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),

¹V dvanajstem mesecu pa, ki je mesec Adar, trinajstega dne tega meseca, ko bi se bila imela izvršiti kraljeva beseda in njegovo povelje, tisti dan, ko so se sovražniki Judov nadejali, da jih bodo premogli, se je obrnilo, da so Judje premogli sovražilce svoje;

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.

²tedaj so se zbrali Judje v mestih svojih po vseh pokrajinah kralja Ahasvera, da polože roko na tiste, ki so iskali njih nesreče. In nihče ni mogel stati pred njimi, zakaj strah pred njimi je obvladal vsa ljudstva.

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.

³In vsi knezi pokrajin in kraljevi namestniki in deželski oblastniki in oskrbniki kraljevih opravil so podpirali Jude, kajti navdal jih je strah pred Mardohejem.

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.

⁴Zakaj Mardohej je bil velik v kraljevi hiši in glas o njem je šel po vseh deželah; kajti mož Mardohej je postajal čimdalje večji.

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.

⁵In pobili so Judje vse sovražnike svoje z udarci meča in so jih pomorili in pogubili, in po svoji volji so ravnali s sovražilci svojimi.

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

⁶In v gradu Susanu so Judje pobili in pomorili petsto mož.

⁷They killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,

⁷In Parsandata, Dalfona, Aspata,

⁸Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,

⁸Porata, Adalija, Aridata,

⁹Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,

⁹Parmasta, Arisaja, Aridaja in Vajzata,

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

¹⁰desetero sinov Hamana, sinu Hamedata, sovražnika Judov, so pobili, ali po plenu niso segli s svojo roko.

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

¹¹Tisti dan so poročali število pomorjenih v gradu Susanu pred kraljem.

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.”

¹²In reče kralj kraljici Esteri: Judje so pobili in pomorili petsto mož v gradu Susanu in desetero sinov Hamanovih, kaj so pač storili po drugih pokrajinah kraljevih! Pa kaj je prošnja tvoja? ker dano ti bo. In česa želiš še? ker se ti zgodi.

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.”

¹³Tedaj reče Estera: Ako se vzvidi kralju, naj se dovoli Judom, ki so v Susanu, da delajo tudi jutri po današnjem ukazu, desetero sinov Hamanovih pa naj obesijo na vislice.

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

¹⁴In kralj je velel, naj se tako zgodi, in ukaz je bil izdan v Susanu; in deset sinov Hamanovih so obesili.

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.

¹⁵In Judje, ki so bili v Susanu, so se zbrali na štirinajsti dan meseca Adarja in pomorili v Susanu tristo mož ali po plenu niso segli s svojo roko.

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.

¹⁶Drugi Judje pa, ki so živeli po kraljevih pokrajinah, so se zbrali in branili življenje svoje in si pridobili pokoj od svojih sovražnikov ter pobili petinsedemdeset tisoč sovražilcev svojih ali po plenu niso segli s svojo roko,

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.

¹⁷trinajsti dan meseca Adarja; in štirinajsti dan meseca so počivali in ga naredili za dan gostovanja in veselja.

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.

¹⁸Judje pa, ki so bili v Susanu, so se zbrali trinajsti in štirinajsti dan meseca, in petnajsti dan so počivali ter ga naredili za dan gostovanja in veselja.

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.

¹⁹Zato praznujejo Judje, ki stanujejo po deželi v neobzidanih mestih, štirinajsti dan meseca Adarja kot dan veselja in gostovanja in prazničen dan, in pošiljajo darila drug drugemu.

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,

²⁰In Mardohej je spisal te zgodbe in poslal liste vsem Judom, ki so bili po vseh pokrajinah kralja Ahasvera, bližnjim in daljnim,

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

²¹naročajoč jim, naj praznujejo štirinajsti dan meseca Adarja in petnajsti dan vsako leto

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.

²²kot dneva, v katerih so Judje dosegli pokoj od sovražnikov svojih, in kot mesec, v katerem se jim je premenila žalost v veselje in plakanje v prazničen dan; in naj ju postavijo za dneva gostovanja in veselja in pošiljanja daril drug drugemu in podeljevanja ubogim.

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

²³In Judje so sprejeli v izpolnjevanje, kar so bili že začeli in kar jim je pisal Mardohej.

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;

²⁴Kajti Haman, sin Hamedatov, Agagejec, nasprotnik vseh Judov, je skoval naklep zoper Jude, da jih pogube, in je vrgel pur, to je žreb, da jih zatro in pokončajo.

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.

²⁵Ko pa je Estera prišla pred kralja, je zapovedal z listi, naj se mu povrne njegov hudobni naklep, ki ga je nasnoval zoper Jude, na glavo njegovo; in obesili so njega in sinove njegove na vislice.

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,

²⁶Zato so imenovali tiste dni purim, po imenu pur. Zategadelj, zaradi vseh besed tega lista in zaradi tega, kar so sami videli iz te reči in kar jih je doletelo,

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;

²⁷so Judje določili in vzeli nase in na seme svoje in na vse, ki se bodo k njim pridružili, kot neminljivo postavo: da bodo praznovali ta dva dneva, kakor je zanju predpisano in njiju čas določen, vsako leto;

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.

²⁸in da se je spominjati teh dni in ju praznovati v slehernem rodu, v sleherni rodbini, v vsaki pokrajini in v vsakem mestu; in da ne smeta ta dneva purima izginiti izmed Judov niti njiju spomin nehati pri njih zarodu.

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

²⁹In kraljica Estera, hči Abihailova, in Mardohej Jud, sta pisala z vsem poudarkom, da se potrdi ta drugi list o purimu.

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

³⁰In poslali so se listi vsem Judom v sto in sedemindvajsetih pokrajinah kraljestva Ahasverovega z besedami miru in resnice,

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.

³¹da se potrdita ta dneva purima v njiju določenih časih, kakor sta jim ukazala Mardohej Jud in kraljica Estera in kakor so si ustanovili zase in za seme svoje, namreč določbo o postih in žalovanju.In ukaz Esterin je potrdil te zadeve purima in zapisano je bilo v knjigo.

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

³²In ukaz Esterin je potrdil te zadeve purima in zapisano je bilo v knjigo.