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Ester 8
Svenska Folkbibeln
Ester 8
Svenska Folkbibeln
Judarna får försvara sig och hämnas
8 Samma dag gav kung Ahasveros åt drottning Ester det hus som tillhört Haman, judarnas fiende. Och Mordokaj fick tillträde hos kungen, ty Ester hade talat om vad han var för henne. 2 Kungen tog av sig signetringen, som han hade låtit ta tillbaka från Haman, och gav den åt Mordokaj. Och Ester satte Mordokaj över Hamans hus.
3 Ester talade på nytt till kungen. Hon föll ner för hans fötter och grät och bad att han skulle avvärja agagiten Hamans ondska och hindra den plan han hade tänkt ut mot judarna. 4 Kungen räckte ut guldspiran mot Ester och hon steg upp och stod inför kungen. 5 Hon sade: "Om konungen finner för gott, och om jag har funnit nåd inför honom och det tycks vara riktigt inför konungen och om jag är honom till behag, låt då en skrivelse utfärdas för att återkalla de brev som agagiten Haman, Hammedatas son, skrev och som innehöll hans plan att förgöra judarna i alla konungens provinser. 6 Hur skall jag kunna uthärda att se den olycka som annars skall drabba mitt folk? Ja, hur skall jag kunna uthärda att se mina landsmän förgöras?"
7 Då sade kung Ahasveros till drottning Ester och till juden Mordokaj: "Se, Hamans hus har jag gett Ester, och själv har han blivit upphängd på en påle, därför att han ville bära hand på judarna. 8 Men utfärda också ni i konungens namn en skrivelse angående judarna, så som ni finner lämpligt, och förse den med konungens sigill. En skrivelse som är utfärdad i konungens namn och försedd med konungens sigill kan inte återkallas."
9 Samma dag, den tjugotredje dagen i tredje månaden, månaden Sivan,[a] tillkallades kungens skrivare och en skrivelse, helt enligt Mordokajs befallning, utfärdades till judarna och till satraperna, ståthållarna och furstarna i provinserna från Indien ända till Sudan, etthundratjugosju provinser. Till varje provins skrevs med dess egen skrift och till varje folk på dess eget språk, också till judarna med deras skrift och på deras språk. 10 Han utfärdade skrivelsen i kung Ahasveros namn och förseglade den med kungens sigill.
Därefter sände han breven med ilbud till häst, och de red på travare från kungens egna stall. 11 I breven stod att kungen tillät judarna i varje stad att samlas för att försvara sig, och att i varje folk och provins förgöra, döda och utplåna alla väpnade skaror som angrep dem, även barn och kvinnor, och att ta deras ägodelar som byte. 12 På en och samma dag skulle detta ske i alla kung Ahasveros provinser: nämligen den trettonde dagen i tolfte månaden, det vill säga månaden Adar. 13 En avskrift av skrivelsen skulle kungöras som lag i varje provins och meddelas alla folk, så att judarna skulle vara beredda att den dagen hämnas på sina fiender. 14 På kungens befallning drog ilbuden som red de kungliga travarna i stor hast ut, så snart förordningen hade utfärdats i Susans borg.
15 Men Mordokaj gick ut från kungen klädd i kunglig dräkt av mörkblått och vitt tyg. Han bar en stor guldkrona och en mantel av vitt och purpurrött tyg. I staden Susan jublade man och var glad. 16 För judarna var det ljus och glädje, fröjd och ära. 17 I varje provins och i varje stad dit kungens befallning och förordning kom blev det glädje och jubel bland judarna, och de höll fest och firade högtid. Många av folken i landet gav sig ut för att vara judar, ty fruktan för judarna hade kommit över dem.
Footnotes
- Ester 8:9 den tjugotredje dagen i tredje månaden, månaden Sivan I Xerxes tolfte regeringsår, dvs 25 juni 474 f. Kr.
Esther 8
New International Version
Esther 8
New International Version
The King’s Edict in Behalf of the Jews
8 That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman,(A) the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the presence of the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her. 2 The king took off his signet ring,(B) which he had reclaimed from Haman, and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed him over Haman’s estate.(C)
3 Esther again pleaded with the king, falling at his feet and weeping. She begged him to put an end to the evil plan of Haman the Agagite,(D) which he had devised against the Jews. 4 Then the king extended the gold scepter(E) to Esther and she arose and stood before him.
5 “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if he regards me with favor(F) and thinks it the right thing to do, and if he is pleased with me, let an order be written overruling the dispatches that Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, devised and wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces. 6 For how can I bear to see disaster fall on my people? How can I bear to see the destruction of my family?”(G)
7 King Xerxes replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Because Haman attacked the Jews, I have given his estate to Esther, and they have impaled(H) him on the pole he set up. 8 Now write another decree(I) in the king’s name in behalf of the Jews as seems best to you, and seal(J) it with the king’s signet ring(K)—for no document written in the king’s name and sealed with his ring can be revoked.”(L)
9 At once the royal secretaries were summoned—on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan. They wrote out all Mordecai’s orders to the Jews, and to the satraps, governors and nobles of the 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush.[a](M) These orders were written in the script of each province and the language of each people and also to the Jews in their own script and language.(N) 10 Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes, sealed the dispatches with the king’s signet ring, and sent them by mounted couriers, who rode fast horses especially bred for the king.
