एस्तर 9

1 बाह्रौँ महिना अर्थात् अदार महिनाको तेह्रौँ दिनमा राजाको कानुन र आदेशलाई कार्यान्वयन गर्ने दिन, यहूदीहरूका शत्रुहरूले तिनीहरूमाथि शक्ति जमाउनलाई आशा गरेको दिन जब आयो, परिणाम उल्‍टो भयो । यहूदीहरूले आफूलाई घृणा गर्नेहरूमाथि शक्ति पाए ।

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 यहूदीहरूमाथि विपत्ती ल्याउन कोसिस गर्नेहरूलाई आक्रमण गर्न राजा अहासूरसका सबै प्रान्तभरि नै तिनीहरूका आ-आफ्ना सहरहरूमा तिनीहरू भेला । तिनीहरूको विरुद्धमा कोही खडा हुन सकेन, किनकि सबै मानिसमाथि तिनीहरूको डर परेको थियो ।

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 सबै प्रान्तका अधिकारीहरू, प्रान्तीय गभर्नरहरू, सथानीय गभर्नरहरू र राजाका प्रशासकहरूले यहूदीहरूलाई मदत गरे किनकि तिनीहरूमाथि मोर्दकैको डर परेको थियो ।

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 मोर्दकै राजदरबारमा महान् मानिस थिए, अनि तिनको ख्याति सबै प्रान्तभरि फैलियो किनकि यी मानिस मोर्दकै झनझन महान् बन्दै थिए ।

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 यहूदीहरूले आफ्ना शत्रुहरूलाई तरवारले आक्रमण गरेर मारे र विनाश गरे अनि आफूलाई घृणा गर्नेहरूलाई आफ्नो इच्छाअनुसार गरे ।

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 शूशनको किल्लामा मात्रै यहूदीहरूले पाँच सय जना मानिसलाई मारेर नष्‍ट पारे ।

And in Shushan the capital the Jews slew and exterminated five hundred men.

7 तिनीहरूले पर्शन्‍दाता, दल्‍फोन, अस्‍पाता,

And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,

8 पोराता, अदलिया, अरीदाता,

And Poratha, and Adalya, and Aridatha,

9 पर्मशता, अरीशै, अरीदै र बैजाता,

And Parmashtha, and Arissai, and Aridai, and Vayzatha,

10 र हम्मदाताको छोरा यहूदीहरूका शत्रु हामानका दस जना छोरालाई मारे । तर तिनीहरूले कुनै कुरा पनि लुटेर लिएनन् ।

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 त्यो दिन शूशनको किल्लामा मारिएकाहरूको सङ्ख्याको विवरण राजालाई दिइयो ।

On that same day came the number of those that were slain in Shushan the capital before the king.

12 राजाले रानी एस्तरलाई भने, “यहूदीहरूले हामानका दस छोरासहित शूशनको किल्लामा पाँच सय मानिसलाई मारेका छन् । तब राजाका बाँकी प्रान्तहरूमा तिनीहरूले झन् के गरेका होलान्? अब तिम्रो बिन्ती के हो? त्‍यो तिमीलाई दिइनेछ । तिम्रो अनुरोध के हो? त्‍यो तिमीलाई दिइनेछ ।”

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 एस्तरले भनिन्, “राजालाई खुसी लागेमा शूशनमा भएका यहूदीहरूलाई आजको आदेश भोलीको निम्ति पनि कार्यान्वयन गर्न अनुमति दिइयोस् र हामानका दसै जना छोराका लाशलाई फाँसीको काठमा झुण्ड्याइयोस् ।”

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 त्यसैले राजाले त्यसै गरियोस् भनी आज्ञा दिए । शूशनमा एउटा आदेश निकालियो, र तिनीहरूले हामानका दसै जना छोरालाई झुण्ड्याए ।

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 अदार महिनाको चौधौँ दिनमा शूशनमा भएका यहूदीहरू एकै ठाउँमा भेला भए, र शूशनमा थप तिन सय जना मानिसलाई मारे, तर तिनीहरूले लुटपाटमा हात हालेनन् ।

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 राजाका प्रान्तहरूमा भएका बाँकी यहूदीहरू आफ्‍नो ज्यान जोगाउन एकै ठाउँमा भेला भए, र तिनीहरूले आफ्ना शत्रुहरूबाट छुटकारा पाए, अनि आफूलाई घृणा गर्ने पचहत्तर हजार मानिसलाई मारे, तर आफूले मारेका मनिसहरूका मुल्‍यवान थोकहरूमा भने तिनीहरूले आफ्‍ना हात लगाएनन् ।

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 यो अदार महिनाको तेह्रौँ दिनमा भएको थियो । चौधौँ दिनमा तिनीहरूले विश्राम लिए, र त्यस दिनलाई एउटा चाड र हर्षको दिन बनाए ।

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 तर शूशनमा भएका यहूदीहरूचाहिँ तेह्रौँ र चौधौँ दिनमा एकसाथ भेला भए । पन्ध्रौँ दिनमा तिनीहरूले विश्राम गरे, र त्यस दिनलाई एउटा चाड र हर्षको दिन बनाए ।

