¹Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the month, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to conquer them, (but it was turned out the opposite happened, that the Jews conquered those who hated them),

¹Li oxlaju xbe li cablaju po Adar, aßan li cutan xxakabanbil xban li rey nak teßsachekß ruheb laj judío, ut aßan ajcuiß li cutan li yôqueb chiroybeninquil li xicß nequeßiloc reheb laj judío re nak teßnumtâk saß xbêneb. Abanan incßaß queßnumta saß xbêneb laj judío. Laj judío ban queßnumta saß xbêneb li xicß nequeßiloc reheb.

²the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus, to lay hands on those who wanted to harm them. No one could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen on all the people.

²Ut saß eb li tenamit li cuanqueb rubel xcuanquil li rey Asuero, eb laj judío queßxchßutub ribeb chi pletic riqßuineb li queßajoc xsachbal ruheb. Ut mâ jun quiru xcolbal rib chiruheb laj judío xban nak qui-oc xxiuheb chiruheb.

³All the princes of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and those who did the king’s business helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen on them.

³Chixjunileb li cuanqueb xcuanquil ut eb li nequeßtaklan saß eb li tenamit, joßqueb ajcuiß li nequeßtaklan saß xbêneb li soldado, queßxtenkßaheb laj judío xban nak queßxucuac chiru laj Mardoqueo.

⁴For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai grew greater and greater.

⁴Queßxucuac xban nak laj Mardoqueo nim xcuanquil saß li rochoch li rey ut naßno ru yalak bar saß eb li tenamit li cuanqueb rubel xcuanquil li rey. Ut rajlal yô chi nimânc lix cuanquil li quiqßueheß re.

⁵The Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they wanted to those who hated them.

⁵Ut eb laj judío queßxcamsiheb chi chßîchß chixjunileb li xicß nequeßiloc reheb. Queßxbânu reheb li cßaßru queßraj.

⁶In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.

⁶Saß li tenamit Susa bar cuan cuiß li rey queßxcamsi ôb ciento chi cuînk.

⁷They killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,

⁷Ut queßcamsîc li lajêb chi cuînk ralaleb laj Amán. Aßaneb aßin lix cßabaßeb: laj Parsandata, laj Dalfón, ut laj Aspata,

⁸Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,

⁸laj Porata, laj Adalía, ut laj Aridata,

⁹Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,

⁹laj Parmasta, laj Arisai, laj Aridai ut laj Vaizata.

¹⁰the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jew’s enemy, but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.

¹⁰Aßaneb li lajêb chi ralal laj Amán li ralal laj Hamedata, li xicß queßiloc reheb laj judío. Eb laj judío queßxcamsiheb, abanan incßaß queßxcßam li cßaßru cuan reheb.

¹¹On that day, the number of those who were slain in the citadel of Susa was brought before the king.

¹¹Saß ajcuiß li cutan aßan quicuulac resil riqßuin li rey joß qßuial li queßcamsîc aran Susa, li tenamit cuan cuiß li rey.

¹²The king said to Esther the queen, “The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in the citadel of Susa, including the ten sons of Haman; what then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! Now what is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your further request? It shall be done.”

¹²Ut li rey quixye re lix Ester: —Arin Susa queßcamsîc ôb ciento li cuînk xbaneb laj judío. Ut queßcamsîc li lajêb chi ralal laj Amán. ¿Ani ta cuiß tânaßok re chanru xcßulman saß eb li junjûnk chi tenamit li cuanqueb rubel incuanquil? Ye cue cßaß chic ru tâcuaj anakcuan, ut lâin tinqßue âcue. Ye cue cßaßru tâcuaj, ut tâuxmânk joß tâcuaj, chan li rey.

¹³Then Esther said, “If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according to this day’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”

¹³Lix Ester quichakßoc ut quixye: —Eb laj judío xeßxbânu anakcuan joß tzßîbanbil saß li chakßrab li xaqßue reheb. Cui lâat tâcuaj, tâtakla xyebal reheb laj judío li cuanqueb arin Susa nak târûk teßxbânu ajcuiß cuulaj joß xeßxbânu anakcuan. Ut nacuaj ajcuiß nak teßtßuyubâk riqßuin cßâm chiruheb li tenamit li lajêb chi camenak li ralal laj Amán, chan.

¹⁴The king commanded this to be done. A decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.

¹⁴Li rey quixtakla xyebal nak tâuxmânk joß quixye lix Ester. Ut qui-el resil saß li tenamit Susa. Ut eb li lajêb chi ralal laj Amán, li queßcamsîc queßtßuyubâc aran Susa chiruheb li tenamit.

¹⁵The Jews who were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and killed three hundred men in Shushan; but they didn’t lay their hand on the spoil.

¹⁵Eb laj judío li cuanqueb Susa queßxchßutub cuißchic rib saß li câlaju xbe li po Adar. Ut queßxcamsi oxib ciento chic li cuînk, abanan incßaß queßxchßeß li cßaßru cuan reheb.

¹⁶The other Jews who were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, defended their lives, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them; but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.

¹⁶Ut eb laj judío li cuanqueb saß eb li tenamit li cuanqueb rubel xcuanquil li rey queßxchßutub ribeb re xcolbaleb rib chiruheb li xicß nequeßiloc reheb. Queßxcamsi oßlaju xcâcßâl mil chi cuînk abanan incßaß queßxchßeß li cßaßru cuan reheb.

¹⁷This was done on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of that month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

¹⁷Aßin quicßulman saß li oxlaju xbe li po Adar. Ut saß li câlaju xbe li po Adar queßhilan ut queßninkßeîc xban xsahil xchßôleb.

