Ester 8

1Nang araw na yaon ay ibinigay ng haring Assuero ang bahay ni Aman na kaaway ng mga Judio kay Esther na reina. At si Mardocheo ay naparoon sa harap ng hari; sapagka't isinaysay ni Esther kung ano niya siya. 2At hinubad ng hari ang kaniyang singsing na hinubad niya kay Aman, at ibinigay kay Mardocheo. At inilagay ni Esther si Mardocheo sa bahay ni Aman. 3At si Esther ay nagsalita pa uli sa harap ng hari, at nagpatirapa sa kaniyang mga paa, at ipinamanhik sa kaniya na may luha, na pawiin ang kasamaan ni Aman na Agageo, at ang kaniyang banta na kaniyang ibinanta sa mga Judio. 4Nang magkagayo'y inilawit ng hari kay Esther ang gintong cetro. Sa gayo'y tumindig si Esther, at tumayo sa harap ng hari. 5At sinabi niya, Kung kinalulugdan ng hari at kung ako'y nakasumpong ng biyaya sa kaniyang paningin, at ang bagay ay inaakalang matuwid sa harap ng hari, at ako'y nakalulugod sa kaniyang mga mata, masulat na tiwaliin ang mga sulat na ibinanta ni Aman na anak ni Amedata, na Agageo, na kaniyang sinulat upang lipulin ang mga Judio na nangasa lahat na lalawigan ng hari: 6Sapagka't paanong ako'y makapagtitiis na makita ang kasamaan na darating sa aking bayan? o paanong ako'y makapagtitiis na makita ang paglipol sa aking kamaganakan? 7Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ng haring Assuero kay Esther na reina, at kay Mardocheo na Judio: Narito, ibinigay ko kay Esther ang bahay ni Aman, at siya ang kanilang binitay sa bibitayan, sapagka't siya'y nagbuhat ng kaniyang kamay sa mga Judio. 8Sumulat naman kayo sa mga Judio, kung anong maibigan ninyo sa pangalan ng hari, at tatakan ninyo ng singsing ng hari: sapagka't ang sulat na nasusulat sa pangalan ng hari, at natatakan ng singsing ng hari ay walang taong makatitiwali. 9Nang magkagayo'y tinawag ang mga kalihim ng hari ng panahong yaon, sa ikatlong buwan, na siyang buwan ng Sivan, nang ikadalawang pu't tatlo niyaon; at nasulat ayon sa lahat na iniutos ni Mardocheo sa mga Judio at sa mga satrapa, at sa mga tagapamahala at mga prinsipe ng mga lalawigan na nandoon mula sa India hanggang sa Etiopia, na isang daan at dalawang pu't pitong lalawigan, sa bawa't lalawigan ayon sa sulat niyaon, at sa bawa't bayan ayon sa wika nila, at sa mga Judio ayon sa sulat nila, at ayon sa wika nila. 10At kaniyang sinulat sa pangalan ng haring Assuero, at tinatakan ng singsing ng hari, at nagpadala ng mga sulat sa pamamagitan ng mga sugo na nagsisipangabayo na nangakasakay sa mga matulin na kabayo na ginagamit sa paglilingkod sa hari, at sa mga batang dromedario; 11Na pinagkakalooban ng hari ang mga Judio na nangasa bawa't bayan, na magpipisan, at ipagsanggalang ang kanilang buhay, upang magpahamak, pumatay, at magpalipol, sa buong kapangyarihan ng bayan at lalawigan na loloob sa kanila, sa kanilang mga bata at mga babae, at kumuha ng samsam sa kanila na pinakahuli, 12Sa isang araw sa lahat na lalawigan ng haring Assuero, nang ikalabing tatlong araw ng ikalabing dalawang buwan, na siyang buwan ng Adar. 13Isang salin ng sulat na ang pasiya'y ihayag sa bawa't lalawigan, ay nahayag sa lahat ng mga bayan, at upang ang mga Judio ay magsihanda sa araw na yaon na magsipanghiganti sa kanilang mga kaaway. 14Sa gayo'y ang mga sugo na nangasasakay sa mga matulin na kabayo na ginagamit sa paglilingkod sa hari ay nagsilabas, na nangagmamadali at nangagtutumulin sa utos ng hari; at ang pasiya ay nahayag sa Susan na bahay-hari. 15At si Mardocheo ay lumabas mula sa harapan ng hari na nakapanamit hari na bughaw, at puti, at may dakilang putong na ginto, at may balabal na mainam na lino at kulay ube: at ang bayan ng Susan ay humiyaw at natuwa. 16Nagkaroon ang mga Judio ng kaliwanagan at ng kasayahan, at ng kagalakan at ng karangalan. 17At sa bawa't lalawigan, at sa bawa't bayan, saan man dumating ang utos ng hari at pasiya niya, ay nagkaroon ang mga Judio ng kasayahan at kagalakan, ng kapistahan at mabuting araw. At marami na mula sa mga bayan ng lupain ay naging mga Judio; sapagka't ang takot sa mga Judio ay suma kanila.

