Ester 9
Albanian Bible
9 Muajin e dymbëdhjetë, që është muaji i Adarit, ditën e trembëdhjetë të muajit, kur duhet të zbatoheshin urdhri dhe dekreti i mbretit, dita në të cilën armiqtë e Judejve shpresonin të sundonin mbi ta, situata u përmbys krejt dhe Judejtë sunduan mbi armiqtë e tyre.
2 Judejtë u mblodhën në qytetet e tyre, në të gjitha krahinat e mbretit Asuero, për të shtrirë dorën kundër atyre që kërkonin t’u bënin keq; dhe askush nuk mundi t’u rezistonte atyre, sepse tmerri i Judejve i kishte zënë tërë popujt.
3 Tërë krerët e krahinave, satrapët, qeveritarët dhe ata që merreshin me punët e mbretit i përkrahën Judejtë, sepse tmerri i Mardokeut i kishte zënë.
4 Në fakt Mardokeu ishte i madh në pallatin e mbretit, dhe fama e tij përhapej në të gjitha krahinat, sepse ky njeri, Mardokeu, bëhej gjithnjë më i madh.
5 Kështu Judejtë goditën tërë armiqtë e tyre, duke i kaluar në tehun e shpatës dhe duke kryer një kërdi dhe një shkatërrim të madh; u sollën si deshën me armiqtë e tyre.
6 Në qytetin e Suzës Judejtë vranë dhe shfarosën pesëqind njerëz;
7 vranë edhe Parshandathan, Dalfonin, Aspathan,
8 Porathan, Adalian, Aridathan,
9 Parmashtan, Arisain, Aridain dhe Vajezathan,
10 dhjetë bijtë e Hamanit, birit të Hamedathas, armiku i Judejve, por nuk u dhanë pas plaçkitjes.
11 Po atë ditë numri i atyre që ishin vrarë në qytetin e Suzës iu njoftua mbretit.
12 Mbreti i tha atëherë mbretëreshës Ester: "Në qytetin e Suzës Judejte kanë vrarë dhe shfarosur pesëqind njerëz dhe dhjetë bij të Hamanit; çfarë kanë bërë vallë në krahinat e tjera të mbretit? Tani cila është kërkesa jote? Do të të plotësohet. Çfarë tjetër kërkon? Do të bëhet".
13 Atëherë Esteri tha: "Në qoftë se kështu i pëlqen mbretit, le të lejohen Judejtë që janë në Suzë të bëjnë edhe nesër atë që është dekretuar për sot; dhe të varen në trekëmbësh të dhjetë bijtë e Hamanit".
14 Mbreti urdhëroi që të veprohej pikërisht kështu. Dekreti u nxuarr në Suza dhe dhjetë bijtë e Hamanit u varën në trekëmbësh.
15 Judejtë që ishin në Suza u mblodhën edhe ditën e katërmbëdhjetë të muajit të Adarit dhe vranë në Suza treqind njerëz; por nuk u dhanë pas plaçkitjes.
16 Edhe Judejtë e tjerë që ishin në krahinat e mbretit u mblodhën, për të mbrojtur jetën e tyre dhe për të qenë të sigurt nga sulmet e armiqve të tyre; vranë shtatëdhjetë e pesë mijë nga ata që i urrenin, por nuk u dhanë pas plaçkitjes.
17 Kjo ndodhi ditën e trembëdhjetë të muajit të Adarit; ditën e katërmbëdhjetë u çlodhën dhe e kthyen në një ditë banketi e gëzimi.
18 Judejtë që ishin në Suza u grumbulluan përkundrazi ditën e trembëdhjetë dhe të katërmbëdhjetë; ditën e pesëmbëdhjetë të muajit u çlodhën, e bënë ditë banketi dhe gëzimi.
19 Për këtë arësye Judejtë e fushës, që banojnë në qytete pa mure, e kanë bërë ditën e katërmbëdhjetë të muajit të Adarit një ditë gëzimi, banketesh dhe feste, dhe në këtë ditë i dërgojnë dhurata njeri-tjetrit.
20 Mardokeu i shkroi tërë këto gjëra dhe u dërgoi letra tërë Judejve që ishin në të gjitha krahinat e mbretit Asuero, afër dhe larg,
21 për t’i urdhëruar të kremtonin çdo vit ditën e katërmbëdhjetë dhe të pesëmbëdhjetë të muajit të Adarit,
22 si ditët gjatë të cilave Judejtë patën pushim nga sulmet e armiqve të tyre, dhe si muaji në të cilin dhembja e tyre u kthye në gëzim dhe zia në festë, dhe kështu ato t’i bënin ditë banketi e gëzimi, gjatë të cilave t’i dërgonin dhurata njeri-tjetrit dhe t’u bënin dhurata të varfërve.
