Книга Есфири 8
1 И в той день царь Артаксеркс дарова Есфири, елика бяху Амана клеветника (Иудейска): и Мардохеи призван бысть от царя, поведа бо Есфирь, яко сродник есть ей.
On that day King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther the property of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, and Mordecai began to serve before the king, for Esther told the king how Mordecai was related to her.
2 И сня царь перстень свой, егоже отя у Амана, и даде Мардохееви. И постави Есфирь Мардохеа над всем имением Амановым,
The king took off his signet ring, which he had taken back from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther designated Mordecai to be in charge of Haman's estate.
3 и приложи глаголати ко царю, и припаде пред ногама его (и восплака), и моляше его отвратити злобу Аманову и мысль его, еюже помысли на Иудеи.
Then Esther spoke again to the king. She lay facedown on the ground and wept as she pleaded with him to put an end to the evil plan of Haman the Agagite, to the scheme that he had devised against the Jews.
4 И простре царь Есфири жезл злат: воста же Есфирь и ста пред царем.
Then the king held out the golden scepter to Esther, she arose and stood before the king.
5 И рече Есфирь: аще угодно ти есть, и обретох благодать пред тобою, посли возвратити писания посланная от Амана, писаная на погубление Иудеов, иже обитают во (всем) царствии твоем:
She said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in your eyes, if the thing seems right before the king, and I am pleasing in your eyes, let a decree be written to revoke the letters written by Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the letters that he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces.
6 како бо возмогу видети озлобление людий моих и како возмогу спастися в погибели отечества моего?
For how could I bear to see disaster fall on my people? How could I endure watching the destruction of my relatives?”
7 И рече царь Есфири: аще вся имения Аманова дах и даровах тебе, и того повесих на древе, яко руце вознесе на Иудеи, что еще просиши?
King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Look, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows, because he was going to attack the Jews.
8 Напишите и вы именем моим, якоже угодно есть вам, и запечатайте перстнем моим: елика бо писана бывают царевым повелением и запечатаются перстнем моим, не возможно им противорещи.
Write another decree for the Jews in the name of the king and seal it with the king's ring. For the decree that has already been written in the king's name and sealed with the king's ring cannot be revoked.”
9 И призвани быша писцы (царевы) в первый месяц, иже есть Нисан, в двадесять третий день тогожде месяца, и написаша о Иудеех, елика заповеда Мардохей, ко управителем и ко началником воевод от Индийския страны даже до Ефиопии, сто двадесять седми воеводам, во всякую страну по своему их языку.
Then the king's scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month. A decree was written containing all that Mordecai was commanding concerning the Jews. It was written to the provincial governors, the governors and officials of the provinces that were located from India to Cush, 127 provinces, to every province written in their own writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing and language.
10 Написана же быша велением царевым и запечатлешася перстнем его: и послаша писания чрез писмоносцы,
Mordecai wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king's signet ring. He sent the documents by couriers riding on the fast horses that were used in the king's service, bred from the royal stud.
11 яко повеле им жити по законом их во всяцем граде, и да помогают им, и да сотворят соперником их и противником их, якоже хотят,
The king gave to the Jews who were in every city permission to gather together and to make a stand to protect their lives: To annihiliate, to kill, and to destroy any armed force from any people or province that might attack them, children and women included, or to plunder their possessions.
12 в день един по всему царству Артаксерксову, в третийнадесять день вторагонадесять месяца, иже есть Адар.
This was to be in effect in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.
13 И списания сия да предложатся очевидно во всем царстве, еже готовым быти всем Иудеом на сей день ратовати своих противных.
A copy of the decree was to be issued as a law and publicly displayed to all the peoples. The Jews were to be ready on that day to take vengeance on their enemies.
14 Конницы убо изыдоша спешно повеленная от царя совершити. Предлагашеся же повеление и в Сусех.
So the couriers rode on the royal horses that were used in the king's service. They went without delay. The king's decree was also issued from the palace in Susa.
15 И Мардохей изыде облечен в царскую одежду и венец имущь златый, диадиму виссонную, червленую. Видевше же сущии в Сусех возрадовашася,
Then Mordecai left the king's presence wearing royal clothes of blue and white, with a great crown of gold and a purple robe of fine linen, and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.
16 яко Иудеом бысть свет и веселие:
The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor.
17 во (всяцем) граде и стране, идеже аще предлагашеся повеление радость и веселие бе Иудеом, пирование и утешение. И мнози от язык обрезовахуся и закон Иудейский приимаху, страха ради Иудейскаго.
In every province and in every city, wherever the king's decree reached, there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a feast and a holiday. Many from among the variety of peoples of the land became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen on them.
