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Guushii Yuhuudda

Haddaba bishii laba iyo tobnaad, oo ahayd bisha Adaar, maalinteedii saddex iyo tobnaad, markii boqorka amarkiisii iyo naadadiisii ay soo dhowaadeen in la oofiyo, maalintaas oo ahayd maalintii Yuhuudda cadaawayaashoodii ay rajaynayeen inay Yuhuudda u taliyaan, laakiin loo beddelay oo ay noqotay maalintii ay Yuhuuddii u taliyeen kuwii iyaga nebcaa, ayaa Yuhuuddii iska soo wada urursadeen magaalooyinkoodii ku yiil gobolladii Boqor Ahashwerus oo dhan inay gacan u qaadaan kuwii doonayay inay iyaga wax yeelaan; oo mana jirin nin iyaga hor istaagi karay, maxaa yeelay, cabsidoodii baa ku dhacday dadyowgii oo dhan. Oo waxaa Yuhuuddii caawiyey amiirradii gobollada oo dhan, iyo saraakiishii, iyo taliyayaashii, iyo kuwii boqorka hawshiisii qaban jiray oo dhan, maxaa yeelay, iyagu waxay ka cabsanayeen Mordekay. Waayo, Mordekay wuxuu ku weynaa gurigii boqorka, oo warkiisuna wuxuu wada gaadhay gobollada oo dhan, maxaa yeelay, ninkii Mordekay ahaa aad iyo aad buu u sii weynaaday. Oo Yuhuuddiina cadaawayaashoodii oo dhan waxay la dhaceen seef, wayna laayeen, oo baabbi'iyeen, oo waxay iyagii ku sameeyeen wixii ay doonayeen inay kuwa iyaga neceb ku sameeyaan. Oo Shuushan oo ahayd hoygii boqorka ayay Yuhuuddu shan boqol oo nin ku laayeen oo ku baabbi'iyeen. Oo waxaa kuwaas ka mid ahaa Farshandaataa iyo Dalfoon iyo Asfaataa, iyo Fooraataa iyo Adaliyaa iyo Ariidaataa, iyo Farmashtaa iyo Ariisay iyo Ariiday iyo Waysaataa, 10 oo dhammaantood ahaa tobankii wiil oo uu dhalay Haamaan ina Hamedaata oo ahaa Yuhuudda cadowgoodii. Kuwaasay wada dileen, laakiinse maalkoodii far ma ay saarin.

11 Oo maalintaas intii lagu laayay Shuushan oo ahayd hoygii boqorka tiradoodii waxaa la keenay boqorka hortiisa. 12 Markaasaa boqorkii wuxuu Boqorad Esteer ku yidhi, Yuhuuddii waxay Shuushan oo ah hoygayga ku laayeen oo ku baabbi'iyeen shan boqol oo nin, iyo Haamaan tobankiisii wiil. Oo gobolladayda intooda kale maxay ku sameeyeen! Haddaba baryadaadu waa maxay, waa lagu siinayaaye? Amase maxaad kaloo weyddiisanaysaa? Waa laguu samaynayaaye. 13 Kolkaasaa Esteer waxay tidhi, Haddii boqorku raalli ku yahay, Yuhuudda Shuushan joogta ha la siiyo fasax ay berrito ku sameeyaan si waafaqsan amarkan maanta dhacay, oo Haamaan tobankiisa wiilba ha lagu deldelo meesha deldelaadda. 14 Markaasaa boqorkii wuxuu amray in saas la yeelo, oo amar baa Shuushan lagu naadiyey, oo Haamaan wiilashiisiina waa la deldelay. 15 Oo haddana Yuhuuddii Shuushan joogtay dhammaantood way isa soo wada urursadeen bishii Adaar, maalinteedii afar iyo tobnaad, oo waxay Shuushan ku laayeen saddex boqol oo nin, laakiinse maalkoodii far ma ay saarin.

16 Oo Yuhuuddii kale oo joogay boqorka gobolladiisa iyana dhammaantood way isa soo wada urursadeen, oo ay daaficidda naftooda isu taageen, oo way ka raysteen cadaawayaashoodii, oo waxay kuwii iyaga nebcaa ka laayeen shan iyo toddobaatan kun oo qof, laakiinse maalkoodii far ma ay saarin. 17 Oo taasuna waxay dhacday bishii Adaar, maalinteedii saddex iyo tobnaad, oo bishaas maalinteedii afar iyo tobnaadna way nasteen, oo waxay ka dhigeen maalin iid ah oo farxad badan.