¹⁸But the Jews who were in Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth days of the month; and on the fifteenth day of that month, they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

¹⁸Aßut eb laj judío li cuanqueb Susa queßxchßutub ribeb re xcolbaleb rib saß li oxlaju ut saß li câlaju xbe li po. Ut saß li oßlaju xbe li po queßhilan ut queßninkßeîc xban xsahil xchßôleb.

¹⁹Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, a good day, and a day of sending presents of food to one another.

¹⁹Joßcan nak eb laj judío li cuanqueb saß eb li cßalebâl li incßaß sutsu xnaßajeb saß tzßac, nequeßxninkßei li câlaju xbe li po Adar re xjulticanquil chanru nak queßcoleß. Nequeßsahoß saß xchßôleb ut nequeßxqßue xmâtaneb chi ribileb rib.

²⁰Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both near and far,

²⁰Ut laj Mardoqueo quixtzßîba retalil li cßaßru quicßulman ut quixtakla li hu reheb laj judío li cuanqueb saß eb li tenamit li cuanqueb rubel xcuanquil li rey Asuero, li cuanqueb chi nachß joß ajcuiß li cuanqueb chi najt.

²¹to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month Adar yearly,

²¹Quixye reheb nak teßxninkßei ru li cutan li câlaju ut li oßlaju xbe li po Adar. Teßxninkßei rajlal chihab, chan.

²²as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending presents of food to one another, and gifts to the needy.

²²Teßxninkßei ru li cutan aßan xban nak aßan li cutan queßcoleß cuiß chiruheb li xicß queßiloc reheb. Ut saß li po aßan quisukßi chokß sahil chßôlej li rahil chßôlej li cuanqueb cuiß. Teßxninkßei ruheb li cutan aßan ut teßxqßue xmâtaneb chi ribileb rib ut teßxqßue xmâtaneb li nebaß.

²³The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them;

²³Ut eb laj judío queßcßay chixbânunquil joß queßyeheß reheb xban laj Mardoqueo saß li hu li quixtakla reheb.

²⁴because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast “Pur,” that is the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

²⁴Teßxninkßei rajlal re xjulticanquil chanru nak laj Amán li ralal laj Hamedata laj agagueo, li xicß qui-iloc reheb laj judío quixcßûb ru chanru nak xsacheb raj ru laj judío ut queßbûlic re xxakabanquil lix cutanquil. Li bûlic “Pur” xcßabaß saß râtinobâleb.

²⁵but when this became known to the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

²⁵Abanan lix Ester quiâtinac riqßuin li rey. Ut li rey quixqßue li chakßrab nak chixjunil li raylal li quixcßoxla xbânunquil reheb laj judío tâtßanekß saß xbên laj Amán. Ut quixtakla xyatzßbal laj Amán joß ajcuiß li lajêb chi ralal.

²⁶Therefore they called these days “Purim, Purim is the Hebrew plural for pur, which means lot. ” from the word “Pur.” Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come to them,

²⁶Joßcan nak Purim nayeman reheb li cutan li nequeßxninkßei ru. Li cßabaßej aßan isinbil riqßuin li âtin “pur”. Li âtin “pur” naraj naxye “suerte”. Xban li cßaßru tzßîbanbil saß li hu ut xban li cßaßru quicßulman, li cßaßru queßril ut li cßaßru queßrabi resil,

²⁷the Jews established, and imposed on themselves, and on their descendants, and on all those who joined themselves to them, so that it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to what was written, and according to its appointed time, every year;

²⁷chixjunileb laj judío queßxye nak teßxbânu li ninkße aßin rajlal chihab. Ut queßxcßaytesi ajcuiß li ralal xcßajoleb xninkßeinquil li cutan aßan. Ut queßxye nak li joß qßuialeb li queßoc saß xyânkeb laj judío teßxninkßei ajcuiß li cutan aßan. Junelic teßxninkßei ru li cuib chi cutan aßan rajlal chihab.

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 their memory perish from their seed.

²⁸Saß eb li tenamit li cuânkeb cuiß laj judío rajlal chihab teßxbânu li ninkße Purim joßqueb ajcuiß li ralal xcßajol li teßcuânk mokon. Incßaß teßxcanab xbânunquil li ninkße Purim re nak incßaß tâsachk saß xchßôleb laj judío li cßaßru quicßulman.

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

²⁹Ut li reina Ester, lix rabin laj Abihail, rochben laj Mardoqueo laj judío, queßxtzßîba jun chic li hu. Ut queßxye nak tento xbânunquil li ninkße Purim. Ut xban nak cuanqueb xcuanquil chi taklânc, tento nak tâuxmânk li cßaßru queßxtzßîba saß li hu.

³⁰He sent letters to all the Jews, to the hundred twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,

³⁰Ut queßxtakla li hu reheb chixjunileb laj judío li cuanqueb saß li jun ciento riqßuin cuukub xcaßcßâl chi tenamit li cuanqueb rubel xcuanquil li rey Asuero. Ut queßxtakla xsahil xchßôleb ut queßxqßue xcacuil xchßôleb.

³¹to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had decreed, and as they had imposed upon themselves and their descendants, in the matter of the fastings and their cry.

³¹Ut queßxqßue li chakßrab nak rajlal teßxbânu li ninkße Purim. Teßxbânu joß quixye laj Mardoqueo laj judío, ut joß quixye li reina Ester. Eb laj judío ac queßxcßûb ru nak teßxbânu aßin ut nak teßxcßut chiruheb li ralal xcßajol li teßcuânk mokon re xjulticanquil chanru nak queßayunic nak queßxcßul li raylal.Li chakßrab li quixqßue lix Ester quixqßue xcuanquil li ninkße Purim ut quitzßîbâc retalil saß li hu.

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

³²Li chakßrab li quixqßue lix Ester quixqßue xcuanquil li ninkße Purim ut quitzßîbâc retalil saß li hu.