1 و َفِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، سَلَّمَ المَلِكُ أحَشْوِيرُوشُ للمَلِكَةِ أسْتِيرَ كُلَّ مُمتَلَكاتِ عَدُوِّ اليَهُودِ هامانُ. أمّا مُرْدَخايُ فَقَد جاءَ لِيُقابِلَ المَلِكَ، بَعدَ أنْ أخبَرَتْ أسْتِيرُ المَلِكَ عَنْ صِلَةِ قَرابَتِها بِهِ.

On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.

2 ف َنَزَعَ المَلِكُ خاتَمَهُ الذِي استَرَدَّهُ مِنْ هامانَ وَأعطاهُ لِمُرْدَخايَ. أمّا أسْتِيرُ فَقَد أوكَلَتْ لِمُرْدَخايَ مَهَمَّةَ الإشْرافِ عَلَى مُمتَلَكاتِ هامانَ.

The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

3 ث ُمَّ تَكَلَّمَتْ أسْتِيرُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى مَعَ المَلِكِ، وَسَجَدَتْ أمامَهُ، وَبَكَتْ وَطَلَبَتْ وَقفَ شَرِّ هامانَ الأجاجِيِّ، وَمُؤامَرَتِهِ ضِدَّ اليَهُودِ.

Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

4 ف َمَدَّ المَلِكُ صَولَجانَهُ الذَهَبِيِّ نَحوَ أسْتِيرَ.

Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.

5 ف َوَقَفَتْ أستِيرُ أمامَ المَلِكِ وَقالَتْ: «إنْ شاءَ المَلِكُ وَرَضِيَ عَنِّي، وَاستَحْسَنَ رَأيِي وَوافَقَ عَلَيهِ، فَلْيُصْدِرْ أمْراً يُلغِي فِيهِ أمرَ هامانَ بْنِ هَمَداثا الأجاجِيَّ الذِي أصدَرَهُ لِيَقْضِي عَلَى اليَهُودِ فِي كُلِّ مُقاطَعاتِ المَلِكِ.

She said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right to the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.

6 ل أنَّهُ كَيفَ أستَطِيعُ رؤْيَةَ شَعبِيَ يَتألّمُ، وَكَيفَ أستَطِيعُ احتِمالَ رُؤْيَةَ أفرادَ عائِلَتِي يَمُوتُونَ؟»

For how can I endure to see the evil that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?”

7 ف َقالَ المَلِكُ أحَشْوِيرُوشَ للمَلِكَةِ أسْتِيرَ وَلِمُرْدَخايَ اليَهُودِيِّ: «قَدْ سَلَّمْتُ لأسْتِيرَ كُلَّ مُمتَلَكاتِ هامانَ، لأنَّهُ تآمَرَ لِقَتلِ اليَهُودِ. وَها هُوَ قَدْ عُلِّقَ عَلَى العَمُودِ الخَشَبِيِّ.

Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, “See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged on the gallows, because he laid his hand on the Jews.

8 ف َاكتُبا بِاسْمِ اليَهُودِ ما تَرَيانِهِ مُناسِباً لَهُمْ، وَاختِماهُ بِخاتَمِ المَلِكِ، لأنَّهُ لا يُمكِنُ إلغاءُ أمْرٍ يُصدَرُ بِأمرِ المَلِكِ وَيُختَمُ بِخاتَمِهِ.»

Write also to the Jews, as it pleases you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring; for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may not be reversed by any man.”

9 و َفِي اليَومِ الثالِثِ وِالعِشرِينَ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الثّالِثِ – شَهْرِ سِيوانَ – استَدعَى مُرْدَخايُ كُتّابَ المَلِكِ، فَكَتَبُوا ما أمَرَهُمْ بِهِ مُرْدَخايُ تَماماً إلَى كُلِّ اليَهُودِ وَالحُكّامِ وَرؤَساءِ البِلادِ. وَعَدَدُ تِلكَ البِلادِ مِئةٌ وَسَبْعَةٌ وَعِشرُونَ إقلِيماً وَبَلَداً، تَمتَدُّ مِنَ الهِنْدِ حَتَّى الحَبَشَةِ. وَقَدْ كَتَبُوا إلَى كُلِّ إقلِيمٍ وَبَلَدٍ بِحَسَبِ أُسلُوبِ كِتابَتِهِ، وَإلَى كُلِّ شَعبٍ بِحَسَبِ لُغَتِهِ، وَإلَى اليَهُودِ بِحَسَبِ أُسلُوبِ كِتابَتِهِمْ وَبِحَسَبِ لُغَتِهِمْ.

