1And in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day thereof, 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 (but it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had power 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 the provinces of king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt. And no man could withstand them; for the fear of them had fallen upon all the peoples.
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 princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors and officers of the king, helped the Jews; for the fear of Mordecai had fallen 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 forth throughout the provinces; for the man Mordecai became continually greater.
4Di seluruh kerajaan orang tahu bahwa Mordekhai sangat berpengaruh di istana dan semakin berkuasa pula.
5And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword and slaughter and destruction, and did what they would to those that hated them.
5Demikianlah bangsa Yahudi dapat berbuat semaunya dengan musuh mereka, mereka menyerang dengan pedang lalu membunuhnya.
6And in Shushan the fortress 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 oppressor of the Jews, they slew; but they laid not their hands on the prey.
10(9:7)
11On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the fortress was brought before the king.
11Pada hari itu juga orang melaporkan kepada raja jumlah orang-orang yang terbunuh di Susan.
12And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the fortress, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? And what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee; and 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!"
13And Esther said, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews that are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according to 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.
15And 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 they laid not their hand on the prey.
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.
16And the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their life, and had rest from their enemies; and they slew of them that hated them seventy-five thousand (but they laid not their hand 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 of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and joy.
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 gathered themselves together on the thirteenth [day] thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and joy.
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 dwell in the country towns make the fourteenth of the month Adar a day of joy and feasting, and a good day, and on which they send 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 to all the Jews near and far that were in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus,
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 establish [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 on which the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month that was turned to 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 to them.
23Orang Yahudi mentaati perintah Mordekhai itu dan demikianlah perayaan itu menjadi adat kebiasaan setiap tahun.
24For Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the oppressor 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.
25and when [Esther] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head; and they hanged him and his sons 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.
26Therefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore, according to all the words of this letter, and for what they had seen concerning this matter and what had happened to 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 to them, so that it should not fail, that they would observe these two days according to their writing and according to their fixed 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 observed throughout every generation, in 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 cease from among 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.
29And queen Esther 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 letters to all the Jews, to the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, 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 fixed times, according as Mordecai the Jew and queen Esther had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, as to 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.