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Notes on this text (3)
- As in the Slavonic Bible, Esther includes the Greek additions within its ten chapters, and Daniel includes the Song of the Three Young Men (3:24–90), Susanna (chapter 13) and Bel and the Dragon (chapter 14); Psalm 151 follows Psalm 150.
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
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1 Во вторыйна́десѧть мцⷭ҇ъ, и҆́же є҆́сть а҆да́ръ, въ третїйна́десѧть де́нь мцⷭ҇а прїидо́ша писа̑нїѧ ѿ царѧ̀.
1 Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the month, when the king’s commandment and his decree came near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to conquer them, (but it turned out that the opposite happened, that the Jews conquered those who hated them),
2 Въ то́й же де́нь погибо́ша сꙋпоста́ты і҆ꙋде́євъ: ни є҆ди́нъ бо сопроти́висѧ и҆̀мъ боѧ́сѧ и҆́хъ.
2 the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus, to lay hands on those who wanted to harm them. No one could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen on all the people.
3 Нача́льствꙋющїи бо стра́намъ и҆ власти́телїе и҆ ца́рстїи книгѡ́чїѧ почита́хꙋ і҆ꙋдє́й:
3 All the princes of the provinces, the local governors, the governors, and those who did the king’s business helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen on them.
4 стра́хъ бо мардохе́евъ належа́ше на ни́хъ.
4 For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces, for the man Mordecai grew greater and greater.
5 Приложи́сѧ бо повелѣ́нїе царе́во и҆менова́тисѧ є҆мꙋ̀ по всемꙋ̀ ца́рствїю.
5 The Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they wanted to those who hated them.
6 И҆ въ сꙋ́сѣхъ гра́дѣ и҆зби́ша і҆ꙋде́є пѧ́ть сѡ́тъ мꙋже́й:
6 In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.
7 фарса́на, неста́нна и҆ делфѡ́на, и҆ фасга́на
7 They killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
8 и҆ фардаѳа́на, и҆ варе́а и҆ сарвака́на,
8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
9 и҆ мармасі́ма и҆ рꙋфе́а, и҆ а҆рсе́а и҆ завꙋѳеѳа́ма,
9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,
10 де́сѧть сынѡ́въ а҆ма́на а҆мадаѳꙋ́ева вꙋге́анина врага̀ і҆ꙋде́ѡмъ, и҆́же ѿ ѳармаѳе́а, и҆ разгра́биша въ то́й де́нь (и҆мѣ̑нїѧ и҆́хъ):
10 the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy, but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.
11 и҆ сказа́ша число̀ и҆збїе́нныхъ царю̀ въ сꙋ́сѣхъ гра́дѣ.
11 On that day, the number of those who were slain in the citadel of Susa was brought before the king.
12 И҆ речѐ ца́рь ко є҆сѳи́ри: и҆зби́ша і҆ꙋде́є въ сꙋ́сѣхъ гра́дѣ пѧ́ть сѡ́тъ мꙋже́й, по ѡ҆крє́стнымъ же страна́мъ коли́кѡ, мни́ши, погꙋби́ша; и҆ чесогѡ̀ є҆щѐ проси́ши, и҆ бꙋ́детъ тѝ;
12 The king said to Esther the queen, “The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in the citadel of Susa, including the ten sons of Haman; what then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! Now what is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your further request? It shall be done.”
13 И҆ речѐ є҆сѳи́рь ко царю̀: да да́стсѧ та́кожде і҆ꙋде́ѡмъ твори́ти заꙋ́тра, ꙗ҆́кѡ да повѣ́сѧтъ де́сѧть сынѡ́въ а҆ма́новыхъ.
13 Then Esther said, “If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Susa to do tomorrow also according to today’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”
14 И҆ повелѣ̀ ца́рь та́кѡ бы́ти, и҆ попꙋстѝ і҆ꙋде́ѡмъ внѣ̀ гра́да повѣ́сити тѣлеса̀ сынѡ́въ а҆ма́новыхъ.
