Ester 9
1 E no décimo segundo mês (que é o mês de Adar), no [dia] treze do mesmo, em que chegou o prazo para a palavra do rei se seu decreto serem executados, no mesmo dia em que os inimigos dos judeus esperavam vencê-los, sucedeu o contrário, porque foram os judeus que venceram aqueles que os odiavam.
So on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said above is called Adar, when all the Jews were designed to be massacred, and their enemies were greedy after their blood, the case being altered, the Jews began to have the upper hand, and to revenge themselves of their adversaries.
2 Os judeus se ajuntaram em suas cidades em todas as províncias do rei Assuero, para atacarem os que procuravam lhes fazer mal; e ninguém pôde subsistir diante deles, porque o temor a eles tinha caído sobre todos os povos.
And they gathered themselves together in every city, and town, and place, to lay their hands on their enemies, and their persecutors. And no one durst withstand them, for the fear of their power had gone through every people.
3 E todos os governadores das províncias, e os sátrapas, e os líderes, e os oficiais do rei, auxiliavam os judeus; porque o temor a Mardoqueu tinha caído sobre eles,
And the judges of the provinces, and the governors, and lieutenants, and every one in dignity, that presided over every place and work, extolled the Jews for fear of Mardochai:
4 Porque Mardoqueu era grande na casa do rei, e sua fama ia por todas as províncias; pois o homem Mardoqueu havia se engrandecido.
For they knew him to be prince of the palace, and to have great power: and the fame of his name increased daily, and was spread abroad through all men’s mouths.
5 Assim os judeus feriram a todos os seus inimigos com golpes de espada, matança, e destruição; e fizeram o que quiseram daqueles que os odiavam.
So the Jews made a great slaughter of their enemies, and killed them, repaying according to what they had prepared to do to them:
6 E na fortaleza de Susã os judeus mataram e destruíram quinhentos homens,
Insomuch that even in Susan they killed five hundred men, besides the ten sons of Aman the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews: whose names are these:
7 Inclusive a Parsandata, Dalfom, Aspata,
Pharsandatha, and Delphon, and Esphatha,
8 Porata, Adalia, Aridata,
And Phoratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
9 Farmasta, Arisai, Aridai, e a Vaisata,
And Phermesta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Jezatha.
10 Os dez filhos de Hamã filho de Hamedata, inimigo dos judeus; porém não puseram suas mãos no despojo.
And when they had slain them, they would not touch the spoils of their goods.
11 No mesmo dia veio diante do rei a contagem dos mortos na fortaleza de Susã.
And presently the number of them that were killed in Susan was brought to the king.
12 E o rei disse à rainha Ester: Na fortaleza de Susã, os judeus mataram e destruíram a quinhentos homens, e aos dez filhos de Hamã; nas demais províncias do rei, o que teriam feito? Qual pois é tua petição, para que te seja concedida? Ou qual mais é teu pedido, para que te seja feito?
And he said to the queen: The Jews have killed five hundred men in the city of Susan, besides the ten sons of Aman: how many dost thou think they have slain in all the provinces? What askest thou more, and what wilt thou have me to command to be done?
13 Então Ester disse: Se for do agrado do rei, conceda-se também amanhã aos judeus em Susã, que façam conforme a lei de hoje; e que enforquem na forca os dez filhos de Hamã.
And she answered: If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews, to do tomorrow in Susan as they have done today, and that the ten sons of Aman may be hanged upon gibbets.
14 Então o rei disse que assim se fizesse; e deu-se a ordem em Susã, e enforcaram aos dez filhos de Hamã.
And the king commanded that it should be so done. And forthwith the edict was hung up in Susan, and the ten sons of Aman were hanged.
15 E os judeus que estavam em Susã se ajuntaram também no [dia] catorze do mês de Adar, e mataram trezentos homens em Susã; porém não puseram suas mãos no despojo.
And on the fourteenth day of the month Adar the Jews gathered themselves together, and they killed in Susan three hundred men: but they took not their substance.
16 Também os demais judeus que estavam nas províncias do rei se ajuntaram e para se porem em defesa de sua vida, e terem repouso de seus inimigos; e mataram a setenta e cinco mil daqueles que os odiavam; porém não puseram suas mãos no despojo.
Moreover through all the provinces which were subject to the king’s dominion the Jews stood for their lives, and slew their enemies and persecutors: insomuch that the number of them that were Billed amounted to seventy-five thousand, and no man took any of their goods.
17 [Sucedeu isto] no [dia] treze do mês de Adar; e repousaram no [dia] catorze do mesmo, e fizeram dele um dia de banquetes e de alegria.
Now the thirteenth day of the month Adar was the first day with them all of the slaughter, and on the fourteenth day they left off. Which they ordained to be kept holy day, so that all times hereafter they should celebrate it with feasting, joy, and banquets.
18 Também os judeus que estavam em Susã se ajuntaram nos [dias] treze e catorze do mesmo mês; e no [dia] quinze do mesmo repousaram, e fizeram daquele dia um dia de banquetes e de alegria.
