1On that day did the king Achashverosh [I will be silent and poor] give the house of Haman [magnificent] the Y’hudit (Y’hudim (Judeans)’) enemy unto Ester [star] the queen. And Mordekhai [little man] came before the king; for Ester [star] had told what he [was] unto her. 2And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman [magnificent], and gave it unto Mordekhai [little man]. And Ester [star] set Mordekhai [little man] over the house of Haman [magnificent].

3And Ester [star] spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman [magnificent] the Agagi [I will overtop], and his device that he had devised against the Y’hudim (Judeans). 4Then the king held out the golden scepter toward Ester [star]. So Ester [star] arose, and stood before the king, 5And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing [seem] right before the king, and I [be] pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman [magnificent] the son of Hamdata [double] the Agagi [I will overtop], which he wrote to destroy the Y’hudim (Judeans) which [are] in all the king's provinces: 6For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my family? 7Then the king Achashverosh [I will be silent and poor] said unto Ester [star] the queen and to Mordekhai [little man] the Jew, Behold, I have given Ester [star] the house of Haman [magnificent], and him they have hanged upon the gallow (to approve, commend, accept)s, because he laid his hand upon the Y’hudim (Judeans).

8Write you^2f also for the Y’hudim (Judeans), as it likes you, in the king's name, and seal [it] with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.

9Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that [is], the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordekhai [little man] commanded unto the Y’hudim (Judeans), and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which [are] from India unto Ethiopia [Kush], an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Y’hudim (Judeans) according to their writing, and according to their language. 10And he wrote in the king Achashverosh [I will be silent and poor]' name, and sealed [it] with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, [and] riders on mules, camels, [and] young dromedaries: 11Wherein the king granted the Y’hudim (Judeans) which [were] in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, [both] little ones and women, and [to take] the spoil (plunder; prey; booty) of them for a prey, 12Upon one day in all the provinces of king Achashverosh [I will be silent and poor], [namely], upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which [is] the month Adar. 13The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province [was] published unto all people, and that the Y’hudim (Judeans) should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. 14[So] the posts that rode upon mules [and] camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan [lily] the palace.

15And Mordekhai [little man] went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan [lily] rejoiced and was glad. 16The Y’hudim (Judeans) had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour. 17And in every province, and in every city, to wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Y’hudim (Judeans) had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Y’hudim (Judeans); for the fear of the Y’hudim (Judeans) fell upon them.