1 On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" 13th day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" twelfth month|strong="H2320" (Adar|strong="H0143"), the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" supposed to|strong="H3117" obey|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0834" king’s|strong="H4428" command|strong="H1697". This|strong="H1931" was|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" enemies|strong="H0341" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" Jews|strong="H3064" hoped to|strong="H3117" defeat them|strong="H1992", but|strong="H1992" now|strong="H3117" things|strong="H1697" had|strong="H0834" changed|strong="H2015". The|strong="H0834" Jews|strong="H3064" were|strong="H0834" stronger than|strong="H4428" their|strong="H1992" enemies|strong="H0341" who|strong="H0834" hated|strong="H8130" them|strong="H1992".
2 The|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" met together|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Xerxes so|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0376" be|strong="H3808" strong enough|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5921" attack the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" wanted|strong="H1245" to|strong="H5921" destroy|strong="H3605" them|strong="H5921". No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0376" was|strong="H0376" strong enough|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5921" stand|strong="H5975" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". They|strong="H3588" were|strong="H0376" afraid|strong="H6343" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064".
3 And|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082", the|strong="H3605" satraps|strong="H0323", the|strong="H3605" governors|strong="H6346", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" administrators helped the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" helped them|strong="H0853" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" afraid|strong="H6343" of|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782".
4 Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H4428" become|strong="H1980" a|strong="H3588" very|strong="H1419" important|strong="H1419" man|strong="H0376" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004". Everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" knew his|strong="H3605" name and|strong="H1980" knew how|strong="H3588" important|strong="H1419" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H0376". And|strong="H1980" Mordecai|strong="H4782" became|strong="H1980" more|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1980" more|strong="H1419" powerful.
5 The|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" defeated|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". They|strong="H5221" used|strong="H6213" swords|strong="H2719" to|strong="H3605" kill|strong="H5221" and|strong="H2719" destroy|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221". They|strong="H5221" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H7522" they|strong="H5221" wanted to|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people who|strong="H3605" hated|strong="H8130" them|strong="H5221".
6 They|strong="H0376" killed|strong="H2026" and|strong="H3967" destroyed|strong="H0006" 500 men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H0376" the|strong="H2026" capital city of|strong="H0376" Susa|strong="H7800".
7 They also|strong="H0853" killed these men: Parshandatha|strong="H6577", Dalphon|strong="H1813", Aspatha|strong="H0630",
8 Poratha|strong="H6334", Adalia|strong="H0118", Aridatha|strong="H0743",
9 Parmashta|strong="H6534", Arisai|strong="H0747", Aridai|strong="H0742", and|strong="H0853" Vaizatha|strong="H2055".
10 These men|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Haman|strong="H2001". Haman|strong="H2001" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" enemy|strong="H6887" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064". The|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" killed|strong="H2026" all the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H1121", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" didn’t|strong="H3808" take anything|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3808" belonged to|strong="H7971" them|strong="H0853".
11 That|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" heard how many|strong="H4557" men had|strong="H4428" been killed|strong="H2026" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" capital city|strong="H1931" of|strong="H4428" Susa|strong="H7800".
12 So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635", “The|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" have|strong="H0376" killed|strong="H2026" 500 men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H4428" Susa|strong="H7800", including|strong="H4428" Haman’s|strong="H2001" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121". Now|strong="H5414", what|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5414" want done|strong="H6213" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" other|strong="H5750" provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428"? Tell|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" have|strong="H0376" it|strong="H5414" done|strong="H6213". Ask|strong="H0559", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5414".”
13 Esther|strong="H0635" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5414" pleases the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", please let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="H5921" Susa|strong="H7800" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" same|strong="H0853" thing again tomorrow|strong="H4279". Also|strong="H1571", hang|strong="H8518" the|strong="H0853" bodies of|strong="H1121" Haman’s|strong="H2001" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5921" posts.”
14 So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" command|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3651" it|strong="H5414" should|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1121" done|strong="H6213". So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0853" law|strong="H1881" was|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" in|strong="H4428" Susa|strong="H7800", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3651" hanged|strong="H8518" Haman’s|strong="H2001" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121".
