< أَسْتِير 9 >

وَفِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلثَّانِي عَشَرَ، أَيْ شَهْرِ أَذَارَ، فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثَ عَشَرَ مِنْهُ، حِينَ قَرُبَ كَلَامُ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَأَمْرُهُ مِنَ ٱلإِجْرَاءِ، فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلَّذِي ٱنْتَظَرَ فِيهِ أَعْدَاءُ ٱلْيَهُودِ أَنْ يَتَسَلَّطُوا عَلَيْهِمْ، فَتَحَوَّلَ ذَلِكَ، حَتَّى إِنَّ ٱلْيَهُودَ تَسَلَّطُوا عَلَى مُبْغِضِيهِمِ. ١ 1
For in the twelfth month, on the thirteenth day of the month which is Adar, the letters written by the king arrived.
ٱجْتَمَعَ ٱلْيَهُودُ فِي مُدُنِهِمْ فِي كُلِّ بِلَادِ ٱلْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ لِيَمُدُّوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ إِلَى طَالِبِي أَذِيَّتِهِمْ، فَلَمْ يَقِفْ أَحَدٌ قُدَّامَهُمْ لِأَنَّ رُعْبَهُمْ سَقَطَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ. ٢ 2
In that day the adversaries of the Jews perished: for no one resisted, through fear of them.
وكُلُّ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْبُلْدَانِ وَٱلْمَرَازِبَةُ وَٱلْوُلَاةُ وَعُمَّالُ ٱلْمَلِكِ سَاعَدُوا ٱلْيَهُودَ، لِأَنَّ رُعْبَ مُرْدَخَايَ سَقَطَ عَلَيْهِمْ. ٣ 3
For the chiefs of the satraps, and the princes and the royal scribes, honoured the Jews; for the fear of Mardochæus lay upon them.
لِأَنَّ مُرْدَخَايَ كَانَ عَظِيمًا فِي بَيْتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَسَارَ خَبَرُهُ فِي كُلِّ ٱلْبُلْدَانِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّجُلَ مُرْدَخَايَ كَانَ يَتَزَايَدُ عَظَمَةً. ٤ 4
For the order of the king was in force, that he should be celebrated in all the kingdom.
فَضَرَبَ ٱلْيَهُودُ جَمِيعَ أَعْدَائِهِمْ ضَرْبَةَ سَيْفٍ وَقَتْلٍ وَهَلَاكٍ، وَعَمِلُوا بِمُبْغِضِيهِمْ مَا أَرَادُوا. ٥ 5
وَقَتَلَ ٱلْيَهُودُ فِي شُوشَنَ ٱلْقَصْرِ وَأَهْلَكُوا خَمْسَ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ. ٦ 6
And in the city Susa the Jews slew five hundred men:
وَفَرْشَنْدَاثَا وَدَلْفُونَ وَأَسْفَاثَا، ٧ 7
both Pharsannes, and Delphon and Phasga,
وَفُورَاثَا وَأَدَلْيَا وَأَرِيدَاثَا، ٨ 8
and Pharadatha, and Barea, and Sarbaca,
وَفَرْمَشْتَا وَأَرِيسَايَ وَأَرِيدَايَ وَيِزَاثَا، ٩ 9
and Marmasima, and Ruphæus, and Arsæus, and Zabuthæus,
عَشَرَةَ، بَنِي هَامَانَ بْنِ هَمَدَاثَا عَدُوِّ ٱلْيَهُودِ، قَتَلُوهُمْ وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَمُدُّوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ إِلَى ٱلنَّهْبِ. ١٠ 10
the ten sons of Aman the son of Amadathes the Bugæan, the enemy of the Jews, and they plundered [their property] on the same day:
فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ أُتِيَ بِعَدَدِ ٱلْقَتْلَى فِي شُوشَنَ ٱلْقَصْرِ إِلَى بَيْنِ يَدَيِ ٱلْمَلِكِ. ١١ 11
and the number of them that perished in Susa was rendered to the king.
فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِأَسْتِيرَ ٱلْمَلِكَةِ فِي شُوشَنَ ٱلْقَصْرِ: «قَدْ قَتَلَ ٱلْيَهُودُ وَأَهْلَكُوا خَمْسَ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ، وَبَنِي هَامَانَ ٱلْعَشَرَةَ، فَمَاذَا عَمِلُوا فِي بَاقِي بُلْدَانِ ٱلْمَلِكِ؟ فَمَا هُوَ سُؤْلُكِ فَيُعْطَى لَكِ؟ وَمَا هِيَ طِلْبَتُكِ بَعْدُ فَتُقْضَى؟». ١٢ 12
And the king said to Esther, The Jews have slain five hundred men in the city Susa; and how, thinkest thou, have they used them in the rest of the country? What then dost thou yet ask, that it may be [done] for thee?
فَقَالَتْ أَسْتِيرُ: «إِنْ حَسُنَ عِنْدَ ٱلْمَلِكِ فَلْيُعْطَ غَدًا أَيْضًا لِلْيَهُودِ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي شُوشَنَ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا كَمَا فِي هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ، وَيَصْلِبُوا بَنِي هَامَانَ ٱلْعَشَرَةَ عَلَى ٱلْخَشَبَةِ». ١٣ 13
And Esther said to the king, Let it be granted to the Jews so to treat them to-morrow as to hang the ten sons of Aman.
