¹On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.

¹Tisti dan je podaril kralj Ahasver kraljici Esteri hišo Hamana, nasprotnika Judov. In Mardohej je prišel pred kralja, zakaj Estera je povedala, kaj je on bil njej.

²And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

²In kralj je snel svoj prstan, ki ga je bil vzel Hamanu, in ga je dal Mardoheju. Estera pa je postavila Mardoheja nad hišo Hamanovo.

³And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

³In Estera je zopet govorila pred kraljem ter je padla kralju pred noge in ga plakaje prosila, naj uniči zlobnost Hamana Agagejca in njegov naklep, ki ga je nasnoval zoper Jude.

⁴Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,

⁴Tedaj seže kralj proti Esteri z žezlom zlatim. In Estera vstane in stopi pred kralja

⁵And said, If it please the king, and if I have favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:

⁵in reče: Ako je kralju všeč in ako sem našla milost v očeh njegovih in se stvar vidi kralju prikladna in ako sem mu mila, naj se napiše, da se prekličejo listi z naklepom Hamana, sinu Hamedata, Agagejca, ki jih je napisal, da bi pogubil Jude po vseh pokrajinah kraljevih.

⁶For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

⁶Ker kako bi mogla gledati nesrečo, ki zadene ljudstvo moje? in kako bi mogla videti pogubo rodovine svoje?

⁷Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.

⁷Nato reče kralj Ahasver kraljici Esteri in Mardoheju Judu: Glej, dal sem Esteri hišo Hamanovo in njega so obesili na vislice, ker je položil roko svojo na Jude.

⁸Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.

⁸Pišita torej vidva za Jude, kakor se vama zdi prav, v kraljevem imenu in zapečatita s kraljevim prstanom; zakaj pisma, ki je pisano v kraljevem imenu in zapečateno s kraljevim prstanom, nihče ne more preklicati.

⁹Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

⁹Tedaj so bili poklicani kraljevi pisarji tisti čas, v tretjem mesecu, ki je mesec Sivan, na triindvajseti dan; in bilo je pisano, prav kakor je velel Mardohej, Judom in namestnikom kraljevim in deželskim oblastnikom in knezom v pokrajinah, ki se raztezajo od Indije do Etiopije, stoinsedemindvajset pokrajin, vsaki pokrajini v njeni pisavi in vsakemu ljudstvu v njegovem jeziku, tudi Judom v njih pisavi in v njih jeziku.

¹⁰And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:

¹⁰In pisal je v imenu kralja Ahasvera in zapečatil s kraljevim prstanom in razposlal liste po brzih slih, jezdečih na gosposkih konjih, zrejenih v kraljevi kobilarni:

¹¹Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

¹¹da je kralj dovolil Judom po vseh mestih, da se zbero in branijo življenje svoje, da pokončajo in pomore in pogube vso vojno moč ljudstva in pokrajin, ki bi napadla nje, njih otročiče in žene, in da zaplenijo njih imetje

¹²Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

¹²enega dne po vseh pokrajinah kralja Ahasvera, namreč trinajstega dne dvanajstega meseca, ki je mesec Adar.

¹³The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

¹³In da bi se povelje izdalo v vsaki posamezni pokrajini, se je objavila vsebina lista vsem ljudstvom, da naj bodo Judje pripravljeni na tisti dan, da se maščujejo nad sovražniki svojimi.

¹⁴So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.

¹⁴Brzi sli, ki so jezdili na kraljevih konjih, so odšli, podvizaje se po kraljevi zapovedi. In ukaz se je izdal na gradu Susanu.

¹⁵And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

¹⁵In Mardohej je šel izpred obličja kraljevega v kraljevskem oblačilu iz modrega škrlata in belega bombaža in z velikim vencem zlatim in s plaščem iz tenčice in škrlata; in mesto Susan je ukalo in se veselilo.

¹⁶The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.

¹⁶Judom je nastala luč in veselje, radost in čast.In v vsaki pokrajini in po vseh mestih, kamorkoli je dospelo kraljevo povelje in njegova postava, so imeli Judje veselje in radost, gostijo in praznik. In mnogi izmed ljudstev dežele so postali Judje, kajti strah pred Judi jih je prevzel.

¹⁷And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.

¹⁷In v vsaki pokrajini in po vseh mestih, kamorkoli je dospelo kraljevo povelje in njegova postava, so imeli Judje veselje in radost, gostijo in praznik. In mnogi izmed ljudstev dežele so postali Judje, kajti strah pred Judi jih je prevzel.