ኣስቴር 9:1
ሕጂ ኣብ ዐሥራ-ክልተ ወርሒ፣ ዝተባህለ ወርሒ ኣዳር፣ ብዚ ወርሒ ዓሰርተ-ሰለስተ መዓልቲ ምስ ክተፈጸመ ይቕረብ ትእዛዝ ንጉሥን ዕቤውን፣ ኣብ ዚእለ መዓልቲ ጠላት ይሁዳውያን ላዕለኦም ሥልጣን ክኽእሉ ይመክሩ ነበሩ—ግን ነገሩ ብኣንጻር ተለወጠ፣ ይሁዳውያን ንዝሓጎሰዎም ላዕለዮም ሥልጣን ኣላቶም ኮይኖም።
ሕጂ ኣብ ዐሥራ-ክልተ ወርሒ፣ ዝተባህለ ወርሒ ኣዳር፣ ብዚ ወርሒ ዓሰርተ-ሰለስተ መዓልቲ ምስ ክተፈጸመ ይቕረብ ትእዛዝ ንጉሥን ዕቤውን፣ ኣብ ዚእለ መዓልቲ ጠላት ይሁዳውያን ላዕለኦም ሥልጣን ክኽእሉ ይመክሩ ነበሩ—ግን ነገሩ ብኣንጻር ተለወጠ፣ ይሁዳውያን ንዝሓጎሰዎም ላዕለዮም ሥልጣን ኣላቶም ኮይኖም።
አሁን በአሥራ ሁለተኛው ወር፣ የሚባለው በአዳር ወር፣ በዚያው ወር በአሥራ ሦስተኛው ቀን፣ የንጉሡ ትእዛዝና ድንጋጌው ለመፈጸም በመቅረብ ላይ ነበሩ፤ ይህም የአይሁዶች ጠላቶች በእነርሱ ላይ ሥልጣን እንዲኖራቸው ተስፋ ያደረጉበት ቀን ነበር፤ (ነገር ግን ተቃራኒው ሆኖ ተለወጠ፤ አይሁዶች የሚጠሏቸውን ተቆጣጠሩ።)
ካብ መበል ዓሰርተው ክልተ ወርሒ፡ ንሳ ኸአ ወርሒ ኣዳር፡ ብመበል ዓሰርተው ሰለስተ መዓልቲ፡ እቲ ቓል ንጉስን ትእዛዙን ዚፍጸመሉ መዓልቲ፡ እቶም ጸላእቲ ኣይሁድ ኣብ ልዕሊኦም ኪስልጥኑ ተስፋ ዚገብሩላ ዝነበሩ መዓልቲ፡ ብእኣ እቶም ኣይሁድ ደአ ኣብ ልዕሊ ጸላእቶም ኪስልጥኑ፡ እቲ ነገር ተለወጠ።
On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s decree and command were to be carried out. On the day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to dominate them, the situation was reversed, and the Jews gained mastery over those who hated them.
Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemi of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's command and his decree came to be executed, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned around, so the Jews had power over those who hated them;)
Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, 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 have rule over them, (whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them,)
Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, 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,(though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
In the twolueth moneth, that is the moneth Adar, vpon the thyrtenth daye, which the kinges worde and comaundement had appoynted, that it shulde be done, eue vpon ye same daie yt the enemies shulde haue destroyed the Iewes to haue oppressed them, it turned contrary wise, euen yt the Iewes shulde subdue their enemies.
So in the twelft moneth, which is the moneth Adar, vpon the thirteenth daye of the same, when the Kings commandement and his decree drew neere to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Iewes hoped to haue power ouer them (but it turned contrary: for the Iewes had rule ouer them that hated them)
In the twelfth moneth (that is the moneth Adar) vpo the thirteenth day of the same, when the kinges worde and commaundement drue neare to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Iewes hoped to haue power ouer the, it turned contrary: for the Iewes had rule ouer them that hated them.
¶ Now in the twelfth month, that [is], the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, 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, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, 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 have rule over them, (whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over those who hated them),
And in the twelfth month -- it `is' the month of Adar -- on the thirteenth day of it, in which the word of the king, even his law, hath come to be done, in the day that the enemies of the Jews had hoped to rule over them, and it is turned that the Jews rule over those hating them --
Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, 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 have rule over them, (whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them,)
Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, 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 have rule over them, (whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them,)
Now on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, when the time came for the king's order to be put into effect, on the very day when the haters of the Jews had been hoping to have rule over them; though the opposite had come about, and the Jews had rule over their haters;
Now 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),
The Jews Prevail over Their Enemies In the twelfth month(that is, the month of Adar), on its thirteenth day, the edict of the king and his law were to be executed. It was on this day that the enemies of the Jews had supposed that they would gain power over them. But contrary to expectations, the Jews gained power over their enemies.
