Esther 9
1 The first law that the king had commanded was to be made effective on March 7th. On that day the enemies of the Jews hoped to get rid of them. But instead, on that same day the Jews defeated their enemies.
Perintah raja yang sudah ditetapkan sebelumnya mulai dilaksanakan pada hari ketiga belas bulan Adar. Hari tersebut sudah dinantikan musuh-musuh bangsa Yahudi untuk melenyapkan bangsa itu. Tetapi ternyata, bangsa Yahudilah yang mengalahkan musuh-musuh mereka.
2 Throughout the empire, the Jews gathered together in their cities to attack those who wanted to get rid of them. No one could fight against the Jews, because all the other people in the areas where the Jews lived were afraid of them, [so they did not want to help anyone who attacked the Jews].
Di setiap kota, di seluruh wilayah kerajaan, orang Yahudi bersatu untuk menyerang musuh-musuh mereka. Dan tidak ada yang mampu melawan mereka, karena musuh-musuhnya sudah terlebih dahulu ketakutan.
3 All the governors and [other] officials and important people in all the provinces helped the Jews, because they were afraid of Mordecai.
Semua para pembesar dan para pejabat di seluruh wilayah kekuasaan raja Ahasweros memilih untuk membantu orang-orang Yahudi karena takut kepada Mordekai.
4 They were afraid of him because in all the provinces [they knew that] Mordecai was now the king’s most important official, [with the authority that Haman previously had]. Mordecai was becoming more famous because [the king was giving him] more and more power.
Mordekai diketahui masyarakat umum di seluruh wilayah kerajaan karena pengaruhnya dalam istana, dan dia semakin berkuasa.
5 [On March 7th, ] the Jews attacked and killed with their swords all of their enemies. They did whatever they wanted to do, to the people who hated them.
Pada hari ketiga belas bulan Adar, orang-orang Yahudi melancarkan serangan dan membunuh musuh-musuh mereka dengan pedang. Mereka pun melakukan apa yang mereka inginkan terhadap warga yang membenci mereka.
6 [Just] in Susa alone, the capital city, they killed 500 people.
Di ibukota Susan saja mereka membunuh 500 orang.
7 Among those whom they killed were the ten sons of Haman. [Their names were] Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
Termasuk di antaranya sepuluh anak laki-laki Haman yang bernama Pasandata, Dalfon, Aspata, Porata, Adalia, Aridata, Parmasta, Arisai, Aridai dan Waizata.
8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha.
10 Those were grandsons of Hammedatha and sons of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. The Jews killed them, but they did not take the things that belonged to the people whom they killed.
Mereka adalah anak-anak Haman, yaitu cucu-cucu Hamedata, musuh besar bangsa Yahudi. Orang Yahudi membunuh mereka tetapi tidak merampas harta benda mereka.
11 [At the end of] that day someone reported to the king the number of people whom the Jews killed in Susa.
Pada hari itu juga, ada orang yang melaporkan kepada raja jumlah orang yang dibunuh orang Yahudi di Susan.
12 Then the king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed 500 people here in Susa, including the ten sons of Haman! [So I think that] they must have killed many more people in the rest of my empire [RHQ]! [But okay], now what else do you want me to do for you. You tell me, and I will do it.”
Raja berkata kepada Ratu Ester, “Di Susan saja orang Yahudi sudah membunuh 500 orang termasuk kesepuluh anak laki-laki Haman! Apalagi di wilayah lain dalam kerajaan, pasti sudah membunuh lebih banyak orang lagi. Sekarang apa lagi permintaanmu? Akan aku lakukan!”
13 Esther replied, “If it pleases you, allow the Jews here in Susa to do again tomorrow what [you] commanded [them] to do today. And command that the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows/poles.”
Ester menjawab, “Bila Tuanku Raja berkenan, besok izinkanlah orang Yahudi untuk kembali melaksanakan apa yang sudah mereka lakukan di Susan hari ini. Dan perintahkanlah kesepuluh mayat anak Haman digantung pada tiang penggantungan.”
14 So the king commanded that the Jews be permitted to kill more of their enemies the next day. After he issued [another] order in Susa, the bodies of Haman’s ten sons were hanged.
Raja menyetujui permohonan Ester dan orang Yahudi diizinkan membunuh lebih banyak musuh lagi pada keesokan harinya. Kesepuluh mayat anak Haman juga digantung.
15 On the next day, the Jews in Susa gathered together and killed 300 more people. But [again, ] they did not take the things that belonged to the people whom they killed.
Pada keesokan harinya, pada hari keempat belas bulan Adar, orang-orang Yahudi di Susan berkumpul lagi dan membunuh lebih dari 300 orang musuh, tetapi tidak mengambil harta benda mereka.
16 That happened on March 8th. On the following day, the Jews [in Susa] rested and celebrated. In all the other provinces, the Jewish people gathered together to defend themselves, and they killed 75,000 people who hated them, but [again] they did not take the things that belonged to the people whom they killed.
Pada hari ketiga belas bulan Adar di seluruh provinsi lainnya, semua orang Yahudi juga berkumpul untuk mempertahankan diri, dan mereka membunuh 75.000 orang yang membenci mereka. Mereka tidak mengambil harta benda orang-orang yang mereka bunuh. Pada keesokan harinya, mereka pun beristirahat dan mengadakan perayaan.
17 That occurred on March 7th, and on the following day they rested and celebrated.
18 After the Jews in Susa gathered together [and killed their enemies] on March 7th and 8th, they rested and celebrated on March 9th.
Di ibukota Susan, orang Yahudi berkumpul dan membunuh musuh mereka pada hari ketiga belas dan hari keempat belas bulan Adar. Sesudah itu mereka pun beristirahat sekaligus mengadakan perayaan pada hari kelima belas bulan Adar.
