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.

¹On that day hath the king Ahasuerus given to Esther the queen the house of Haman, adversary of the Jews, and Mordecai hath come in before the king, for Esther hath declared what he [is] to her,

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.

²and the king turneth aside his signet, that he hath caused to pass away from Haman, and giveth it to Mordecai, and Esther setteth Mordecai over the house of Haman.

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.

³And Esther addeth, and speaketh before the king, and falleth before his feet, and weepeth, and maketh supplication to him, to cause the evil of Haman the Agagite to pass away, and his device that he had devised against the Jews;

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

⁴and the king holdeth out to Esther the golden sceptre, and Esther riseth, and standeth before the king,

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.

⁵and saith, `If to the king [it be] good, and if I have found grace before him, and the thing hath been right before the king, and I [be] good in his eyes, let it be written to bring back the letters — a device of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite — that he wrote to destroy the Jews who [are] in all provinces of the king,

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

⁶for how do I endure when I have looked on the evil that doth find my people? and how do I endure when I have looked on the destruction of my kindred?`

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.

⁷And the king Ahasuerus saith to Esther the queen, and to Mordecai the Jew, `Lo, the house of Haman I have given to Esther, and him they have hanged on the tree, because that he put forth his hand on the Jews,

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.

⁸and ye, write ye for the Jews, as [it is] good in your eyes, in the name of the king, and seal with the signet of the king — for the writing that is written in the name of the king, and sealed with the signet of the king, there is none to turn back.`

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.

⁹And the scribes of the king are called, at that time, in the third month — it [is] the month of Sivan — in the three and twentieth of it, and it is written, according to all that Mordecai hath commanded, unto the Jews, and unto the lieutenants, and the governors, and the heads of the provinces, that [are] from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces — province and province according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, and unto the Jews according to their writing, and according to their tongue.

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:

¹⁰And he writeth in the name of the king Ahasuerus, and sealeth with the signet of the king, and sendeth letters by the hand of the runners with horses, riders of the dromedary, the mules, the young mares,

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

¹¹that the king hath given to the Jews who [are] in every city and city, to be assembled, and to stand for their life, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy the whole force of the people and province who are distressing them, infants and women, and their spoil to seize.

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

¹²In one day, in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month — it [is] the month of Adar —

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.

¹³a copy of the writing to be made law in every province and province is revealed to all the peoples, and for the Jews being ready at this day to be avenged of their enemies.

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

¹⁴The runners, riding on the dromedary, [and] the mules, have gone out, hastened and pressed by the word of the king, and the law hath been given in Shushan the palace.

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.

¹⁵And Mordecai went out from before the king, in royal clothing of blue and white, and a great crown of gold, and a garment of fine linen and purple, and the city of Shushan hath rejoiced and been glad;

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.

¹⁶to the Jews hath been light, and gladness, and joy, and honour,

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.

¹⁷and in every province and province, and in every city and city, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, gladness and joy [are] to the Jews, a banquet, and a good day; and many of the peoples of the land are becoming Jews, for a fear of the Jews hath fallen upon them.