1On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her. 2The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman. 3Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews. 4Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king. 5She said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right to the king, and I am 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 who are in all the king’s provinces. 6For how can I endure to see the evil that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?” 7Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, “See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged on the gallows, because he laid his hand on the Jews. 8Write also to the Jews, as it pleases 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 not be reversed by any man.” 9Then the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing, and in their language. 10He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by courier on horseback, riding on royal horses that were bred from swift steeds. 11In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to defend their life, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions, 12on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. 13A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that the Jews should be ready for that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. 14So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. 15Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and was glad. 16The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor. 17In every province, and in every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast, and a good day. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen on them.

1Te dienzelfden dage gaf de koning Ahasveros aan de koningin Esther het huis van Haman, den vijand der Joden; en Mordechai kwam voor het aangezicht des konings, want Esther had te kennen gegeven, wat hij voor haar was. 2En de koning toog zijn ring af, dien hij van Haman genomen had, en gaf hem aan Mordechai; en Esther stelde Mordechai over het huis van Haman. 3En Esther sprak verder voor het aangezicht des konings, en zij viel voor zijn voeten, en zij weende, en zij smeekte hem, dat hij de boosheid van Haman, den Agagiet, en zijn gedachte, die hij tegen de Joden gedacht had, zou wegnemen. 4De koning nu reikte den gouden scepter Esther toe. Toen rees Esther op, en zij stond voor het aangezicht des konings. 5En zij zeide: Indien het den koning goeddunkt, en indien ik genade voor zijn aangezicht gevonden heb en deze zaak voor den koning recht is, en ik in zijn ogen aangenaam ben, dat er geschreven worde, dat de brieven en de gedachte van Haman, den zoon van Hammedatha, den Agagiet, wederroepen worden, welke hij geschreven heeft, om de Joden om te brengen, die in al de landschappen des konings zijn. 6Want hoe zal ik vermogen, dat ik aanzie het kwaad, dat mijn volk treffen zal? En hoe zal ik vermogen, dat ik aanzie het verderf van mijn geslacht? 7Toen zeide de koning Ahasveros tot de koningin Esther en tot Mordechai, den Jood: Ziet, het huis van Haman heb ik Esther gegeven, en hem heeft men aan de galg gehangen, omdat hij zijn hand aan de Joden geslagen had. 8Schrijft dan gijlieden voor de Joden, zoals het goed is in uw ogen, in des konings naam, en verzegelt het met des konings ring; want het schrift, dat in des konings naam geschreven, en met des konings ring verzegeld is, is niet te wederroepen. 9Toen werden des konings schrijvers geroepen, ter zelfder tijd, in de derde maand (zij is de maand Sivan), op den drie en twintigsten derzelve, en er werd geschreven naar alles, wat Mordechai gebood, aan de Joden, en aan de stadhouders, en landvoogden, en oversten der landschappen, die van Indie af tot aan Morenland strekken, honderd zeven en twintig landschappen, een ieder landschap naar zijn schrift, een ieder volk naar zijn spraak; ook aan de Joden naar hun schrift en naar hun spraak. 10En men schreef in den naam van den koning Ahasveros, en men verzegelde het met des konings ring; en men zond de brieven door de hand der lopers te paard, rijdende op snelle kemelen, op muildieren, van merrien geteeld; 11Dat de koning den Joden toeliet, die in elke stad waren, zich te vergaderen, en voor hun leven te staan, om te verdelgen, om te doden en om om te brengen alle macht des volks en des landschaps, die hen benauwen zou, de kleine kinderen en de vrouwen, en hun buit te roven; 12Op een dag in al de landschappen van den koning Ahasveros, op den dertienden der twaalfde maand; deze is de maand Adar. 13De inhoud van dit schrift was: dat een wet zou gegeven worden in alle landschappen, openbaar aan alle volken; en dat de Joden gereed zouden zijn tegen dien dag, om zich te wreken aan hun vijanden. 14De lopers, die op snelle kemelen reden en op muildieren, togen snellijk uit, aangedreven zijnde door het woord des konings. Deze wet nu werd gegeven op den burg Susan. 15En Mordechai ging uit van voor het aangezicht des konings in een hemelsblauw en wit koninklijk kleed, en met een grote gouden kroon, en met een opperkleed van fijn linnen en purper; en de stad Susan juichte en was vrolijk. 16Bij de Joden was licht, en blijdschap, en vreugde, en eer; 17Ook in alle en een ieder landschap, en in alle en een iedere stad, ter plaatse, waar des konings woord en zijn wet aankwam, daar was bij de Joden blijdschap en vreugde, maaltijden en vrolijke dagen; en velen uit de volken des lands werden Joden, want de vreze der Joden was op hen gevallen.