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;)

¹Akhirnya tibalah tanggal tiga belas bulan Adar, yaitu hari yang ditetapkan untuk pelaksanaan perintah raja atas orang-orang Yahudi. Hari itu telah dinantikan oleh musuh-musuh bangsa Yahudi untuk menguasai bangsa itu. Tetapi ternyata orang Yahudilah yang mengalahkan mereka.

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.

²Di setiap kota, orang-orang Yahudi berkumpul dan bersatu untuk menyerang semua orang yang berniat jahat terhadap mereka. Bangsa-bangsa di mana saja menjadi ketakutan kepada mereka sehingga tak seorang pun berani menghadapi mereka.

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.

³Malahan semua pembesar provinsi, para gubernur, bupati dan pejabat kerajaan menyokong orang Yahudi karena semuanya takut kepada Mordekhai.

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.

⁴Di seluruh kerajaan orang tahu bahwa Mordekhai sangat berpengaruh di istana dan semakin berkuasa pula.

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.

⁵Demikianlah bangsa Yahudi dapat berbuat semaunya dengan musuh mereka, mereka menyerang dengan pedang lalu membunuhnya.

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

⁶Di Susan, ibukota negara, orang Yahudi membunuh lima ratus orang.

⁷And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,

⁷Di antaranya terdapat kesepuluh anak laki-laki Haman anak Hamedata, musuh besar orang Yahudi. Mereka itu adalah: Parsandata, Dalfon, Aspata, Porata, Adalya, Aridata, Parmasta, Arisai, Aridai dan Waizata. Tetapi orang Yahudi tidak melakukan perampokan.

⁸And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,

⁸(9:7)

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

⁹(9:7)

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(9:7)

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

¹¹Pada hari itu juga orang melaporkan kepada raja jumlah orang-orang yang terbunuh di Susan.

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.

¹²Kata baginda kepada Ratu Ester, "Di Susan saja orang Yahudi telah membunuh 500 orang, termasuk kesepuluh anak Haman. Apalagi di provinsi-provinsi! Entahlah apa yang mereka lakukan di sana! Nah, apa lagi yang kauminta sekarang? Katakan saja, engkau pasti akan mendapatnya!"

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.

¹³Ester menjawab, "Kalau Baginda berkenan, hendaknya orang Yahudi yang tinggal di Susan ini besok pagi diizinkan mengulangi lagi apa yang telah dilakukannya pada hari ini. Lagipula, hendaknya mayat anak-anak Haman itu digantung pada tiang-tiang gantungan."

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

¹⁴Lalu raja memberi perintah untuk melaksanakan permintaan Ester; surat perintah untuk kota Susan dikeluarkan dan mayat kesepuluh anak Haman digantung.

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.

¹⁵Jadi pada tanggal empat belas bulan Adar, orang-orang Yahudi di Susan berkumpul kembali dan membunuh 300 orang lagi di kota itu. Dan kali ini juga mereka tidak merampok.

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,

¹⁶Orang-orang Yahudi yang tinggal di provinsi-provinsi juga telah berkumpul dan membela diri mereka. Mereka mengalahkan musuhnya dan membunuh 75.000 orang yang membenci mereka. Tetapi mereka tidak merampok.

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.

¹⁷Peristiwa itu terjadi pada tanggal tiga belas bulan Adar. Hari berikutnya, pada tanggal empat belas, mereka tidak membunuh siapa pun, melainkan merayakan hari itu dengan gembira.

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.

¹⁸Tetapi orang Yahudi yang ada di Susan merayakan tanggal lima belas sebagai hari besar, sebab mereka telah membunuh musuh pada tanggal tiga belas dan empat belas, lalu berhenti pada tanggal lima belas.

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.

¹⁹Itulah sebabnya orang Yahudi yang tinggal di kota-kota kecil memperingati tanggal empat belas bulan Adar sebagai hari yang gembira, hari untuk berpesta ria sambil saling memberi hadiah berupa makanan.

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,

²⁰Setelah itu Mordekhai mencatat segala kejadian itu dan mengirim surat kepada semua orang Yahudi di seluruh kerajaan Persia, baik yang jauh, maupun yang dekat.

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

²¹Isi surat itu ialah perintah untuk merayakan tanggal empat belas dan lima belas bulan Adar setiap tahun.

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.

²²Sebab pada hari-hari itulah mereka telah mengalahkan musuh-musuh mereka, sehingga kesedihan dan kepedihan mereka berubah menjadi kegembiraan dan kebahagiaan. Oleh sebab itu mereka harus merayakan hari-hari itu dengan pesta dan perjamuan serta saling memberi makanan dan membagikan sedekah kepada orang miskin.

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

²³Orang Yahudi mentaati perintah Mordekhai itu dan demikianlah perayaan itu menjadi adat kebiasaan setiap tahun.

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;

²⁴Haman anak Hamedata, keturunan Agag, musuh besar orang Yahudi, telah membuang undi yang disebut juga "purim" guna menetapkan hari untuk membantai orang Yahudi; ia telah merencanakan untuk memunahkan mereka.

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.

²⁵Tetapi Ester menghadap raja, dan raja memberi perintah tertulis yang menyebabkan rencana jahat yang dibuat Haman menimpa dirinya sendiri, sehingga ia dan anak-anaknya digantung pada tiang gantungan.

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,

²⁶Sebab itu hari-hari besar itu disebut Purim. Surat Mordekhai dan segala yang telah dialami orang Yahudi,

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;

²⁷mengakibatkan mereka membuat suatu peraturan bagi diri mereka sendiri, bagi keturunan mereka dan bagi semua orang yang akan menjadi warga bangsa Yahudi. Menurut peraturan itu setiap tahun mereka wajib merayakan kedua hari yang telah ditetapkan oleh Mordekhai.

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.

²⁸Ditetapkan juga bahwa untuk selama-lamanya hari-hari Purim itu harus diingat dan dirayakan oleh setiap keluarga Yahudi dari segala angkatan dalam setiap provinsi dan setiap kota.

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

²⁹Di samping itu, bersama-sama dengan surat Mordekhai, Ratu Ester anak Abihail menulis surat kedua, yang memperkuat isi surat Mordekhai mengenai Purim itu.

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,

³⁰Surat itu dikirimkan kepada semua orang Yahudi, dan salinan-salinannya dikirimkan kepada ke-127 provinsi kerajaan Persia. Surat itu disertai doa agar bangsa Yahudi selalu sejahtera dan aman.

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.

³¹Surat itu menganjurkan juga supaya mereka dan keturunan mereka memperingati hari-hari Purim pada waktu yang tepat, sebagaimana mereka memperingati masa puasa dan masa berkabung. Itulah isi surat Mordekhai dan Ratu Ester.

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

³²Perintah Ester yang menetapkan peraturan-peraturan Purim, dicatat dalam buku.