¹Now in the twelfth month, that 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, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)

¹猶大人殺戮仇敵十二月，就是亞達月，十三日，王的命令和諭旨快要執行的時候，就是猶大人的仇敵盼望轄制猶大人的日子，反成了猶大人轄制恨他們的人的日子。

²The 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 fell upon all people.

²猶大人在亞哈隨魯王各省的城裡聚集起來，要下手攻擊那些想謀害他們的人；沒有人能抵擋他們，因為各族的人都懼怕他們。

³And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.

³各省的官長、總督、省長和辦理王事務的人，因為懼怕末底改，就都支持猶大人。

⁴For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.

⁴末底改在朝中的確非常尊大，他的聲譽傳遍各省；末底改這人的權力越來越大。

⁵Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.

⁵這樣，猶大人擊殺他們所有的仇敵，他們用刀盡量擊殺，隨意對待他們的仇人。

⁶And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

⁶在書珊城裡，猶大人就殺滅了五百人。

⁷And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,

⁷他們又殺了巴珊大他、達分、亞斯帕他、

⁸And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,

⁸破拉他、亞大利雅、亞利大他、

⁹And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,

⁹帕瑪斯他、亞利賽、亞利代和瓦耶撒他，

¹⁰The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.

¹⁰這十個人就是哈米大他的孫子、哈曼的兒子，猶大人的敵人；至於財物，猶大人卻沒有下手掠奪。

¹¹On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.

¹¹當日在書珊城被殺的人的數目，呈到王面前。

¹²And 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 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.

¹²王問王后以斯帖：“猶大人在書珊城殺滅了五百人，又殺了哈曼的十個兒子；在王其他省內，他們怎樣行呢！現在你要甚麼，我必賜給你，你還求甚麼，也必給你成全。”

¹³Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which 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.

¹³以斯帖回答：“王若是同意，求你恩准書珊的猶大人，明日也照著今日的諭旨行事，把哈曼的十個兒子掛在木架上。”

¹⁴And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

¹⁴王就下令這樣行；諭旨傳遍書珊，人就把哈曼的十個兒子掛在木架上。

¹⁵For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.

¹⁵亞達月十四日，在書珊的猶大人又聚集起來，在書珊殺了三百人，卻沒有下手掠奪他們的財物。

¹⁶But 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 their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

¹⁶在王各省其餘的猶大人，也都聚集起來，保護自己的性命，向他們的仇敵報復，殺了恨他們的人共七萬五千；至於財物，他們卻沒有下手掠奪。

¹⁷On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

¹⁷這是在亞達月十三日的事，十四日他們得享安寧，以這日為設宴歡樂的日子。

¹⁸But the Jews that were at 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.

¹⁸但在書珊的猶大人在十三、十四日聚集起來殺敵，他們就在十五日休息，以這日為設宴歡樂的日子。

¹⁹Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

¹⁹因此鄉村的猶大人，就是住在沒有城牆的村鎮的，都以亞達月十四日為歡樂飲宴的吉日，互送禮物。

²⁰And 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,

²⁰末底改把這些事記錄下來，並且送文書給亞哈隨魯各省遠近所有的猶大人，

²¹To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

²¹囑咐他們每年都要守亞達月十四、十五兩日。

²²As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

²²以這月的兩日，為猶大人脫離仇敵，得享安寧的日子，是轉憂為喜，轉哀為樂的吉日，叫他們在這兩日飲宴歡樂，大家互贈禮物，也賙濟窮人。

²³And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

²³於是，猶大人承諾要守他們起初所守的，也承諾要遵守末底改寫給他們的。

²⁴Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

²⁴原本猶大人的敵人，亞甲族哈米大他的兒子哈曼曾經設謀陷害猶大人，要消滅他們；他弄卜“普珥”，就是抽籤，為要打擊和消滅猶大人。

²⁵But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

²⁵但這事呈到王面前以後，王使用文書降旨吩咐，使哈曼計謀的惡事，就是他設謀陷害猶大人的事歸到他自己的頭上，又使人把他和他的眾子掛在木架上。

²⁶Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,

²⁶普珥節的來歷因此，猶大人照著“普珥”的名字，稱這兩日為普珥節；所以他們因這信上的話，又因他們所看見和所遭遇的事，

²⁷The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;

²⁷猶大人就立了定例，承諾他們自己和他們的後裔，以及所有與他們聯合的人，每年都要按著所寫的和指定的兩日守這節日，永不可廢止。

²⁸And 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 memorial of them perish from their seed.

²⁸使人在各省各城，家家戶戶，世世代代，都記念、遵守這兩日，使這普珥節的日子在猶大人中，永不廢止。

²⁹Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.

²⁹亞比孩的女兒王后以斯帖和猶大人末底改以全權寫了這第二封信，囑咐猶大人守這普珥節。

³⁰And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,

³⁰他用和平和誠實的話，把文書送給亞哈隨魯國中一百二十七省所有的猶大人，

³¹To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.

³¹勸他們按著規定的時期，照著猶大人末底改和王后以斯帖所囑咐的，也照著他們在禁食和哀求的時候為自己與後裔所承諾的，守這普珥節。

³²And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

³²以斯帖的命令確定了普珥節；這命令也記錄在史記上。