Ester 9

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Igitur duodecimi mensis — id est Adar — tertia decima die, quandoverbum et edictum regis explendum erat, et hostes Iudaeorum sperabant quoddominarentur ipsis, versa vice Iudaei superaverunt adversarios suos.	1 So on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said above is called Adar, when all the Jews were designed to be massacred, and their enemies were greedy after their blood, the case being altered, the Jews began to have the upper hand, and to revenge themselves of their adversaries.
2 Congregatique sunt per singulas civitates, ut extenderent manum contra inimicoset persecutores suos; nullusque ausus est resistere, eo quod omnes populosinvaserat formido eorum.	2 And they gathered themselves together in every city, and town, and place, to lay their hands on their enemies, and their persecutors. And no one durst withstand them, for the fear of their power had gone through every people.
3 Nam et omnes provinciarum principes et satrapae etprocuratores omnisque dignitas, quae singulis locis ac operibus praeerat,sustinebant Iudaeos timore Mardochaei,	3 And the judges of the provinces, and the governors, and lieutenants, and every one in dignity, that presided over every place and work, extolled the Jews for fear of Mardochai:
4 quem principem esse palatii et plurimumposse cognoverant; fama quoque nominis eius crescebat cotidie et per cunctorumora volitabat.	4 For they knew him to be prince of the palace, and to have great power: and the fame of his name increased daily, and was spread abroad through all men's mouths.
5 Itaque percusserunt Iudaei omnes inimicos suos plaga gladii et necis etinteritus, reddentes eis, quod sibi paraverant facere.	5 So the Jews made a great slaughter of their enemies, and killed them, repaying according to what they had prepared to do to them:
6 In Susan quingentosviros interfecerunt, extra decem filios Aman Agagitae hostis Iudaeorum, quorumista sunt nomina:	6 Insomuch that even in Susan they killed five hundred men, besides the ten sons of Aman the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews: whose names are these:
7 Pharsandatha et Delphon et Esphatha	7 Pharsandatha, and Delphon, and Esphatha,
8 et Phoratha et Adaliaet Aridatha	8 And Phoratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
9 et Phermesta et Arisai et Aridai et Iezatha.	9 And Phermesta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Jezatha.
10 Quos cumoccidissent, praedas de substantiis eorum tangere noluerunt.	10 And when they had slain them, they would not touch the spoils of their goods.
11 Statimque numerus eorum, qui occisi erant in Susan, ad regem relatus est.	11 And presently the number of them that were killed in Susan was brought to the king.
12 Qui dixit reginae: “ In urbe Susan interfecerunt et deleverunt Iudaeiquingentos viros et decem filios Aman. Quantam putas eos exercuisse caedem inuniversis provinciis? Quid ultra postulas et quid vis, ut fieri iubeam? ”.	12 And he said to the queen: The Jews have killed five hundred men in the city of Susan, besides the ten sons of Aman: how many dost thou think they have slain in all the provinces? What askest thou more, and what wilt thou have me to command to be done?
13 Cui illa respondit: “ Si regi placet, detur potestas Iudaeis, qui in Susansunt, ut sicut hodie fecerunt, sic et cras faciant, et decem filii Aman inpatibulo suspendantur ”.	13 And she answered: If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews, to do to morrow in Susan as they have done to day, and that the ten sons of Aman may be hanged upon gibbets.
14 Praecepitque rex, ut ita fieret. Statimque inSusan pependit edictum, et decem filii Aman suspensi sunt.	14 And the king commanded that it should be so done. And forthwith the edict was hung up in Susan, and the ten sons of Aman were hanged.
15 Congregatis igiturIudaeis, qui in Susan erant, quarta decima die mensis Adar, interfecti sunt inSusan trecenti viri, nec eorum ab illis direpta substantia est.	15 ,15And on the fourteenth day of the month Adar the Jews gathered themselves together, and they killed in Susan three hundred men: but they took not their substance.
16 Reliqui autem Iudaei per omnes provincias, quae dicioni regis subiacebant,congregati pro animabus suis steterunt, ut requiescerent ab hostibus, acinterfecerunt de persecutoribus suis septuaginta quinque milia, sed nullus desubstantiis eorum quidquam contigit.	16 Moreover through all the provinces which were subject to the king's dominion the Jews stood for their lives, and slew their enemies and persecutors: insomuch that the number of them that were Billed amounted to seventy-five thousand, and no man took any of their goods.
17 Dies autem tertius decimus mensis Adar, dies apud omnes interfectionis fuit,et quarta decima die requieverunt. Quem constituerunt esse diem epularum etlaetitiae.	17 Now the thirteenth day of the month Adar was the first day with them all of the slaughter, and on the fourteenth day they left off. Which they ordained to be kept holy day, so that all times hereafter they should celebrate it with feasting, joy, and banquets.
18 At hi, qui in urbe Susan congregati sunt, tertio decimo et quartodecimo die eiusdem mensis in caede versati sunt, quinto decimo autem dierequieverunt; et idcirco eundem diem constituerunt sollemnem epularum atquelaetitiae.	18 But they that were killing in the city of Susan, were employed in the slaughter on the thirteenth and fourteenth day of the same month: and on the fifteenth day they rested. And therefore they appointed that day to be a holy day of feasting and gladness.