11 The king’s edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate the armed men of any nationality or province who might attack them and their women and children,[b] and to plunder(O) the property of their enemies. 12 The day appointed for the Jews to do this in all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.(P) 13 A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued as law in every province and made known to the people of every nationality so that the Jews would be ready on that day(Q) to avenge themselves on their enemies.
14 The couriers, riding the royal horses, went out, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa.(R)
The Triumph of the Jews
15 When Mordecai(S) left the king’s presence, he was wearing royal garments of blue and white, a large crown of gold(T) and a purple robe of fine linen.(U) And the city of Susa held a joyous celebration.(V) 16 For the Jews it was a time of happiness and joy,(W) gladness and honor.(X) 17 In every province and in every city to which the edict of the king came, there was joy(Y) and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many people of other nationalities became Jews because fear(Z) of the Jews had seized them.(AA)
Footnotes
- Esther 8:9 That is, the upper Nile region
- Esther 8:11 Or province, together with their women and children, who might attack them;
Esther 8
King James Version
Esther 8
King James Version
8 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:
6 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
7 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
11 Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
12 Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
13 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
14 So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.
15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
Ester 8
La Nuova Diodati
Ester 8
La Nuova Diodati
8 In quello stesso giorno il re Assuero diede alla regina Ester la casa di Haman, il nemico dei Giudei; e Mardocheo venne davanti al re, al quale Ester aveva spiegato chi era per lei.
2 Cosí il re si tolse l'anello che aveva ripreso da Haman e lo diede a Mardocheo. Ester stabilí poi Mardocheo sopra la casa di Haman.
3 Ester parlò ancora davanti al re, cadde ai suoi piedi e lo supplicò con le lacrime agli occhi di impedire il malvagio complotto di Haman, l'Agaghita, e il piano che egli aveva ideato contro i Giudei.
4 Allora il re stese lo scettro d'oro verso Ester; cosí Ester si alzò, rimase in piedi davanti al re
5 e disse: «Se sembra bene al re, se ho trovato grazia ai suoi occhi, se la cosa pare giusta al re e se io sono gradita ai suoi occhi, si scriva per revocare i documenti ideati da Haman, figlio di Hammedatha, l'Agaghita, che egli scrisse per distruggere i Giudei che sono in tutte le province del re.
6 Come potrei infatti io resistere nel vedere la calamità che colpirebbe il mio popolo? O come potrei resistere nel vedere la distruzione della mia stirpe?».
7 Allora il re Assuero disse alla regina Ester e a Mardocheo, il Giudeo: «Ecco io ho dato a Ester la casa di Haman, e questi è stato impiccato alla forca, perché aveva cercato di stendere la sua mano contro i Giudei.
8 Voi stessi scrivete un decreto in favore dei Giudei a nome del re, come meglio vi sembra, e sigillatelo con l'anello reale perché il decreto scritto a nome del re e sigillato con l'anello reale è irrevocabile».
9 Allora, il ventitre del terzo mese, che è il mese di Sivan, furono chiamati i segretari del re e, secondo tutto ciò che Mardocheo aveva ordinato, fu scritto ai Giudei, ai satrapi, ai governatori e ai capi delle centoventisette province, dall'India all'Etiopia, a ogni provincia secondo la sua scrittura, a ogni popolo nella sua lingua, e ai Giudei secondo la loro scrittura e nella loro lingua.
10 Cosí egli scrisse a nome del re Assuero, mettendo il sigillo con l'anello reale, e mandò i documenti per mezzo di corrieri a cavallo che montavano veloci corsieri, nati da cavalli di razza.
11 In essi il re dava ai Giudei, in qualunque città si trovassero, il diritto di riunirsi e di difendere la loro vita, distruggendo, uccidendo e sterminando tutta la gente armata di qualsiasi popolo o provincia che li assalisse compresi bambini e donne e di saccheggiare i suoi beni,
12 in un sol giorno, in tutte le province del re Assuero: il tredici del dodicesimo mese, che è il mese di Adar.
13 Una copia del decreto, emanato come legge in ogni provincia, doveva essere promulgato per tutti i popoli, perche i Giudei si tenessero pronti per quel giorno a vendicarsi dei loro nemici.
14 Cosí i corrieri che montavano veloci corsieri partirono sollecitati e stimolati dall'ordine del re; e il decreto fu promulgato nella cittadella di Susa.
15 Mardocheo uscí dalla presenza del re con una veste reale di porpora e di lino bianco, con una grande corona d'oro e un manto di bisso e di scarlatto, la città di Susa mandava grida di gioia ed era in festa.
16 Per i Giudei fu luce, allegrezza, gioia e gloria.
17 In ogni provincia e in ogni città, dovunque giungeva l'ordine del re e il suo decreto, c'era per i Giudei gioia e allegrezza, banchetti e giorni lieti. E molti appartenenti ai popoli del paese si fecero Giudei, perché il terrore dei Giudei era caduto su di loro.
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