Fuuriim Oo Loo Dabbaaldegay

18 Laakiinse Yuhuuddii Shuushan joogtay way isa soo wada urursadeen bishaas, maalinteedii saddex iyo tobnaad, iyo maalinteedii afar iyo tobnaad, oo isla bishaas, maalinteedii shan iyo tobnaadna way nasteen, oo waxay ka dhigeen maalin iid ah oo farxad badan. 19 Haddaba Yuhuuddii tuulooyinka joogtay oo degganayd magaalooyinka aan derbiga lahayn, bisha Adaar, maalinteeda afar iyo tobnaad, waxay ka dhigaan maalin farxadeed oo iid ah, oo maalin wanaagsan ah, iyo maalin waxyaalo wanaagsan mid ba midka kale u diro.

20 Markaasaa Mordekay waxyaalahaas oo dhan qoray, oo wuxuu warqado u diray kulli Yuhuuddii joogtay Boqor Ahashwerus gobolladiisa oo dhan, kuwii dhowaa iyo kuwii fogaaba, 21 oo wuxuu ku amray iyagii inay sannad walba bisha Adaar, afar iyo tobankeeda iyo shan iyo tobankeeda, dhawraan, 22 oo ay ka dhigaan maalmihii Yuhuuddii ay cadaawayaashoodii ka raysteen iyo bishii xaggooda ay murugtii farxad u beddelantay, baroortiina maalin wanaagsan; inay ka dhigaan maalmo iid ah oo farxad badan, oo mid ba midka kale waxyaalo wanwanaagsan u diro, oo masaakiintana hadiyado la siiyo.

23 Oo Yuhuuddiina waxay aqbaleen inay sameeyaan wixii ay bilaabeen, iyo sidii Mordekay uu iyaga u soo qoray, 24 maxaa yeelay, Haamaan ina Hamedaata oo ahaa reer Agag, oo Yuhuudda oo dhan cadowgooda ahaa, xeelad buu ku sameeyey Yuhuudda inuu iyaga baabbi'iyo, oo wuxuu riday saami Fuur la odhan jiray, si uu u laayo oo uu u baabbi'iyo. 25 Laakiinse markuu xaalkaasu boqorka hortiisa yimid, wuxuu amray oo warqado ku qoray in xeeladdiisii uu Yuhuudda ku sameeyey ay madaxiisa ku soo noqoto, iyo in isaga iyo wiilashiisiiba lagu deldelo meesha deldelaadda. 26 Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed maalmahaas waxay u bixiyeen FUURIIM, oo waxay ugu yeedheen saamigii magiciisii FUUR la odhan jiray. Saas aawadeed warqaddan erayadeedii oo dhan, iyo wixii xaalkan ku saabsanaa oo ay arkeen, iyo wixii iyaga u yimid, 27 Yuhuuddu waxay amreen oo dul saareen iyaga iyo farcankooda, iyo in alla intii iyaga ku darmatay, inaanay ka baaqan, inay labadaas maalmood u dhawraan sannad kasta sida waafaqsan waxa laga qoray, iyo goor waafaqsan xilligii la yidhi; 28 iyo in qarni kastaa, iyo qolo kastaa, iyo dal kastaa, iyo magaalo kastaaba ay maalmahaas xusuustaan oo dhawraan, iyo in maalmahaas FUURIIM la yidhaahdo aanay Yuhuuddu ka baaqan, oo aanay xusuustooduna xataa farcankooda dambe ka baabbi'in.

29 Markaasaa Boqorad Esteer oo ahayd ina Abiixayil, iyo Yuhuudigii Mordekay ahaa waxay amar buuxa ku qoreen, si ay u adkeeyaan warqaddan labaad oo ku saabsan FUURIIM. 30 Oo waxaa warqado loo diray kulli Yuhuuddii joogtay boqol iyo toddoba iyo labaatankii gobol oo boqortooyadii Ahashwerus, oo waxaa loogu dhawaaqay hadal nabaadiino iyo run ah, 31 si loo adkeeyo maalmahaas FUURIIM la yidhaahdo wakhtigooda, sidii ay u amreen Yuhuudigii Mordekay iyo Boqorad Esteer, iyo sidii ay iyagu nafsaddooda iyo farcankooda ugu amreen xaalkii soonka iyo qayladoodii. 32 Oo Esteer amarkeediina wuxuu sii adkeeyey xaalkan ku saabsan FUURIIM; oo buug baa lagu qoray.