19 Hi vero Iudaei, qui in oppidis non muratis ac villis morabantur,quartum decimum diem mensis Adar conviviorum et gaudii decreverunt, ita utexsultent in eo et mittant sibi mutuo partes epularum. Illi autem, qui inurbibus habitant, agunt etiam quintum decimum diem mensis Adar cum gaudio etconvivio et ut diem festum, in quo mittunt sibi mutuo partes epularum.	19 But those Jews that dwelt in towns not walled and in villages, appointed the fourteenth day of the month Adar for banquets and gladness, so as to rejoice on that day, and send one another portions of their banquets and meats.
20 Scripsit itaque Mardochaeus omnia haec et litteris comprehensa misit ad omnesIudaeos, qui in omnibus regis provinciis morabantur, tam in vicino positis quamprocul,	20 And Mardochai wrote all these things, and sent them comprised in letters to the Jews that abode in all the king's provinces, both those that lay near and those afar off,
21 ut quartam decimam et quintam decimam diem mensis Adar pro festissusciperent et, revertente semper anno, sollemni honore celebrarent	21 ,21That they should receive the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the month Adar for holy days, and always at the return of the year should celebrate them with solemn honour:
22 secundumdies, in quibus requieverunt Iudaei ab inimicis suis, et mensem, qui de luctuatque tristitia in hilaritatem gaudiumque ipsis conversus est, essentque istaedies epularum atque laetitiae, et mitterent sibi invicem ciborum partes etpauperibus munuscula largirentur.	22 Because on those days the Jews revenged themselves of their enemies, and their mourning and sorrow were turned into mirth and joy, and that these should be days of feasting and gladness, in which they should send one to another portions of meats; and should give gifts to the poor.
23 Susceperuntque Iudaei in sollemnem ritum cuncta, quae eo tempore facerecoeperant, et quae Mardochaeus litteris facienda mandaverat.	23 And the Jews undertook to observe with solemnity all they had begun to do at that time, which Mardochai by letters had commanded to be done.
24 Aman enim filiusAmadathi stirpis Agag, adversarius omnium Iudaeorum, cogitavit contra eos malum,ut deleret illos, et misit Phur, id est sortem, ut eos conturbaret atquedeleret.	24 For Aman, the son of Amadathi of the race of Agag, the enemy and adversary of the Jews, had devised evil against them, to kill them and destroy them: and had cast Phur, that is, the lot.
25 Sed postquam ingressa est Esther ad regem, mandavit ille simul cumlitteris, ut malum, quod iste contra Iudaeos cogitaverat, reverteretur in caputeius, et suspenderentur ipse et filii eius in patibulo.	25 And afterwards Esther went in to the king, beseeching him that his endeavours might be made void by the king's letters: and the evil that he had intended against the Jews, might return upon his own head. And so both he and his sons were hanged upon gibbets.
26 Atque ex illo temporedies isti appellati sunt Phurim propter nomen Phur. Propter cuncta illa, quae inhac epistula continentur,	26 And since that time these days are called Phurim, that is, of lots: because Phur, that is, the lot, was cast into the urn. And all things that were done, are contained in the volume of this epistle, that is, of this book:
27 et propter ea, quae de his viderant et quae eisacciderant, statuerunt et in sollemnem ritum numquam mutandum susceperunt Iudaeisuper se et semen suum et super cunctos, qui religioni eorum voluerint copulari,ut duos hos dies secundum praeceptum et tempus eorum singulis annis celebrarent.	27 And the things that they suffered, and that were afterwards changed, the Jews took upon themselves and their seed, and upon all that had a mind to be joined to their religion, so that it should be lawful for none to pass these days without solemnity: which the writing testifieth, and certain times require, as the years continually succeed one another.
28 Isti dies memorarentur et celebrarentur per singulas generationes in singuliscognationibus, provinciis et civitatibus, nec esset ulla civitas, in qua diesPhurim non observarentur a Iudaeis et ab eorum progenie.	28 These are the days which shall never be forgot: and which all provinces in the whole world shall celebrate throughout all generations: neither is there any city wherein the days of Phurim, that is, of lots, must not be observed by the Jews, and by their posterity, which is bound to these ceremonies.
29 Scripseruntque Esther regina filia Abihail et Mardochaeus Iudaeus omni studioad confirmandam hanc secundam epistulam Phurim.	29 And Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mardochai the Jew, wrote also a second epistle, that with all diligence this day should be established a festival for the time to come.
30 Et miserunt ad omnes Iudaeos,qui in centum viginti septem provinciis regis Asueri versabantur, verba pacis etveritatis,	30 And they sent to all the Jews that were in the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of king Assuerus, that they should have peace, and receive truth,
31 statuentes dies Phurim pro temporibus suis, sicut constituerantMardochaeus et Esther, et sicut illi statuerant pro seipsis et pro semine suo,praecepta ieiuniorum et clamorum.	31 And observe the days of lots, and celebrate them with joy in their proper time: as Mardochai and Esther had appointed, and they undertook them to be observed by themselves and by their seed, fasts, and cries, and the days of lots,
32 Et mandatum Esther confirmavit praeceptaPhurim et scriptum est in libro.	32 And all things which are contained in the history of this book, which is called Esther.