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 (that is, the month Adar), on the thirteenth day when the king’s command and edict were about to be executed, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, it was turned to the contrary so that the Jews themselves gained the mastery over those who 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 assembled in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to lay hands on those who sought their harm; and no one could stand before them, for the dread of them had fallen on all the peoples.

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

Even all the princes of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and those who were doing the king’s business assisted the Jews, because the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them.

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

Indeed, Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai became greater and greater.

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

Thus the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.

6 و َقَتَلُوا خَمسَ مِئَةَ رَجُلٍ فِي العاصِمَةِ شُوشَنَ وَحدَها.

At the citadel in Susa the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,

7 ك َما قَتَلُوا فَرْشَنْداثا وَدَلْفُونَ وَأسْفاثا

and Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,

8 و َفُوَراثا وَأدَلْيا وَأرِيداثا

Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,

9 و َفَرْمَشْتا وَأرِيسايَ وَأرِيدايَ وَيِزاثا،

Parmashta, Arisai, 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 Jews’ enemy; but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

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

On that day the number of those who were killed at the citadel in Susa was reported to 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؟»

The king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman at the citadel in Susa. What then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! Now what is your petition? It shall even be granted you. And what is your further request? It shall also 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 pleases the king, let tomorrow also be granted to the Jews who are in Susa to do according to the edict of today; and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”

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

So the king commanded that it should be done so; and an edict was issued in Susa, and Haman’s ten sons were hanged.

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.

The Jews who were in Susa assembled also on the fourteenth day of the month Adar and killed three hundred men in Susa, but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

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.

Now the rest of the Jews who were in the king’s provinces assembled, to defend their lives and rid themselves of their enemies, and kill 75, 000 of those who hated them; but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

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 they rested and made it a day of feasting and rejoicing.

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 who were in Susa assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth of the same month, and they rested on the fifteenth day and made it a day of feasting and rejoicing.

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

Therefore the Jews of the rural areas, who live in the rural towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a holiday for rejoicing and feasting and sending portions of food to one another. The Feast of Purim Instituted

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

Then Mordecai recorded these events, and he sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,

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

obliging them to celebrate the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same month, annually,

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.

because on those days the Jews rid themselves of their enemies, and it was a month which was turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and rejoicing and sending portions of food to one another and gifts to the poor.

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

Thus the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.

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

For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of all the Jews, had schemed against the Jews to destroy them and had cast Pur, that is the lot, to disturb them and 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 it came to the king’s attention, he commanded by letter that his wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews, should return on 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.

Therefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. And because of the instructions in this letter, both what they had seen in this regard and what had happened to 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 established and made a custom for themselves and for their descendants and for all those who allied themselves with them, so that they would not fail to celebrate these two days according to their regulation and according to their appointed time annually.

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.

So these days were to be remembered and celebrated throughout every generation, every family, every province and every city; and these days of Purim were not to fail from among the Jews, or their memory fade from their descendants.

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

Then Queen Esther, daughter of Abihail, with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter about Purim.

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

He sent letters to all the Jews, to the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, namely, 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 establish these days of Purim at their appointed times, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established for them, and just as they had established for themselves and for their descendants with instructions for their times of fasting and their lamentations.

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

The command of Esther established these customs for Purim, and it was written in the book.