1 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;) 2 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. 3 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. 4 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. 5 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. 6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. 7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, 8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, 9 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.
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Yahudiylarning zafari
1 Shohning amru farmoni ijro qilinadigan oʻn ikkinchi oy — Adar oyining oʻn uchinchi kuni keldi. Bu kunni yahudiylarning gʻanimlari, ularning ustidan hukmronlikni egallaymiz, deb umid bilan kutgan edilar. Ammo aksincha boʻlib chiqdi: yahudiylar oʻz gʻanimlari ustidan hukmronlikni oʻrnatdilar. 2 Yahudiylar yovuz kimsalarga qarshi kurashish uchun shoh Axashverashga qarashli hamma viloyatlardagi oʻzlari yashaydigan shaharlarda bir joyga yigʻildilar. Hech kim yahudiylarga dosh bera olmadi, chunki yahudiylardan qoʻrquv tuygʻusi hamma xalqlarni qamrab olgan edi.
3 Viloyatlardagi hamma beklar, noiblar, hokimlar va shohning aʼyonlari Mardoxaydan qoʻrqqanlari uchun yahudiylarni qoʻllab–quvvatladilar. 4 Mardoxay saroyning yuksak martabali odami boʻlib, u tobora kuchayib borar, uning shuhrati butun viloyatlarga yoyilardi.
5 Yahudiylar jamiki dushmanlarini qilichdan oʻtkazib, oʻldirib, qirib tashladilar. Gʻanimlariga nisbatan istaganini qildilar. 6 Jumladan, yahudiylar Shushan qalʼasida besh yuz kishini qirib tashladilar. 7-10 Yana yahudiylar oʻzlarining dushmani Xamadoto oʻgʻli Xomonning oʻnala oʻgʻlini — Parshandata, Dalfon, Aspata, Poʻrata, Odaliyo, Oridato, Parmashto, Orisay, Oriday va Vayzotoni oʻldirdilar. Ammo mol–mulkiga qoʻl tekkizmadilar.
11 Oʻsha kuni Shushan qalʼasida oʻldirilganlarning hisobini shohga maʼlum qildilar. 12 Shoh esa malika Esterga aytdi:
— Yahudiylar Shushan qalʼasida Xomonning oʻnala oʻgʻlini va yana besh yuz kishini qirib, yoʻq qildilar. Kim bilsin, boshqa viloyatlarimda ular nima qildilar ekan? Istaging nima? Ayt, qondirayin. Yana qanday tilaging bor? Bajo qilayin.
13 — Agar shohimizga maʼqul boʻlsa, Shushandagi yahudiylar ertaga ham bugungi farmoningizni ijro etsinlar, — dedi Ester. — Xomonning oʻnala oʻgʻlining jasadlari ham dorga osilsin .
14 Shoh ushbu istakni bajarishni buyurdi. Shushanda farmon chiqarildi. Xomonning oʻnala oʻgʻlining jasadi ham dorga osildi. 15 Adar oyining oʻn toʻrtinchi kuni Shushandagi yahudiylar yana toʻplanib, qalʼada dushmanlardan uch yuztasini oʻldirdilar. Lekin mol–mulkiga qoʻl tekkizmadilar.
16 Shohlikning turli viloyatlarida yashaydigan boshqa yahudiylar ham jonini saqlash va dushmanlaridan qutulish uchun bir joyga toʻplandilar. Dushmanlaridan yetmish besh ming kishini oʻldirdilar, lekin mol–mulkiga qoʻl tekkizmadilar. 17 Bularning hammasi Adar oyining oʻn uchinchi kuni yuz berdi. Yahudiylar oʻn toʻrtinchi kuni tinchib, bu kunni bayram qildilar.
18 Shushandagi yahudiylar ham oʻzlarini qutqarish uchun oʻn uchinchi va oʻn toʻrtinchi kunlari yigʻildilar. Oʻn beshinchi kuni esa tinchib, bu kunni bayram qildilar. 19 Shuning uchun qishloqlardagi aholi Adar oyining oʻn toʻrtinchi kunini bayram sifatida nishonlab ziyofat uyushtiradilar va bir–birlariga taom ulashadilar.
Purim bayrami
20 Mardoxay bu voqealarni yozib qoʻydi. Soʻngra shoh Axashverash qoʻli ostidagi uzoq–yaqindagi hamma yurtlarda yashayotgan yahudiylarga maktublar yubordi. 21 Maktubda har yili Adar oyining oʻn toʻrtinchi va oʻn beshinchi kunlarini nishonlash lozimligi taʼkidlangan edi. 22 Chunki bu kunlar yahudiylar oʻz dushmanlaridan qutulgan kunlardir. Oʻsha oy gʻam — xursandchilikka, motam bayramga aylangan oydir. Mardoxay: “Shu kunlari ziyofat berib, xursandchilik qilinsin, taomlar ulashilsin, kambagʻallarga hadyalar inʼom qilinsin”, deb buyurgan edi.
23 Shunday qilib, yahudiylar Mardoxayning buyrugʻini qabul qildilar va bu bayramlarini har yil nishonlashni davom ettiraverdilar. 24 Darvoqe, butun yahudiylarning dushmani Oʻgax naslidan boʻlgan Xamadoto oʻgʻli Xomon fitna qoʻzgʻab yahudiylarni ezib, yoʻq qilish uchun pur — qurʼa tashlagandi. 25 Lekin Ester shohning huzuriga kirganda , shoh yana boshqa bir maktub orqali farmon bergandi . Shunday qilib, Xomon yahudiylarga qarshi yovuz reja oʻylab qoʻygandi, lekin rejasi oʻzining boshiga yetdi. Xomon va uning oʻgʻillari dorga osildi.
26 Shuning uchun bu bayramga Purim deb nom berilgandi. Bu nom “pur” soʻzidan olingan. Shunday qilib, yahudiylar Mardoxayning maktubida yozilganlardan, koʻrgan–kechirganlaridan va boshlariga tushgan koʻrgiliklardan keyin, 27 oʻzlari, bolalari va barcha qabiladoshlari oʻsha ikki kunni belgilangan vaqtda, yozilganiday, har yili doimiy ravishda bayram qilishga qaror qilgandilar. 28 “Bu kunlar avlodlar osha hamma oilada, viloyatlarda, har bir shaharda unutilmasdan, bayram qilinsin, Purim kunlarini yahudiylar oʻtkazib yubormasin, bu kunlar avlodlar osha davom etib xotirlansin”, deb qaror chiqardilar.
29 Abuhayil qizi malika Ester, yahudiy Mardoxay bilan birga, oʻz huquqi boʻyicha, Purim toʻgʻrisidagi oʻsha maktubni yozib, tasdiqlagandi. 30 Mardoxay Axashverashning hukmronligi ostidagi yuz yigirma yettita viloyatda yashaydigan hamma yahudiylarga tinchlik–omonlik tilangan oʻsha maktublarni yubordi. 31 Maktubda malika Ester bilan Mardoxay buyurganlariday, Purim kunlarini belgilangan sanada nishonlashga qatʼiy rioya qilishlari aytilgan edi. Yahudiylarning oʻzlari va bolalari roʻza tutishga va motam odatlariga amal qilganlari singari, bu bayramga ham rioya qilishlari kerakligi taʼkidlangan edi. 32 Shunday qilib, Purimga oid qoidalar, Esterning buyrugʻiga koʻra, tasdiqlandi va kitobga yozib qoʻyildi.
