Ester 9
1 NEL duodecimo mese adunque, [che] è il mese di Adar, nel tredicesimo giorno del mese, nel quale scadeva l'esecuzione della parola del re e del suo decreto; nel medesimo giorno che i nemici de' Giudei speravano di averli in lor potere (ma la cosa si rivolse in contrario; conciossiachè i Giudei avessero in lor potere i lor nemici),
Therefore, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said before is called Adar, when all the Jews were prepared to be executed and their enemies were greedy for their blood, the situation turned around, and the Jews began to have the upper hand and to vindicate themselves of their adversaries.
2 i Giudei si raunarono nelle lor città, per tutte le provincie del re Assuero, per metter le mani adosso a coloro che tenterebbero di far loro male; e niuno potè loro stare a fronte; perciocchè lo spavento de' Giudei era caduto sopra tutti i popoli.
And they gathered together throughout each city, and town, and place, so as to extend their hands against their enemies and their persecutors. And no one dared to resist them, because their great power had pierced all the peoples.
3 E tutti i principi delle provincie, ed i satrapi, ed i governatori, e coloro che facevano le faccende del re, favorivano i Giudei; perciocchè lo spavento di Mardocheo era caduto sopra loro.
For even the judges of the provinces, and the rulers, and the procurators, and everyone of dignity, who presided over every place and work, extolled the Jews for fear of Mordecai.
4 Conciossiachè Mardocheo [fosse] grande nella casa del re, e la sua fama si spargesse per tutte le provincie; perchè quell'uomo Mardocheo diventava [ogni dì] vie più grande.
For they knew him to be the leader of the palace and to have much power. Likewise, the fame of his name increased daily and flew everywhere through word of mouth.
5 I Giudei adunque percossero tutti i lor nemici, mettendoli a fil di spada, e facendone uccisione e distruzione; e fecero inverso i lor nemici a lor volontà.
And so the Jews struck their enemies like a great plague and killed them, repaying according to what they had prepared to do to them,
6 Ed in Susan, stanza reale, i Giudei uccisero e distrussero cinquecent'uomini;
so much so that even in Susa they executed five hundred men, besides the ten sons of Haman the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews, and their names are these:
7 uccisero ancora Parsandata, e Dalfon, ed Aspata, e Porata,
Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha
8 ed Adalia, ed Aridata,
and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
9 e Parmasta, ed Arisai, ed Aridai, e Vaizata, dieci figliuoli di Haman,
and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vaizatha.
10 figliuolo di Hammedata, nemico de' Giudei; ma non misero le mani alla preda.
When they had slain them, they were unwilling to touch the spoils of their belongings.
11 In quel giorno il numero di coloro ch'erano stati uccisi in Susan, stanza reale, fu rapportato in presenza del re.
And immediately the number of those who had been killed in Susa was reported to the king.
12 E il re disse alla regina Ester: In Susan, stanza reale, i Giudei hanno uccisi, e distrutti cinquecent'uomini, e i dieci figliuoli di Haman; che avranno essi fatto nelle altre provincie del re? Ma pure, che chiedi tu [ancora?] e ti sarà conceduto; e che domandi tu [ancora?] e sarà fatto.
He said to the queen, “In the city of Susa, the Jews have executed five hundred men, and also the ten sons of Haman. How many executions do you think that they have carried out in all the provinces? What more do you ask, and what do you wish, so that I may order it to be done?”
13 Ed Ester disse: Se così piace al re, sia ancora domani conceduto a' Giudei, che [sono] in Susan, di fare come era stato ordinato che oggi si facesse; e sieno i dieci figliuoli di Haman appiccati al legno.
And she answered, “If it pleases the king, may power be granted to the Jews, so as to do tomorrow in Susa just as they have done today, and that the ten sons of Haman may be hung up the gallows.”
14 E il re ordinò che così fosse fatto; e il decreto ne fu bandito in Susan; e i dieci figliuoli di Haman furono appiccati.
And the king instructed that it should be so done. And immediately the edict was hung up in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hung up.
15 E i Giudei ch'[erano] in Susan, si adunarono ancora nel quartodecimo giorno del mese di Adar, ed uccisero in Susan trecent'uomini; ma non misero le mani alla preda.
On the fourteenth day of the month Adar, the Jews gathered themselves together, and they executed in Susa three hundred men, but they did not seize their belongings from them.
16 Gli altri Giudei ch'[erano] nelle provincie del re, si adunarono anch'essi, e stettero alla difesa della lor vita; ed ebbero riposo de' lor nemici, avendone uccisi settantacinquemila, senza però metter le mani alla preda.
Moreover, throughout all the provinces which were subject to the king’s dominion, the Jews made a stand for their lives, and they executed their enemies and their persecutors, so much so that the number of those who were killed amounted to seventy-five thousand, and yet no one touched any of their belongings.
17 [Questo avvenne] al tredicesimo giorno del mese di Adar; poi al quartodecimo dell'istesso mese si riposarono, e celebrarono quel [giorno, come] giorno di conviti e di letizia.
Now the thirteenth day of the month Adar was the first day with all of the executions, and on the fourteenth day they ceased the killing. This day they established to be sacred, so that in all times hereafter they would be free for feasting, joyfulness, and celebration.
18 Ma i Giudei ch'[erano] in Susan, si raunarono al tredicesimo ed al quartodecimo di quel [mese]; poi al quintodecimo si riposarono, e celebrarono quel [giorno, come] giorno di conviti e di letizia.
But, as for those who were carrying out the killings in the city of Susa, they turned to killing on the thirteenth and fourteenth day of the same month. But on the fifteenth day they ceased to attack. And for that reason they established that day as sacred, with feasting and with gladness.
