¹On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.

¹Saß ajcuiß li cutan aßan li rey quixkßaxtesi re lix Ester li rochoch laj Amán, li xicß qui-iloc reheb laj judío. Laj Mardoqueo quicuulac riqßuin li rey xban nak lix Ester quixye re li rey nak aßan rechßalal.

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

²Ut li rey quirisi chi rußuj rukß lix matkßab li quixmakß chiru laj Amán ut quixqßue re laj Mardoqueo. Ut lix Ester quixxakab laj Mardoqueo re nak aßan chic tâilok re chixjunil li cßaßru quicuan chokß re laj Amán.

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

³Lix Ester quiâtinac cuißchic riqßuin li rey. Tâyâbak nak quixcut rib chi rok li rey ut quixye: —Tâsach taxak xcuanquil li chakßrab li quixqßue laj Amán xban xmâusilal. Incßaß taxak tâuxmânk li raylal li quixcßoxla xbânunquil reheb laj judío, chan lix Ester.

⁴Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.

⁴Li rey quixtaksi lix xukß oro ut lix Ester quicuacli ut quixxakab rib chiru li rey.

⁵She said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right to the king, and I am 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 who are in all the king’s provinces.

⁵Ut quixye re: —At rey, cui lâat tâcuaj xbânunquil usilal cue, ut cui nacacßoxla nak us xbânunquil ut cui niquinâra, tâqßue taxak junak li chakßrab li tixsach xcuanquil li hu li quixtakla laj Amán li ralal laj Hamedata aj agagueo re xcamsinquil chixjunileb laj judío yalak bar cuanqueb saß eb li tenamit li cuanqueb rubel lâ cuanquil.

⁶For how can I endure to see the evil that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?”

⁶¿Chanru nak tincuy rilbal li raylal li teßraj xbânunquil reheb li cuech tenamitil? Lâin incßaß tincuy cui teßcamsîk li cuechßalal, chan lix Ester.

⁷Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, “See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged on the gallows, because he laid his hand on the Jews.

⁷Li rey Asuero quichakßoc ut quixye re li reina Ester ut re ajcuiß laj Mardoqueo laj judío: —Xban nak laj Amán quiraj xsachbaleb ru laj judío, lâin xintakla xyatzßbal ut xinqßue re lix Ester chixjunil li cßaßru re laj Amán.

⁸Write also to the Jews, as it pleases 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 not be reversed by any man.”

⁸Anakcuan têtzßîba jun chic li hu saß incßabaß lâin ut têtzßîba li cßaßru têraj re xtenkßanquileb laj judío. Ut têqßue retalil lin matkßab chiru xban nak cui tzßîbanbil saß incßabaß, ut cui cuan retalil li matkßab chiru, incßaß naru xjalbal ru li cßaßru tzßîbanbil, chan li rey.

⁹Then the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing, and in their language.

⁹Saß junpât queßbokeß laj tzßîb li nequeßcßanjelac chiru li rey saß li oxib xcaßcßâl xbe li rox po Siván xcßabaß. Ut queßxtzßîba chixjunil li quixye laj Mardoqueo. Li hu quicuulac saß li jun ciento riqßuin cuukub xcaßcßâl chi tenamit li cuanqueb rubel xcuanquil li rey saß li tenamit La India, toj saß li tenamit Etiopía. Li hu quicuulac riqßuineb laj judío ut riqßuineb li cuanqueb xcuanquil ut riqßuineb ajcuiß li nequeßtaklan saß xbêneb li soldado. Li hu quitzßîbâc saß li râtinobâleb ut joß nequeßtzßîbac saß li junjûnk chi tenamit. Ut quitzßîbâc ajcuiß li hu saß li râtinobâleb laj judío ut joß nequeßtzßîbac eb aßan.

¹⁰He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by courier on horseback, riding on royal horses that were bread from swift steeds.

¹⁰Laj Mardoqueo quixtzßîba li hu saß xcßabaß li rey ut quixqßue retalil lix matkßab li rey chiruheb li hu. Quixtaklaheb li cuînk chixcanabanquileb li hu. Queßcôeb chirixeb lix cacuây li rey, li kßaxal cau nequeßâlinac.

¹¹In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to defend their life, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions,

¹¹Saß li hu li quixtakla li rey quiyeheß reheb laj judío nak teßxchßutub ribeb saß li junjûnk chi tenamit cuanqueb cuiß, ut teßpletik re xcolbaleb rib chiruheb li xicß nequeßiloc reheb. Târûk teßxcamsiheb ut teßxsach ruheb yalak ani li teßchâlk chi camsînc reheb aß yal bar xtenamiteb, usta cuînk, usta ixk, usta cocßal. Ut teßxxoc li cßaßru cuan reheb, chan li rey saß li hu.

¹²on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

¹²Chixjunil aßin teßxbânu chiru jun cutan, saß li oxlaju xbe li po Adar. Aßan lix cablaju po re li chihab.

¹³A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that the Jews should be ready for that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

¹³Ut li hu aßin li quixtakla li rey quicana joß chakßrab ut qui-el resilal saß chixjunileb li tenamit re nak ac cauresinbilakeb laj judío chi numtâc saß xbêneb li xicß nequeßiloc reheb nak tâcuulak xkßehil li ac yebil resil.

¹⁴So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa.

¹⁴Eb lix takl li rey queßcôeb saß junpât chirixeb lix cacuây li rey, li kßaxal cau nequeßâlinac, joß quiyeheß reheb xban li rey. Ut qui-el ajcuiß resilal li hu saß li tenamit Susa bar cuan cuiß li rey.

¹⁵Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and was glad.

¹⁵Nak laj Mardoqueo qui-el riqßuin li rey cuan chirix li châbil akß joß narocsi li rey, rax ut sak. Cuan saß xjolom jun nimla corona oro. Ut cuan li tßicr saß xbên li rakß. Li tßicr aßan yîbanbil riqßuin châbil tßicr lino morado. Nak queßril laj Mardoqueo, cßajoß nak queßsahoß xchßôl li cuanqueb saß li tenamit Susa.

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

¹⁶Ut eb laj judío queßsahoß xchßôl ut queßqßueheß xlokßal.Saß li junjûnk chi tenamit li quitaklâc cuiß li chakßrab li quixqßue li rey, cßajoß nak quisahoß saß xchßôleb laj judío ut queßninkßeîc xban nak aßan jun nimla cutan chokß reheb. Ut nabaleb li mâcuaßeb aj judío queßoc saß xyânkeb xban nak qui-oc xxiuheb xbaneb laj judío.

¹⁷In every province, and in every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast, and a good day. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen on them.

¹⁷Saß li junjûnk chi tenamit li quitaklâc cuiß li chakßrab li quixqßue li rey, cßajoß nak quisahoß saß xchßôleb laj judío ut queßninkßeîc xban nak aßan jun nimla cutan chokß reheb. Ut nabaleb li mâcuaßeb aj judío queßoc saß xyânkeb xban nak qui-oc xxiuheb xbaneb laj judío.