犹太人除灭仇敌
十二月，就是亚达月十三日，王的谕旨和敕令要执行的那一日，犹太人的仇敌盼望制伏他们，但犹太人反倒制伏了恨他们的人。
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犹太人在亚哈随鲁王各省的城里聚集，下手击杀那些要害他们的人。没有人能在他们面前站立得住，因为各民族都惧怕他们。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各省的领袖、总督、省长，和办理王事务的人，因惧怕末底改，就都帮助犹太人。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末底改在朝中为大，名声传遍各省；末底改这人的权势日渐扩大。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犹太人用刀击杀所有的仇敌，杀灭他们，随意待那些恨他们的人。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在书珊城堡中，犹太人杀灭了五百人。And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
7他们杀了巴珊大他、达分、亚斯帕他、And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
8破拉他、亚大利雅、亚利大他、And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
9帕玛斯他、亚利赛、亚利代、瓦耶撒他；And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,
10这十人都是哈米大他的孙子，犹太人的仇敌哈曼的儿子。犹太人却没有下手夺取财物。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那日，书珊城堡中被杀的人数呈报到王面前。On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
12王对以斯帖王后说：“犹太人在书珊城堡中杀灭了五百人，又杀了哈曼的十个儿子，在王其余的各省不知如何。你要什么，必赐给你；你还求什么，也必为你成就。”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以斯帖说：“王若以为好，求你允准书珊的犹太人，明日也照今日的谕旨去做，并把哈曼十个儿子的尸体挂在木架上。”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王允准这么做。敕令传遍书珊，哈曼十个儿子的尸体被挂了起来。And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
15亚达月十四日，在书珊的犹太人又聚集，在书珊杀了三百人，却没有下手夺取财物。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亚达月十三日，在王各省其余的犹太人也都聚集，保护自己的性命，摆脱仇敌得享平安。他们杀了七万五千个恨他们的人，却没有下手夺取财物；十四日他们休息，以这日为设宴欢乐的日子。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但书珊的犹太人却在十三日、十四日聚集；十五日休息，以这日为设宴欢乐的日子。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所以住在无城墙的乡村的犹太人，都以亚达月十四日为设宴欢乐的吉日，彼此馈送礼物。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.
普珥日
19末底改记录这些事，写信给亚哈随鲁王各省远近所有的犹太人，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吩咐他们每年守亚达月十四、十五两日，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以这两日为犹太人摆脱仇敌得享平安、转忧为喜、转悲为乐的吉日，并在这两日设宴欢乐，彼此馈送礼物，周济穷人。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于是，犹太人照末底改所写给他们的，把开始所做的作为遵守的定例。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因为犹太人的仇敌亚甲人哈米大他的儿子哈曼设谋要杀害犹太人，抽普珥，普珥即签，为要杀尽灭绝他们；And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
24但这阴谋☛“这阴谋”或译“以斯帖”。到了王面前，王却降旨使哈曼谋害犹太人的恶事归到他自己的头上，他和他的众子都被挂在木架上。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所以犹太人照着普珥这名字称这两日为普珥日。他们因这信上一切的话，又因所看见所遇见的事，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就规定自己与后裔，以及归化他们的人，每年按所写的、按时守这两日，永久不废。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各省各城、世世代代、家家户户都记念并守这两日，使这普珥日在犹太人中不可废掉，在他们后裔中也永不遗忘。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亚比孩的女儿以斯帖王后和犹太人末底改以全权写第二封信，坚立这普珥日，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送信给亚哈随鲁王国中一百二十七省所有的犹太人，祝他们平安和安稳，Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
30劝他们遵照犹太人末底改和以斯帖王后所规定的，按时守这普珥日，并照着犹太人为自己与后裔所规定的，禁食与哀求。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以斯帖规定了守普珥日的条例，这事也记录在书上。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.