota kecil memperingati tanggal empat belas bulan Adar sebagai hari yang gembira, hari untuk berpesta ria sambil saling memberi hadiah berupa makanan.
Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar as one of joy and entertainment, and a feast-day, and of sending portions one to another.
20 Setelah itu Mordekhai mencatat segala kejadian itu dan mengirim surat kepada semua orang Yahudi di seluruh kerajaan Persia, baik yang jauh, maupun yang dekat.
And Mordecai wrote down these events; and he sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of king Achashverosh, those nigh and those far away,
21 Isi surat itu ialah perintah untuk merayakan tanggal empat belas dan lima belas bulan Adar setiap tahun.
To take it on themselves as a duty, that they should celebrate the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same in each and every year,
22 Sebab pada hari-hari itulah mereka telah mengalahkan musuh-musuh mereka, sehingga kesedihan dan kepedihan mereka berubah menjadi kegembiraan dan kebahagiaan. Oleh sebab itu mereka harus merayakan hari-hari itu dengan pesta dan perjamuan serta saling memberi makanan dan membagikan sedekah kepada orang miskin.
Like those days whereon the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was changed unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a feast-day: to make them days of entertainment and joy, and of sending portions one to the other, and gifts to the needy.
23 Orang Yahudi mentaati perintah Mordekhai itu dan demikianlah perayaan itu menjadi adat kebiasaan setiap tahun.
And the Jews took upon themselves that which they had begun already to do, and that which Mordecai had written unto them.
24 Haman anak Hamedata, keturunan Agag, musuh besar orang Yahudi, telah membuang undi yang disebut juga "purim" guna menetapkan hari untuk membantai orang Yahudi; ia telah merencanakan untuk memunahkan mereka.
Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to exterminate them, and had cast the Pur, that is, the lot, to destroy them, and to exterminate them.
25 Tetapi Ester menghadap raja, dan raja memberi perintah tertulis yang menyebabkan rencana jahat yang dibuat Haman menimpa dirinya sendiri, sehingga ia dan anak-anaknya digantung pada tiang gantungan.
But when [Esther] came before the king, he ordered by that letter 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 Sebab itu hari-hari besar itu disebut Purim. Surat Mordekhai dan segala yang telah dialami orang Yahudi,
Therefore did they call these days Purim, after the name of Pur: therefore, because of all the words of this letter, both for that which they had experienced thereby, and for that which had occurred unto them,
27 mengakibatkan mereka membuat suatu peraturan bagi diri mereka sendiri, bagi keturunan mereka dan bagi semua orang yang akan menjadi warga bangsa Yahudi. Menurut peraturan itu setiap tahun mereka wajib merayakan kedua hari yang telah ditetapkan oleh Mordekhai.
The Jews confirmed it as a duty, and took upon themselves, and upon their seed, and upon all such as join themselves unto them, so that no one should fail therein, that they would celebrate these two days according to their prescription, and at their appointed time, in each and every year.
28 Ditetapkan juga bahwa untuk selama-lamanya hari-hari Purim itu harus diingat dan dirayakan oleh setiap keluarga Yahudi dari segala angkatan dalam setiap provinsi dan setiap kota.
And these days are remembered and celebrated throughout each and every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and these days of Purim will not pass away from the midst of the Jews, nor will their memorial cease from their seed.
29 Di samping itu, bersama-sama dengan surat Mordekhai, Ratu Ester anak Abihail menulis surat kedua, yang memperkuat isi surat Mordekhai mengenai Purim itu.
Then wrote Esther the queen, the daughter of Abichayil, with Mordecai the Jew, with all due strength, to confirm this letter of Purim the second time.
30 Surat itu dikirimkan kepada semua orang Yahudi, dan salinan-salinannya dikirimkan kepada ke-127 provinsi kerajaan Persia. Surat itu disertai doa agar bangsa Yahudi selalu sejahtera dan aman.
And he sent letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Achashverosh, word's of peace and truth,
31 Surat itu menganjurkan juga supaya mereka dan keturunan mereka memperingati hari-hari Purim pada waktu yang tepat, sebagaimana mereka memperingati masa puasa dan masa berkabung. Itulah isi surat Mordekhai dan Ratu Ester.
To confirm these days of Purim in their times, just as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined on them, and as they had confirmed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their prayers.
32 Perintah Ester yang menetapkan peraturan-peraturan Purim, dicatat dalam buku.
And the order of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
