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1아달월 곧 십이월 십삼일은 왕의 조명을 행하게 된 날이라 유다인의 대적이 저희를 제어하기를 바랐더니 유다인이 도리어 자기를 미워하는 자를 제어하게 된 그 날에 2유다인들이 아하수에로 왕의 각 도, 각 읍에 모여 자기를 해하고자 하는 자를 죽이려 하니 모든 민족이 저희를 두려워하여 능히 막을 자가 없고 3각 도 모든 관원과 대신과 방백과 왕의 사무를 보는 자들이 모르드개를 두려워하므로 다 유다인을 도우니 4모르드개가 왕궁에서 존귀하여 점점 창대하매 이 사람 모르드개의 명성이 각 도에 퍼지더라 5유다인이 칼로 그 모든 대적을 쳐서 도륙하고 진멸하고 자기를 미워하는 자에게 마음대로 행하고 6유다인이 또 도성 수산에서 오백 인을 죽이고 멸하고 7또 바산다다와 달본과 아스바다와 8보라다와 아달리야와 아리다다와 9바마스다와 아리새와 아리대와 왜사다 10곧 함므다다의 손자요 유다인의 대적 하만의 열 아들을 죽였으나 그 재산에는 손을 대지 아니하였더라 11그 날에 도성 수산에서 도륙한 자의 수효를 왕께 고하니 12왕이 왕후 에스더에게 이르되 유다인이 도성 수산에서 이미 오백 인을 죽이고 멸하고 또 하만의 열 아들을 죽였으니 왕의 다른 도에서는 어떠하였겠느뇨 이제 그대의 소청이 무엇이뇨 곧 허락하겠노라 그대의 요구가 무엇이뇨 또한 시행하겠노라 13에스더가 가로되 왕이 만일 선히 여기시거든 수산에 거하는 유다인으로 내일도 오늘날 조서대로 행하게 하시고 하만의 열 아들의 시체를 나무에 달게 하소서 14왕이 그대로 행하기를 허락하고 조서를 내리니 하만의 열 아들의 시체가 달리니라 15아달월 십사일에도 수산에 있는 유다인이 모여 또 삼백 인을 수산에서 도륙하되 그 재산에는 손을 대지 아니하였고 16왕의 각 도에 있는 다른 유다인들이 모여 스스로 생명을 보호하여 대적들에게서 벗어나며 자기를 미워하는 자 칠만 오천 인을 도륙하되 그 재산에는 손을 대지 아니하였더라 17아달월 십삼일에 그 일을 행하였고 십사일에 쉬며 그 날에 잔치를 베풀어 즐겼고 18수산에 거한 유다인은 십삼일과 십사일에 모였고 십오일에 쉬며 이 날에 잔치를 베풀어 즐긴지라 19그러므로 촌촌의 유다인 곧 성이 없는 고을 고을에 거하는 자들이 아달월 십사일로 경절을 삼아 잔치를 베풀고 즐기며 서로 예물을 주더라 20모르드개가 이 일을 기록하고 아하수에로 왕의 각 도에 있는 모든 유다인에게 무론 원근하고 글을 보내어 이르기를 21한 규례를 세워 해마다 아달월 십사일과 십오일을 지키라 22이 달 이 날에 유다인이 대적에게서 벗어나서 평안함을 얻어 슬픔이 변하여 기쁨이 되고 애통이 변하여 길한 날이 되었으니 이 두 날을 지켜 잔치를 베풀고 즐기며 서로 예물을 주며 가난한 자를 구제하라 하매 23유다인이 자기들의 이미 시작한 대로 또는 모르드개의 보낸 글대로 계속하여 행하였으니 24곧 아각 사람 함므다다의 아들 모든 유다인의 대적 하만이 유다인을 진멸하기를 꾀하고 부르 곧 제비를 뽑아 저희를 죽이고 멸하려 하였으나 25에스더가 왕의 앞에 나아감을 인하여 왕이 조서를 내려 하만이 유다인을 해하려던 악한 꾀를 그 머리에 돌려 보내어 하만과 그 여러 아들을 나무에 달게 하였으므로 26무리가 부르의 이름을 좇아 이 두 날을 부림이라 하고 유다인이 이 글의 모든 말과 이 일에 보고 당한 것을 인하여 27뜻을 정하고 자기와 자손과 자기와 화합한 자들이 해마다 그 기록한 정기에 이 두 날을 연하여 지켜 폐하지 아니하기로 작정하고 28각 도, 각 읍, 각 집에서 대대로 이 두 날을 기념하여 지키되 이 부림일을 유다인 중에서 폐하지 않게 하고 그 자손 중에서도 기념함이 폐하지 않게 하였더라 29아비하일의 딸 왕후 에스더와 유다인 모르드개가 전권으로 글을 쓰고 부림에 대한 이 둘째 편지를 굳이 지키게 하되 30화평하고 진실한 말로 편지를 써서 아하수에로의 나라 일백이십칠 도에 있는 유다 모든 사람에게 보내어 31정한 기한에 이 부림일을 지키게 하였으니 이는 유다인 모르드개와 왕후 에스더의 명한 바와 유다인이 금식하며 부르짖은 것을 인하여 자기와 자기 자손을 위하여 정한 바가 있음이더라 32에스더의 명령이 이 부림에 대한 일을 견고히 하였고 그 일이 책에 기록되었더라

1Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the month, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to conquer them, (but it was turned out the opposite happened, that the Jews conquered those who hated them), 2the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus, to lay hands on those who wanted to harm them. No one could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen on all the people. 3All the princes of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and those who did the king’s business helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen on them. 4For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai grew greater and greater. 5The Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they wanted to those who hated them. 6In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men. 7They killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, 8Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, 9Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha, 10the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jew’s enemy, but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder. 11On that day, the number of those who were slain in the citadel of Susa was brought before the king. 12The king said to Esther the queen, “The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in the citadel of Susa, including the ten sons of Haman; what then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! Now what is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your further request? It shall be done.” 13Then Esther said, “If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according to this day’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.” 