On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar,(A) the edict commanded by the king was to be carried out. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but now the tables were turned and the Jews got the upper hand(B) over those who hated them.(C) The Jews assembled in their cities(D) in all the provinces of King Xerxes to attack those determined to destroy them. No one could stand against them,(E) because the people of all the other nationalities were afraid of them. And all the nobles of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and the king’s administrators helped the Jews,(F) because fear of Mordecai had seized them.(G) Mordecai(H) was prominent(I) in the palace; his reputation spread throughout the provinces, and he became more and more powerful.(J)

The Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them,(K) and they did what they pleased to those who hated them. In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men. They also killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai and Vaizatha, 10 the ten sons(L) of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews.(M) But they did not lay their hands on the plunder.(N)

11 The number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king that same day. 12 The king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman in the citadel of Susa. What have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given you. What is your request? It will also be granted.”(O)

13 “If it pleases the king,” Esther answered, “give the Jews in Susa permission to carry out this day’s edict tomorrow also, and let Haman’s ten sons(P) be impaled(Q) on poles.”

14 So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they impaled(R) the ten sons of Haman. 15 The Jews in Susa came together on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and they put to death in Susa three hundred men, but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.(S)

16 Meanwhile, the remainder of the Jews who were in the king’s provinces also assembled to protect themselves and get relief(T) from their enemies.(U) They killed seventy-five thousand of them(V) but did not lay their hands on the plunder.(W) 17 This happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth they rested and made it a day of feasting(X) and joy.

18 The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and fourteenth, and then on the fifteenth they rested and made it a day of feasting and joy.

19 That is why rural Jews—those living in villages—observe the fourteenth of the month of Adar(Y) as a day of joy and feasting, a day for giving presents to each other.(Z)

Purim Established

20 Mordecai recorded these events, and he sent letters to all the Jews throughout the provinces of King Xerxes, near and far, 21 to have them celebrate annually the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar 22 as the time when the Jews got relief(AA) from their enemies, and as the month when their sorrow was turned into joy and their mourning into a day of celebration.(AB) He wrote them to observe the days as days of feasting and joy and giving presents of food(AC) to one another and gifts to the poor.(AD)

23 So the Jews agreed to continue the celebration they had begun, doing what Mordecai had written to them. 24 For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite,(AE) the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the pur(AF) (that is, the lot(AG)) for their ruin and destruction.(AH) 25 But when the plot came to the king’s attention,[a] he issued written orders that the evil scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should come back onto his own head,(AI) and that he and his sons should be impaled(AJ) on poles.(AK) 26 (Therefore these days were called Purim, from the word pur.(AL)) Because of everything written in this letter and because of what they had seen and what had happened to them, 27 the Jews took it on themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should without fail observe these two days every year, in the way prescribed and at the time appointed. 28 These days should be remembered and observed in every generation by every family, and in every province and in every city. And these days of Purim should never fail to be celebrated by the Jews—nor should the memory of these days die out among their descendants.

29 So Queen Esther, daughter of Abihail,(AM) along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim. 30 And Mordecai sent letters to all the Jews in the 127 provinces(AN) of Xerxes’ kingdom—words of goodwill and assurance— 31 to establish these days of Purim at their designated times, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had decreed for them, and as they had established for themselves and their descendants in regard to their times of fasting(AO) and lamentation.(AP) 32 Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, and it was written down in the records.

Footnotes

  1. Esther 9:25 Or when Esther came before the king

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;)

The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.

And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.

For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.

Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.

And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,

And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,

And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,

10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.

11 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.

12 And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

15 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.

16 But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

17 On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

18 But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

20 And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,

21 To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

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

25 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

26 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,

27 The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;

28 And 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 the memorial of them perish from their seed.

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

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

31 To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.

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