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.
The first law that the king had commanded was to be made effective on March 7th. On that day the enemies of the Jews hoped to get rid of them. But instead, on that same day the Jews defeated their enemies.
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.
Throughout the empire, the Jews gathered together in their cities to attack those who wanted to get rid of them. No one could fight against the Jews, because all the other people in the areas where the Jews lived were afraid of them, [so they did not want to help anyone who attacked the Jews].
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,
All the governors and [other] officials and important people in all the provinces helped the Jews, because they were afraid of Mordecai.
4 Porque Mardoqueu era grande na casa do rei, e sua fama ia por todas as províncias; pois o homem Mardoqueu havia se engrandecido.
They were afraid of him because in all the provinces [they knew that] Mordecai was now the king’s most important official, [with the authority that Haman previously had]. Mordecai was becoming more famous because [the king was giving him] more and more power.
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.
[On March 7th, ] the Jews attacked and killed with their swords all of their enemies. They did whatever they wanted to do, to the people who hated them.
6 E na fortaleza de Susã os judeus mataram e destruíram quinhentos homens,
[Just] in Susa alone, the capital city, they killed 500 people.
7 Inclusive a Parsandata, Dalfom, Aspata,
Among those whom they killed were the ten sons of Haman. [Their names were] Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
8 Porata, Adalia, Aridata,
Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
9 Farmasta, Arisai, Aridai, e a Vaisata,
Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha.
10 Os dez filhos de Hamã filho de Hamedata, inimigo dos judeus; porém não puseram suas mãos no despojo.
Those were grandsons of Hammedatha and sons of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. The Jews killed them, but they did not take the things that belonged to the people whom they killed.
11 No mesmo dia veio diante do rei a contagem dos mortos na fortaleza de Susã.
[At the end of] that day someone reported to the king the number of people whom the Jews killed in Susa.
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?
Then the king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed 500 people here in Susa, including the ten sons of Haman! [So I think that] they must have killed many more people in the rest of my empire [RHQ]! [But okay], now what else do you want me to do for you. You tell me, and I will do it.”
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.
Esther replied, “If it pleases you, allow the Jews here in Susa to do again tomorrow what [you] commanded [them] to do today. And command that the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows/poles.”
14 Então o rei disse que assim se fizesse; e deu-se a ordem em Susã, e enforcaram aos dez filhos de Hamã.
So the king commanded that the Jews be permitted to kill more of their enemies the next day. After he issued [another] order in Susa, the bodies of Haman’s ten sons 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.
On the next day, the Jews in Susa gathered together and killed 300 more people. But [again, ] they did not take the things that belonged to the people whom they killed.
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.
That happened on March 8th. On the following day, the Jews [in Susa] rested and celebrated. In all the other provinces, the Jewish people gathered together to defend themselves, and they killed 75,000 people who hated them, but [again] they did not take the things that belonged to the people whom they killed.
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.
That occurred on March 7th, and on the following day they rested and celebrated.
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.
After the Jews in Susa gathered together [and killed their enemies] on March 7th and 8th, they rested and celebrated on March 9th.
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.
That is why [every year], on March 8th, the Jews who live in villages now celebrate [defeating their enemies]. They have feasts and give gifts [of food] to each other.
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,
Mordecai wrote down all the things that had happened. Then he sent letters to the Jews who lived throughout the empire of King Xerxes.
21 Ordenando-lhes que comemorassem o décimo quarto [dia] do mês de Adar, e o décimo quinto do mesmo, todos os anos.
He told them that every year they should celebrate on the 8th and 9th of March,
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 those were the days when the Jews got rid of their enemies. He also told them that they should celebrate on those days by feasting and giving gifts [of food] to each other and to poor people. They would remember it as the month in which they changed from being very sorrowful to being very joyful, from crying to celebrating.
23 E os judeus aceitaram fazer o que já tinham começado assim como o que Mardoqueu havia lhes escrito.
So the Jews agreed to do what Mordecai wrote. They agreed to celebrate on those days [every year].
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.
They would remember how Haman, son of Hammedatha, a descendant of [King] Agag, became an enemy of all the Jews. [They would remember] how he had made an evil plan to kill the Jews, and that he had (cast lots/thrown small marked stones) to choose the day to kill [DOU] them.
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.
[They would remember] that when Esther told the king about Haman’s plan, the king arranged that the evil plan that Haman had made to kill the Jews would fail, and that he [would be killed] instead of the Jews, and that Haman and that his sons were hanged.
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,
[Because the (lot/small marked stone) that Haman threw was called] Pur, the Jews called these days Purim. And, because of everything that ([Mordecai] wrote/was written) in that letter, and because of all that happened to them,
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;
the Jews [throughout the empire] agreed to celebrate in that manner on those two days every year. They said that they would tell their descendants and those people who became Jews to be certain to celebrate this festival every year. They should celebrate just as [Mordecai] told them to do [in the letter] that he wrote.
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.
They said that they would remember and celebrate on those two days every year, in each family, in every city, and in every province. They solemnly declared that they and their descendants would never stop remembering and celebrating those days called Purim.
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.
Then Mordecai and Queen Esther, who was the daughter of Abihail, wrote a second letter about the Purim feast. Esther used the authority that she had because of being the queen to confirm that what Mordecai had written in the first letter was true.
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,
What they wrote [in the second letter] was, “We wish that all of you will be living peacefully and safely/righteously. We want you and your descendants to celebrate Purim each year on the days that we two established, and to do the things that we two told you to do.” In that letter, Queen Esther and Mordecai also gave them instructions about (fasting/abstaining from eating food) and being sorrowful. Then copies of that letter were sent to all the Jews who were living in the 127 provinces of the empire.
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.
32 E o mandamento de Ester confirmou estas palavras dadas acerca de Purim, e escreveu-se em um livro.
The letter that Esther wrote about the manner in which they should celebrate the Purim feast was also written in an official record.