እዚኦም ጥቅሳት ብAI ዝተሓዘ ስምናዊ ተመሳሳሊነት ብመርሓ ኣብ ፍርሓትን ኣብ ኣእምሮን ዝመስሉ ተረኺቡ እዮም። እቶም ውጽኢታት እንተገናእ ዘይመርቱ ግንኙነታት ክኾኑ ይኽእሉ።
11ብእቲ መልእኽቲ ንጉሱ ንይሁዳውያን ዘሎም ኣብ ኩሉ ከተማ ምምዕ ክውንኑ ፈቐደሎም፤ ንሕይወቶም ምንባር ክትኽእሉ፣ ዝደፍኡ ዘሎም ሕዝቢን ዞባን ሓይል ሙሉእ ክድልን ክግደልን ክኣጥፍን፣ ንእስራናን ኣንስትዮን እንኳን ዝኸዱላ ክግደሉን፣ ግርያታቶም ክወስዱ ፈቐደ።
12ዕለቱ ኣብ ኩሉ ዞባታት ንጉስ ኣሐስዌሮስ ሓደ መዓልቲ እዩ፣ ዘይኮነ ብዓሰርተ ሰላስተ መዓልቲ ወርሒ ኣስርተ ክልተ ዝብል ኣዳር።
13ንእያ ዞባ እንዲስጥ ዝተዘጋጀ ቅጂ ዕቕብ ጽሑፍ ለእያ ሕዝቢ ተለበየ፤ ይሁዳውያን ድማ ብዚ መዓልቲ ንጠላቃቶም ምብቋም ክገብሩ እንዲኾኑ ተዘጋጅተ ይሁኑ ተብሎ ተነገረ።
2ይሁዳውያን ኣብ ከተማታቶም ኣብ ክልልታት ኩሉ ንጉሥ ኣሐሱሮስ ተሰብሰቡ ንምግባር እጃቶም እቶም ዝድንጉሮም ላዕለዮም፤ ምትእስስ ክትከኣል ዘለባ ሰብ ኣይረኸበን፣ ፍርሒ ኦም ኣብ ሕዝቢ ኩሉ ከደነ እምበር።
3መራሒ ክልልታት ኩሉን፣ መከናዕንቲን ተወካዮታትን ባለስልጣናት ንንጉሥ ኩሉ ይሁዳውያን ሓግዞም፤ ንምኽንያት ፍርሒ ማርዶክዮስ ኣብ ኦም ከደነ እዩ።
15ይሁዳውያን ዘሎም ኣብ ሱሳን እንኳ ብዓሰርተ-ኣርባዕተ መዓልቲ ወርሒ ኣዳር ተሰብሰቡ፣ ኣብ ሱሳን ሶስተ መቶ ሰባት ቀተሉ፤ ግን ኣብ መርካብ እጃቶም ኣይነኩን።
16እቲ ካልእ ይሁዳውያን ዘሎም ኣብ ክልልታት ንጉሥ ተሰብሰቡ፣ ንሕይወትኦም ቆሙ ካብ ጠላታቶም ዕረፉ፣ ካብ ምትሕቱ ሰብዓን ሓሙስተን ሽሕ ቀተሉ፤ ግን ኣብ መርካብ እጃቶም ኣይነኩን።
17ብዓሰርተ-ሰለስተ መዓልቲ ወርሒ ኣዳር እዩ ገበሩ፤ ብዓሰርተ-ኣርባዕተ መዓልቲ ደግሞ እረፉ ኣድርገዮም ቀንዲ መእተዊን ፍስሓን።
18ግን ይሁዳውያን ዘሎም ኣብ ሱሳን ብዓሰርተ-ሰለስተን ብዓሰርተ-ኣርባዕተን መዓልታት ተሰብሰቡ፤ ብዓሰርተ-ሓሙሽተ መዓልቲ ደግሞ እረፉ ኣድርገዮም ቀንዲ መእተዊን ፍስሓን።
19ስለዚ ይሁዳውያን ዝነበሩ ብመንደራት፣ ኣብ ዘይብሉ ግድግዳ ከተማታት ብዓሰርተ-ኣርባዕተ መዓልቲ ወርሒ ኣዳር ዕለተ ፍስሓን ቀንዲ መእተዊን ዕለተ ጥራይ ያደርጉ፣ ንሓድ ንሓድ ክፍሊ መግቢ ይላኡ።
20ማርዶክዮስ እነዚ ነገራት ጻሒፈ መልእኽቲ ላአ ንይሁዳውያን ኩሉ ዘሎም ኣብ ክልልታት ንጉሥ ኣሐሱሮስ ቅርብን ርሑቕን።