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 त्यसकारण दुर्गम गाउँहरूतिर घर बनाएका यहूदीहरूले अदार महिनाको चौधौँ दिनलाई हर्ष र चाडको एउटा दिन अनि एक-अर्कालाई खानेकुराका उपहारहरू पठाउने दिनको रूपमा मान्छन् ।

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 मोर्दकैले यी कुराहरूका विवरण गरे, अनि राजा अहासूरसका टाढा र नजिकका सबै प्रान्तमा भएका सबै यहूदीलाई चिट्ठीहरू पठाए,

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 जसमा हरेक वर्ष अदार महिनाको चौधौँ र पन्ध्रौ दिनलाई तिनीहरूले अनिवार्य मान्‍नुपर्ने गराए ।

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 यी दिनमा नै यहूदीहरूले आफ्‍ना शत्रुहरूबाट छुटकारा पाए, र यही महिनामा नै तिनीहरूको दुःख आनन्दमा र शोक उत्सवमा परिणत भएको थियो । ति दिनलाई तिनीहरूले चाड र हर्षका दिनको रूपमा मनाउनुपर्ने अनि एक-अर्कालाई र गरिबहरूलाई खनेकुरा उपहार पठाउनुपर्ने भनी स्‍थापित गरियो ।

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 त्यसैले मोर्दकैले तिनीहरूलाई जे लेखेका थिए त्‍यो गरेर यहूदीहरूले थालनी गरेका उत्सवलाई तिनीहरूले निरन्तरता दिए ।

And the Jews took upon themselves that which they had begun already to do, and that which Mordecai had written unto them.

24 त्यस बेला सारा यहूदीका शत्रु अगागी हम्मदाताको छोरा हामानले, यहूदीहरूलाई नष्‍ट गर्न तिनीहरूको विरुद्धमा षड्यन्त्र रचेको थियो, र तिनीहरूलाई थिचोमिचो गर्न र नाश पार्न उसले ‘पुर’ अर्थात् चिट्ठा हाल्‍यो ।

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 तर जब त्यो कुरो राजाको सामु पुग्यो, तब यहूदीहरूको विरुद्धमा हामानले रचेको दुष्‍ट योजना त्यसकै थाप्लोमा परोस् अनि ऊ र उसका छोराहरूलाई फाँसीको काठमा झुण्ड्याइयोस् भनी राजाले चिट्ठीहरू लेखेर आदेश दिए ।

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 त्यसकारण तिनीहरूले यी दिनलाई “पूरीम” भने जुन “पूर” नामबाट आएको थियो । यस पत्रमा लेखिएको र तिनीहरूले देखेका र तिनीहरूमाथि आइपरेका हरेक कुराको कारणले गर्दा,

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 यहूदीहरूले नयाँ चलन र कर्तव्यलाई स्वीकार गरे । यो चलन तिनीहरू, तिनीहरूका सन्तानहरू र तिनीहरूसँग मिल्ने हरेकको लागि थियो । हरेक वर्ष तिनीहरूले यी दुई दिनको उत्सव मनाउनुपर्ने भयो । हरेक वर्ष उही समयमा तिनीहरूले विशेष तवरले यो चाड मान्‍नुपर्ने भयो ।

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 हरेक पुस्ता, हरेक परिवार, हरेक प्रान्त र हरेक सहरमा यी दिनमा उत्सव मनाउनुपर्ने र पालन गर्नुपर्ने भयो । पूरीमका यी दिनहरूलाई यहूदीहरूले कहिल्यै नबिर्सून् भनेर तिनीहरू र तिनका सन्तानहरूले विश्‍वस्ततासाथ यो उत्सव मान्‍न कहिल्यै पनि छोड्‍दैनन् ।

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 अबीहेलकी छोरी रानी एस्तर र यहूदी मोर्दकैले पुरा अधिकारसाथ लेखे र पूरीमको बारेमा यो दोस्रो चिट्ठीले पुष्‍टि गरे ।

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 यहूदीहरूको सुरक्षा र सत्यताको कामना गर्दै चिट्ठीहरू अहासूरसका राज्यका एक सय सत्ताइसवटै प्रान्तका सबै यहूदीहरूकहाँ पठाइए ।

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 यहूदी मोर्दकै र रानी एस्तरले यहूदीहरूलाई आज्ञा दिएझैँ तिनीहरूको तोकिएको समयमा पूरीमका यी दिन मान्‍न चिट्ठीहरूले निश्‍चयता दिए । यहूदीहरूले उपवास र विलापको समयलाई स्वीकार गरेझैँ तिनीहरूले आफू र आफ्ना सन्तानहरूका लागि यस कर्तव्यलाई पनि स्वीकार गरे ।

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 एस्तरको आज्ञाले पूरीमको सम्बन्धमा यी नियमहरूलाई पक्‍का गर्‍यो, र यसलाई पुस्तकमा लेखियो ।

And the order of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.