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1 AND IN TWO [PLUS] TEN MONTH THAT [IS] [THE] MONTH OF ADAR ON THIR- TEEN DAY IN IT WHEN IT APPROACHED [THE] WORD OF THE KING AND LAW HIS TO BE DONE ON THE DAY WHEN THEY HAD HOPED [THE] ENEMIES OF THE JEWS TO DOMINEER OVER THEM AND IT WAS REVERSED IT THAT THEY DOMINEERED THE JEWS THEY OVER [THOSE WHO] HATED THEM
The Jews Destroy Their Enemies
1 On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.
2 THEY ASSEMBLED THE JEWS IN CITIES THEIR IN ALL [THE] PROVINCES OF THE KING AHASUERUS TO STRETCH OUT A HAND ON THOSE SEEKING <OF> HARM THEIR AND ANYONE NOT HE STOOD <TO> BEFORE THEM FOR IT HAD FALLEN DREAD OF THEM ON ALL THE PEOPLES
2 In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.
3 AND ALL [THE] OFFICIALS OF THE PROVINCES AND THE SATRAPS AND THE GOVERNORS AND [THE] DOERS OF THE WORK WHICH [BELONGED] TO THE KING [WERE] SUPPORTING <OBJ.> THE JEWS FOR IT HAD FALLEN [THE] DREAD OF MORDECAI ON THEM
3 And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.
4 FOR [WAS] GREAT MORDECAI IN [THE] HOUSE OF THE KING AND [THE] REPORT OF HIM [WAS] GOING IN ALL THE PROVINCES FOR THE MAN MORDECAI [WAS] GOING AND BECOMING GREAT
4 For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.
5 AND THEY STRUCK DOWN THE JEWS <IN> ALL ENEMIES THEIR A STRIKING DOWN OF SWORD AND SLAUGHTER AND DESTRUCTION AND THEY DID OVER [THOSE WHO] HATED THEM ACCORDING TO PLEASURE THEIR
5 The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.
6 AND IN SUSA THE CITADEL THEY KILLED THE JEWS AND THEY DESTROYED FIVE HUNDRED<S> MAN
6 In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,
7 AND <OBJ.> PARSHANDATHA AND <OBJ.> DALPHON AND <OBJ.> ASPATHA
7 including Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
8 AND <OBJ.> PORATHA AND <OBJ.> ADALIA AND <OBJ.> ARIDATHA
8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
9 AND <OBJ.> PARMASHTA AND <OBJ.> ARISAI AND <OBJ.> ARIDAI AND <OBJ.> VAIZATHA
9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha.
10 [THE] TEN [THE] SONS OF HAMAN [THE] SON OF HAMMEDATHA [THE] OPPOSER OF THE JEWS THEY KILLED AND ON THE PLUNDER NOT THEY STRETCHED OUT <OBJ.> HAND THEIR
10 They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
11 ON THE DAY <THE> THAT IT CAME [THE] NUMBER OF THOSE KILLED IN SUSA THE CITADEL <TO> BEFORE THE KING
Haman’s Sons Hanged
11 On that day the number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king,
12 AND HE SAID THE KING TO ESTHER THE QUEEN IN SUSA THE CITADEL THEY HAVE KILLED THE JEWS AND THEY HAVE DESTROYED FIVE HUNDRED<S> MAN AND <OBJ.> [THE] TEN [THE] SONS OF HAMAN IN [THE] REST OF [THE] PROVINCES OF THE KING WHAT? HAVE THEY DONE AND WHAT? [IS] PETITION YOUR SO IT MAY BE GIVEN TO YOU AND WHAT? [IS] REQUEST YOUR MORE AND IT MAY BE DONE
12 who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”
13 AND SHE SAID ESTHER IF [IS] ON THE KING GOOD LET IT BE PERMITTED ALSO TOMORROW TO THE JEWS WHO [ARE] IN SUSA TO DO ACCORDING TO [THE] LAW OF THIS DAY AND <OBJ.> [THE] TEN [THE] SONS OF HAMAN LET THEM HANG ON THE GALLOWS
13 Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”
14 AND HE SAID THE KING TO BE DONE THUS AND IT WAS GIVEN [THE] LAW IN SUSA AND <OBJ.> [THE] TEN [THE] SONS OF HAMAN PEOPLE HANGED
14 So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
15 AND THEY ASSEMBLED THE JEWS WHO [WERE] IN SUSA ALSO ON DAY FOUR- TEEN OF [THE] MONTH OF ADAR AND THEY KILLED IN SUSA THREE HUNDRED<S> MAN AND ON THE PLUNDER NOT THEY STRETCHED OUT <OBJ.> HAND THEIR
15 On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
16 AND [THE] REMAINDER OF THE JEWS WHO [WERE] IN [THE] PROVINCES OF THE KING THEY ASSEMBLED AND THEY MADE A STAND ON LIFE THEIR AND THEY HAD REST FROM ENEMIES THEIR AND THEY KILLED AMONG [THOSE WHO] HATED THEM FIVE AND SEVENTY THOUSAND AND ON THE PLUNDER NOT THEY STRETCHED OUT <OBJ.> HAND THEIR
16 The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000. who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
17 ON DAY THIR- TEEN OF [THE] MONTH OF ADAR AND THEY RESTED ON [DAY] FOUR- TEEN IN IT AND THEY MADE <OBJ.> IT A DAY OF FEAST AND JOY
17 This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.
18 AND THE JEWS WHO [WERE] IN SUSA THEY ASSEMBLED ON [DAY] THIR- TEEN IN IT AND ON [DAY] FOUR- TEEN IN IT AND THEY RESTED ON [DAY] FIF- TEEN IN IT AND THEY MADE <OBJ.> IT A DAY OF FEAST AND JOY
The Feast of Purim Instituted
18 The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month So they rested on the fifteenth day making it a day of feasting and joy.