19 That is why [every year], on March 8th, the Jews who live in villages now celebrate [defeating their enemies]. They have feasts and give gifts [of food] to each other.
Itulah sebabnya setiap hari keempat belas bulan Adar, orang Yahudi yang tinggal di pedesaan sekarang mengadakan perayaan dan saling memberi makanan untuk memperingati peristiwa kekalahan musuh-musuh mereka.
20 Mordecai wrote down all the things that had happened. Then he sent letters to the Jews who lived throughout the empire of King Xerxes.
Mordekai mencatat segala sesuatu yang terjadi. Kemudian dia menulis surat kepada semua orang Yahudi yang tinggal di seluruh kerajaan Raja Ahasweros.
21 He told them that every year they should celebrate on the 8th and 9th of March,
Dia memerintahkan mereka untuk mengadakan perayaan setiap tahunnya pada hari keempat belas dan hari kelima belas bulan Adar. Pada hari-hari itulah orang Yahudi mengalahkan musuh mereka, sehingga rasa duka berubah menjadi rasa gembira dan bahagia. Mordekai memerintahkan seluruh bangsa Yahudi untuk mengadakan perayaan dengan berpesta dan saling memberi makanan kepada sesama dan juga kepada orang-orang miskin.
22 because those were the days when the Jews got rid of their enemies. He also told them that they should celebrate on those days by feasting and giving gifts [of food] to each other and to poor people. They would remember it as the month in which they changed from being very sorrowful to being very joyful, from crying to celebrating.
23 So the Jews agreed to do what Mordecai wrote. They agreed to celebrate on those days [every year].
Orang Yahudi pun meneruskan apa yang sudah diperintahkan Mordekai. Mereka sepakat untuk mengadakan perayaan setiap tahun pada hari yang sudah ditentukan.
24 They would remember how Haman, son of Hammedatha, a descendant of [King] Agag, became an enemy of all the Jews. [They would remember] how he had made an evil plan to kill the Jews, and that he had (cast lots/thrown small marked stones) to choose the day to kill [DOU] them.
Mereka akan mengenang bagaimana Haman, musuh bangsa Yahudi, sudah membuang undi yang disebut ‘pur’ untuk menetapkan hari pembantaian bangsa Yahudi. Haman adalah anak Hamedata dari bangsa Agag.
25 [They would remember] that when Esther told the king about Haman’s plan, the king arranged that the evil plan that Haman had made to kill the Jews would fail, and that he [would be killed] instead of the Jews, and that Haman and that his sons were hanged.
Lalu Ester membongkar rencana Haman dan melaporkannya kepada raja. Oleh karena itu raja menggagalkan rencana jahat Haman untuk membantai bangsa Yahudi. Sebaliknya dia menghukum mati Haman dan kesepuluh anaknya.
26 [Because the (lot/small marked stone) that Haman threw was called] Pur, the Jews called these days Purim. And, because of everything that ([Mordecai] wrote/was written) in that letter, and because of all that happened to them,
Itulah sebabnya perayaan untuk memperingati rangkaian kejadian ini disebut Purim, yang berasal dari kata pur yang artinya ‘diundi.’ Haman sudah membuang undi untuk menentukan hari pembantaian bangsa Yahudi. Tetapi oleh karena perubahan yang disebabkan oleh surat resmi tersebut dan oleh karena penyelesaian semua ancaman terhadap mereka,
27 the Jews [throughout the empire] agreed to celebrate in that manner on those two days every year. They said that they would tell their descendants and those people who became Jews to be certain to celebrate this festival every year. They should celebrate just as [Mordecai] told them to do [in the letter] that he wrote.
maka seluruh bangsa Yahudi menetapkan perjanjian secara resmi untuk merayakan kedua hari itu setiap tahun sesuai dengan apa yang sudah ditentukan.
28 They said that they would remember and celebrate on those two days every year, in each family, in every city, and in every province. They solemnly declared that they and their descendants would never stop remembering and celebrating those days called Purim.
Perayaan Purim akan diperingati oleh setiap keluarga orang Yahudi, di setiap desa, kota dan provinsi. Kebiasaan ini mereka berjanji untuk meneruskan setiap tahun turun temurun— tanpa berhenti.
29 Then Mordecai and Queen Esther, who was the daughter of Abihail, wrote a second letter about the Purim feast. Esther used the authority that she had because of being the queen to confirm that what Mordecai had written in the first letter was true.
Lalu atas kewenangan yang sudah diberikan kepadanya sebagai ratu, Ester bersama dengan Mordekai menulis surat kedua untuk menegaskan surat yang pertama tersebut mengenai Hari Raya Purim.
30 What they wrote [in the second letter] was, “We wish that all of you will be living peacefully and safely/righteously. We want you and your descendants to celebrate Purim each year on the days that we two established, and to do the things that we two told you to do.” In that letter, Queen Esther and Mordecai also gave them instructions about (fasting/abstaining from eating food) and being sorrowful. Then copies of that letter were sent to all the Jews who were living in the 127 provinces of the empire.
Isi surat kedua diawali dengan kata-kata salam agar bangsa Yahudi selalu selamat dan sejahtera. Lalu surat itu memesan supaya tetap menjalankan perayaan Purim pada tanggal yang ditetapkan dan sesuai perintah dari Mordekai dan Ratu Ester— termasuk peraturan tentang masa berpuasa dan berkabung. Salinan surat kedua itu dikirim kepada seluruh bangsa Yahudi yang tinggal di 127 provinsi kerajaan Ahasweros.
32 The letter that Esther wrote about the manner in which they should celebrate the Purim feast was also written in an official record.
Demikianlah isi surat perintah Ester mengenai tata cara perayaan Purim, dan hal itu dicatat secara resmi.
