Esters 9
1 Trettande dagen i den tolvte månaden, det vil segja månaden adar, den dagen det var fastsett at kongens ord og påbod skulde setjast i verk, den dagen jødefiendarne hadde vona å få magt yver deim - no hadde det snutt seg soleis, at det var jødarne som fekk magt yver fiendarne sine -
Therefore, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said before is called Adar, when all the Jews were prepared to be executed and their enemies were greedy for their blood, the situation turned around, and the Jews began to have the upper hand and to vindicate themselves of their adversaries.
2 den dagen slo jødarne seg i hop i byarne sine i alle dei jarleriki åt kong Ahasveros og vilde leggja hand på deim som elta gjera deim mein. Og ingen stod seg imot deim; so stor otte hadde alle folk fenge for deim.
And they gathered together throughout each city, and town, and place, so as to extend their hands against their enemies and their persecutors. And no one dared to resist them, because their great power had pierced all the peoples.
3 Alle hovdingarne i jarleriki og satraparne og jarlarne og embætsmennerne åt kongen hjelpte jødarne; so stor otte hadde dei fenge for Mordokai;
For even the judges of the provinces, and the rulers, and the procurators, and everyone of dignity, who presided over every place and work, extolled the Jews for fear of Mordecai.
4 for Mordokai var ein stor mann i kongens hus; i alle jarleriki kom gjetord ut om honom, at denne Mordokai auka allstødt i magt.
For they knew him to be the leader of the palace and to have much power. Likewise, the fame of his name increased daily and flew everywhere through word of mouth.
5 Jødarne slo eit slag på alle fiendarne sine, med sverd og dreping og tyning, og dei for som dei vilde med motmennerne sine.
And so the Jews struck their enemies like a great plague and killed them, repaying according to what they had prepared to do to them,
6 I borgi Susan drap og tynte jødarne fem hundrad mann.
so much so that even in Susa they executed five hundred men, besides the ten sons of Haman the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews, and their names are these:
7 Og Parsandata og Dalfon og Aspata
Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha
8 og Porata og Adalja og Aridata
and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
9 og Parmasta og Arisai og Aridai og Vaizata,
and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vaizatha.
10 dei ti sønerne åt Haman Hammedatason, jødefienden, drap dei. Men til plundring rette dei ikkje ut handi.
When they had slain them, they were unwilling to touch the spoils of their belongings.
11 Same dagen høyrde kongen gjete talet på deim som var drepne i borgi Susan.
And immediately the number of those who had been killed in Susa was reported to the king.
12 Då sagde kongen til dronning Ester: «I borgi Susan hev jødarne drepe og tynt fem hundrad mann forutan dei ti sønerne åt Haman. Kva hev dei so ikkje gjort i dei andre kongelege jarleriki? Kva er di bøn? Du skal få det du bed um! Og kva ynskje hev du meir? Det skal verta uppfyllt!»
He said to the queen, “In the city of Susa, the Jews have executed five hundred men, and also the ten sons of Haman. How many executions do you think that they have carried out in all the provinces? What more do you ask, and what do you wish, so that I may order it to be done?”
13 Ester svara: «Tekkjest det kongen, so lat ogso i morgon jødarne i Susan få lov å gjera etter påbodet for i dag! Og lat dei ti sønerne åt Haman verta upphengde i galgen!»
And she answered, “If it pleases the king, may power be granted to the Jews, so as to do tomorrow in Susa just as they have done today, and that the ten sons of Haman may be hung up the gallows.”
14 Kongen baud at so skulde vera. Påbodet vart utferda i Susan. Alle ti sønerne åt Haman vart upphengde.
And the king instructed that it should be so done. And immediately the edict was hung up in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hung up.
15 Jødarne i Susan slo seg i hop den fjortande dagen og i månaden adar og drap tri hundrad mann i Susan. Men til plundring rette dei ikkje ut handi.
On the fourteenth day of the month Adar, the Jews gathered themselves together, and they executed in Susa three hundred men, but they did not seize their belongings from them.
16 Dei andre jødarne i jarleriki åt kongen slo seg i hop og varde livet og rådde seg ro for fiendarne sine. Dei drap fem og sytti tusund av motmennerne sine. Men til plundring rette dei ikkje ut handi.
Moreover, throughout all the provinces which were subject to the king’s dominion, the Jews made a stand for their lives, and they executed their enemies and their persecutors, so much so that the number of those who were killed amounted to seventy-five thousand, and yet no one touched any of their belongings.
17 Dette hende trettande dagen i månaden adar. Den fjortande kvilde dei ut og dei gjorde den dagen til ein gjestebodsdag og fagnad-dag.
Now the thirteenth day of the month Adar was the first day with all of the executions, and on the fourteenth day they ceased the killing. This day they established to be sacred, so that in all times hereafter they would be free for feasting, joyfulness, and celebration.
18 Jødarne i Susan hadde slege seg i hop både trettande og fjortande dagen; dei kvilde ut den femtande og gjorde den dagen til gjestebodsdag og fagnad-dag.
But, as for those who were carrying out the killings in the city of Susa, they turned to killing on the thirteenth and fourteenth day of the same month. But on the fifteenth day they ceased to attack. And for that reason they established that day as sacred, with feasting and with gladness.