14The king commanded this to be done. A decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons. 15The Jews who were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and killed three hundred men in Shushan; but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder. 16The other Jews who were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, defended their lives, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them; but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder. 17This was done on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of that month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness. 18But the Jews who were in Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth days of the month; and on the fifteenth day of that month, they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. 19Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, a good day, and a day of sending presents of food to one another. 20Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both near and far, 21to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month Adar yearly, 22as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending presents of food to one another, and gifts to the needy. 23The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them; 24because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast “Pur”, that is the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them; 25but when this became known to the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. 26Therefore they called these days “Purim”, from the word “Pur.” Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come to them, 27the Jews established, and imposed on themselves, and on their descendants, and on all those who joined themselves to them, so that it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to what was written, and according to its appointed time, every year; 28and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor their memory perish from their seed. 29Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim. 30He sent letters to all the Jews, to the hundred twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth, 31to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had decreed, and as they had imposed upon themselves and their descendants, in the matter of the fastings and their cry. 32The commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

1In de twaalfde maand nu (dezelve is de maand Adar), op den dertienden dag derzelve, toen des konings woord en zijn wet nabij gekomen was, dat men het doen zou, ten dage, als de vijanden der Joden hoopten over hen te heersen, zo is het omgekeerd, want de Joden heersten over hun haters. 2Want de Joden vergaderden zich in hun steden, in al de landschappen van den koning Ahasveros, om de hand te slaan aan degenen, die hun verderf zochten; en niemand bestond voor hen, want hunlieder schrik was op al die volken gevallen. 3En al de oversten der landschappen, en de stadhouders, en landvoogden, en die het werk des konings deden, verhieven de Joden; want de vreze van Mordechai was op hen gevallen. 4Want Mordechai was groot in het huis des konings, en zijn gerucht ging uit door alle landschappen; want die man, Morde chai, werd doorgaans groter. 5De Joden nu sloegen op al hun vijanden, met den slag des zwaards, en der doding, en der verderving; en zij deden met hun haters naar hun welbehagen. 6En in den burg Susan hebben de Joden gedood en omgebracht vijfhonderd mannen. 7En Parsandatha, en Dalfon, en Asfata, 8En Poratha, en Adalia, en Aridatha, 9En Parmastha, en Arisai, en Aridai, en Vaizatha, 10De tien zonen van Haman, den zoon van Hammedatha, den vijand der Joden, doodden zij; maar zij sloegen hun handen niet aan den roof. 11Ten zelfden dage kwam voor den koning het getal der gedoden op den burg Susan. 12En de koning zeide tot de koningin Esther: Te Susan op den burg hebben de Joden gedood en omgebracht vijfhonderd mannen en de tien zonen van Haman; wat hebben zij in al de andere landschappen des konings gedaan? Wat is nu uw bede? en het zal u gegeven worden; of wat is verder uw verzoek? het zal geschieden. 