15 The|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="H3117" Susa|strong="H7800" met together|strong="H1571" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" 14th day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" month|strong="H2320" of|strong="H0376" Adar|strong="H0143". They|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H2026" 300 men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H3117" Susa|strong="H7800", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" take the|strong="H0853" things|strong="H7969" that|strong="H0834" belonged to|strong="H7971" them|strong="H0853".
16 At|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" same|strong="H0853" time, the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" living|strong="H5315" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" other provinces|strong="H4082" also|strong="H0853" met together|strong="H5921". They|strong="H0834" met together|strong="H5921" so|strong="H7971" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0834" be|strong="H3808" strong enough|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5921" protect themselves|strong="H5315". And|strong="H3027" so|strong="H7971" they|strong="H0834" got rid|strong="H7971" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341". They|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H2026" 75,000 of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341". But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" didn’t|strong="H3808" take|strong="H5975" anything|strong="H3808" that|strong="H0834" belonged to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853".
17 This|strong="H3117" happened on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" 13th day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143". On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" 14th day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" Jews rested|strong="H5117" and|strong="H3117" made|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" happy|strong="H8057" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" feasting|strong="H4960".
18 The|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="H3117" Susa|strong="H7800" had|strong="H0834" met together|strong="H6950" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" 13th and|strong="H3117" 14th days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" month of|strong="H3117" Adar. And|strong="H3117" then|strong="H0853" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" 15th day|strong="H3117" they|strong="H0834" rested|strong="H5117". So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" 15th day|strong="H3117" a|strong="H0834" happy|strong="H8057" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" feasting|strong="H4960".
19 So|strong="H3651" those|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" country|strong="H6521" and|strong="H3117" small villages|strong="H6519" celebrate Purim on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" 14th day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" Adar|strong="H0143". They|strong="H3651" keep|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" 14th day|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3651" a|strong="H5921" happy|strong="H8057" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" feasting|strong="H4960". On|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3651" day|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3651" have|strong="H0376" parties|strong="H0376" and|strong="H3117" give presents to|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453".
20 Mordecai|strong="H4782" wrote|strong="H3789" everything|strong="H3605" down|strong="H3789" that|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" happened|strong="H1697", and|strong="H4428" then|strong="H0853" he|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Xerxes’ provinces|strong="H4082". He|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" far|strong="H7350" and|strong="H4428" near|strong="H7138".
21 He|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1961" tell|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews to|strong="H1961" celebrate Purim every|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" 14th and|strong="H6965" 15th days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" of|strong="H3117" Adar|strong="H0143".
22 They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0376" celebrate those|strong="H0834" days|strong="H3117" because|strong="H0834" on|strong="H3117" those|strong="H0834" days|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" got rid|strong="H5117" of|strong="H0376" their|strong="H1992" enemies|strong="H0341". And|strong="H3117" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" also|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0376" celebrate that|strong="H0834" month|strong="H2320" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" month|strong="H2320" when|strong="H3117" their|strong="H1992" sadness was|strong="H0834" turned|strong="H2015" into|strong="H2015" joy|strong="H8057". It|strong="H5117" was|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0834" month|strong="H2320" when|strong="H3117" their|strong="H1992" crying was|strong="H0834" changed|strong="H2015" into|strong="H2015" a|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" celebration|strong="H8057". Mordecai wrote letters to|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" and|strong="H3117" told|strong="H6213" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H0376" celebrate those|strong="H0834" days|strong="H3117" as|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0834" happy|strong="H8057" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" feasting|strong="H4960". They|strong="H1992" should|strong="H0376" have|strong="H0834" parties|strong="H0376", give|strong="H5117" gifts|strong="H4979" to|strong="H0376" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453", and|strong="H3117" give|strong="H5117" presents|strong="H4979" to|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" poor|strong="H0034".
23 So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" agreed to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H0834" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413". And|strong="H0853" they|strong="H0834" agreed to|strong="H0413" continue the|strong="H0853" celebration they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" begun|strong="H2490".