فَأَمَرَ ٱلْمَلِكُ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا هَكَذَا، وَأُعْطِيَ ٱلْأَمْرُ فِي شُوشَنَ. فَصَلَبُوا بَنِي هَامَانَ ٱلْعَشَرَةَ. ١٤ 14
And he permitted it to be so done; and he gave up to the Jews of the city the bodies of the sons of Aman to hang.
ثُمَّ ٱجْتَمَعَ ٱلْيَهُودُ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي شُوشَنَ، فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلرَّابِعِ عَشَرَ أَيْضًا مِنْ شَهْرِ أَذَارَ، وَقَتَلُوا فِي شُوشَنَ ثَلَاثَ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَمُدُّوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ إِلَى ٱلنَّهْبِ. ١٥ 15
And the Jews assembled in Susa on the fourteenth [day] of Adar, and slew three hundred men, but plundered no property.
وَبَاقِي ٱلْيَهُودِ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي بُلْدَانِ ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱجْتَمَعُوا وَوَقَفُوا لِأَجْلِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَٱسْتَرَاحُوا مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِمْ، وَقَتَلُوا مِنْ مُبْغِضِيهِمْ خَمْسَةً وَسَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَمُدُّوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ إِلَى ٱلنَّهْبِ. ١٦ 16
And the rest of the Jews who were in the kingdom assembled, and helped one another, and obtained rest from their enemies: for they destroyed fifteen thousand of them on the thirteenth [day] of Adar, but took no spoil.
فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ عَشَرَ مِنْ شَهْرِ أَذَارَ. وَٱسْتَرَاحُوا فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلرَّابِعِ عَشَرَ مِنْهُ وَجَعَلُوهُ يَوْمَ شُرْبٍ وَفَرَحٍ. ١٧ 17
And they rested on the fourteenth of the same month, and kept it as a day of rest with joy and gladness.
وَٱلْيَهُودُ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي شُوشَنَ ٱجْتَمَعُوا فِي ٱلثَّالِثِ عَشَرَ وَٱلرَّابِعِ عَشَرَ مِنْهُ، وَٱسْتَرَاحُوا فِي ٱلْخَامِسِ عَشَرَ وَجَعَلُوهُ يَوْمَ شُرْبٍ وَفَرَحٍ. ١٨ 18
And the Jews in the city Susa assembled also on the fourteenth [day] and rested; and they kept also the fifteenth with joy and gladness.
لِذَلِكَ يَهُودُ ٱلْأَعْرَاءِ ٱلسَّاكِنُونَ فِي مُدُنِ ٱلْأَعْرَاءِ جَعَلُوا ٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلرَّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنْ شَهْرِ أَذَارَ لِلْفَرَحِ وَٱلشُّرْبِ، وَيَوْمًا طَيِّبًا وَلِإِرْسَالِ أَنْصِبَةٍ مِنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ. ١٩ 19
On this account then [it is that] the Jews dispersed in every foreign land keep the fourteenth of Adar [as] a holy day with joy, sending portions each to his neighbour.
وَكَتَبَ مُرْدَخَايُ هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورَ وَأَرْسَلَ رَسَائِلَ إِلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلْيَهُودِ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي كُلِّ بُلْدَانِ ٱلْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ ٱلْقَرِيبِينَ وَٱلْبَعِيدِينَ، ٢٠ 20
And Mardochæus wrote these things in a book, and sent them to the Jews, as many as were in the kingdom of Artaxerxes, both them that were near and them that were afar off,
لِيُوجِبَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يُعَيِّدُوا فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلرَّابِعِ عَشَرَ مِنْ شَهْرِ أَذَارَ، وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْخَامِسِ عَشَرَ مِنْهُ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ، ٢١ 21
to establish these [as] joyful days, and to keep the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar;
حَسَبَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلَّتِي ٱسْتَرَاحَ فِيهَا ٱلْيَهُودُ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِمْ وَٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلَّذِي تَحَوَّلَ عِنْدَهُمْ مِنْ حُزْنٍ إِلَى فَرَحٍ وَمِنْ نَوْحٍ إِلَى يَوْمٍ طَيِّبٍ، لِيَجْعَلُوهَا أَيَّامَ شُرْبٍ وَفَرَحٍ وَإِرْسَالِ أَنْصِبَةٍ مِنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ وَعَطَايَا لِلْفُقَرَاءِ. ٢٢ 22
for on these days the Jews obtained rest from their enemies: and [as to] the month, which was Adar, in which a change was made for them, from mourning to joy, and from sorrow to a good day, to spend the whole of it [in] good days of feasting and gladness, sending portions to their friends, and to the poor.