Then the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing, and in their language.

10 و َكَتَبَ مُرْدَخايَ كُلَّ الأوامِرِ بِاسْمِ المَلِكِ أحَشْوِيرُوشَ وَخَتَمَها بِخاتِمِهِ. ثُمَّ أرْسَلَها مَعَ الرُّسُلِ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الخُيُولِ المَلَكِيَّةِ السَّرِيعَةِ.

He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by courier on horseback, riding on royal horses that were bred from swift steeds.

11 و َتَضَمَّنَتِ الرَسائِلُ إذْناً مِنَ المَلِكِ لليَهُودِ فِي كُلِّ المُدُنِ بِأنْ يَتَوَحَّدُوا لِيُدافِعُوا عَنْ أرْواحِهِمْ. وَأنْ يَقْضُوا عَلَى أيَّةِ قُوَّةٍ مُسَلَّحَةٍ لأيِّ شَعبٍ أوْ بَلَدٍ يُهاجِمُهُمْ أوْ يُهاجِمُ أولادَهُمْ وَزَوجاتِهُمْ، فَيُدَمِّرُوها وَيُبيدُوها وَيَسلِبُوا غَنائِمَها.

In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to defend their life, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions,

12 و َكانَ يَنبَغِي عَمَلُ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ فِي كُلِّ بِلادِ المَلِكِ أحَشْوِيرُوشَ فِي اليَومِ الثّالِثَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الثّانِي عَشَرَ – شَهرِ آذارَ.

on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

13 و َنُشِرَتْ نُسَخٌ مِنْ هَذا الأمرِ فِي كُلِّ البِلادِ. وَأُعلِنَ ذَلِكَ لِكُلِّ النّاسِ حَتَّى يَستَعِدَّ اليَهُودُ لليَومِ الذِي سَيَنتَقِمُونَ فِيهِ مِنْ أعْدائِهِمْ.

A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that the Jews should be ready for that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

14 و َبِأمرٍ مِنَ المَلِكِ، أسرَعَ الَّذينَ يَحمِلُونَ الرَّسائِلَ عَلَى الخُيُولِ المَلَكِيَّةِ. وَأُعلِنَ الأمرُ فِي العاصِمَةِ شُوشَنَ أيضاً.

So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa.

15 و َخَرَجَ مُرْدَخايُ مِنْ عِنْدِ المَلِكِ بِثِيابٍ مَلَكِيَّةٍ بَيضاءَ وَأُرجُوانِيَّةٍ. وَعَلَى رَأسِهِ تاجٌ ذَهَبِيٌّ كَبِيرٌ، وَيَرتَدِي رِداءً مِنَ الكِتّانِ الأُرجُوانِيِّ. وَعَمَّتِ الفَرحَةُ مَدِينَةَ شُوشَنَ.

Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and was glad.

16 أ مّا اليَهُودُ فَكانُوا مُبتَهِجَينَ وَفَرِحِينَ وَسُعَداءَ وَفَخُورِينَ.

The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor.

17 و َأُقِيمَتِ الوَلائِمُ وَالأفراحُ فِي كُلِّ الأماكِنِ وَالبِلادِ وَالمُدُنِ التِي سَمِعَتْ بِأمْرِ المَلِكِ. وَكَثِيرُونَ مِنَ السّاكِنِينَ فِي تِلكَ الأرْضِ تَظاهَرُوا بِأنَّهُمْ يَهُودٌ لِخَوفِهِمْ مِنْهُمْ.

In every province, and in every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast, and a good day. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen on them.