24 Haman|strong="H2001" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha the|strong="H3605" Agagite|strong="H0091" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" enemy|strong="H6887" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064". He|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3588" made|strong="H3605" an|strong="H3588" evil plan|strong="H2803" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" to|strong="H5921" destroy|strong="H0006" them|strong="H5921". And|strong="H1121" Haman|strong="H2001" had|strong="H3588" thrown the|strong="H3605" lot|strong="H1486" to|strong="H5921" choose a|strong="H3588" day to|strong="H5921" ruin and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5921" destroy|strong="H0006" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064". At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" time the|strong="H3605" lot|strong="H1486" was|strong="H1931" called a|strong="H3588" “pur|strong="H6332".”
25 Haman did|strong="H0834" this|strong="H0834", but|strong="H0935" Esther went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" talk to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428". So|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7725" out|strong="H6440" new commands|strong="H0559". These|strong="H0834" commands|strong="H0559" not|strong="H1121" only ruined Haman’s plans|strong="H4284", but|strong="H0935" these|strong="H0834" commands|strong="H0559" caused|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H5973" to|strong="H0559" happen to|strong="H0559" Haman and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" family! So|strong="H0834" Haman and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H0834" hanged|strong="H8518" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" posts.
28 They|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H0428" to|strong="H3117" help them|strong="H8432" remember|strong="H2142" what|strong="H2233" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3064" seen happen to|strong="H3117" them|strong="H8432". The|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" and|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3605" join them|strong="H8432" celebrate|strong="H2142" these|strong="H0428" two|strong="H8432" days|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" year|strong="H3117" at|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" right time|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3117" just|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" right way|strong="H3605". Every|strong="H3605" generation|strong="H1755" and|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" remembers|strong="H2142" these|strong="H0428" two|strong="H8432" days|strong="H3117". They|strong="H3117" celebrate|strong="H2142" this|strong="H0428" festival in|strong="H3117" each|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082" and|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3117" each|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" town|strong="H5892". And|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H3808" celebrating the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" Purim|strong="H6332". Their|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H3808" always|strong="H3117" remember|strong="H2142" this|strong="H0428" festival.
29 So|strong="H6965" Queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Abihail|strong="H0032", along|strong="H0853" with|strong="H0854" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H3605" Jew|strong="H3064", wrote|strong="H3789" an|strong="H6965" official letter|strong="H0107" about|strong="H3605" Purim|strong="H6332". They|strong="H3605" wrote|strong="H3789" with|strong="H0854" full|strong="H3605" authority|strong="H8633" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H3605" king to|strong="H6965" prove that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" second|strong="H8145" letter|strong="H0107" was|strong="H3605" true.
30 So|strong="H7971" Mordecai sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" 127 provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H1697" King Xerxes’ kingdom|strong="H4438". He|strong="H7971" told|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" people that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" festival should|strong="H0413" bring peace|strong="H7965" and|strong="H3967" make people trust each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605".
31 He|strong="H0834" wrote these|strong="H0428" letters to|strong="H5921" tell the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5921" start celebrating Purim|strong="H6332". And|strong="H6965" he|strong="H0834" told|strong="H1697" them|strong="H0853" when|strong="H3117" to|strong="H5921" celebrate this|strong="H0428" new festival. Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H0853" Jew|strong="H3064" and|strong="H6965" Queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H0834" sent out|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" command|strong="H1697" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" to|strong="H5921" establish|strong="H6965" this|strong="H0428" two-day festival for|strong="H5921" themselves|strong="H5315" and|strong="H6965" their|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233". They|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" remember this|strong="H0428" festival just|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" remember the|strong="H0853" other|strong="H0428" festivals when|strong="H3117" they|strong="H0834" fast|strong="H6685" and|strong="H6965" cry|strong="H2201" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" bad things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" happened|strong="H1697".
32 Esther’s|strong="H0635" letter|strong="H5612" made the|strong="H1697" rules for|strong="H1697" Purim|strong="H6332" official, and|strong="H6965" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697" were|strong="H0428" written|strong="H3789" down|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3789" a|strong="H6965" book|strong="H5612".