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Esther 9
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9 On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar,(A) the edict commanded by the king was to be carried out. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but now the tables were turned and the Jews got the upper hand(B) over those who hated them.(C) 2 The Jews assembled in their cities(D) in all the provinces of King Xerxes to attack those determined to destroy them. No one could stand against them,(E) because the people of all the other nationalities were afraid of them. 3 And all the nobles of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and the king’s administrators helped the Jews,(F) because fear of Mordecai had seized them.(G) 4 Mordecai(H) was prominent(I) in the palace; his reputation spread throughout the provinces, and he became more and more powerful.(J)

5 The Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them,(K) and they did what they pleased to those who hated them. 6 In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men. 7 They also killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, 8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, 9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai and Vaizatha, 10 the ten sons(L) of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews.(M) But they did not lay their hands on the plunder.(N)

11 The number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king that same day. 12 The king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman in the citadel of Susa. What have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given you. What is your request? It will also be granted.”(O)

13 “If it pleases the king,” Esther answered, “give the Jews in Susa permission to carry out this day’s edict tomorrow also, and let Haman’s ten sons(P) be impaled(Q) on poles.”

14 So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they impaled(R) the ten sons of Haman. 15 The Jews in Susa came together on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and they put to death in Susa three hundred men, but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.(S)

16 Meanwhile, the remainder of the Jews who were in the king’s provinces also assembled to protect themselves and get relief(T) from their enemies.(U) They killed seventy-five thousand of them(V) but did not lay their hands on the plunder.(W) 17 This happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth they rested and made it a day of feasting(X) and joy.

18 The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and fourteenth, and then on the fifteenth they rested and made it a day of feasting and joy.

19 That is why rural Jews—those living in villages—observe the fourteenth of the month of Adar(Y) as a day of joy and feasting, a day for giving presents to each other.(Z)

Purim Established

20 Mordecai recorded these events, and he sent letters to all the Jews throughout the provinces of King Xerxes, near and far, 21 to have them celebrate annually the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar 22 as the time when the Jews got relief(AA) from their enemies, and as the month when their sorrow was turned into joy and their mourning into a day of celebration.(AB) He wrote them to observe the days as days of feasting and joy and giving presents of food(AC) to one another and gifts to the poor.(AD)

23 So the Jews agreed to continue the celebration they had begun, doing what Mordecai had written to them. 24 For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite,(AE) the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the pur(AF) (that is, the lot(AG)) for their ruin and destruction.(AH) 25 But when the plot came to the king’s attention,[a] he issued written orders that the evil scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should come back onto his own head,(AI) and that he and his sons should be impaled(AJ) on poles.(AK) 26 (Therefore these days were called Purim, from the word pur.(AL)) Because of everything written in this letter and because of what they had seen and what had happened to them, 27 the Jews took it on themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should without fail observe these two days every year, in the way prescribed and at the time appointed. 28 These days should be remembered and observed in every generation by every family, and in every province and in every city. And these days of Purim should never fail to be celebrated by the Jews—nor should the memory of these days die out among their descendants.

29 So Queen Esther, daughter of Abihail,(AM) along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim. 30 And Mordecai sent letters to all the Jews in the 127 provinces(AN) of Xerxes’ kingdom—words of goodwill and assurance— 31 to establish these days of Purim at their designated times, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had decreed for them, and as they had established for themselves and their descendants in regard to their times of fasting(AO) and lamentation.(AP) 32 Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, and it was written down in the records.

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  1. Esther 9:25 Or when Esther came before the king
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Judarnas hämnd

9 På trettonde dagen i tolfte månaden, det är månaden Adar, skulle kungens befallning och förordning verkställas. Judarnas fiender hade då hoppats att få makt över dem, men nu hade det vänt sig så att judarna i stället fick makt över dem som hatade dem. 2 Judarna samlades i sina städer i alla kung Ahasveros provinser för att angripa dem som sökte deras olycka. Ingen kunde stå emot dem, ty fruktan för dem hade kommit över alla folk. 3 Alla furstarna i provinserna, satraperna, ståthållarna och kungens tjänstemän hjälpte judarna, ty fruktan för Mordokaj hade kommit över dem. 4 Mordokaj var nu en mäktig man i det kungliga palatset, och ryktet om honom gick ut i alla provinser, ty denne Mordokaj blev allt mäktigare. 5 Judarna slog alla sina fiender med svärd och dödade och tillintetgjorde dem och gjorde som de ville med sina motståndare. 6 I Susans borg dödade och tillintetgjorde judarna femhundra män. 7 Parsandata, Dalfon, Aspata, 8 Porata, Adalja, Aridata, 9 Parmasta, Arisaj, Aridaj och Vajsata, 10 de tio sönerna till judarnas fiende Haman, Hammedatas son, dödade de. Men de avstod från plundring.

