1 N ow in the twelfth month, the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day of Adar when the king’s command and his edict were about to be executed, on the day that the enemies of the Jews had planned for a massacre of them, it was turned to the contrary and the Jews had rule over those who hated them.

وَفِي اليَومِ الثّالِثَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الثّانِي عَشَرَ – شَهرِ آذارَ – يَومِ تَنفِيذِ مَرسُومِ المَلِكِ، وَيَومَ تَمَنّى أعداءُ اليَهُودِ أنْ يَتَسَلَّطُوا عَلَيهِمْ، تَغَيَّرَ الحالُ وَتَسَلَّطَ اليَهُودَ عَلَى أعْدائِهِمْ!

2 T he Jews gathered together in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to lay hands on such as sought their hurt; and no man could withstand them, for the fear of them had fallen upon all the peoples.

فَقَدِ احتَشَدَ اليَهُودُ فِي مُدُنِهِمْ، فِي كُلِّ بِلادِ المَلِكِ أحَشْوِيرُوشَ وَأقالِيمِهِ لِيُهاجِمُوا أعْداءَهُمْ. وَلَمْ يَستَطِعْ أحَدٌ أنْ يَصْمُدَ أمامَهُمْ، لأنَّ الجَمِيعَ صارُوا يَخافُونَ مِنهُمْ.

3 A nd all the princes of the provinces and the chief rulers and the governors and they who attended to the king’s business helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.

وَدَعَمَهُمْ كُلُّ رُؤَساءِ البِلادِ وَالوُلاةِ وَالحُكّامِ وَوُكَلاءِ المَلِكِ، لأنَّهُمْ كانُوا يَخافُونَ مِنْ مُرْدَخايَ.

4 F or Mordecai was great in the king’s palace; and his fame went forth throughout all the provinces, for the man Mordecai became more and more powerful.

فَقَدْ صارَ رَجُلاً مُهِمّاً فِي قَصْرِ المَلِكِ، وَاشْتَهَرَ فِي كُلِّ البِلادِ. وَكانَتْ هَيْبَتُهُ وَعَظَمَتُهُ تَتَزايَدانِ يُوماً بَعْدَ يَومٍ.

5 S o the Jews smote all their enemies with the sword, slaughtering and destroying them, and did as they chose with those who hated them.

وَهاجَمَ اليَهُودُ أعداءَهُمْ بِالسَّيفِ، وَقَتَلُوهُمْ وَأهلَكُوهُمْ وَفَعَلُوا بِهِمْ كُلَّ ما يُرِيدُونَهُ.

6 I n Shushan, the capital itself, the Jews slew and destroyed 500 men.

وَقَتَلُوا خَمسَ مِئَةَ رَجُلٍ فِي العاصِمَةِ شُوشَنَ وَحدَها.

7 A nd they killed Parshandatha,

كَما قَتَلُوا فَرْشَنْداثا وَدَلْفُونَ وَأسْفاثا

8 D alphon, Aspatha, Poratha, Adalia,

وَفُوَراثا وَأدَلْيا وَأرِيداثا

9 A ridatha, Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai,

وَفَرْمَشْتا وَأرِيسايَ وَأرِيدايَ وَيِزاثا،

10 A nd Vaizatha, the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy; but on the spoil they laid not their hands.

وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسلِبُوا أيَّةَ غَنائِمٍ. وَهَؤلاءِ العَشْرَةُ الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا هُمْ أولادُ عَدُوِّ اليَهُودِ هامانَ بنِ هَمَداثا.

11 O n that day the number of those who were slain in Shushan, the capital, was brought before the king.

وَأبلَغَ الخُدّامُ المَلِكَ، في ذَلِكَ اليَومِ نَفْسِهِ، بِعَدَدِ الَّذينَ قُتِلُوا فِي العاصِمَةِ شُوشَنَ.

12 A nd the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed 500 men in Shushan, the capital, and the ten sons of Haman. What then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! Now what is your petition? It shall be granted to you. Or what is your request further? It shall be done.

فَقالَ المَلِكُ للمَلِكَةِ أسْتِيرَ: «لَقَدْ قَتَلَ اليَهُودُ خَمسَ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ فِي العاصِمَةِ شُوشَنَ وَحْدَها، كَما قَتَلُوا أبْناءَ هامانَ العَشْرَةَ، فَكَمْ سَيَكُونُ عَدَدُ القَتلَى فِي البِلادِ الأُخْرَى؟ وَالآنَ ماذا تَتَمَنِينَ فَأفْعَلَهُ لَكِ؟ وَماذا تَطلُبِينَ فَأُعطِيكِ؟»

13 T hen said Esther, If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according to this day’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.

فَقالَتْ أسْتِيرُ: «إنِ اسْتَحسَنَ المَلِكُ رَأيِي، فَلْيَسْمَحْ لليَهُودِ فِي بَلدَةِ شُوشَنَ بأنْ يَفعَلُوا غَداً كَما فَعَلُوا اليَومَ. وَأنْ يُعَلَّقَ أبْناءُ هُامانَ عَلَى أعْمِدَةٍ خَشَبِيَّةٍ.»

