Esther 8

1 That same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed his relation to her.

1 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ وَهَبَ الْمَلِكُ أَحَشْوِيرُوشُ لِلْمَلِكَةِ أَسْتِيرَ بَيْتَ هَامَانَ عَدُوِّ الْيَهُودِ. وَمَثَلَ مُرْدَخَايُ أَمَامَ الْمَلِكِ لأَنَّ أَسْتِيرَ أَطْلَعَتْهُ عَلَى قَرَابَتِهِ مِنْهَا،

2 The king removed the signet ring he had recovered from Haman and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed Mordecai over the estate of Haman.

2 فَنَزَعَ الْمَلِكُ خَاتَمَهُ الَّذِي اسْتَرَدَّهُ مِنْ هَامَانَ وَأَعْطَاهُ لِمُرْدَخَايَ، وَطَلَبَتْ أَسْتِيرُ مِنْ مُرْدَخَايَ أَنْ يُشْرِفَ عَلَى مُمْتَلَكَاتِ هَامَانَ.

3 And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.

3 ثُمَّ عَادَتْ أَسْتِيرُ وَكَلَّمَتِ الْمَلِكَ، وَانْطَرَحَتْ عِنْدَ قَدَمَيْهِ، وَتَوَسَّلَتْ إِلَيْهِ بَاكِيَةً لِيُبْطِلَ مُؤَامَرَةَ هَامَانَ الأَجَاجِيِّ وَتَدْبِيرَاتِهِ الَّتِي خَطَّطَهَا ضِدَّ الْيَهُودِ،

4 The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, and she arose and stood before the king.

4 فَمَدَّ الْمَلِكُ لأَسْتِيرَ صَوْلَجَانَ الذَّهَبِ، فَنَهَضَتْ وَوَقَفَتْ أَمَامَهُ

5 “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.

5 وَقَالَتْ: «إِذَا طَابَ لِلْمَلِكِ وَحَظِيتُ بِرِضَاهُ، وَاسْتَصْوَبَ الْمَلِكُ الرَّأْيَ، وَرُقْتُ أَنَا فِي عَيْنَيْهِ، فَلْيُصْدِرِ الْمَلِكُ أَوَامِرَ تُلْغِي رَسَائِلَ تَدْبِيرَاتِ هَامَانَ بْنِ هَمَدَاثَا الأَجَاجِيِّ، الَّتِي بَعَثَ بِها لإِبَادَةِ الْيَهُودِ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي كُلِّ أَقَالِيمِ الْمَلِكِ،

6 For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”

6 إِذْ كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ أَرَى الشَّرَّ يَحِيقُ بِشَعْبِي؟ وَكَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ أَشْهَدَ هَلاكَ أَبْنَاءِ جِنْسِي؟»

7 So King Xerxes said to Esther the Queen and Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.

7 فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ أَحَشْوِيرُوشُ لِلْمَلِكَةِ أَسْتِيرَ وَلِمُرْدَخَايَ الْيَهُودِيِّ: «لَقَدْ أَعْطَيْتُ مُمْتَلَكَاتِ هَامَانَ لأَسْتِيرَ، وَصَلَبْتُهُ هُوَ عَلَى خَشَبَةٍ، لأَنَّهُ حَاوَلَ أَنْ يَمُسَّ الْيَهُودَ بِسُوءٍ.

8 Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”

8 فَاكْتُبَا أَنْتُمَا إِلَى الْيَهُودِ بِكُلِّ مَا تَرَيَانِهِ مُنَاسِباً بِاسْمِ الْمَلِكِ، وَاخْتُمَاهُ بِخَاتَمِهِ، لأَنَّ الْمَرَاسِيمَ الَّتِي تُسَنُّ بِاسْمِ الْمَلِكِ وَتُخْتَمُ بِخَاتَمِهِ لَا تُبْطَلُ».