19 Perciò, i Giudei delle villate che abitano nelle terre non murate, celebrano il quartodecimo giorno del mese di Adar, con allegrezza, e con conviti, e con festa, e con mandar messi di vivande gli uni agli altri.
But in truth, those Jews who were staying in unwalled towns and villages, appointed the fourteenth day of the month Adar for celebration and gladness, so as to rejoice on that day and send one another portions of their feasts and their meals.
20 E MARDOCHEO scrisse queste cose, e ne mandò lettere a tutti i Giudei ch'[erano] per tutte le provincie del re Assuero, presso, e lungi;
And so Mordecai wrote down all these things and sent them, composed in letters, to the Jews who were staying in all the king’s provinces, as much to those in nearby places as to those far away,
21 ordinando loro per istatuto che celebrassero il quartodecimo, e il quintodecimo giorno del mese di Adar, ogni anno;
so that they would accept the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the month Adar for holy days, and always, at the return of the year, would celebrate them with sacred esteem.
22 [ch'erano] i giorni, ne' quali i Giudei ebber riposo de' lor nemici; e il mese che fu loro convertito di dolore in letizia, e di duolo in festa; acciocchè li celebrassero, [come] giorni di conviti e di allegrezza, e da mandarsi messi di vivande gli uni agli altri, e doni a' bisognosi.
For on those days, the Jews vindicated themselves of their enemies, and their mourning and sorrow were turned into mirth and joy, so that these would be days of feasting and gladness, in which they would send one another portions of their feasts, and would grant gifts to the poor.
23 E i Giudei accettarono di far ciò che aveano cominciato, e ciò che Mardocheo avea loro scritto.
And the Jews accepted as a solemn ritual all the things which they had begun to do at that time, which Mordecai had commanded with letters to be done.
24 Perciocchè Haman, figliuolo di Hammedata, Agageo, nemico di tutti i Giudei, avea fatta una macchinazione contro a' Giudei, per distruggerli; e avea tirata Pur, cioè la sorte, per isconfiggerli, e per distruggerli.
For Haman, the son of Hammedatha of Agag lineage, the enemy and adversary of the Jews, had devised evil against them, to kill them and to destroy them. And he had cast Pur, which in our language means the lot.
25 Ma dopo ch'Ester fu venuta in presenza del re, egli ordinò con lettere, che la scellerata macchinazione che Haman avea fatta contro a' Giudei, fosse rivolta in sul capo di lui stesso; e ch'egli co' suoi figliuoli, fosse appiccato al legno.
And after this, Esther had entered before the king, begging him that his efforts might be made ineffective by the king’s letters, and that the evil he intended against the Jews might return upon his own head. Finally, both he and his sons were fastened to a cross.
26 Perciò que' giorni furono chiamati Purim, dal nome di Pur; perciò [ancora], secondo tutte le parole di quelle lettere, e secondo quello che aveano veduto intorno a ciò, e quello ch'era pervenuto fino a loro,
And so, from that time, these days are called Purim, that is, of the lots, because Pur, that is, the lot, was cast into the urn. And all things that had been carried out are contained in the volume of this epistle, that is, of this book.
27 i Giudei costituirono, e presero sopra sè, e sopra la lor progenie, e sopra tutti quelli che si aggiungerebbero con loro, per istatuto immutabile, di celebrar que' due giorni, secondo che n'era stato scritto; e [ciò], al tempo loro, ogni anno; e che la memoria di que' giorni sarebbe celebrata,
And whatever they suffered, and whatever was altered afterwards, the Jews received for themselves and their offspring and for all who were willing to be joined to their religion, so that none would be permitted to transgress the solemnity of these two days, to which the writing testifies, and which certain times require, as the years continually succeed one another.
28 e che sarebbero solennizzati in ogni età, in ogni famiglia, provincia, e città; e che que' giorni di Purim non trapasserebbero mai, [senza esser celebrati] fra i Giudei, e che la lor memoria non verrebbe mai meno appo la loro posterità.
These are the days which no one ever will erase into oblivion, and which every province in the whole world, throughout each generation, shall celebrate. Neither is there any city wherein the days of Purim, that is, of lots, may not be observed by the Jews, and by their posterity, which has been obligated to these ceremonies.
29 E la regina Ester, figliuola di Abihail, insieme con Mardocheo Giudeo, scrisse, con ogni instanza, per la seconda volta, per confermar le [prime] lettere intorno a' [giorni di] Purim.
And Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, also wrote a second letter, so that with all zealousness this day would be confirmed as customary for future generations.
30 E [Mardocheo] ne mandò [le lettere] a tutti i Giudei, per le cenventisette provincie del regno di Assuero, con parole amorevoli e sincere.
And they sent to all the Jews, who had been stirred up in the one hundred twenty-seven provinces of king Artaxerxes, that they should have peace and receive truth,
31 Per fermar [l'osservanza di] que' giorni di Purim a' lor tempi; siccome Mardocheo Giudeo, e le regina Ester, aveano loro ordinato; e come eglino stessi aveano preso sopra sè, e sopra la lor posterità; [insieme co]' digiuni e con le grida che vi si devono usare.
and observe the days of lots, and celebrate them with joy at their proper time, just as Mordecai and Esther had established. And they accepted these to be observed by themselves and by their offspring: fasting, and crying out, and the days of lots,
32 Così il comandamento di Ester confermò l'osservanza di que' giorni di Purim. E ciò fu scritto nel libro.
and all things which are contained in the history of this book, which is called Esther.
