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Ang Mando sang Hari para Mabuligan ang mga Judio

Sa sina mismo nga adlaw, ginhatag ni Haring Ahasuerus kay Rayna Ester ang tanan nga pagkabutang ni Haman, ang kaaway sang mga Judio. Dayon ginpakadto si Mordecai sa hari tungod kay ginsugid ni Ester nga magparyentihanay sila. Ginhukas sang hari ang iya singsing nga pangmarka, nga iya ginbawi kay Haman, kag ginhatag kay Mordecai. Dayon ginhimo siya ni Ester nga manugdumala sang tanan nga pagkabutang ni Haman.

Sa liwat nagpangabay si Ester kay Haring Ahasuerus, nga nagaluhod sa iya tiilan kag nagahibi. Nagpakitluoy siya nga indi na lang pagdayunon ang malain nga plano ni Haman nga Agagnon kontra sa mga Judio. Gin-untay sang hari ang iya bulawan nga bulobaston kay Ester. Dayon nagtindog si Ester sa atubangan sang hari kag nagsiling, “Kon matuod nga maayo ka sa akon, Mahal nga Hari, kag nalipay ka sa akon, himua ini kon gusto mo kag kon husto para sa imo: Magpasulat ka sang isa ka sugo nga indi pagdayunon ang mando ni Haman nga anak ni Hamedata nga Agagnon. Ining mando nga ginpasulat ni Haman nagasiling nga pamatyon ang mga Judio sa bug-os nga ginharian. Indi ako makabatas nga makita nga magkalamatay ang akon mga kasimanwa kag mga paryente.”

Nagsiling si Haring Ahasuerus kay Rayna Ester kag kay Mordecai nga Judio, “Ginpabitay ko na si Haman tungod nga gintinguhaan niya nga laglagon kamo nga mga Judio. Kag ginhatag ko na sa imo, Ester, ang iya mga pagkabutang. Karon, magsulat kamo sang isa ka sugo sa akon ngalan para sa mga Judio. Isulat ninyo kon ano ang maayo para sa inyo, kag markahi dayon ninyo sang akon singsing. Kay ang bisan ano nga kasulatan nga ginsulat sa ngalan sang hari kag ginmarkahan sang iya singsing indi na gid maliwat pa.”

Gani sang ika-23 nga adlaw sang ikatatlo nga bulan, nga amo ang bulan sang Sivan, ginpatawag ang mga sekretaryo sang hari. Ginsulat nila ang tanan nga gindikta ni Mordecai sa ila. Ang sulat para sa mga Judio, mga gobernador, mga pangulo, kag mga opisyal sang 127 ka probinsya halin sa India hasta sa Etiopia.[a] Ginsulat ini sa tagsa ka lingguahe sang mga tawo sa bug-os nga ginharian, lakip na ang lingguahe sang mga Judio. 10 Ginpasulat ini ni Mordecai sa ngalan ni Haring Ahasuerus, kag ginmarkahan sang singsing sang hari. Pagkatapos ginpadala dayon niya sa mga mensahero nga nagasakay sa madasig nga mga kabayo sang hari. 11 Paagi sa ato nga sulat, gintugutan ni Haring Ahasuerus ang mga Judio sa kada siyudad nga mag-ugyon sa pagdepensa sang ila kaugalingon. Puwede nila patyon ang bisan sin-o nga magsalakay sa ila halin sa bisan ano nga nasyon ukon probinsya, pati ang ila sini mga babayi kag mga kabataan.[b] Kag puwede man nila nga kuhaon ang mga pagkabutang sang ila mga kaaway. 12 Himuon ini sang mga Judio sa tanan nga probinsya nga sakop sang ginharian ni Haring Ahasuerus sa sulod lang sang isa ka adlaw, sa ika-13 nga adlaw sang ika-12 nga bulan nga amo ang bulan sang Adar. 13 Ini nga sulat ipadala sa kada probinsya bilang isa ka sugo, kag ipahayag sa tanan nga tawo, agod makapreparar ang mga Judio sa pagbalos sa ila mga kaaway sa sina nga adlaw.

