Esther 10

NEW JERUSALEM	BIBBIA
1 King Ahasuerus put not only the mainland under tribute but the Mediterranean islands as wel .	1 Il re Assuero impose un tributo al continente e alle isole del mare.
2 Al his feats of power and valour, and the account of the high honour to which he raised Mordecai: althis is recorded in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Media and Persia.	2 Quanto poi a tutti i fatti concernenti la potenza e il valore di Mardocheo e quanto alla completa descrizione della sua grandezza e della sua elevazione da parte del re, sono cose scritte nel libro delle cronache dei re di Media e di Persia.
3 And Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus. He was a man held in respect among theJews, esteemed by thousands of his brothers, a man who sought the good of his people and cared for thewelfare of his entire race. (a) And Mordecai said, 'Al this is God's doing. (b) I remember the dream I had aboutthese matters, nothing of which has failed to come true: (c) the little spring that became a river, the light thatshone, the sun, the flood of water. Esther is the river -- she whom the king married and made queen. (d) The twodragons are Haman and myself. (e) The nations are those that banded together to blot out the name of Jew. (f)The single nation, mine, is Israel, those who cried out to God and were saved. Yes, the Lord has saved hispeople, the Lord has delivered us from al these evils, God has worked such signs and great wonders as havenever occurred among the nations. (g) 'Two destinies he appointed, one for his own people, one for the nationsat large. (h) And these two destinies were worked out at the hour and time and day laid down by God, involvingal the nations. (i) In this way God has remembered his people and vindicated his heritage; (k) and for themthese days, the fourteenth and fifteenth of the month of Adar, are to be days of assembly, of joy and of gladnessbefore God, through al generations and for ever among his people Israel.' (l) In the fourth year of the reign ofPtolemy and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who affirmed that he was a priest and Levite, and Ptolemy his son broughtthe foregoing letter concerning Purim. They vouched for its authenticity, the translation having been made byLysimachus son of Ptolemy, a member of the Jerusalem community.	3 Infatti il giudeo Mardocheo era il secondo dopo il re Assuero: grande fra i Giudei e amato dalla moltitudine dei suoi fratelli, cercava il bene del suo popolo e parlava in favore della prosperità di tutta la sua stirpe.