1Now 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 Y’hudim (Judeans) hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Y’hudim (Judeans) had rule over them that hated them;) 2The Y’hudim (Judeans) gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Achashverosh [I will be silent and poor], to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people. 3And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Y’hudim (Judeans); because the fear of Mordekhai [little man] fell upon them. 4For Mordekhai [little man] [was] great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordekhai [little man] waxed greater and greater. 5Thus the Y’hudim (Judeans) struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them. 6And in Shushan [lily] the palace the Y’hudim (Judeans) killed and destroyed five hundred men. 7And Parshandata [given by prayer], and Dalfon [dripping], and Aspata [the enticed gathered], 8And Porata [fruitfulness, or frustration], and Adalya [I shall be drawn up of Yah], and Aridata [the lion of the decree], 9And Parmashta [superior], and Arisai [meaning disputed], and Aridai [the lion is enough], and Vaizata [strong as the wind], 10The ten sons of Haman [magnificent] the son of Hamdata [double], the enemy of the Y’hudim (Judeans), killed they; but on the spoil (plunder; prey; booty) laid they not their hand.

11On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan [lily] the palace was brought before the king. 12And the king said unto Ester [star] the queen, The Y’hudim (Judeans) have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan [lily] the palace, and the ten sons of Haman [magnificent]; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what [is] youⁱ petition? and it shall be granted youⁱ: or what [is] youⁱ request further? and it shall be done. 13Then said Ester [star], If it please the king, let it be granted to the Y’hudim (Judeans) which [are] in Shushan [lily] to do tomorrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman [magnificent]'s ten sons be hanged upon the gallow (to approve, commend, accept)s. 14And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan [lily]; and they hanged Haman [magnificent]'s ten sons. 15For the Y’hudim (Judeans) that [were] in Shushan [lily] gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and killed three hundred men at Shushan [lily]; but on the prey they laid not their hand.

16But the other Y’hudim (Judeans) that [were] in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and killed of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey, 17On 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.

18But the Y’hudim (Judeans) that [were] at Shushan [lily] 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. 19Therefore the Y’hudim (Judeans) 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.

20And Mordekhai [little man] wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Y’hudim (Judeans) that [were] in all the provinces of the king Achashverosh [I will be silent and poor], [both] near and far, 21To establish [this] among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly, 22As the days wherein the Y’hudim (Judeans) 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.

23And the Y’hudim (Judeans) undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordekhai [little man] had written unto them; 24Because Haman [magnificent] the son of Hamdata [double], the Agagi [I will overtop], the enemy of all the Y’hudim (Judeans), had devised against the Y’hudim (Judeans) to destroy them, and had cast Pur [lot], that [is], the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them; 25But when [Ester [star]] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Y’hudim (Judeans), should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallow (to approve, commend, accept)s. 26For what reason they called these days Purim after the name of Pur [lot]. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and [of that] which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them, 27The Y’hudim (Judeans) 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; 28And [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 Y’hudim (Judeans), nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.

29Then Ester [star] the queen, the daughter of Avichayil [Father of Strength], and Mordekhai [little man] the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim. 30And he sent the letters unto all the Y’hudim (Judeans), to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Achashverosh [I will be silent and poor], [with] words of peace and truth, 31To confirm these days of Purim in their times [appointed], according as Mordekhai [little man] the Jew and Ester [star] the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry. 32And the decree of Ester [star] confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.