14 The king commanded this to be done. A decree was given out in Susa; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
15 И҆ собра́шасѧ і҆ꙋде́є, и҆̀же въ сꙋ́сѣхъ, въ четвертыйна́десѧть де́нь а҆да́ра, и҆ и҆зби́ша мꙋже́й три́ста, и҆ ничто́же разгра́биша.
15 The Jews who were in Susa gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and killed three hundred men in Susa; but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.
16 Про́чїи же і҆ꙋде́є, и҆̀же во ца́рствїи, собра́шасѧ и҆ себѣ̀ помога́хꙋ и҆ почи́ша ѿ бра́ней: и҆зби́ша бо ѿ ни́хъ пѧтьна́десѧть ты́сѧщъ въ третїйна́десѧть а҆да́ра, и҆ ничто́же расхи́тиша.
16 The other Jews who were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, defended their lives, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them; but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.
17 И҆ почи́ша въ четвертыйна́десѧть де́нь тогѡ́жде мцⷭ҇а и҆ провожда́хꙋ то́й де́нь ᲂу҆покое́нїѧ съ ра́достїю и҆ весе́лїемъ.
17 This was done on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of that month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
18 І҆ꙋде́є же въ сꙋ́сѣхъ гра́дѣ собра́шасѧ и҆ въ четвертыйна́десѧть почи́ша: проводи́ша же и҆ пѧтыйна́десѧть съ ра́достїю и҆ весе́лїемъ.
18 But the Jews who were in Susa assembled together on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth days of the month; and on the fifteenth day of that month, they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
19 Сегѡ̀ ра́ди і҆ꙋде́є разсѣ́ѧннїи во всѧ́цѣй странѣ̀ внѣ́шней провожда́ютъ четвертыйна́десѧть де́нь а҆да́ра бла́гъ съ весе́лїемъ, посыла́юще ча̑сти кі́йждо бли́жнемꙋ: живꙋ́щїй же въ митропо́лїѧхъ и҆ въ пѧтыйна́десѧть де́нь а҆да́ра весе́лїѧ благі́й провожда́ютъ, посыла́юще ча̑сти бли̑жнимъ.
19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, a holiday, and a day of sending presents of food to one another.
20 Написа́ же мардохе́й словеса̀ сїѧ̑ въ кни́гꙋ и҆ посла̀ і҆ꙋде́ѡмъ, є҆ли́цы бѣ́ша въ ца́рствїи а҆ртаѯе́рѯовѣ, бли́з̾ и҆ дале́че сꙋ́щымъ,
20 Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus, both near and far,
21 ᲂу҆ста́вити дни̑ сїѧ̑ бла̑ги, є҆́же провожда́ти четвертыйна́десѧть и҆ пѧтыйна́десѧть де́нь а҆да́ра:
21 to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month Adar yearly,
22 въ си́хъ бо дне́хъ почи́ша і҆ꙋде́є ѿ вра̑гъ свои́хъ: и҆ мцⷭ҇ъ а҆да́ръ, и҆́же ѡ҆брати́сѧ и҆̀мъ ѿ пла́ча въ ра́дость и҆ ѿ болѣ́зни во благі́й де́нь, провожда́ти ве́сь во благи́хъ дне́хъ ра́дости и҆ весе́лїѧ, посыла́юще ча̑сти ко дрꙋгѡ́мъ и҆ ни́щымъ.
22 as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending presents of food to one another, and gifts to the needy.
