Ester 9

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
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 When the day arrived on which the order decreed by the king was to be carried out, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, Adar, on which the enemies of the Jews had expected to become masters of them, the situation was reversed: the Jews became masters of their enemies.
2 Congregatique sunt per singulas civitates, ut extenderent manum contra inimicoset persecutores suos; nullusque ausus est resistere, eo quod omnes populosinvaserat formido eorum.	2 The Jews mustered in their cities throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus to attack those who sought to do them harm, and no one could withstand them, but all peoples were seized with a fear of them.
3 Nam et omnes provinciarum principes et satrapae etprocuratores omnisque dignitas, quae singulis locis ac operibus praeerat,sustinebant Iudaeos timore Mardochaei,	3 Moreover, all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, governors, and royal procurators supported the Jews from fear of Mordecai;
4 quem principem esse palatii et plurimumposse cognoverant; fama quoque nominis eius crescebat cotidie et per cunctorumora volitabat.	4 for Mordecai was powerful in the royal palace, and the report was spreading through all the provinces that he was continually growing in power.
5 Itaque percusserunt Iudaei omnes inimicos suos plaga gladii et necis etinteritus, reddentes eis, quod sibi paraverant facere.	5 The Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them; they did to their enemies as they pleased.
6 In Susan quingentosviros interfecerunt, extra decem filios Aman Agagitae hostis Iudaeorum, quorumista sunt nomina:	6 In the stronghold of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.
7 Pharsandatha et Delphon et Esphatha	7 They also killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
8 et Phoratha et Adaliaet Aridatha	8 Porathai, Adalia, Aridatha, 9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,
9 et Phermesta et Arisai et Aridai et Iezatha.
10 Quos cumoccidissent, praedas de substantiis eorum tangere noluerunt.	10 the ten sons of Haman, son of Hammedatha, the foe of the Jews. However, they did not engage in plundering.
11 Statimque numerus eorum, qui occisi erant in Susan, ad regem relatus est.	11 On the same day, when the number of those killed in the stronghold of Susa was reported 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 he said to Queen Esther: "In the stronghold of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, as well as the ten sons of Haman. What must they have done in the other royal provinces! You shall again be granted whatever you ask, and whatever you request shall be honored."
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 So Esther said, "If it pleases your majesty, let the Jews in Susa be permitted again tomorrow to act according to today's decree, and let the ten sons of Haman be hanged on gibbets."
14 Praecepitque rex, ut ita fieret. Statimque inSusan pependit edictum, et decem filii Aman suspensi sunt.	14 The king then gave an order to this effect, and the decree was published in Susa. So the ten sons of Haman 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 and the Jews in Susa mustered again on the fourteenth of the month of Adar and killed three hundred men in Susa. However, they did not engage in plundering.
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 The other Jews, who dwelt in the royal provinces, also mustered and defended themselves, and obtained rest from their enemies. They killed seventy-five thousand of their foes, without engaging in plunder,
17 Dies autem tertius decimus mensis Adar, dies apud omnes interfectionis fuit,et quarta decima die requieverunt. Quem constituerunt esse diem epularum etlaetitiae.	17 on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. On the fourteenth of the month they rested, and made it a day of feasting and rejoicing.
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 (The Jews in Susa, however, mustered on the thirteenth and fourteenth of the month. But on the fifteenth they rested, and made it a day of feasting and rejoicing.)
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 That is why the rural Jews, who dwell in villages, celebrate the fourteenth of the month of Adar as a day of rejoicing and feasting, a holiday on which they send gifts of food to one another.
20 Scripsit itaque Mardochaeus omnia haec et litteris comprehensa misit ad omnesIudaeos, qui in omnibus regis provinciis morabantur, tam in vicino positis quamprocul,	20 Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews, both near and far, in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.
21 ut quartam decimam et quintam decimam diem mensis Adar pro festissusciperent et, revertente semper anno, sollemni honore celebrarent	21 He ordered them to celebrate every year both the fourteenth and the fifteenth of the month of Adar
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 as the days on which the Jews obtained rest from their enemies and as the month which was turned for them from sorrow into joy, from mourning into festivity. They were to observe these days with feasting and gladness, sending food to one another and gifts to the poor.
23 Susceperuntque Iudaei in sollemnem ritum cuncta, quae eo tempore facerecoeperant, et quae Mardochaeus litteris facienda mandaverat.	23 The Jews took upon themselves for the future this observance which they instituted at the written direction of Mordecai.
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 Haman, son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the foe of all the Jews, had planned to destroy them and had cast the pur, or lot, for the time of their defeat and destruction.
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 Yet, when Esther entered the royal presence, the king ordered in writing that the wicked plan Haman had devised against the Jews should instead be turned against Haman and that he and his sons should be hanged on gibbets.
26 Atque ex illo temporedies isti appellati sunt Phurim propter nomen Phur. Propter cuncta illa, quae inhac epistula continentur,	26 And so these days have been named Purim after the word pur. Thus, because of all that was contained in this letter, and because of what they had witnessed and experienced in this affair,
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 the Jews established and took upon themselves, their descendants, and all who should join them, the inviolable obligation of celebrating these two days every year in the manner prescribed by this letter, and at the time appointed.
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 days were to be commemorated and kept in every generation, by every clan, in every province, and in every city. These days of Purim were never to fall into disuse among the Jews, nor into oblivion among their descendants.
29 Scripseruntque Esther regina filia Abihail et Mardochaeus Iudaeus omni studioad confirmandam hanc secundam epistulam Phurim.	29 Queen Esther, daughter of Abihail and of Mordecai the Jew, wrote to confirm with full authority this second letter about Purim,
30 Et miserunt ad omnes Iudaeos,qui in centum viginti septem provinciis regis Asueri versabantur, verba pacis etveritatis,	30 when Mordecai sent documents concerning peace and security to all the Jews in the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of Ahasuerus' kingdom.
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 Thus were established, for their appointed time, these days of Purim which Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had designated for the Jews, just as they had previously enjoined upon themselves and upon their race the duty of fasting and supplication.
32 Et mandatum Esther confirmavit praeceptaPhurim et scriptum est in libro.	32 The command of Esther confirmed these prescriptions for Purim and was recorded in the book.