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Esther 9

1Andinthetwelfthmonthחֹ֜דֶשׁCho.deshH2320,thatis,themonthחֹ֣דֶשׁCho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָ֗ר'a.DarH143,onthethirteenthdayיוֹם֙yOmH3117thereof,whentheking'scommandmentandhisdecreedrewneartobeputinexecution,inthedayבַּיּ֗וֹםbai.YomH3117thattheenemiesאֹיְבֵ֤י'o.ye.VeiH341oftheJewsהַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.DimH3064hopedtohavepoweroverthem(butitwasturnedH2015tothecontrary,thattheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֛יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064hadpoweroverthemthathatedבְּשֹׂנְאֵיהֶֽם׃be.so.ne.'ei.HemH8130them),

2theJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֜יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064gatheredthemselvestogetherintheircitiesבְּעָרֵיהֶ֗םbe.'a.rei.HemH5892throughouttheprovincesH4082ofkingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֳחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'o.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325,tolayhandיָ֔דYadH3027onsuchassoughtבִּמְבַקְשֵׁ֖יbim.vak.SheiH1245theirhurt.AndnomanH376couldwithstandthem;forthefearH6343ofthemhadfallenH5307uponallthepeoplesH5971.

3AndalltheprincesH8269oftheprovincesH4082,andthesatrapsוְהָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִ֣יםve.ha.'a.chash.dar.pe.NimH323,andthegovernorsוְהַפַּח֗וֹתve.ha.pa.ChotH6346andofficersofthekingלַמֶּ֔לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428, helpedtheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֑יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064;forthefearH6343ofMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֖יma.re.do.KhaiH4782hadfallenH5307uponthem.

4ForMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַי֙ma.re.do.KhaiH4782wasgreatגָ֤דוֹלGa.dolH1419intheking'shouseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004,andhisfamewentH1980forththroughouttheprovincesH4082;forthemanהָאִ֥ישׁha.'IshH376Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֖יma.re.do.KhaiH4782becamecontinuallygreaterH1419.

5AndtheJewsהַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.DimH3064smotealltheirenemiesאֹ֣יְבֵיהֶ֔ם'o.ye.vei.HemH341withthestrokeoftheswordחֶ֥רֶבChe.revH2719andslaughterH4347anddestruction,anddidwhattheywouldtothosethathatedבְשֹׂנְאֵיהֶ֖םve.so.ne.'ei.HemH8130them.

6AndinShushanthefortresstheJewsהַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.DimH3064slewH2026anddestroyedוְאַבֵּ֔דve.'a.BedH6fiveחֲמֵ֥שׁcha.MeshH2568hundredH3967menאִֽישׁ׃'IshH376.

7AndParshandatha,andDalphon,andAspatha,

8andPoratha,andAdalia,andAridatha,

9andParmashta,andArisai,andAridai,andVajezatha,

10thetenעֲ֠שֶׂרֶת'A.se.retH6235sonsבְּנֵ֨יbe.NeiH1121ofHamanהָמָ֧ןha.ManH2001thesonבֶּֽן־ben-H1121ofHammedatha,theoppressoroftheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֖יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064,theyslewH2026;buttheylaidnottheirhandsיָדָֽם׃ya.DamH3027ontheprey.

11Onthatdayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117thenumberמִסְפַּ֧רmis.ParH4557ofthosethatwereslainH2026inShushanthefortresswasbroughtH935beforethekingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ סha.Me.lekhH4428.

12AndthekingH4428saidH559toEstherלְאֶסְתֵּ֣רle.'es.TerH635thequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֗הha.mal.KahH4436,TheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֨יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064haveslainH2026anddestroyedוְאַבֵּ֜דve.'a.BedH6fiveחֲמֵ֧שׁcha.MeshH2568hundredH3967menאִ֗ישׁ'IshH376inShushanthefortress,andthetenעֲשֶׂ֣רֶת'a.Se.retH6235sonsבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121ofHamanהָמָ֔ןha.ManH2001;whathavetheydoneintherestבִּשְׁאָ֛רbish.'ArH7605oftheking'sprovincesH4082?Andwhatisthypetitionשְּׁאֵֽלָתֵךְ֙she.'e.la.teKhH7596?anditshallbegrantedthee;andwhatisthyrequestבַּקָּשָׁתֵ֥ךְba.ka.sha.TekhH1246further?anditshallbedone.

13AndEstherאֶסְתֵּר֙'es.TerH635saidH559,Ifitpleasethekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,letitbegrantedtotheJewsלַיְּהוּדִים֙lai.ye.hu.DimH3064thatareinShushantodoto-morrowalsoגַּם־gam-H1571accordingtothisday'sdecree,andletHaman'stenעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת'a.Se.retH6235sonsבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121behangedיִתְל֥וּyit.LuH8518uponthegallowsהָעֵֽץ׃ha.'EtzH6086.

14Andthekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428commandeditsoH3651tobedone:andthedecreewasgivenH5414atShushan;andtheyhangedתָּלֽוּ׃ta.LuH8518Haman'stenעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת'a.Se.retH6235sonsבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121.

15AndtheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֣יםhai.ye.hu.di.yimH3064thatwereinShushangatheredthemselvestogetheronthefourteenthdayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117alsoגַּ֠םgamH1571ofthemonthלְחֹ֣דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָ֔ר'a.DarH143,andslewH2026threeשְׁלֹ֥שׁshe.LoshH7969hundredH3967menאִ֑ישׁ'IshH376atShushan;buttheylaidnottheirhandיָדָֽם׃ya.DamH3027ontheprey.

16AndtheotherJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֡יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064thatwereintheking'sprovincesH4082gatheredthemselvestogether,andstoodוְעָמֹ֣דve.'a.ModH5975fortheirlifeנַפְשָׁ֗םnaf.ShamH5315,andhadrestH7605fromtheirenemiesמֵאֹ֣יְבֵיהֶ֔םme.'O.ye.vei.HemH341;andtheyslewH2026ofthemthathatedבְּשֹׂ֣נְאֵיהֶ֔םbe.So.ne.'ei.HemH8130themseventy-fiveוְשִׁבְעִ֖יםve.shiv.'ImH7657thousandאָ֑לֶף'A.lefH505(buttheylaidnottheirhandיָדָֽם׃ya.DamH3027ontheprey),

17onthethirteenthdayבְּיוֹם־be.yom-H3117ofthemonthלְחֹ֣דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָ֑ר'a.DarH143;andonthefourteenthofthesametheyrestedוְנ֗וֹחַve.No.achH5117,andmadeH6213itadayי֖וֹםYomH3117offeastingמִשְׁתֶּ֥הmish.TehH4960andjoyוְשִׂמְחָֽה׃ve.sim.ChahH8057.

18ButtheJewsוְהַיְּהוּדִ֣יםve.hai.ye.hu.di.yimH3064thatwereatShushangatheredthemselvestogetherH6950onthethirteenth [dayי֖וֹםYomH3117] thereof,andonthefourteenth thereof;andonthefifteenthofthesametheyrestedוְנ֗וֹחַve.No.achH5117,andmadeH6213itadayH3117offeastingמִשְׁתֶּ֥הmish.TehH4960andjoyוְשִׂמְחָֽה׃ve.sim.ChahH8057.

19ThereforeH3651theJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֣יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064ofthevillagesthatdwellהַיֹּשְׁבִים֮hai.yo.she.VimH3427inthecountrytownsmakeH6213thefourteenthofthemonthלְחֹ֣דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָ֔ר'a.DarH143adayי֣וֹםYomH3117ofjoyשִׂמְחָ֥הsim.ChahH8057andfeastingוּמִשְׁתֶּ֖הu.mish.TehH4960,andagoodט֑וֹבTovH2896dayוְי֣וֹםve.YomH3117,andonwhichtheysendportionsמָנ֖וֹתma.NotH4490oneH376toanother.

20AndMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֔יma.re.do.KhaiH4782wroteH3789thesethingsH1697,andsentH7971lettersסְפָרִ֜יםse.fa.RimH5612toalltheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֗יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064nearandfarוְהָרְחוֹקִֽים׃ve.ha.re.cho.KimH7350thatwereinalltheprovincesH4082ofkingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325,

21toestablishH6965[this]amongthem,thattheyshouldkeepthefourteenthdayי֣וֹםYomH3117ofthemonthלְחֹ֣דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָ֔ר'a.DarH143,andthefifteenthdayיוֹם־yom-H3117ofthesame,yearly,

22asthedaysכַּיָּמִ֗יםkai.ya.MimH3117onwhichtheJewsהַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.DimH3064restedנָ֨חוּNa.chuH5117fromtheirenemiesמֵא֣וֹיְבֵיהֶ֔םme.'oy.vei.HemH341,andthemonthוְהַחֹ֗דֶשׁve.ha.Cho.deshH2320thatwasturnedH2015tothemfromsorrowמִיָּגוֹן֙mi.ya.goyNH3015tojoyלְשִׂמְחָ֔הle.sim.ChahH8057,andfrommourningוּמֵאֵ֖בֶלu.me.'E.velH60intoagoodט֑וֹבTovH2896dayלְי֣וֹםle.YomH3117;thattheyshouldmakeלַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.SotH6213themdaysיְמֵי֙ye.MeiH3117offeastingמִשְׁתֶּ֣הmish.TehH4960andjoyוְשִׂמְחָ֔הve.sim.ChahH8057,andofsendingוּמִשְׁל֤וֹחַu.mish.Lo.achH4916portionsמָנוֹת֙ma.nOtH4490oneH376toanother,andgiftsוּמַתָּנ֖וֹתu.ma.ta.NotH4979tothepoor.

23AndtheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֔יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064undertooktodoastheyhadbegunH2490,andasMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֖יma.re.do.KhaiH4782hadwrittenH3789tothem.