23 И҆ прїѧ́ша і҆ꙋде́є, ꙗ҆́коже написа̀ и҆̀мъ мардохе́й:
23 The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them,
24 ка́кѡ а҆ма́нъ а҆мадаѳꙋ́евъ македо́нѧнинъ ра́товаше і҆ꙋде́євъ, и҆ ка́кѡ и҆знесѐ сꙋ́дъ и҆ жре́бїй, є҆́же погꙋби́ти и҆̀хъ,
24 because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast “Pur”, that is the lot, to consume them and to destroy them;
25 и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ вни́де ко царю̀, глаго́лѧ, да повѣ́ситъ мардохе́а: є҆ли̑ка нача̀ наводи́ти на і҆ꙋдє́и ѕла̑ѧ, на него̀ бы́ша, и҆ повѣ́шенъ бы́сть са́мъ и҆ ча̑да є҆гѡ̀.
25 but when this became known to the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked plan, which he had planned against the Jews, should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
26 Сегѡ̀ ра́ди нареко́шасѧ дні́е сі́и фꙋрі́мъ ра́ди жрє́бїй, занѐ дїале́ктомъ и҆́хъ жрє́бїи нарица́ютсѧ фꙋрі́мъ, ра́ди слове́съ є҆пїсто́лїи сеѧ̀, и҆ є҆ли̑ка пострада́ша си́хъ ра́ди, и҆ є҆ли̑ка и҆̀мъ приключи́шасѧ.
26 Therefore they called these days “Purim”, from the word “Pur.” Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come to them,
27 Оу҆ста́ви ᲂу҆́бѡ, и҆ та́кѡ прїѧ́ша і҆ꙋде́є на себѐ и҆ на сѣ́мѧ своѐ и҆ на приложи́вшихсѧ къ ни̑мъ, нижѐ и҆на́че да ᲂу҆потреблѧ́ютъ: дні́е же сі́и па́мѧти соверша́еми по ро́дꙋ и҆ ро́дꙋ, и҆ гра́дꙋ и҆ ѻ҆те́чествꙋ и҆ странѣ̀.
27 the Jews established and imposed on themselves, on their descendants, and on all those who joined themselves to them, so that it should not fail that they would keep these two days according to what was written and according to its appointed time every year;
28 Дні́е же сі́и фꙋрі́мъ да провожда́ютъ во всѧ́кое лѣ́то, и҆ па́мѧть да не ѡ҆скꙋдѣ́етъ ѿ родѡ́въ.
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 their memory perish from their offspring.
29 И҆ написа̀ є҆сѳи́рь цари́ца дщѝ а҆мїнада́влѧ и҆ мардохе́й і҆ꙋде́анинъ, є҆ли̑ка сотвори́ша во ᲂу҆твержде́нїе є҆пїсто́лїи ѡ҆ дне́хъ фꙋрі́мъ.
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 И҆ мардохе́й и҆ є҆сѳи́рь цари́ца ᲂу҆ста́виста себѣ̀ са́ми, и҆ тогда̀ ᲂу҆ста́виста въ постѣ̀ свое́мъ совѣ́тъ сво́й.
30 He sent letters to all the Jews in the hundred twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus with words of peace and truth,
31 И҆ є҆сѳи́рь сло́во поста́ви во вѣ́ки, и҆ напи́сано бы́сть въ па́мѧть.
31 to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had decreed, and as they had imposed upon themselves and their descendants in the matter of the fastings and their mourning. 32 The commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abihail
Mordecai’s uncle and the father of Esther, who had died, leaving Esther to be adopted by Mordecai.
Cited in the guide: Esther 2:15; Esther 9:29
Adalia
One of the ten sons of Haman killed in the citadel of Susa on the thirteenth of Adar and hanged the next day at Esther’s request.
Cited in the guide: Esther 9:8
Aridai
One of the ten sons of Haman killed in the citadel of Susa on the thirteenth of Adar and hanged the next day at Esther’s request.
Cited in the guide: Esther 9:9
Aridatha
One of the ten sons of Haman killed in the citadel of Susa on the thirteenth of Adar and hanged the next day at Esther’s request.
Cited in the guide: Esther 9:8
Arisai
One of the ten sons of Haman killed in the citadel of Susa on the thirteenth of Adar and hanged the next day at Esther’s request.