19 Difor høgtidar jødarne på landsbygdi, dei som bur i landsbyarne, den fjortande dagen i månaden adar med fagnad, med gjestebod og festar og dei sender forner til kvarandre.
But in truth, those Jews who were staying in unwalled towns and villages, appointed the fourteenth day of the month Adar for celebration and gladness, so as to rejoice on that day and send one another portions of their feasts and their meals.
20 Mordokai skreiv upp desse hendingarne og sende brev til alle jødarne i alle jarleriki åt kong Ahasveros, nær og fjerr,
And so Mordecai wrote down all these things and sent them, composed in letters, to the Jews who were staying in all the king’s provinces, as much to those in nearby places as to those far away,
21 og slog fast for deim at dei år etter år skulde høgtida fjortande og femtande dagen i månaden adar,
so that they would accept the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the month Adar for holy days, and always, at the return of the year, would celebrate them with sacred esteem.
22 for dei dagarne hadde jødarne rådt seg ro for fiendarne sine, og i den månaden hadde suti deira snutt seg um til fagnad og sorgi til høgtid. Difor skulde dei gjera desse dagarne til gjestebods-dagar og fagnad-dagar, og senda fornar til kvarandre og gåvor til fatigfolk.
For on those days, the Jews vindicated themselves of their enemies, and their mourning and sorrow were turned into mirth and joy, so that these would be days of feasting and gladness, in which they would send one another portions of their feasts, and would grant gifts to the poor.
23 Jødarne lovtok denne skikken, som dei no hadde teke til med, og som Mordokai hadde skrive til deim um.
And the Jews accepted as a solemn ritual all the things which they had begun to do at that time, which Mordecai had commanded with letters to be done.
24 Agagiten Haman Hammedatason, fienden åt alle jødar, hadde lagt upp råder mot jødarne um å tyna deim og hadde kasta pur, det er lut, for å øyda og tyna deim.
For Haman, the son of Hammedatha of Agag lineage, the enemy and adversary of the Jews, had devised evil against them, to kill them and to destroy them. And he had cast Pur, which in our language means the lot.
25 Men då kongen frette det, hadde han bode og ferda ut i eit brev um at meinråderne hans, som hin hadde etla åt jødarne, skulde snu attende på hans eige hovud, so han sjølv og sønerne hans vart hengde i galgen.
And after this, Esther had entered before the king, begging him that his efforts might be made ineffective by the king’s letters, and that the evil he intended against the Jews might return upon his own head. Finally, both he and his sons were fastened to a cross.
26 Av den grunn vart desse dagarne heitande purim, etter ordet pur. Og av den grunn - etter alt det som stod i dette brevet, etter det dei sjølve hadde set, og etter det som hadde hendt deim,
And so, from that time, these days are called Purim, that is, of the lots, because Pur, that is, the lot, was cast into the urn. And all things that had been carried out are contained in the volume of this epistle, that is, of this book.
27 so gjorde jødarne det til fast skikk og bruk for seg og etterkomarane sine og for alle som gjekk yver til deira tru, at dei skulde år etter år, ubrigdeleg, høgtida desse tvo dagarne etter fyreskrifti um deim, og på den fastsette tidi,
And whatever they suffered, and whatever was altered afterwards, the Jews received for themselves and their offspring and for all who were willing to be joined to their religion, so that none would be permitted to transgress the solemnity of these two days, to which the writing testifies, and which certain times require, as the years continually succeed one another.
28 og at desse dagarne skulde haldast i minne og høgtidast i alle aldrar og ætter og jarledøme og byar, og at desse purim-dagar ikkje måtte falla burt millom jødarne, og minnet um deim aldri kverva hjå etterkomarane deira.
These are the days which no one ever will erase into oblivion, and which every province in the whole world, throughout each generation, shall celebrate. Neither is there any city wherein the days of Purim, that is, of lots, may not be observed by the Jews, and by their posterity, which has been obligated to these ceremonies.
29 Dronning Ester Abiha’ilsdotter og jøden Mordokai skreiv eit nytt brev med fynd og klemb og gjorde til lov det som stod i dette nye brevet um purim.
And Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, also wrote a second letter, so that with all zealousness this day would be confirmed as customary for future generations.
30 Og han sende brev til alle jødar i dei hundrad og sju og tjuge jarleriki i kongeriket åt Ahasveros, venlege og truhjarta ord
And they sent to all the Jews, who had been stirred up in the one hundred twenty-seven provinces of king Artaxerxes, that they should have peace and receive truth,
31 um å halda ved lag desse purim-dagarne på den fastsette tidi, soleis som jøden Mordokai og dronning Ester hadde bode deim, og soleis som dei hadde stadfest det for seg sjølve og etterkomarane sine, med fyresegner um fasta og klagerop.
and observe the days of lots, and celebrate them with joy at their proper time, just as Mordecai and Esther had established. And they accepted these to be observed by themselves and by their offspring: fasting, and crying out, and the days of lots,
32 Påbodet frå Ester gjorde desse purim-bodi til lov. Og dei vart uppskrive i ei bok.
and all things which are contained in the history of this book, which is called Esther.