23 Judejtë u zotuan të respektonin atë që kishin filluar të bënin, ashtu si u kishte shkruar atyre Mardokeu.
24 Në fakt Hamani, bir i Hamedathas, Agagitit, armiku i të gjithë Judejve, kishte komplotuar kundër Judejve për t’i shkatërruar dhe kishte hedhur Purin (domethënë kishte hedhur shortin), për t’i shfarosur dhe për t’i shkatërruar.
25 Por kur Esteri u paraqit para mbretit, ky urdhëroi me shkrim që komploti i keq që Hamani kishte kurdisur kundër Judejve të binte mbi kryet e tij dhe që ai dhe bijtë e tij të vareshin në trekëmbësh.
26 Prandaj ato ditë u quajtën Purim, nga fjala Pur. Në përshtatje, pra, me të gjitha ato që ishin shkruar në atë letër, me të gjitha ato që kishin parë lidhur me këtë dhe me ato që kishin ndodhur,
27 Judejtë vendosën të zotoheshin pa iu shmangur për vete, për pasardhësit e tyre dhe për të gjithë ata që do të bashkoheshin me ta, të kremtonin çdo vit këto dy ditë sipas udhëzimeve të shkruara dhe kohës së caktuar.
28 Ato ditë duhet të kujtoheshin dhe të kremtoheshin brez pas brezi, në çdo familje, në çdo krahinë, në çdo qytet; në asnjë mënyrë Judejtë nuk duhet të hiqnin dorë nga kremtimi i këtyre ditëve të Purimit, dhe kujtimi i tyre nuk duhet të zhdukej te pasardhësit e tyre.
29 Mbretëresha Ester, bijë e Abihailit, dhe Judeu Mardoke shkruan me autoritet të plotë letrën e tyre të dytë lidhur me Purimin.
30 Mardokeu u dërgoi letra tërë Judejve në njëqind e njëzet e shtatë krahina të mbretërisë së Asueros, me fjalë paqeje dhe të së vërtetës.
31 për t’i vendosur ato ditë të Purimit në kohën e caktuar, siç i kishin vendosur atyre Judeu Mardoke dhe mbretëresha Ester ashtu si kishin vendosur ata vetë për vete dhe për pasardhësit e tyre me rastin e agjerimit të tyre dhe të britmës së tyre.
32 Kështu dekreti i Esterit fiksoi caktimin e Purimit dhe u shkrua në një libër.
Esther 9
New King James Version
The Jews Destroy Their Tormentors
9 Now (A)in the twelfth month, that is, the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day, (B)the time came for the king’s command and his decree to be executed. On the day that the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, the opposite occurred, in that the Jews themselves (C)overpowered those who hated them. 2 The Jews (D)gathered together in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to lay hands on those who (E)sought their harm. And no one could withstand them, (F)because fear of them fell upon all people. 3 And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and all those doing the king’s work, helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them. 4 For Mordecai was great in the king’s palace, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces; for this man Mordecai (G)became increasingly prominent. 5 Thus the Jews defeated all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, with slaughter and destruction, and did what they pleased with those who hated them.
6 And in (H)Shushan[a] the [b]citadel the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men. 7 Also Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, 8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, 9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vajezatha— 10 (I)the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews—they killed; (J)but they did not lay a hand on the [c]plunder.
11 On that day the number of those who were killed in [d]Shushan the [e]citadel [f]was brought to the king. 12 And the king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the citadel, and the ten sons of Haman. What have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? Now (K)what is your petition? It shall be granted to you. Or what is your further request? It shall be done.”
13 Then Esther said, “If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do again tomorrow (L)according to today’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons (M)be hanged on the gallows.”
14 So the king commanded this to be done; the decree was issued in Shushan, and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
15 And the Jews who were in [g]Shushan (N)gathered together again on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and killed three hundred men at Shushan; (O)but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
16 The remainder of the Jews in the king’s provinces (P)gathered together and protected their lives, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of their enemies; (Q)but they did not lay a hand on the plunder. 17 This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. And on the fourteenth of [h]the month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
The Feast of Purim
18 But the Jews who were at [i]Shushan assembled together (R)on the thirteenth day, as well as on the fourteenth; and on the fifteenth of [j]the month they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. 19 Therefore the Jews of the villages who dwelt in the unwalled towns celebrated the fourteenth day of the month of Adar (S)with gladness and feasting, (T)as a holiday, and for (U)sending presents to one another.
20 And Mordecai wrote these things and sent letters to all the Jews, near and far, who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, 21 to establish among them that they should celebrate yearly the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar, 22 as the days on which the Jews had rest from their enemies, as the month which was turned from sorrow to joy for them, and from mourning to a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and joy, of (V)sending presents to one another and gifts to the (W)poor. 23 So the Jews accepted the custom which they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them, 24 because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, (X)had plotted against the Jews to annihilate them, and had cast Pur (that is, the lot), to consume them and destroy them; 25 but (Y)when [k]Esther came before the king, he commanded by letter that [l]this wicked plot which Haman had devised against the Jews should (Z)return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
26 So they called these days Purim, after the name [m]Pur. Therefore, because of all the words of (AA)this letter, what they had seen concerning this matter, and what had happened to them, 27 the Jews established and imposed it upon themselves and their descendants and all who would (AB)join them, that without fail they should celebrate these two days every year, according to the written instructions and according to the prescribed time, 28 that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city, that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, and that the memory of them should not perish among their descendants.