14 Gani sa sugo sang hari, naghalin ang mga mensahero nga nagasakay sa madasig nga mga kabayo sang hari. Ginpahibalo man ang mando sa napaderan nga siyudad sang Susa.

15 Nagguwa si Mordecai sa palasyo nga nagabayo sang harianon nga bayo nga asol kag puti, kag pangguwa nga bayo nga linen nga granate. Kag may dako siya nga korona nga bulawan sa iya ulo. Naghinugyaw sa kalipay ang mga tawo sa siyudad sang Susa tungod sa sugo. 16 Nakahatag ini sang dako nga kalipay kag pagtahod sa mga Judio. 17 Sa kada siyudad ukon probinsya nga sa diin nakaabot ang sugo sang hari, ang mga Judio nagakalipay gid kag nagahiwat sang piesta sa pagselebrar. Kag madamo nga mga tawo ang nangin Judio tungod sang ila kahadlok sa mga Judio.

Footnotes

  1. 8:9 Etiopia: sa Hebreo, Cush.
  2. 8:11 bisan sin-o… mga kabataan: ukon, bisan sin-o nga halin sa bisan ano nga nasyon ukon probinsya nga magsalakay sa ila kag sa ila mga babayi kag mga kabataan.

The King’s Edict in Behalf of the Jews

That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman,(A) the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the presence of the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her. The king took off his signet ring,(B) which he had reclaimed from Haman, and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed him over Haman’s estate.(C)

Esther again pleaded with the king, falling at his feet and weeping. She begged him to put an end to the evil plan of Haman the Agagite,(D) which he had devised against the Jews. Then the king extended the gold scepter(E) to Esther and she arose and stood before him.

“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if he regards me with favor(F) and thinks it the right thing to do, and if he is pleased with me, let an order be written overruling the dispatches that Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, devised and wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces. For how can I bear to see disaster fall on my people? How can I bear to see the destruction of my family?”(G)

King Xerxes replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Because Haman attacked the Jews, I have given his estate to Esther, and they have impaled(H) him on the pole he set up. Now write another decree(I) in the king’s name in behalf of the Jews as seems best to you, and seal(J) it with the king’s signet ring(K)—for no document written in the king’s name and sealed with his ring can be revoked.”(L)

At once the royal secretaries were summoned—on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan. They wrote out all Mordecai’s orders to the Jews, and to the satraps, governors and nobles of the 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush.[a](M) These orders were written in the script of each province and the language of each people and also to the Jews in their own script and language.(N) 10 Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes, sealed the dispatches with the king’s signet ring, and sent them by mounted couriers, who rode fast horses especially bred for the king.

11 The king’s edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate the armed men of any nationality or province who might attack them and their women and children,[b] and to plunder(O) the property of their enemies. 12 The day appointed for the Jews to do this in all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.(P) 13 A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued as law in every province and made known to the people of every nationality so that the Jews would be ready on that day(Q) to avenge themselves on their enemies.

14 The couriers, riding the royal horses, went out, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa.(R)

The Triumph of the Jews

15 When Mordecai(S) left the king’s presence, he was wearing royal garments of blue and white, a large crown of gold(T) and a purple robe of fine linen.(U) And the city of Susa held a joyous celebration.(V) 16 For the Jews it was a time of happiness and joy,(W) gladness and honor.(X) 17 In every province and in every city to which the edict of the king came, there was joy(Y) and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many people of other nationalities became Jews because fear(Z) of the Jews had seized them.(AA)

Footnotes

  1. Esther 8:9 That is, the upper Nile region
  2. Esther 8:11 Or province, together with their women and children, who might attack them;

On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.

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

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

Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,

And said, If it please the king, and if I have favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be 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 which are in all the king's provinces:

For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.

Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh 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 no man reverse.

Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:

11 Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

12 Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

13 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

14 So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.

15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

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

17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.