1 当日， 亚哈随鲁把犹大人的敌人哈曼的家产， 赐给王后以斯帖； 末底改也来到王的面前， 因为以斯帖已经把末底改和她的关系告诉王。 2 王就摘下自己的戒指， 就是从哈曼那里取回的， 给了末底改， 以斯帖也委派末底改管理哈曼的家产。 3 以斯帖又在王面前说话， 俯伏在王的脚前， 含泪恳求王免除亚甲族人哈曼所加的灾害， 以及他设计要害犹大人的阴谋。 4 王向以斯帖伸出了金杖， 以斯帖就起来， 站在王的面前； 5 她说： "王若是同意， 我若是在王面前蒙恩， 就请下旨， 废除亚甲族哈米大他的儿子哈曼设计的谕文， 就是他写下要消灭在王各省的犹大人的谕文。 6 我怎忍看见我的族人消灭呢？" 7 亚哈随鲁王对王后以斯帖和犹大人末底改说： "因为哈曼要下手害犹大人， 我已经把哈曼的家产赐给了以斯帖， 人也把哈曼挂在木架了。 8 现在你们可以照着你们的意思， 奉王的名为犹大人写谕旨， 用王的印戒盖上； 因为奉王的名所写， 用王的戒指盖上印的谕旨， 是没有人可以废除的。" 9 那时是三月， 就是西弯月， 二十三日， 王的文士都召了来， 照着末底改所吩咐一切有关犹大人的事， 用各省的文字、各族的方言写了谕旨， 从印度到古实的一百二十七省， 给各省的总督、省长和领袖， 也用犹大人的文字和方言写给犹大人。 10 末底改奉亚哈随鲁王的名写了谕旨， 又用王的戒指盖上印； 文书由驿使骑上御养的、为国事而用的快马， 传送到各处去。 11 文书上写着： 王准许在各城的犹大人， 可以聚集起来， 保护自己的性命； 也可以毁灭、杀尽和灭绝那些敌对犹大人的各族和各省的势力， 包括妇孺， 并且可以掠夺他们的财产； 12 一日之间， 在十二月， 就是亚达月， 十三日， 在亚哈随鲁王的各省， 开始实行。 13 谕旨的抄本作为御令， 颁发到各省， 宣告各族， 使犹大人准备那日， 好在仇敌身上施行报复。 14 于是， 骑上为国事而用的快马的驿使， 迫于王命， 就急急忙忙出发， 谕旨传遍书珊城。 15 末底改穿着紫蓝色和白色的朝服， 戴着硕大的金冠冕， 又披上紫色细麻布的外袍， 从王面前出来； 书珊城的人都欢呼快乐。 16 犹大人得到了光彩、欢喜、快乐和尊荣。 17 在各省各城中， 王的命令和谕旨所到之处， 犹大人都欢喜快乐， 饮宴放假； 那地的人民， 有许多因为惧怕犹大人， 就都自认是犹大人。

1 On that day hath the king Ahasuerus given to Esther the queen the house of Haman, adversary of the Jews, and Mordecai hath come in before the king, for Esther hath declared what he [is] to her,2 and the king turneth aside his signet, that he hath caused to pass away from Haman, and giveth it to Mordecai, and Esther setteth Mordecai over the house of Haman.3 And Esther addeth, and speaketh before the king, and falleth before his feet, and weepeth, and maketh supplication to him, to cause the evil of Haman the Agagite to pass away, and his device that he had devised against the Jews;4 and the king holdeth out to Esther the golden sceptre, and Esther riseth, and standeth before the king,5 and saith, `If to the king [it be] good, and if I have found grace before him, and the thing hath been right before the king, and I [be] good in his eyes, let it be written to bring back the letters -- a device of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite -- that he wrote to destroy the Jews who [are] in all provinces of the king,6 for how do I endure when I have looked on the evil that doth find my people? and how do I endure when I have looked on the destruction of my kindred?`7 And the king Ahasuerus saith to Esther the queen, and to Mordecai the Jew, `Lo, the house of Haman I have given to Esther, and him they have hanged on the tree, because that he put forth his hand on the Jews,8 and ye, write ye for the Jews, as [it is] good in your eyes, in the name of the king, and seal with the signet of the king -- for the writing that is written in the name of the king, and sealed with the signet of the king, there is none to turn back.`9 And the scribes of the king are called, at that time, in the third month -- it [is] the month of Sivan -- in the three and twentieth of it, and it is written, according to all that Mordecai hath commanded, unto the Jews, and unto the lieutenants, and the governors, and the heads of the provinces, that [are] from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces -- province and province according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, and unto the Jews according to their writing, and according to their tongue.10 And he writeth in the name of the king Ahasuerus, and sealeth with the signet of the king, and sendeth letters by the hand of the runners with horses, riders of the dromedary, the mules, the young mares,11 that the king hath given to the Jews who [are] in every city and city, to be assembled, and to stand for their life, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy the whole force of the people and province who are distressing them, infants and women, and their spoil to seize.12 In one day, in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month -- it [is] the month of Adar --13 a copy of the writing to be made law in every province and province is revealed to all the peoples, and for the Jews being ready at this day to be avenged of their enemies.14 The runners, riding on the dromedary, [and] the mules, have gone out, hastened and pressed by the word of the king, and the law hath been given in Shushan the palace.15 And Mordecai went out from before the king, in royal clothing of blue and white, and a great crown of gold, and a garment of fine linen and purple, and the city of Shushan hath rejoiced and been glad;16 to the Jews hath been light, and gladness, and joy, and honour,17 and in every province and province, and in every city and city, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, gladness and joy [are] to the Jews, a banquet, and a good day; and many of the peoples of the land are becoming Jews, for a fear of the Jews hath fallen upon them.