29 Then Queen Esther, (AC)the daughter of Abihail, with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this (AD)second letter about Purim. 30 And Mordecai sent letters to all the Jews, to (AE)the one hundred and twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth, 31 to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had prescribed for them, and as they had decreed for themselves and their descendants concerning matters of their (AF)fasting and lamenting. 32 So the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim, and it was written in the book.
Footnotes
- Esther 9:6 Or Susa
- Esther 9:6 palace
- Esther 9:10 spoil
- Esther 9:11 Or Susa
- Esther 9:11 palace
- Esther 9:11 Lit. came
- Esther 9:15 Or Susa
- Esther 9:17 Lit. it
- Esther 9:18 Or Susa
- Esther 9:18 Lit. it
- Esther 9:25 Lit. she or it
- Esther 9:25 Lit. his
- Esther 9:26 Lit. Lot
Esther 9
English Standard Version
The Jews Destroy Their Enemies
9 (A)Now in the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, (B)on the thirteenth day of the same, (C)when the king's command and edict were about to be carried out, (D)on the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, the reverse occurred: the Jews gained mastery over those who hated them. 2 (E)The Jews gathered in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to lay hands on those who sought their harm. And no one could stand against them, (F)for the fear of them had fallen on all peoples. 3 All the officials of the provinces and (G)the satraps and the governors and the royal agents also helped the Jews, for the fear of Mordecai had fallen on them. 4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces, for the man Mordecai grew (H)more and more powerful. 5 The Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and did as they pleased to those who hated them. 6 In Susa the citadel itself the Jews killed and destroyed 500 men, 7 and also killed Parshandatha and Dalphon and Aspatha 8 and Poratha and Adalia and Aridatha 9 and Parmashta and Arisai and Aridai and Vaizatha, 10 (I)the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, (J)the enemy of the Jews, (K)but they laid no hand on the plunder.
11 That very day the number of those killed in Susa the citadel was reported to the king. 12 And the king said to Queen Esther, “In Susa the citadel the Jews have killed and destroyed 500 men and also the ten sons of Haman. What then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces! (L)Now what is your wish? It shall be granted you. And what further is your request? It shall be fulfilled.” 13 And Esther said, “If it please the king, let the Jews who are in Susa be allowed (M)tomorrow also to do according to this day's edict. And let the ten sons of Haman be hanged on the gallows.”[a] 14 So the king commanded this to be done. A decree was issued in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged. 15 The Jews who were in Susa gathered also on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and they killed 300 men in Susa, but they laid no hands on the plunder.
16 (N)Now the rest of the Jews who were in the king's provinces also (O)gathered to defend their lives, and got relief from their enemies and killed 75,000 of those who hated them, but they laid no hands on the plunder. 17 This was (P)on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested and made that a day of feasting and gladness. 18 But the Jews who were in Susa gathered (Q)on the thirteenth day and on the fourteenth, and rested (R)on the fifteenth day, making that a day of feasting and gladness. 19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in (S)the rural towns, hold the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day for gladness and feasting, as (T)a holiday, and (U)as a day on which they send gifts of food to one another.
The Feast of Purim Inaugurated
20 And Mordecai recorded these things and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far, 21 obliging them to keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and also the fifteenth day of the same, year by year, 22 as the days on which the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into (V)a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and gifts to the poor.
23 So the Jews accepted what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them. 24 For Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, (W)the enemy of all the Jews, (X)had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and (Y)had cast Pur (that is, cast lots), to crush and to destroy them. 25 But when it came before the king, he gave orders in writing (Z)that his evil plan that he had devised against the Jews (AA)should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. 26 Therefore they called these days Purim, after the term (AB)Pur. Therefore, because of all that was written in (AC)this letter, and of what they had faced in this matter, and of what had happened to them, 27 the Jews firmly obligated themselves and their offspring and (AD)all who joined them, that without fail they would keep (AE)these two days according to what was written and at the time appointed every year, 28 that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, in every clan, province, and city, and that these days of Purim should never fall into disuse among the Jews, nor should the commemoration of these days cease among their descendants.
29 Then Queen Esther, (AF)the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew gave full written authority, confirming (AG)this second letter about Purim. 30 Letters were sent to all the Jews, (AH)to the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, in words of peace and truth, 31 that these days of Purim should be observed at their appointed seasons, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther obligated them, and as they had obligated themselves and their offspring, with regard to (AI)their fasts and their lamenting. 32 The command of Esther confirmed these practices of (AJ)Purim, and it was recorded in writing.
Footnotes
- Esther 9:13 Or wooden beam; also verse 25 (see note on 2:23)
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