21እዞም ነገራት ኣብ ኦም ክትትግበሩ ክኸውን ብምዕጋጋም ኣዋጁ፤ ዕለታት ብዓሰርተ-ኣርባዕተን ብዓሰርተ-ሓሙሽተን ወርሒ ኣዳር ዓመት ዓመት ክዕብሩኣት ከሎም ይኹን።
22እንተዘይ ይሁዳውያን ካብ ጠላታቶም ዝረፉ ዕለታት እዮም እንተኾነ፣ እቲ ወርሒ ሓዘን ንፍስሓ ዝተለወጠ፣ እቲ ዝልቦ ኣክሊል ናብ ዕለት ጥራይ ዝተለወጠ፤ እቲ ዕለታት ቀንዲ መእተዊን ደስታን ክዕብሩኣት፣ ንሓድ ንሓድ ክፍሊ መግቢ ክላኡ፣ ስጦታታት ንደኾር ክሰግዱ።
23ይሁዳውያን ከም ዝጀመሩ እና ማርዶክዮስ ዝጻሒፈሎም እንተ እዩ ምስ ሰለፉ ክገብሩ ተስማሙ።
24ምክንያቱ ሐማን ወዲ ሓመዳታ ኣጋጋዊ፣ ጠላይ ይሁዳውያን ኩሉ፣ ንምስካርኦም ኣሕሊ ሓሳብ ኣወሰነን ፑር ዝተባህለ ዝኾነ ጣራ (ሎት) ጣረ ንምውስዳኦምን ንምስካርኦምን።
25ግን ኤስቴር ምስ ተቀረበት በፊት ንንጉሥ፣ ንሱ ብመልእኽቲ ኣዘዘ እቲ ክፉዕ ምክር ንይሁዳውያን ዝሓሰበ ከም ዝነበረ ንራእሱ ራስ ክመልስ፣ እሱን ወዲኦምን ኣብ ዓምዲ ክተንጥቁ ከለና።
26ስለዚ እዞም ዕለታት ብስም ፑር ፑሪም ተባሂሉ። ስለ ቃላት እዚ መልእኽቲ ኩሉን፣ ስለ ነገር እዚ ዝራአዮምን ስለ ዝመጸሎም ማለት ኩሉን፣
27ይሁዳውያን እቲ ነገር ኣዋጁ ተቐብለዮም፣ ኣብ ነሱን ኣብ ዘርኦምን ኣብ ምእንቲ ምተጋደሉ ከምርእሶም ዝሃቡ ሰባት ላዕሊኦም ምስ ሰለፉ—ክምትሓት ዘይኮነ—እዞም ክልተ ዕለታት እንተ ጽሑፋትኦም እንተ ዝተመርመረሎም ግዜ ዓመት ዓመት ክዕብሩኣት ክህኑ ኣዋጁ።
9ድሕሪ ዚ ጸሓፊ ንጉሡ ብዚ ግዜ ተጠራዑ፤ ኣብ ሶስተይ ወርሒ ሲያን፣ ብ23 መዓልቲ። እቲ ጽሑፍ እንተ ሞርድካይ ዝኣዘዘ ኩሉ ተጻሒፈ ንይሁዳውያንን፣ ንመራሕቲን ንኣውናትን ንመሪሕቲ ዞባታትን ካብ ሕንድ ክሳብ ኢትዮጵያ ዝርከቡ 127 ዞባታት፤ ለእያ ዞባ እንተ ጽሑፋ ተጻሒፈ፣ ለእያ ሕዝቢ እንተ ቋንቋኡ ተጻሒፈ፣ ንይሁዳውያን ድማ እንተ ጽሑፋኻቸውን እንተ ቋንቋኻቸውን ተጻሒፈ።
1እቲ መዓልቲ እዚ ንጉስ ኣሐስዌሮስ ገዛ ሓማን ጠላይ ይሁዳውያን ንኣስተር ንግስቲ ሃበ። ሞርድካይ ድማ ብፊት ንንጉስ ወጻኢ፤ ኣስተር እሱ ዘመድኣ እዩ እንዳለ ነገረቶ እምበር።
9ፓርማሽታ፣ ኣሪሳይ፣ ኣሪዳይ፣ ቫጀዛታ።
10እዚኦም ዘይብሉ ኣስርተ ወዲ ሐማን ወዲ ሓመዳታ ጠላይ ይሁዳውያን ቀተሉሞ፤ ግን ኣብ መርካብ እጃቶም ኣይነኩን።