فَقَبِلَ ٱلْيَهُودُ مَا ٱبْتَدَأُوا يَعْمَلُونَهُ وَمَا كَتَبَهُ مُرْدَخَايُ إِلَيْهِمْ. ٢٣ 23
And the Jews consented [to this] accordingly as Mardochæus wrote to them,
وَلِأَنَّ هَامَانَ بْنَ هَمَدَاثَا ٱلْأَجَاجِيَّ عَدُوَّ ٱلْيَهُودِ جَمِيعًا تَفَكَّرَ عَلَى ٱلْيَهُودِ لِيُبِيدَهُمْ وَأَلْقَى فُورًا، أَيْ قُرْعَةً، لِإِفْنَائِهِمْ وَإِبَادَتِهِمْ. ٢٤ 24
[shewing] how Aman the son of Amadathes the Macedonian fought against them, how he made a decree and cast lots to destroy them utterly;
وَعِنْدَ دُخُولِهَا إِلَى أَمَامِ ٱلْمَلِكِ أَمَرَ بِكِتَابَةٍ أَنْ يُرَدَّ تَدْبِيرُهُ ٱلرَّدِيءُ ٱلَّذِي دَبَّرَهُ ضِدَّ ٱلْيَهُودِ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، وَأَنْ يَصْلِبُوهُ هُوَ وَبَنِيهِ عَلَى ٱلْخَشَبَةِ. ٢٥ 25
also how he went in to the king, telling [him] to hang Mardochæus: but all the calamities he tried to bring upon the Jews came upon himself, and he was hanged, and his children.
لِذَلِكَ دَعُوا تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ «فُورِيمَ» عَلَى ٱسْمِ ٱلْفُورِ. لِذَلِكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ جَمِيعِ كَلِمَاتِ هَذِهِ ٱلرِّسَالَةِ وَمَا رَأَوْهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَمَا أَصَابَهُمْ، ٢٦ 26
Therefore these days were called Phruræ, because of the lots; (for in their language they are called Phruræ; ) because of the words of this letter, and [because of] all they suffered on this account, and all that happened to them.
أَوْجَبَ ٱلْيَهُودُ وَقَبِلُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَعَلَى نَسْلِهِمْ وَعَلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَلْتَصِقُونَ بِهِمْ حَتَّى لَا يَزُولَ، أَنْ يُعَيِّدُوا هَذَيْنِ ٱلْيَوْمَيْنِ حَسَبَ كِتَابَتِهِمَا وَحَسَبَ أَوْقَاتِهِمَا كُلَّ سَنَةٍ، ٢٧ 27
And [Mardochæus] established it, and the Jews took upon themselves, and upon their seed, and upon those that were joined to them [to observe it], neither would they on any account behave differently: but these days [were to be] a memorial kept in every generation, and city, and family, and province.
وَأَنْ يُذْكَرَ هَذَانِ ٱلْيَوْمَانِ وَيُحْفَظَا فِي دَوْرٍ فَدَوْرٍ وَعَشِيرَةٍ فَعَشِيرَةٍ وَبِلَادٍ فَبِلَادٍ وَمَدِينَةٍ فَمَدِينَةٍ. وَيَوْمَا ٱلْفُورِ هَذَانِ لَا يَزُولَانِ مِنْ وَسَطِ ٱلْيَهُودِ، وَذِكْرُهُمَا لَا يَفْنَى مِنْ نَسْلِهِمْ. ٢٨ 28
And these days of the Phruræ, [said they], shall be kept for ever, and their memorial shall not fail in any generation.
وَكَتَبَتْ أَسْتِيرُ ٱلْمَلِكَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِيحَائِلَ وَمُرْدَخَايُ ٱلْيَهُودِيُّ بِكُلِّ سُلْطَانٍ بِإِيجَابِ رِسَالَةِ ٱلْفُورِيمِ هَذِهِ ثَانِيَةً، ٢٩ 29
And queen Esther, the daughter of Aminadab, and Mardochæus the Jew, wrote all that they had done, and the confirmation of the letter of Phruræ.
وَأَرْسَلَ ٱلْكِتَابَاتِ إِلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلْيَهُودِ، إِلَى كُوَرِ مَمْلَكَةِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ ٱلْمِئَةِ وَٱلسَّبْعِ وَٱلْعِشْرِينَ بِكَلَامِ سَلَامٍ وَأَمَانَةٍ، ٣٠ 30
لِإِيجَابِ يَوْمَيِ ٱلْفُورِيمِ هَذَيْنِ فِي أَوْقَاتِهِمَا، كَمَا أَوْجَبَ عَلَيْهِمْ مُرْدَخَايُ ٱلْيَهُودِيُّ وَأَسْتِيرُ ٱلْمَلِكَةُ، وَكَمَا أَوْجَبُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَعَلَى نَسْلِهِمْ أُمُورَ ٱلْأَصْوَامِ وَصُرَاخِهِمْ. ٣١ 31
And Mardochæus and Esther the queen appointed [a fast] for themselves privately, even at that time also having formed their plan against their own health.
وَأَمْرُ أَسْتِيرَ أَوْجَبَ أُمُورَ ٱلْفُورِيمِ هَذِهِ، فَكُتِبَتْ فِي ٱلسِّفْرِ. ٣٢ 32
And Esther established it by a command for ever, and it was written for a memorial.

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