1 و َفِي 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!

Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have rule over them, (whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them,)

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

the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them was fallen upon all the peoples.

3 و َدَعَمَهُمْ كُلُّ رُؤَساءِ البِلادِ وَالوُلاةِ وَالحُكّامِ وَوُكَلاءِ المَلِكِ، لأنَّهُمْ كانُوا يَخافُونَ مِنْ مُرْدَخايَ.

And all the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors, and they that did the king's business, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai was fallen upon them.

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

For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went forth throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.

5 و َهاجَمَ اليَهُودُ أعداءَهُمْ بِالسَّيفِ، وَقَتَلُوهُمْ وَأهلَكُوهُمْ وَفَعَلُوا بِهِمْ كُلَّ ما يُرِيدُونَهُ.

And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they would unto them that hated them.

6 و َقَتَلُوا خَمسَ مِئَةَ رَجُلٍ فِي العاصِمَةِ شُوشَنَ وَحدَها.

And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

7 ك َما قَتَلُوا فَرْشَنْداثا وَدَلْفُونَ وَأسْفاثا

And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,

8 و َفُوَراثا وَأدَلْيا وَأرِيداثا

and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,

9 و َفَرْمَشْتا وَأرِيسايَ وَأرِيدايَ وَيِزاثا،

and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vaizatha,

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

the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jew's enemy, slew they; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.

11 و َأبلَغَ الخُدّامُ المَلِكَ، في ذَلِكَ اليَومِ نَفْسِهِ، بِعَدَدِ الَّذينَ قُتِلُوا فِي العاصِمَةِ شُوشَنَ.

On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.

12 ف َقالَ 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؟»

And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces! Now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

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

Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews that are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

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

And the king commanded it so to be done: and a decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

15 و َفِي 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.

And the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men in Shushan; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.

16 و َكانَ 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.

And the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of them that hated them seventy and five thousand; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.

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

This was done on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

18 أ مّا 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.

But the Jews that were in Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

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

Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

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

And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,

21 و َيَطلُبُ مِنهُمْ فِي رَسائِلِهِ أنْ يَحتَفِلُوا سَنَوِيّاً فِي اليَومِ الرّابِعَ عَشَرَ وَاليَومِ الخامِسَ عَشَرَ مِنْ شَهْرِ آذارَ.

to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

22 و َهُما 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.

as the days wherein the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

23 و َالتَزَمَ اليَهودُ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ بِما كَتَبَهُ إلَيْهِمْ مُرْدَخايُ.

And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

24 و َذَلِكَ لأنَّ عَدُوَّ اليَهُودِ هامانَ بنَ هَمَداثا الأجاجِيَّ تَآمَرَ لِيَقتُلَ اليَهُودَ، وَألقَى قُرَعاً لِيُفنِيَهُمْ.

because Haman the 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 consume them, and to destroy them;

25 ل َكِنْ 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.

but when the matter came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, 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.

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

Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come unto them,

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

the Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so that it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to the writing thereof, and according to the appointed time thereof, every year;

28 و َهَكَذا 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.

and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the remembrance of them perish from their seed.

29 ث ُمَّ كَتَبَتِ المَلِكَةُ أسْتِيرُ بِنتُ أبيجائِلَ، وَمُرْدَخايُ اليَهُودِيّ رِسالَةً ثانِيَةً بِخُصُوصِ عِيدِ الفُورِيم.

Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.

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

And he sent letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,

31 و َأكَدَّتِ 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.

to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had ordained for themselves and for their seed, in the matter of the fastings and their cry.

32 ف َأكَّدَتْ رِسالَةُ أسْتِيرَ عَلَى أهَمِيَّةِ إحياءِ ذِكرَى الفُورِيمِ. وَدُوِّنَ ذَلِكَ فِي وَثِيقَةٍ رَسمِيَّةٍ.

And the commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.