13Toen zeide Esther: Dunkt het den koning goed, men late ook morgen den Joden, die te Susan zijn, toe, te doen naar het gebod van heden; en men hange de tien zonen van Haman aan de galg. 14Toen zeide de koning, dat men alzo doen zou; en er werd een gebod gegeven te Susan, en men hing de tien zonen van Haman op. 15En de Joden, die te Susan waren, vergaderden ook op den veertienden dag der maand Adar, en zij doodden te Susan driehonderd mannen; maar zij sloegen hun hand niet aan den roof. 16De overige Joden nu, die in de landschappen des konings waren, vergaderden, opdat zij stonden voor hun leven, en rust hadden van hun vijanden, en zij doodden onder hun haters vijf en zeventig duizend; maar zij sloegen hun hand niet aan den roof. 17Dit geschiedde op den dertienden dag der maand Adar; en op de veertienden derzelve rustten zij, en zij maakten denzelven een dag der maaltijden en der vreugde. 18En de Joden, die te Susan waren, vergaderden op den dertienden derzelve, en op den veertienden derzelve; en zij rustten op den vijftienden derzelve, en zij maakten denzelven een dag der maaltijden en der vreugde. 19Daarom maakten de Joden van de dorpen, die in de dorpsteden woonden, den veertienden dag der maand Adar ter vreugde en maaltijden, en een vrolijken dag, en der zending van delen aan elkander. 20En Mordechai beschreef deze geschiedenissen; en hij zond brieven aan al de Joden, die in al de landschappen van den koning Ahasveros waren, dien, die nabij, en dien, die verre waren, 21Om over hen te bevestigen, dat zij zouden onderhouden den veertienden dag der maand Adar, en den vijftienden dag derzelve, in alle en in ieder jaar; 22Naar de dagen, in dewelke de Joden tot rust gekomen waren van hun vijanden, en de maand, die hun veranderd was van droefenis in blijdschap, en van rouw in een vrolijken dag; dat zij dezelve dagen maken zouden tot dagen der maaltijden, en der vreugde, en der zending van delen aan elkander, en der gaven aan de armen. 23En de Joden namen aan te doen, wat zij begonnen hadden, en dat Mordechai aan hen geschreven had. 24Omdat Haman, de zoon van Hammedatha, den Agagiet, aller Joden vijand, tegen de Joden gedacht had hen om te brengen; en dat hij het Pur, dat is, het lot had geworpen, om hen te verslaan, en om hen om te brengen. 25Maar als zij voor den koning gekomen was, heeft hij door brieven bevolen, dat zijn boze gedachte, die hij gedacht had over de Joden, op zijn hoofd zou wederkeren; en men heeft hem en zijn zonen aan de galg gehangen. 26Daarom noemt men die dagen Purim, van den naam van dat Pur. Hierom, vanwege al de woorden van dien brief, en hetgeen zij zelven daarvan gezien hadden, en wat tot hen overgekomen was, 27Bevestigden de Joden, en namen op zich en op hun zaad, en op allen, die zich tot hen vervoegen zouden, dat men het niet overtrade, dat zij deze twee dagen zouden houden, naar het voorschrift derzelve, en naar den bestemden tijd derzelve, in alle en ieder jaar; 28Dat deze dagen gedacht zouden worden en onderhouden, in alle en elk geslacht, elk huisgezin, elk landschap en elke stad; en dat deze dagen van Purim niet zouden overtreden worden onder de Joden, en dat de gedachtenis derzelve geen einde nemen zou bij hun zaad. 29Daarna schreef de koningin Esther, de dochter van Abichail, en Mordechai, de Jood, met alle macht, om dezen brief van Purim ten tweeden male te bevestigen. 30En hij zond de brieven aan al de Joden, in de honderd zeven en twintig landschappen van het koninkrijk van Ahasveros, met woorden van vrede en trouw; 31Dat zij deze dagen van Purim bevestigen zouden op hun bestemde tijden, gelijk als Mordechai, de Jood, over hen bevestigd had, en Esther, de koningin, en gelijk als zij het bevestigd hadden voor zichzelven en voor hun zaad; de zaken van het vasten en hunlieder geroep. 32En het bevel van Esther bevestigde de geschiedenissen van deze Purim, en het werd in een boek geschreven.