11 Samma dag fick kungen veta hur många som dödats i Susans borg. 12 Då sade kungen till drottning Ester: "I Susans borg har judarna dödat och tillintetgjort femhundra män förutom Hamans tio söner. Vad skall de då inte ha gjort i kungens övriga provinser? Vad är nu din bön? Den skall besvaras. Och vad är ytterligare din begäran? Den skall uppfyllas." 13 Ester svarade: "Om konungen finner för gott, låt det då också i morgon vara tillåtet för de judar som är i Susan att handla efter förordningen för idag. Och låt Hamans tio söner hängas upp på pålen." 14 Kungen befallde att så skulle ske. En förordning om detta utfärdades i Susan och Hamans tio söner blev hängda. 15 De judar som var i Susan samlades också på fjortonde dagen i månaden Adar och dödade trehundra män i Susan. Men de avstod från plundring.

16 De övriga judarna som var i kungens provinser samlades för att försvara sig och skaffade sig ro för sina fiender genom att döda sjuttiofemtusen av sina motståndare. Men de avstod från plundring. 17 Detta skedde på trettonde dagen i månaden Adar. Men på fjortonde dagen vilade de och gjorde den till en dag av fest och glädje. 18 De judar som var i Susan hade samlats både den trettonde dagen och den fjortonde. Och de vilade den femtonde dagen och gjorde den till en dag av fest och glädje. 19 Därför firar judarna på landsbygden, de som bor i landsortsstäderna, den fjortonde dagen i månaden Adar som en dag av glädje, fest och högtid, då de sänder gåvor till varandra av den mat de har tillagat.

Purimfesten

20 Mordokaj skrev ner dessa händelser och sände brev till judarna i alla kung Ahasveros provinser, både nära och långt borta, 21 för att ålägga dem att år efter år fira den fjortonde och den femtonde dagen i månaden Adar 22 till minne av de dagar då judarna hade fått ro för sina fiender och för att minnas den månad då deras bedrövelse hade vänts i glädje och deras sorg i fest. Därför skulle de fira dessa dagar som dagar av fest och glädje, och sända gåvor till varandra av den mat de hade tillagat, och skicka gåvor till de fattiga.

23 Judarna antog som sed att göra vad de börjat göra, det som Mordokaj hade skrivit till dem om. 24 Ty agagiten Haman, Hammedatas son, alla judars fiende, hade planerat att utplåna judarna, och han hade kastat pur, det vill säga lott, för att krossa dem och förgöra dem. 25 Men när saken kom till kungens kännedom, gav han genom en skrivelse befallning om att de onda planer som Haman haft mot judarna skulle vända tillbaka över hans eget huvud. Och Haman själv och hans söner hängdes upp på pålen. 26 Därför blev dessa dagar kallade purim efter ordet pur. På grund av allt som stod i detta brev och vad de själva hade sett och vad som skett med dem, 27 antog och fastställde judarna som en orubblig sed att de själva och deras efterkommande och alla som slöt sig till dem, år efter år skulle fira dessa båda dagar enligt föreskriften om dem och på den tid som fastställts för dem. 28 Dessa dagar skulle man komma ihåg och de skulle firas i varje generation, i varje familj, i varje provins och i varje stad. Dessa purimdagar skulle inte försummas bland judarna och minnet av dem aldrig upphöra hos deras efterkommande.

29 Drottning Ester, Abihajils dotter, och juden Mordokaj utfärdade sedan en skrivelse för att med all kraft stadfästa detta andra brev om purim. 30 Mordokaj sände brev med budskap om fred och trygghet till alla judar i de etthundratjugosju provinserna i Ahasveros rike 31 för att stadfästa dessa purimdagar på deras bestämda tider, så som juden Mordokaj och drottning Ester hade förordnat för dem och så som de stadgade för sig själva och sina efterkommande, ifråga om fasta och klagorop. 32 Esters befallning, som fastställde dessa föreskrifter om purim, nertecknades i en bok.