Cited in the guide: Esther 9:9
Aspatha
One of the ten sons of Haman killed in the citadel of Susa on the thirteenth of Adar and hanged the next day at Esther’s request.
Cited in the guide: Esther 9:7
Dalphon
One of the ten sons of Haman killed in the citadel of Susa on the thirteenth of Adar and hanged the next day at Esther’s request.
Cited in the guide: Esther 9:7
Hammedatha
Named only as the father of Haman the Agagite.
Cited in the guide: Esther 3:1; Esther 3:10; Esther 9:24
Parmashta
One of the ten sons of Haman killed in the citadel of Susa on the thirteenth of Adar and hanged the next day at Esther’s request.
Cited in the guide: Esther 9:9
Parshandatha
One of the ten sons of Haman killed in the citadel of Susa on the thirteenth of Adar and hanged the next day at Esther’s request.
Cited in the guide: Esther 9:7
Poratha
One of the ten sons of Haman killed in the citadel of Susa on the thirteenth of Adar and hanged the next day at Esther’s request.
Cited in the guide: Esther 9:8
Vaizatha
One of the ten sons of Haman killed in the citadel of Susa on the thirteenth of Adar and hanged the next day at Esther’s request.
Cited in the guide: Esther 9:9
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Esther 3:13; Esther 8:12; Psalm 30:11; Revelation 11:18; Isaiah 60:14–16
- 2 Esther 8:17; Esther 8:11; Psalm 71:24; Psalm 71:13; Genesis 35:5
- 3 Ezra 8:36; Esther 3:2–6; Esther 8:9; Esther 3:12; Esther 8:5
- 4 2 Samuel 3:1; 1 Chronicles 11:9; Psalm 18:43; Proverbs 4:18; Psalm 1:3
- 5 Psalm 18:47–48; Jeremiah 18:21; Psalm 149:6–9; Psalm 18:34–40; Psalm 20:7–8
- 6 Esther 3:15
- 10 Esther 5:11; Esther 8:11; Genesis 14:23; Job 18:18–19; Job 27:13–15
- 12 Esther 7:2; Esther 5:6
- 13 Esther 8:11; Deuteronomy 21:23; Galatians 3:13; 2 Samuel 21:6; Esther 9:15
- 15 Esther 8:11; Esther 9:10; Esther 9:16; Esther 9:2; Hebrews 13:5
- 16 Esther 8:11; Esther 9:2; Leviticus 26:7–8
- 17 Esther 9:1; Esther 9:21; Esther 3:12; Esther 8:9; Esther 9:18
- 18 Esther 9:21; Esther 9:15; Esther 9:1; Esther 9:13; Esther 9:11
- 19 Esther 8:17; Esther 9:22; Nehemiah 8:10–12; Revelation 11:10; Deuteronomy 16:14
- 20 Psalm 145:4–12; Esther 3:12; Esther 1:22; Exodus 17:14; Psalm 124:1–3
- 22 Psalm 30:11; Isaiah 12:1–2; Esther 9:19; Isaiah 14:3; Galatians 2:10
- 24 Esther 3:5–13; Esther 9:10
- 25 Psalm 7:16; Matthew 21:44; Psalm 141:10; Esther 7:5–8:14; Esther 9:13–14
- 26 Esther 9:20; Numbers 16:40; Ezekiel 39:11
- 27 Isaiah 56:6; Zechariah 2:11; Isaiah 56:3; Esther 8:17; 2 Samuel 21:1–2
- 28 Psalm 78:5–7; Psalm 103:2; Joshua 4:7; Exodus 13:8–9; Zechariah 6:14
- 29 Esther 9:20; Esther 2:15; Esther 8:10; Esther 3:15
- 30 Esther 1:1; Zechariah 8:19; Isaiah 39:8; Esther 8:9
- 31 Esther 4:3; Esther 4:16; Jonah 3:2–9
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