14 A nd the king commanded it to be done; the decree was given in Shushan, and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.

فَأمَرَ المَلِكُ أنْ تُنَفَّذَ طِلبَةُ أسْتِيرَ. وَأُعلِنَ الأمرُ فِي مَدِينَةِ شُوشَنَ، فَعُلِّقَ أبناءُ هامانَ عَلَى أعمِدَةٍ خَشَبِيَّةٍ.

15 A nd the Jews that were in Shushan gathered together on the fourteenth day also of the month of Adar and slew 300 men in Shushan, but on the spoil they laid not their hands.

وَفِي اليَومِ الرّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنْ شَهْرِ آذارَ، اجتَمَعَ اليَهُودُ الَّذِينَ فِي بَلدَةِ شُوشَنَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى، وَقَتَلُوا هُناكَ ثَمانَ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ، مِنْ دُونِ أنْ يَأخُذُوا شَيئاً مِنَ الغَنِيمَةِ.

16 A nd the other Jews who were in the king’s provinces gathered to defend their lives and had relief and rest from their enemies and slew of them that hated them 75, 000; but on the spoil they laid not their hands.

وَكانَ بَقِيَّةُ اليَهُودِ الَّذينَ يَعِيشُونَ فِي بِلادِ المَلِكِ قَدِ اجتَمَعُوا فِي اليَومِ السّابِقِ لِيُدافِعُوا عَنْ أنفُسِهِمْ وَيَتَخَلَّصُوا مِنْ أعدائِهِمْ. فَقَتَلُوا خَمْسةً وَسَبعِينَ ألفَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أعدائِهِمْ، وَلَمْ يَسلِبُوا مِنهُمْ غَنِيمَةً.

17 T his was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

حَدَثَ هَذا فِي اليَومِ الثّالِثَ عَشَرَ، وَاستَراحُوا فِي اليَومِ الرّابِعَ عَشَرَ، وَجَعَلُوا مِنْ ذَلِكَ اليَومِ يَومَ فَرَحٍ وَاحتِفالٍ وَوَلائِمَ. عيدُ الفورِيم

18 B ut the Jews who were in Shushan assembled on the thirteenth day and on the fourteenth, and on the fifteenth day they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

أمّا اليَهُودُ الَّذِينَ فِي بَلدَةِ شُوشَنَ فَقَد اجتَمَعُوا لِيُدافِعُوا عَنْ أنْفُسِهِمْ فِي اليَومِ الثّالِثَ عَشَرَ وَالرّابِعَ عَشَرَ، ثُمَّ استَراحُوا فِي اليَومِ الخامِسَ عَشَرَ. وَجَعَلُوا مِنْ هَذا اليَومِ عِيداً.

19 T herefore the Jews of the villages, who dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month of Adar a day of gladness and feasting, a holiday, and a day for sending choice portions to one another.

لِذَلِكَ يَحتَفِلُ اليَهُودُ فِي الرِّيفِ وَفِي القُرَى الصَّغِيرَةِ فِي اليَومِ الرّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنْ شَهرِ آذارَ، وَيَتَبادَلُونَ الطّعامَ وَالهَدايا.

20 A nd Mordecai recorded these things, and he sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus, both near and far,

وَكانَ مُرْدَخايُ يُسَجِّلُ هَذِهِ الأحداثَ، وَيُرسِلُ بِالرَّسائِلِ إلَى اليَهُودِ الَّذينَ يَعِيشُونَ فِي بِلادِ المَلِكِ أحَشْوِيرُوشَ القَرِيبَةِ وَالبَعِيدَةِ،

21 T o command them to keep the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and also the fifteenth, yearly,

وَيَطلُبُ مِنهُمْ فِي رَسائِلِهِ أنْ يَحتَفِلُوا سَنَوِيّاً فِي اليَومِ الرّابِعَ عَشَرَ وَاليَومِ الخامِسَ عَشَرَ مِنْ شَهْرِ آذارَ.

22 A s the days on which the Jews got rest from their enemies, and as the month which was turned for them from sorrow to gladness and from mourning into a holiday—that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days of sending choice portions to one another and gifts to the poor.

وَهُما اليَومانِ اللَّذانِ تَخَلَّصَ فِيهِما اليَهُودُ مِنْ أعدائِهِمْ. فِي ذَلِكَ الشَّهرِ، تَحَوَّلَ النُّواحُ إلَى احتِفالٍ، وَالحُزْنُ إلَى عِيدٍ. فَجَعَلُوهُما يَومَيَّ عِيدٍ وَاحتِفالٍ، فِيهِما يَتَبادَلُونَ الطَّعامَ، وَيُعطُونَ هَدايا لِلفُقَراءِ.

23 S o the Jews undertook to do as they had begun and as Mordecai had written to them—

وَالتَزَمَ اليَهودُ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ بِما كَتَبَهُ إلَيْهِمْ مُرْدَخايُ.