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The Jews Destroy Their Tormentors

9 Now (A)in the twelfth month, that is, the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day, (B)the time came for the king’s command and his decree to be executed. On the day that the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, the opposite occurred, in that the Jews themselves (C)overpowered those who hated them. 2 The Jews (D)gathered together in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to lay hands on those who (E)sought their harm. And no one could withstand them, (F)because fear of them fell upon all people. 3 And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and all those doing the king’s work, helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them. 4 For Mordecai was great in the king’s palace, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces; for this man Mordecai (G)became increasingly prominent. 5 Thus the Jews defeated all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, with slaughter and destruction, and did what they pleased with those who hated them.

6 And in (H)Shushan[a] the [b]citadel the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men. 7 Also Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, 8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, 9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vajezatha— 10 (I)the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews—they killed; (J)but they did not lay a hand on the [c]plunder.

11 On that day the number of those who were killed in [d]Shushan the [e]citadel [f]was brought to the king. 12 And the king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the citadel, and the ten sons of Haman. What have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? Now (K)what is your petition? It shall be granted to you. Or what is your further request? It shall be done.”

13 Then Esther said, “If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do again tomorrow (L)according to today’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons (M)be hanged on the gallows.”

14 So the king commanded this to be done; the decree was issued in Shushan, and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.

15 And the Jews who were in [g]Shushan (N)gathered together again on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and killed three hundred men at Shushan; (O)but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

16 The remainder of the Jews in the king’s provinces (P)gathered together and protected their lives, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of their enemies; (Q)but they did not lay a hand on the plunder. 17 This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. And on the fourteenth of [h]the month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

The Feast of Purim

18 But the Jews who were at [i]Shushan assembled together (R)on the thirteenth day, as well as on the fourteenth; and on the fifteenth of [j]the month they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. 19 Therefore the Jews of the villages who dwelt in the unwalled towns celebrated the fourteenth day of the month of Adar (S)with gladness and feasting, (T)as a holiday, and for (U)sending presents to one another.

20 And Mordecai wrote these things and sent letters to all the Jews, near and far, who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, 21 to establish among them that they should celebrate yearly the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar, 22 as the days on which the Jews had rest from their enemies, as the month which was turned from sorrow to joy for them, and from mourning to a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and joy, of (V)sending presents to one another and gifts to the (W)poor. 23 So the Jews accepted the custom which they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them, 24 because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, (X)had plotted against the Jews to annihilate them, and had cast Pur (that is, the lot), to consume them and destroy them; 25 but (Y)when [k]Esther came before the king, he commanded by letter that [l]this wicked plot which Haman had devised against the Jews should (Z)return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

26 So they called these days Purim, after the name [m]Pur. Therefore, because of all the words of (AA)this letter, what they had seen concerning this matter, and what had happened to them, 27 the Jews established and imposed it upon themselves and their descendants and all who would (AB)join them, that without fail they should celebrate these two days every year, according to the written instructions and according to the prescribed time, 28 that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city, that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, and that the memory of them should not perish among their descendants.

29 Then Queen Esther, (AC)the daughter of Abihail, with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this (AD)second letter about Purim. 30 And Mordecai sent letters to all the Jews, to (AE)the one hundred and twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth, 31 to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had prescribed for them, and as they had decreed for themselves and their descendants concerning matters of their (AF)fasting and lamenting. 32 So the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim, and it was written in the book.

Footnotes

  1. Esther 9:6 Or Susa
  2. Esther 9:6 palace
  3. Esther 9:10 spoil
  4. Esther 9:11 Or Susa
  5. Esther 9:11 palace
  6. Esther 9:11 Lit. came
  7. Esther 9:15 Or Susa
  8. Esther 9:17 Lit. it
  9. Esther 9:18 Or Susa
  10. Esther 9:18 Lit. it
  11. Esther 9:25 Lit. she or it
  12. Esther 9:25 Lit. his
  13. Esther 9:26 Lit. Lot
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