Est 8:1Diē illō dedit rēx Assuērus Esther rēgīnae domum Aman adversāriī Jūdaeōrum, et Mardochaeus ingressus est ante faciem rēgis.On that day King Ahasuerus gave to Queen Esther the house of Haman, the adversary of the Jews, and Mordecai went in before the face of the king. Est 8:1Cōnfessa est enim eī Esther quod esset patruus suus.For Esther had confessed to him that he was her uncle. Est 8:2Tulitque rēx annulum, quem ab Aman recipī jusserat, et trādidit Mardochaeō.And the king took the ring which he had ordered to be taken back from Haman, and handed it over to Mordecai. Est 8:2Esther autem cōnstituit Mardochaeum super domum suam.And Esther set Mordecai over her house. Est 8:3Nec hīs contenta, prōcidit ad pedēs rēgis, flēvitque, et locūta ad eum ōrāvit ut malitiam Aman Agagītae, et māchinātiōnēs ejus pessimās quās excōgitāverat contrā Jūdaeōs, jubēret irritās fierī.Not content with these things, she fell down at the king's feet, and wept, and, speaking to him, begged that he would order the malice of Haman the Agagite, and his wicked schemes which he had devised against the Jews, to be made void.
Est 8:4At ille ex mōre scēptrum aureum prōtendit manū, quō signum clēmentiae mōnstrābātur: illaque cōnsurgēns stetit ante eum, et ait: Sī placet rēgī, et sī invēnī grātiam in oculīs ejus, et dēprecātiō mea nōn eī vidētur esse contrāria, obsecrō ut novīs epistolīs, veterēs Aman litterae, īnsidiātōris et hostis Jūdaeōrum, quibus eōs in cūnctīs rēgis prōvinciīs perīre praecēperat, corrigantur.But he, by custom, stretched out the golden sceptre with his hand, by which the sign of clemency was shown: and she, rising up, stood before him, and said: "If it pleases the king, and if I have found favour in his eyes, and my plea does not seem to him to be contrary, I beg that by new letters the old letters of Haman, the plotter and enemy of the Jews, by which he had ordered them to perish in all the king's provinces, be corrected. Est 8:6Quōmodo enim poterō sustinēre necem et interfectiōnem populī meī?For how shall I be able to bear the slaughter and killing of my people?" Est 8:7Responditque rēx Assuērus Esther rēgīnae, et Mardochaeō Jūdaeō: Domum Aman concessī Esther, et ipsum jussī affīgī crucī, quia ausus est manum mittere in Jūdaeōs.And King Ahasuerus answered Queen Esther, and Mordecai the Jew: "I have granted Haman's house to Esther, and I have ordered him to be fixed to a cross, because he dared to lay a hand on the Jews.
Est 8:8Scrībite ergō Jūdaeīs, sīcut vōbīs placet, rēgis nōmine, signantēs litterās annulō meō.Write therefore to the Jews, just as it pleases you, in the king's name, sealing the letters with my ring." Est 8:8Haec enim cōnsuētūdō erat, ut epistolīs, quae ex rēgis nōmine mittēbantur et illīus annulō signātae erant, nēmō audēret contrādīcere.For this was the custom, that no one dared to speak against letters which were sent in the king's name and had been sealed with his ring. Est 8:9Accītīsque scrībīs et librāriīs rēgis (erat autem tempus tertiī mēnsis, quī appellātur Siban) vīgēsimā et tertiā diē illīus scrīptae sunt epistolae, ut Mardochaeus voluerat, ad Jūdaeōs, et ad prīncipēs, prōcūrātōrēsque et jūdicēs, quī centum vīgintī septem prōvinciīs ab Indiā ūsque ad Aethiopiam praesidēbant: prōvinciae atque prōvinciae, populō et populō jūxtā linguās et litterās suās, et Jūdaeīs, prōut legere poterant et audīre.And the scribes and copyists of the king having been summoned (now it was the time of the third month, which is called Sivan), on the twenty-third day of it letters were written, as Mordecai had wished, to the Jews, and to the princes, and the procurators and judges who presided over the one hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India as far as Ethiopia: to province and province, to people and people, according to their tongues and letters, and to the Jews, as they could read and hear.
Est 8:10Ipsaeque epistolae, quae rēgis nōmine mittēbantur, annulō ipsīus obsignātae sunt, et missae per verēdāriōs: quī per omnēs prōvinciās discurrentēs, veterēs litterās novīs nūntiīs praevenīrent.And the letters themselves, which were sent in the king's name, were sealed with his ring, and sent by post-riders: who, running about through all the provinces, were to forestall the old letters with new messages. Est 8:11Quibus imperāvit rēx, ut convenīrent Jūdaeōs per singulās cīvitātēs, et in ūnum praeciperent congregārī ut stārent prō animābus suīs, et omnēs inimīcōs suōs cum conjugibus ac līberīs et ūniversīs domibus, interficerent atque dēlērent, et spolia eōrum dīriperent.To them the king gave command that they should meet with the Jews in every city, and instruct them to gather together in one, so that they might stand for their lives, and kill and destroy all their enemies, with their wives and children and whole households, and plunder their spoils. Est 8:12Et cōnstitūta est per omnēs prōvinciās ūna ultiōnis diēs, id est tertiadecima mēnsis duodecimī Adar.And one day of vengeance was appointed through all the provinces, that is, the thirteenth of the twelfth month, Adar. Est 8:13Summaque epistolae haec fuit, ut in omnibus terrīs ac populīs quī rēgis Assuērī subjacēbant imperiō, notum fieret parātōs esse Jūdaeōs ad capiendam vindictam dē hostibus suīs.And the sum of the letter was this, that in all the lands and peoples which were subject to the rule of King Ahasuerus, it should be made known that the Jews were ready to take vengeance on their enemies.
Est 8:14Ēgressīque sunt verēdāriī celerēs nūntia perferentēs, et ēdictum rēgis pependit in Susan.And the swift post-riders went out carrying the messages, and the king's edict was hung up in Susa. Est 8:15Mardochaeus autem dē palātiō et dē cōnspectū rēgis ēgrediēns, fulgēbat vestibus rēgiīs, hyacinthinīs vidēlicet et āeriīs, corōnam auream portāns in capite, et amictus sēricō palliō atque purpureō.But Mordecai, going out from the palace and from the sight of the king, was shining in royal garments, namely of violet and sky blue, wearing a golden crown on his head, and wrapped in a cloak of silk and purple. Est 8:15Omnisque cīvitās exultāvit atque laetāta est.And the whole city exulted and rejoiced. Est 8:16Jūdaeīs autem nova lūx orīrī vīsa est, gaudium, honor, et tripudium.But to the Jews a new light seemed to rise, joy, honour, and dancing. Est 8:17Apud omnēs populōs, urbēs, atque prōvinciās, quōcumque rēgis jussa veniēbant, mīra exultātiō, epulae atque convīvia, et fēstus diēs: in tantum ut plūrēs alterīus gentis et sectae eōrum religiōnī et caeremōniīs jungerentur.Among all peoples, cities, and provinces, wherever the king's commands came, there was wonderful exultation, feasts and banquets, and a festal day: so much so that many of another race and sect joined themselves to their religion and ceremonies.
Est 8:17Grandis enim cūnctōs jūdaicī nōminis terror invāserat.For a great terror of the Jewish name had seized upon all.