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,
x;l.viY;w h,Lea'h ~yir'b.D;h -t,a y;k\D.r'm b{T.kiY;w ? tw{nyid.m -l'k.B r,v]a ~yid.Wh.Y;h -l'K -l,a ~yir'p.s ? ~yiqw{x.r'h.w ~yibw{r.Q;h vw{rew.v;x]a .$,l,M;h
21
To
stablish this among them, that they should
keep the
fourteenth* day of the
month Adar, and the
fifteenth* day of the same,
yearly*,
h'['B.r;a ~w{y tea ~yif{[ tw{y.hil ~,hyel][ ~eY;q.l ? r'f'[ h'Vim]x -mw{y tea.w r'd]a v,d{x.l r'f'[ ? h'n'v.w h'n'v -l'k.B w{B
22
As the
days wherein the
Jews rested from their
enemies, and the
month which was
turned unto them from
sorrow to
joy, and from
mourning into a
good day: that they should
make them
days of
feasting and
joy, and of
sending portions one to
another, and
gifts to the
poor.
~,hyeb.yw{aem ~yid.Wh.Y;h ~,h'b .Wx'n -r,v]a ~yim'Y;K ? h'x.mif.l !w{g'Yim ~,h'l .$;P.h,n r,v]a v,d{x;h.w ? h,T.vim yem.y ~'tw{a tw{f][;l bw{j ~w{y.l l,beaem.W ? tw{n'T;m.W .Whe[er.l vyia tw{n'm ;xw{l.vim.W h'x.mif.w ? ~yinw{y.b,a'l
23
And the
Jews undertook to
do as they had
begun, and as
Mordecai had
written unto them;
tw{f][;l .WLexeh -r,v]a tea ~yid.Wh.Y;h leBiq.w ? ~,hyel]a y;k\D.r'm b;t'K -r,v]a tea.w
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;
~yid.Wh.Y;h -l'K rer{c yig'g]a'h a't'd.M;h -n,B !'m'h yiK ? r.WP lyiPih.w ~'d.B;a.l ~yid.Wh.Y;h -l;[ b;v'x ? ~'d.B;a.l.W ~'MUh.l l'rw{G;h a.Wh
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.
r,peS;h -mi[ r;m'a .$,l,M;h yen.pil H'a{b.b.W ? -l;[ b;v'x -r,v]a h'['r'h w{T.b;v]x;m b.Wv'y ? #e['h -l;[ wy'n'B -t,a.w w{t{a .Wl't.w w{va{r -l;[ ~yid.Wh.Y;h
26
Wherefore they
called these
days Purim after the
name of
Pur. Therefore for all the
words of this
letter, and of that which they had
seen concerning this
matter, and which had
come unto them,
~ev -l;[ ~yir.Wp h,Lea'h ~yim'Y;l .Wa.r'q !eK -l;[ ? t,r,Gia'h yer.biD -l'K -l;[ !eK -l;[ r.WP;h ? ;[yiGih h'm.W h'k'K -l;[ .Wa'r -h'm.W ta{Z;h ? ~,hyel]a
27
The
Jews ordained, and
took upon them, and upon their
seed, and upon all such as
joined themselves unto them, so as it should not
fail, that they would
keep these
two days according to their
writing, and according to their appointed
time every
year*;
~'[.r;z -l;[.w ~,hyel][ ~yid.Wh.Y;h leBiq.w .Wm.Yiq ? rw{b][;y a{l.w ~,hyel][ ~yiw.liN;h -l'K l;[.w ? ~'b't.kiK h,Lea'h ~yim'Y;h yen.v tea ~yif{[ tw{y.hil ? h'n'v.w h'n'v -l'k.B ~'N;m.zik.w
28
And that these
days should be
remembered and
kept throughout every
generation, every
family, every
province, and every
city; and that these
days of
Purim should not
fail from
among the
Jews, nor the
memorial of them
perish from their
seed.
rw{D -l'k.B ~yif][;n.w ~yir'K.zin h,Lea'h ~yim'Y;h.w ? h'nyid.m.W h'nyid.m h'x'P.vim.W h'x'P.vim rw{d'w ? .Wr.b;[;y a{l h,Lea'h ~yir.WP;h yemyiw ryi['w ryi[.w ? ~'[.r;Zim @.Ws'y -a{l ~'r.kiz.w ~yid.Wh.Y;h .$w{Tim
29
Then
Esther the
queen, the
daughter of
Abihail, and
Mordecai the
Jew, wrote with all
authority, to
confirm this
second letter of
Purim.
y;k\D.r'm.W lIy;xyib]a -t;b h'K.l;M;h reT.s,a b{T.kiT;w ? t,r,Gia tea ~eY;q.l @,q{T -l'K -t,a yid.Wh.Y;h ? tyineV;h ta{Z;h ~yir.WP;h
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,
[;b,v -l,a ~yid.Wh.Y;h -l'K -l,a ~yir'p.s x;l.viY;w ? vw{rew.v;x]a t.Wk.l;m h'nyid.m h'aem.W ~yir.f,[.w ? t,m/a,w ~w{l'v yer.biD
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.
~,hyeN;m.ziB h,Lea'h ~yirUP;h yem.y -tea ~eY;q.l ? reT.s,a.w yid.Wh.Y;h y;k\D.r'm ~,hyel][ ~;Yiq r,v]a;K ? ~'[.r;z -l;[.w ~'v.p;n -l;[ .Wm.Yiq r,v]a;k.w h'K.l;M;h ? ~'t'q][;z.w tw{m{C;h yer.biD
32
And the
decree of
Esther confirmed these
matters of
Purim; and it was
written in the
book.
h,Lea'h ~yirUP;h yer.biD ~;Yiq reT.s,a r;m]a;m.W ? r,peS;B b'T.kin.w