Esther 8

1 in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to give: give [the] king Ahasuerus to/for Esther [the] queen [obj] house: home Haman to vex ([the] Jew *Qk) and Mordecai to come (in): come to/for face: before [the] king for to tell Esther what? he/she/it to/for her

That very day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the property that had belonged to Haman, the enemy of the Jews. Also, Mordecai came before the king, because Esther had explained who he was to her.

2 and to turn aside: remove [the] king [obj] ring his which to pass: bring from Haman and to give: give her to/for Mordecai and to set: appoint Esther [obj] Mordecai upon house: home Haman

The king removed his signet ring which he had taken back from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther put Mordecai in charge of Haman's property.

3 and to add: again Esther and to speak: speak to/for face: before [the] king and to fall: fall to/for face: before foot his and to weep and be gracious to/for him to/for to pass: bring [obj] distress: evil Haman [the] Agagite and [obj] plot his which to devise: design upon [the] Jew

Esther went to speak to the king again, falling down at his feet and weeping, pleading with him to do away with the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite that he had thought up to destroy the Jews.

4 and to extend [the] king to/for Esther [obj] scepter [the] gold and to arise: rise Esther and to stand: stand to/for face: before [the] king

Once again the king held out the golden scepter to Esther. She got up and stood before him.

5 and to say if upon [the] king pleasant and if to find favor to/for face: before his and to succeed [the] word: thing to/for face: before [the] king and pleasant I in/on/with eye: appearance his to write to/for to return: turn back [obj] [the] scroll: document plot Haman son: child Hammedatha [the] Agagite which to write to/for to perish [obj] [the] Jew which in/on/with all province [the] king

Esther said, “If it please Your Majesty, and if he looks on me favorably, and if the king believes it is the right thing to do, and if he is pleased with me, let an order be issued that revokes the letters sent out by Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, with his devious scheme to destroy the Jews in all the provinces of the king.

6 for how? be able and to see: see in/on/with distress: harm which to find [obj] people my and how? be able and to see: see in/on/with destruction relatives my

For how can I bear to see the disaster about to fall on my people? How can I bear to see the destruction of my family?”

7 and to say [the] king Ahasuerus to/for Esther [the] queen and to/for Mordecai [the] Jew behold house: household Haman to give: give to/for Esther and [obj] him to hang upon [the] tree: stake upon which to send: reach hand his (in/on/with Jew *Qk)

King Xerxes said to Esther the Queen and Mordecai the Jew, “Notice that I have given Haman's estate to Esther, and he was impaled on a pole because he wanted to kill the Jews.

8 and you(m. p.) to write upon [the] Jew like/as pleasant in/on/with eye: appearance your in/on/with name [the] king and to seal in/on/with ring [the] king for writing which to write in/on/with name [the] king and to seal in/on/with ring [the] king nothing to/for to return: turn back

Now you may write an order regarding the Jews in whatever way you want, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's signet ring. For no decree written in the king's name and sealed with his signet ring can be revoked.”

9 and to call: call to scribe [the] king in/on/with time [the] he/she/it in/on/with month [the] third he/she/it month Sivan in/on/with three and twenty in/on/with him and to write like/as all which to command Mordecai to(wards) [the] Jew and to(wards) [the] satrap and [the] governor and ruler [the] province which from India and till Ethiopia seven and twenty and hundred province province and province like/as writing her and people and people like/as tongue: language his and to(wards) [the] Jew like/as writing their and like/as tongue: language their

The king's secretaries were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan, they wrote a decree of all of Mordecai's orders to the Jews and to the king's chief officers, the governors, and the nobles of the 127 provinces from India to Ethiopia. They wrote to every province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

10 and to write in/on/with name [the] king Ahasuerus and to seal in/on/with ring [the] king and to send: depart scroll: document in/on/with hand: by [the] to run: run in/on/with horse to ride [the] steed [the] steed son: young animal [the] mare

He wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the king's signet ring. He sent the letters by messenger on horseback, who rode fast thoroughbred horses of the king.

11 which to give: allow [the] king to/for Jew which in/on/with all city and city to/for to gather and to/for to stand: stand upon soul: life their to/for to destroy and to/for to kill and to/for to perish [obj] all strength: soldiers people and province [the] to provoke [obj] them child and woman and spoil their to/for to plunder

The letters from the king authorized the Jews in every city to gather together in self-defense, and to destroy, kill, and annihilate any armed group of a people or province that might attack them, including women and children, and to confiscate their possessions.

12 in/on/with day one in/on/with all province [the] king Ahasuerus in/on/with three ten to/for month two ten he/she/it month Adar

This was to happen on one day throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

13 copy [the] writing to/for to give: give law in/on/with all province and province to reveal: proclaim to/for all [the] people and to/for to be ([the] Jew *Qk) (ready *QK) to/for day [the] this to/for to avenge from enemy their

A copy of the decree was to be issued as law in every province and publicized to the people so that the Jews would be ready on that day to pay back their enemies.

14 [the] to run: run to ride [the] steed [the] steed to come out: come to dismay and to hasten in/on/with word [the] king and [the] law to give: give in/on/with Susa [the] palace

By order of the king, the messengers riding the king's relay horses rushed out, hurrying on their way. The decree was also issued in the fortress of Susa.

15 and Mordecai to come out: come from to/for face [the] king in/on/with clothing royalty blue and white and crown gold great: large and robe fine linen and purple and [the] city Susa to cry out and to rejoice

Then Mordecai left the king, wearing royal clothes of blue and white, with a large golden crown and a purple robe made of fine linen. The city of Susa shouted with joy.

16 to/for Jew to be light and joy and rejoicing and preciousness

For the Jews it was a bright time of happiness, joy, and respect.

17 and in/on/with all province and province and in/on/with all city and city place which word [the] king and law his to touch joy and rejoicing to/for Jew feast and day pleasant and many from people [the] land: country/planet to become a Jew for to fall: fall dread [the] Jew upon them

In every province and in every city, wherever the king's order and decree had reached, the Jews were joyful and happy—they feasted and celebrated. Many people became Jews, because they had become afraid of them.