19 THERE- -FORE THE JEWS THE RURAL VILLAGERS WHO WERE DWELLING IN [THE] CITIES OF THE OPEN REGIONS [ARE] OBSERVING <OBJ.> DAY FOUR- TEEN OF [THE] MONTH ADAR JOY AND A FEAST AND A DAY GOOD AND [THE] SENDING OF PORTIONS EACH TO NEIGHBOR HIS
19 This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.
20 AND HE WROTE MORDECAI <OBJ.> THE WORDS <THE> THESE AND HE SENT OUT LETTERS TO ALL THE JEWS WHO [WERE] IN ALL [THE] PROVINCES OF THE KING AHASUERUS <THE> NEAR AND <THE> FAR
20 Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,
21 TO IMPOSE ON THEM TO BE OBSERVING <OBJ.> DAY FOUR- TEEN OF [THE] MONTH ADAR AND <OBJ.> DAY FIF- TEEN IN IT IN EVERY YEAR AND YEAR
21 to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
22 AS THE DAYS WHEN THEY HAD REST ON THEM THE JEWS FROM ENEMIES THEIR AND THE MONTH WHEN IT WAS CHANGED FOR THEM FROM SORROW INTO JOY AND FROM MOURNING INTO A DAY GOOD TO MAKE <OBJ.> THEM DAYS OF FEAST AND JOY AND [THE] SENDING OF PORTIONS EACH TO NEIGHBOR HIS AND GIFTS TO THE NEEDY [PEOPLE]
22 as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.
23 AND HE ACCEPTED THE JEWS <OBJ.> [THAT] WHICH THEY HAD BEGUN TO DO AND <OBJ.> [THAT] WHICH HE HAD WRITTEN MORDECAI TO THEM
23 So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.
24 FOR HAMAN [THE] SON OF HAMMEDATHA THE AGAGITE [THE] OPPOSER OF ALL THE JEWS HE HAD PLANNED ON THE JEWS TO DESTROY THEM AND HE HAD CAST PUR THAT [IS] THE LOT TO TROUBLE THEM AND TO DESTROY THEM
24 For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.
25 AND WHEN CAME IT <TO> BEFORE THE KING HE SAID WITH THE LETTER LET IT RETURN PLAN HIS <THE> EVIL WHICH HE HAD PLANNED ON THE JEWS ON OWN HEAD HIS AND PEOPLE WILL HANG <OBJ.> HIM AND <OBJ.> SONS HIS ON THE GALLOWS
25 But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
26 THERE- -FORE PEOPLE CALLED <TO> THE DAYS <THE> THESE PURIM ON [THE] NAME OF THE PUR THERE- -FORE ON ALL [THE] WORDS OF THE LETTER <THE> THIS AND WHATEVER THEY HAD SEEN ON THUS AND WHATEVER IT HAD HAPPENED TO THEM
26 Therefore these days are called Purim, from the word Pur.
Because of all the instructions in this letter, and because of all they had seen and experienced,
27 THEY IMPOSED AND THEY ACCEPTED THE JEWS ON THEMSELVES AND ON OFFSPRING THEIR AND ON ALL WHO JOINED THEMSELVES TO THEM AND NOT IT WILL PASS AWAY TO BE OBSERVING <OBJ.> [THE] TWO THE DAYS <THE> THESE ACCORDING TO WRITING THEIR AND ACCORDING TO APPOINTED TIME THEIR IN EVERY YEAR AND YEAR
27 the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.
28 AND THE DAYS <THE> THESE [WERE] REMEMBERED AND OBSERVED IN EVERY GENERATION AND GENERATION CLAN AND CLAN PROVINCE AND PROVINCE AND CITY AND CITY AND [THE] DAYS OF THE PURIM <THE> THESE NOT THEY WILL PASS AWAY FROM AMONG THE JEWS AND REMEMBRANCE THEIR NOT IT WILL CEASE FROM OFFSPRING THEIR
28 These days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.
29 AND SHE WROTE ESTHER THE QUEEN [THE] DAUGHTER OF ABIHAIL AND MORDECAI THE JEW <OBJ.> ALL AUTHORITY TO CONFIRM <OBJ.> [THE] LETTER OF THE PURIM <THE> THIS <THE> SECOND
29 So Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.
30 AND HE SENT LETTERS TO ALL THE JEWS TO SEVEN AND TWENTY AND ONE HUNDRED PROVINCE[S] [THE] KINGDOM OF AHASUERUS WORDS OF PEACE AND TRUTH
30 And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,
31 TO CONFIRM <OBJ.> [THE] DAYS OF THE PURIM <THE> THESE AT APPOINTED TIMES THEIR JUST AS HE HAD IMPOSED ON THEM MORDECAI THE JEW AND ESTHER THE QUEEN AND JUST AS THEY HAD IMPOSED ON SELF THEIR AND ON OFFSPRING THEIR [THE] WORDS OF THE FASTS AND CRY OF DISTRESS THEIR
31 in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.
32 AND [THE] COMMAND OF ESTHER IT CONFIRMED [THE] WORDS OF THE PURIM <THE> THESE AND [IT WAS] WRITTEN IN THE BOOK
32 So Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, which were written into the record.
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