24ForHamanהָמָ֨ןha.ManH2001thesonבֶּֽן־ben-H1121ofHammedathatheAgagiteהָֽאֲגָגִ֗יha.'a.ga.GiH91,theoppressorofalltheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֔יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064,haddevisedagainsttheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֖יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064todestroyלְאַבְּדָ֑םle.'a.be.DamH6them,andhadcastוְהִפִּ֥ילve.hi.PilH5307Purפּוּר֙purH6332,thatis,thelotהַגּוֹרָ֔לha.go.RalH1486,toconsumethemandtodestroyוּֽלְאַבְּדָֽם׃U.le.'a.be.DamH6them;

25andwhenH834[Esther]cameH935beforethekingהַמֶּלֶךְ֒ha.me.leKhH4428,hecommandedbylettersהַסֵּ֔פֶרha.Se.ferH5612thathiswickedH7451device,whichhehaddevisedagainsttheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֖יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064,shouldreturnיָשׁ֞וּבya.ShuvH7725uponhisownheadרֹאשׁ֑וֹro.ShoH7218;andtheyhangedוְתָל֥וּve.ta.LuH8518himandhissonsבָּנָ֖יוba.NavH1121onthegallowsהָעֵֽץ׃ha.'EtzH6086.

26ThereforeH3651theycalledקָֽרְאוּ֩ka.re.'UH7121thesedaysלַיָּמִ֨יםlai.ya.MimH3117Purimפוּרִים֙fu.RimH6332afterthenameשֵׁ֣םshemH8034ofPurהַפּ֔וּרha.PurH6332.ThereforeH3651,accordingtoallthewordsדִּבְרֵ֖יdiv.ReiH1697ofthisletterהָאִגֶּ֣רֶתha.'i.Ge.retH107,andforwhattheyhadseenH7200concerningthismatterH1697andwhathadhappenedtothem,

27theJewsהַיְּהוּדִים֩׀hai.ye.hu.DimH3064ordainedandtookuponthem,andupontheirseedH2233,anduponallsuchasjoinedthemselvestothem,sothatitshouldnotfail,thattheywouldobserveH6213thesetwoשְׁנֵ֤יshe.NeiH8147daysהַיָּמִים֙hai.ya.MimH3117accordingtotheirwritingandaccordingtotheirfixedtime,everyyearH8141;

28andthatthesedaysוְהַיָּמִ֣יםve.hai.ya.MimH3117shouldberememberedנִזְכָּרִ֨יםniz.ka.RimH2142andobservedH6213throughouteverygenerationH1755,ineveryfamilyH4940,everyprovinceH4082,andeverycityH5892,andthatthesedaysוִימֵ֞יvi.MeiH3117ofPurimהַפּוּרִ֣יםha.pu.RimH6332shouldnotfailfromamongtheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֔יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064,northememorialofthemceasefromamongtheirseedH2233.

29Andqueenהַמַּלְכָּ֧הha.mal.KahH4436Estherאֶסְתֵּ֨ר'es.TerH635thedaughterבַת־vat-H1323ofAbihailאֲבִיחַ֛יִל'a.vi.Cha.yilH32,andMordecaiוּמָרְדֳּכַ֥יu.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782theJewהַיְּהוּדִ֖יhai.ye.hu.DiH3064,wroteH3789withallauthoritytoconfirmthissecondהַשֵּׁנִֽית׃ha.she.NitH8145letterאִגֶּ֧רֶת'i.Ge.retH107ofPurimהַפּוּרִ֛יםha.pu.RimH6332.

30AndhesentH7971lettersסְפָרִ֜יםse.fa.RimH5612toalltheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֗יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064,tothehundredוּמֵאָה֙u.me.'AhH3967andtwenty-sevenprovincesמְדִינָ֔הme.di.NahH4082ofthekingdomמַלְכ֖וּתmal.KhutH4438ofAhasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325,wordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697ofpeaceשָׁל֖וֹםsha.LomH7965andtruthוֶאֱמֶֽת׃ve.'e.MetH571,

31toconfirmthesedaysיְמֵי֩ye.MeiH3117ofPurimהַפֻּרִ֨יםha.pu.RimH6332intheirfixedtimes,accordingasMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֤יma.re.do.KhaiH4782theJewהַיְּהוּדִי֙hai.ye.hu.DiH3064andqueenהַמַּלְכָּ֔הha.mal.KahH4436Estherוְאֶסְתֵּ֣רve.'es.TerH635hadenjoinedthem,andastheyhaddecreedforthemselvesandfortheirseedH2233,astothemattersH1697ofthefastingsandtheircryוְזַעֲקָתָֽם׃ve.za.'a.ka.TamH2201.

32AndthedecreeofEstherאֶסְתֵּ֔ר'es.TerH635confirmedthesemattersH1697ofPurimהַפֻּרִ֖יםha.pu.RimH6332;anditwaswrittenH3789inthebookבַּסֵּֽפֶר׃ פba.Se.ferH5612.

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