24 B ecause Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to crush and consume and destroy them.

وَذَلِكَ لأنَّ عَدُوَّ اليَهُودِ هامانَ بنَ هَمَداثا الأجاجِيَّ تَآمَرَ لِيَقتُلَ اليَهُودَ، وَألقَى قُرَعاً لِيُفنِيَهُمْ.

25 B ut when Esther brought the matter before the king, he commanded in writing that Haman’s wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

لَكِنْ لَمّا دَخَلَتْ أسْتِيرُ إلَى المَلِكِ، وَأخبَرَتْهُ بِذَلِكَ، أصدَرَ أمراً خَطِّياً بِأنْ يَرتدَّ شَرُّ هامانَ ضِدَّ اليَهُودِ عَلَى رَأسِهِ، وَبِأنْ يُعَلَّقَ أبناؤهُ عَلَى أعمِدَةٍ خَشَبِيَّةٍ كَما عُلِّقَ هُوَ.

26 T herefore they called these days Purim, after the name Pur. Therefore, because of all that was in this letter and what they had faced in this matter and what had happened to them,

لِذَلِكَ يُسَمِّي اليَهُودُ هَذَينِ اليَومَينِ بِالفُورِيمِ نِسبَةً إلَى كَلِمَةِ «فُورَ» التِي تَعنِي «قُرعَة.» وَبِسَبَبِ رِسالَةِ مُرْدَخايَ، وَبِسَبَبِ ما وَاجَهَهُ اليَهُودُ، وَما مَرُّوا بِهِ.

27 T he Jews ordained and took it upon themselves and their descendants and all who joined them that without fail every year they would keep these two days at the appointed time and as it was written,

فَقَد أوجَبُوا عَلَى أنفُسِهِمْ وَعَلَى أولادِهِمْ وَعَلَى كُلِّ أقارِبِهِمْ بِأنْ يَحْتَفِلُوا بِهَذَينِ اليَومَينِ فِي مَوعِدِهِما كُلِّ سَنَةٍ، تَماماً كَما كَتَبَ إلَيْهِمْ مُرْدَخايُ.

28 T hat these days should be remembered (imprinted on their minds) and kept throughout every generation in every family, province, and city, and that these days of Purim should never cease from among the Jews, nor the commemoration of them cease among their descendants.

وَهَكَذا تَمَّ إحْياءُ ذِكرَى هَذِينِ اليَومَينِ مِنْ جِيلٍ إلَى جِيلٍ فِي كُلِّ عائِلَةٍ، وَفِي كُلِّ بَلدَةٍ وَمَدِينَةٍ. وَلَمْ يَنسَ أحَدٌ مِنَ اليَهُودِ أنْ يَحتَفِلَ بِهَذَينِ اليَومَينِ عَلَى الدَّوامِ، كَما التَزَمَ نَسلُ أولَئِكَ اليَهُودِ بِإحياءِ هَذِهِ الذِكرَى.

29 T hen Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, with Mordecai the Jew, gave full power, confirming this second letter about Purim.

ثُمَّ كَتَبَتِ المَلِكَةُ أسْتِيرُ بِنتُ أبيجائِلَ، وَمُرْدَخايُ اليَهُودِيّ رِسالَةً ثانِيَةً بِخُصُوصِ عِيدِ الفُورِيم.

30 A nd letters were sent to all the Jews, to the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, in words of peace and truth,

وَأرسَلَ مُرْدَخايَ رسائِلَ يَتَمَنَّى فِيها السَّلامَ وَالاستِقرارَ لِكُلِّ اليَهُودِ الَّذينَ يَعِيشُونَ فِي مِئَةٍ وَسَبعةٍ وَعِشرِينَ إقلِيماً تابِعاً لِمَملَكَةِ أحَشْوِيرُوشَ.

31 T o confirm that these days of Purim should be observed at their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had commanded, and as they had ordained for themselves and for their descendants in the matter of their fasts and their lamenting.

وَأكَدَّتِ الرِّسائِلُ عَلَى أهَمِيَّةِ الاحتِفالِ بِالفُورِيمِ فِي مَوعِدِهِ المُحَدَّدِ الذَي عَيَّنَهُ مُرْدَخايُ اليَهُودِيُّ وَالمَلِكَةُ أسْتِيرُ لليَهُودِ. كَما أوجَبَ مُرْدَخايُ وَأستِيرُ عَلَيهِمْ وَعَلَى نَفسَيهِما وَعَلَى نَسلِهِمِ الصِّيامَ وَالبُكاءَ فِي ذِكرَى الأمرِ بِقَتلِ اليَهُودِ.

32 A nd the command of Esther confirmed these observances of Purim, and it was written in the book.

فَأكَّدَتْ رِسالَةُ أسْتِيرَ عَلَى أهَمِيَّةِ إحياءِ ذِكرَى الفُورِيمِ. وَدُوِّنَ ذَلِكَ فِي وَثِيقَةٍ رَسمِيَّةٍ.