9 At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

9 فَاسْتُدْعِيَ كُتَّابُ الْمَلِكِ عَلَى التَّوِّ، فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنَ شَهْرِ سِيوَانَ، (تَمُّوزَ – يُولْيُو) وَكَتَبُوا مَا أَمْلاهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مُرْدَخَايُ إِلَى الْيَهُودِ وَالْحُكَّامِ وَالْوُلاةِ وَرُؤَسَاءِ الأَقَالِيمِ، الَّتِي تَمْتَدُّ مِنَ الْهِنْدِ إِلَى كُوشٍ، وَالْبَالِغُ عَدَدُهَا مِئَةً وَسَبْعَةً وَعِشْرِينَ إِقْلِيماً إِلَى كُلِّ إِقْلِيمٍ بِلُغَتِهِ وَلَهْجَةِ شَعْبِهِ، وَإِلَى الْيَهُودِ بِلُغَتِهِمْ وَلَهْجَتِهِمْ.

10 Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.

10 وَهَكَذَا كُتِبَتْ هَذِهِ الْمَرَاسِيمُ بِاسْمِ الْمَلِكِ، وَخُتِمَتْ بِخَاتَمِهِ، وَحَمَلَهَا رُكَّابُ الْجِيَادِ وَالْبِغَالِ عَلَى بَرِيدِ خَيْلِ الْمَلِكِ الأَصِيلَةِ،

11 By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.

11 وَفِيهَا خَوَّلَ الْمَلِكُ الْيَهُودَ فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ أَنْ يَتَآزَرُوا لِلدِّفَاعِ عَنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ، وَيُهْلِكُوا وَيَقْتُلُوا وَيَسْتَأْصِلُوا أَيَّةَ قُوَّةٍ مُسَلَّحَةٍ تَابِعَةٍ لأَيِّ شَعْبٍ أَوْ إِقْلِيمٍ تُهَاجِمُهُمْ مَعَ أَطْفَالِهِمْ وَنِسَائِهِمْ، وَأَنْ يَسْتَوْلُوا عَلَى غَنَائِمِهِمْ،

12 The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

12 فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ، هُوَ الْيَوْمُ الثَّالِثَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الثَّانِي عَشَرَ، (آذَارَ – مَارِسَ)، وَذَلِكَ فِي جَمِيعِ أَقَالِيمِ الْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ.

13 A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

13 وَقَدْ وُزِّعَتْ نُسَخٌ مِنَ الْمَرْسُومِ الصَّادِرِ عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ الْبِلادِ، وَأُذِيعَتْ بَيْنَ كُلِّ الأُمَمِ، وَكَانَ عَلَى الْيَهُودِ أَنْ يَتَأَهَّبُوا لِهَذَا الْيَوْمِ لِلانْتِقَامِ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِمْ.

14 The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.

14 فَحَمَلَ رُكَّابُ الْجِيَادِ وَالْبِغَالِ الْبَرِيدَ وَانْطَلَقُوا مُسْرِعِينَ يَحُثُّهُمْ أَمْرُ الْمَلِكِ، كَمَا أُذِيعَ الْمَرْسُومُ فِي الْعَاصِمَةِ شُوشَنَ.

15 Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

15 وَخَرَجَ مُرْدَخَايُ مِنْ حَضْرَةِ الْمَلِكِ بِثِيَابٍ مُلَوَّنَةٍ بِأَلْوَانٍ زَرْقَاءَ وَبَيْضَاءَ، وَعَلَى هَامَتِهِ تَاجٌ ذَهَبِيٌّ عَظِيمٌ، وَعَلَى كَتِفَيْهِ عَبَاءَةٌ مِنْ كَتَّانٍ وَأُرْجُوَانٍ، وَغَمَرَتِ الْبَهْجَةُ وَالْفَرْحَةُ مَدِينَةَ شُوشَنَ،

16 For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.

16 وَعَمَّتِ الْيَهُودَ الْغِبْطَةُ وَالسَّعَادَةُ وَنُورُ الْفَرَحِ الْمُتَأَلِّقُ، وَنَالَهُمُ الإِكْرَامُ.

17 In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.

17 وَسَادَ الْفَرَحُ يَهُودَ كُلِّ بِلادِ الْمَمْلَكَةِ وَمُدُنِهَا عِنْدَمَا وَصَلَهُمْ مَرْسُومُ الْمَلِكِ وَأَمْرُهُ، فَأَقَامُوا الْوَلائِمَ وَاحْتَفَلُوا. وَكَثِيرُونَ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ أُمَمِ الأَقَالِيمِ تَهَوَّدُوا لأَنَّ الْخَوْفَ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ طَغَى عَلَيْهِمْ.