11ቍጠሩ እቲ ዝተተፈ ሰባት ኣብ ቤተ-መንግሥቲ ሱሳን ብዚ መዓልቲ ብፊት ንንጉሥ ተቀሪቡ።
12ንጉሥ ንንግስተይቲ ኤስቴር እንዲሕ በለት፡ ይሁዳውያን ኣብ ቤተ-መንግሥቲ ሱሳን ሓሙሽተ መቶ ሰባትን እንተኾነ ናይ ሐማን ኣስርተ ወዲኦ ቀተሉን ኣትፉን እዮም፤ ኣብ ቀሪቡ ክልልታት ንጉሥ ኹሉ ምንታይ ገበሩ? ሕጂ ምንታይ ለመናኪ? ይስግግምልኪ እዩ፤ ደጊም ምንታይ ትሕቶ ዘለኪ? ይግባእ እዩ።
13ኤስቴር ብመልሲ እንዲሕ በለት፡ እንተ ደስ ኣለኻ ንጉሥ፣ ኣብ ሱሳን ዘሎም ይሁዳውያን እንተዘይተወወለ ነበረ ዝሓለፈ ዕለት እንተ ተዛተ ነበረ ጽባሕ ኣይኮነን ንኸውን ከለኻ፣ እቲ ናይ ሐማን ኣስርተ ወዲኦ ኣብ ዓምዲ ክተንጥቁ ክሕኑ ከለኻ።
17ኣብ እያ ዞባን ኣብ እያ ከተማ ኣብዝኾነ ቦታ ትእዛዙን ዕቕቡን ንንጉስ ኣብ ዝመጸ ቦታ ይሁዳውያን ደስታን ፍስሐን ሓጎስን መዓልቲ ጥዑምን ነበረሎም። ብዙሕ ካብ ሕዝቢ ምድሪ ይሁዳውያን ኮኑ፤ ምክንያቱ ፍርሒ ይሁዳውያን ኣብ ላዕለኦም ወድቐ ነበር።
5እንዚኦም ይሁዳውያን ጠላታቶም ኩሉ ብሰይፍ መትረፍን ምግዳምን ምፍራስን መታሕቢሱ፣ ንዝሓጎሰዎም ከመ ዘይዕትዮም ገበሩ።
6ኣብ ቤተ-መንግሥቲ ሱሳን ሓሙሽተ መቶ ሰባት ቀተሉን ኣትፉን።
29ኤስቴር ንግስቲ ወዲት ኣቢሃይልን ማርዶክዮስ ይሁዳዊን ብኹሉ ሓላፍነት ጻሒፉ እዚ ክልተኛ መልእኽቲ ፑሪም ንምዕጋጋም።
30እሱ መልእኽቲ ላአ ንይሁዳውያን ኩሉ ኣብ ሓደ መቶ ዕስራን ሸውዓተን ክልልታት መንግሥቲ ኣሐሱሮስ ብቃላት ሰላምን ሓቂን።
31እዚ ሕጊ እዞም ዕለታት ፑሪም ኣብ ዝተመርመረሎም ግዜ ንምዕጋጋም ኣረጋገጠ፤ ከም ማርዶክዮስ ይሁዳዊን ኤስቴር ንግስቲን ዝኣዘዙሎም እና ከም እሱኦም ንነሱኦምን ንዘርኦምን ዝፈለጡ ጉዳያት ጾምን ጩኸታቶምን ስለ ዝወራዱ።
32ትእዛዝ ኤስቴር እዚ ጉዳያት ፑሪም ኣረጋገጠ፤ ብመጽሓፍ ተጻሒፈ።
5ኣላመድቲ፣ ንጉስ እንተ ይፈትዎ፣ ብዓይኑ ሞገስ እንተ ረከብኩ፣ እቲ ነገር ብፊት ንንጉስ እንተ ጽድቕ ይመስለዎ እና እኔ ብዓይኑ እንተ ዝደለ፣ ሓማን ወለዶ ሓመዳታ ዓጋጋዊ ዝዕቀበለ መልእኽታት እንዲተለሊሉ ይጽሕፍ፤ እቲ ኣብ ኩሉ ዞባታት ንጉሡ ዘሎ ይሁዳውያን እንዲድምስ ዘጽሓፈ።
7እዚኣ ንጉስ ኣሐስዌሮስ ንኣስተር ንግስቲን ንሞርድካይ ይሁዳዊ ኣለ፦ ሂሩ ገዛ ሓማን ንኣስተር ሃበኩ፣ እሱ ድማ እጁ ብላዕሊ ይሁዳውያን ኣተኻተተ ምኽንያት ኣብ መመድ ተሰቐለዮ እዩ።