But they that were killing in the city of Susan, were employed in the slaughter on the thirteenth and fourteenth day of the same month: and on the fifteenth day they rested. And therefore they appointed that day to be a holy day of feasting and gladness.
19 Por isso os judeus das aldeias, que habitavam nas cidades se muros, fizeram o [dia] catorze do mês de Adar um dia de alegria, de banquetes, e dia de festejo; e de mandarem presentes uns aos outros.
But those Jews that dwelt in towns not walled and in villages, appointed the fourteenth day of the month Adar for banquets and gladness, so as to rejoice on that day, and send one another portions of their banquets and meats.
20 E Mardoqueu escreveu estas coisas, e enviou cartas a todos os judeus que havia em todas as províncias do rei Assuero, próximos e distantes,
And Mardochai wrote all these things, and sent them comprised in letters to the Jews that abode in all the king’s provinces, both those that lay near and those afar off,
21 Ordenando-lhes que comemorassem o décimo quarto [dia] do mês de Adar, e o décimo quinto do mesmo, todos os anos.
That they should receive the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the month Adar for holy days, and always at the return of the year should celebrate them with solemn honour:
22 Como os dias em que os judeus tiveram repouso de seus inimigos; e o mês que tornou para eles de tristeza em alegria, e de luto em dia de festejo; para que os fizessem dias de banquetes e de alegria, e de mandarem presentes uns aos outros, e de doações aos pobres.
Because on those days the Jews revenged themselves of their enemies, and their mourning and sorrow were turned into mirth and joy, and that these should be days of feasting and gladness, in which they should send one to another portions of meats; and should give gifts to the poor.
23 E os judeus aceitaram fazer o que já tinham começado assim como o que Mardoqueu havia lhes escrito.
And the Jews undertook to observe with solemnity all they had begun to do at that time, which Mardochai by letters had commanded to be done.
24 Porque Hamã filho de Hamedata, o agagita, inimigo de todos os judeus, tinha planejado destruir todos os judeus, e lançou Pur, isto é, sorte, para os oprimir e os destruir.
For Aman, the son of Amadathi of the race of Agag, the enemy and adversary of the Jews, had devised evil against them, to kill them and destroy them: and had cast Phur, that is, the lot.
25 Mas quando isto veio diante do rei, ele deu ordem por cartas, que seu plano maligno, que tramara contra os judeus, tornasse sobre sua cabeça; assim enforcaram a ele e a seus filhos na forca.
And afterwards Esther went in to the king, beseeching him that his endeavours might be made void by the king’s letters: and the evil that he had intended against the Jews, might return upon his own head. And so both he and his sons were hanged upon gibbets.
26 Por isso aqueles dias foram chamados Purim, por causa do nome Pur. Portanto, por causa de todas as palavras daquela carta; e do que testemunharam quanto a isso, e do que veio sobre eles,
And since that time these days are called Phurim, that is, of lots: because Phur, that is, the lot, was cast into the urn. And all things that were done, are contained in the volume of this epistle, that is, of this book:
27 Os judeus confirmaram e comprometeram a si mesmos e a seus descendentes, e a todos os que se fossem próximos deles, que não deixariam de comemorar estes dois dias conforme o que foi escrito deles, e conforme seu tempo determinado, todos os anos;
And the things that they suffered, and that were afterwards changed, the Jews took upon themselves and their seed, and upon all that had a mind to be joined to their religion, so that it should be lawful for none to pass these days without solemnity: which the writing testifieth, and certain times require, as the years continually succeed one another.
28 E que estes dias seriam lembrados e comemorados em todas as gerações, famílias, províncias, e cidades; e que estes dias de Purim não seriam ignorados pelos judeus, e que sua lembrança nunca teria fim entre seus descendentes.
These are the days which shall never be forgot: and which all provinces in the whole world shall celebrate throughout all generations: neither is there any city wherein the days of Phurim, that is, of lots, must not be observed by the Jews, and by their posterity, which is bound to these ceremonies.
29 Depois disto a rainha Ester, filha de Abiail, e o judeu Mardoqueu, escreveram com todo poder, para confirmarem pela segunda vez esta carta de Purim.
And Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mardochai the Jew, wrote also a second epistle, that with all diligence this day should be established a festival for the time to come.
30 E foram enviadas cartas a todos os judeus, às cento e vinte e sete províncias do rei Assuero, com palavras de paz e de verdade,
And they sent to all the Jews that were in the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of king Assuerus, that they should have peace, and receive truth,
31 Para confirmarem estes dias de Purim em seus tempos determinados, conforme o judeu Mardoqueu e a rainha Ester tinham lhes confirmado, e como eles mesmos já o confirmaram para si e para seus descendentes; acerca do jejum e de seu clamor.
And observe the days of lots, and celebrate them with joy in their proper time: as Mardochai and Esther had appointed, and they undertook them to be observed by themselves and by their seed, fasts, and cries, and the days of lots,
32 E o mandamento de Ester confirmou estas palavras dadas acerca de Purim, e escreveu-se em um livro.
And all things which are contained in the history of this book, which is called Esther.
