Ester 14

BIBBIA TINTORI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Anche la regina Ester atterrita per l'imminente pericolo, ricorse al Signore.	1 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 Deposte le vesti reali, prese abiti da lutto e da pianto, invece d'unguenti pose sul capo cenere e sozzure, umiliò coi digiuni il suo corpo, e in tutti i luoghi ove avanti soleva rallegrarsi spargeva i capelli che si strappava.	2 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 Essa pregò il Signore Dio d'Israele dicendo: « Signore mio, che sei il solo nostro re, aiutami nel mio abbandono, perchè fuori di te, io non ho altro aiuto,	3 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 e la mia rovina è imminente,	4 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 io ho sentito dire da mio padre che tu, o Signore, separasti Israele da tutte le genti, e i nostri padri da tutti i loro maggiori, per possedere un'eredità eterna, e facesti verso di loro secondo le tue promesse.	5 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 Perchè peccammo dinanzi a te, ci consegnasti nelle mani dei nostri nemici,	6 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 perché adorammo i loro dèi. Tu sei giusto, o Signore.	7 Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha
8 Ma ora non basta loro di opprimerci colla più dura schiavitù, or essi, attribuendo alla potenza dei loro idoli la forza del loro braccio,	8 and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
9 vogliono mutare le tue promesse, sterminare la tua eredità, chiuder la bocca di chi ti loda, estinguere la gloria del tuo tempio e del tuo altare,	9 and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vaizatha.
10 per aprire le bocche dei Gentili a lodare la potenza degli idoli, a lodare perpetuamente un re di carne.	10 When they had slain them, they were unwilling to touch the spoils of their belongings.
11 Non dare, o Signore, il tuo scettro a quei che non sono, perchè non ridano della nostra rovina; ma volgi contro loro stessi i loro disegni, e disperdi colui che ha cominciato a infierir contro di noi.	11 And immediately the number of those who had been killed in Susa was reported to the king.
12 Ricordati di noi, o Signore, e mostrati a noi nel tempo della nostra tribolazione; dammi coraggio, o Signore, re degli dèi e e di tutte le potestà.	12 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 Metti parole adatte nella mia bocca, al cospetto del leone, e volgi il suo cuore ad odiare il nostro nemico, da farlo perire con tutti quelli che son d'accordo con lui.	13 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 Tu poi liberaci colla tua mano, aiuta me che non ho altro aiuto che te, o Signore. Tu, che conosci tutto,	14 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 sai pure com'io odi la gloria degli iniqui, detesti il letto degli incirconcisi e di qualunque straniero.	15 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 Tu sai la mia necessità, e quanto abbia in abbominio il distintivo della mia grandezza e della mia gloria, che posa sulla mia testa nei giorni in cui devo comparire, e lo detesti come un panno immondo, e non lo porti nei giorni del mio silenzio.	16 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 Tu sai com'io non abbia mangiato alla mensa di Aman, non abbia goduto ai conviti del re, non abbia bevuto del vino delle libazioni,	17 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 com'io, tua serva, non mi sia rallegrata, se non in te, o Signore, Dio d'Àbramo, dacché fui qua trasferita fino ad oggi.	18 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 O Dio forte sopra tutti, esaudisci la voce di coloro che non hanno altra speranza, liberaci dalla mano degli iniqui e toglimi dal mio timore ».	19 and all things which are contained in the history of this book, which is called Esther.