Brenton's Septuagint (LXX) - Holy Name KJV

 8:1 ¶ And in that day king Artaxerxes gave to Esther all that belonged to Haman{gr.Aman} the slanderer: and Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus} was called by the king; for Esther had shewn that he was related to her.

 8:1 ¶ On that° day° did the king° Ahasuerus° give°°° the house° of Haman° the Jews'° enemy°° unto Esther° the queen.° And Mordecai° came°° before° the king;° for° Esther° had told°° what° he° [was] unto her.

 8:2 And the king took the ring which he had taken away from Haman{gr.Aman}, and gave it to Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus}: and Esther appointed Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus} over all that had been Haman's{gr.Aman}.

 8:2 And the king° took off°°° his ring,° which° he had taken°° from Haman,°° and gave°° it unto Mordecai.° And Esther° set°°° Mordecai° over° the house° of Haman.°

 8:3 ¶ And she spoke yet again to the king, and fell at his feet, and besought [him] to do away the mischief of Haman{gr.Aman}, and all that he had done against the Jews.

 8:3 ¶ And Esther° spake°° yet again°° before° the king,° and fell down°° at° his feet,° and besought°° him with tears°° to put away°°° the mischief° of Haman° the Agagite,° and his device° that° he had devised°° against° the Jews.°

 8:4 Then the king stretched out to Esther the golden sceptre: and Esther arose to stand near the king.

 8:4 Then the king° held out°°° the golden° sceptre° toward Esther.° So Esther° arose,°° and stood°° before° the king,°

 8:5 And Esther said, If it seem good to thee, and I have found favour [in thy sight], let an order be sent that the letters sent by Haman{gr.Aman} may be reversed, that were written for the destruction of the Jews, who are in thy kingdom.

 8:5 And 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° the son° of Hammedatha° the Agagite,° which° he wrote°° to destroy°°° the Jews° which° [are] in all° the king's° provinces:°

 8:6 For how shall I be able to look upon the affliction of my people, and how shall I be able to survive the destruction of my kindred?

 8:6 For° 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 kindred?°

 8:7 ¶ And the king said to Esther, If I have given and freely granted thee all that was Haman's{gr.Aman}, and hanged him on a gallows, because he laid his hands upon the Jews, what dost thou yet further seek?

 8:7 ¶ Then the king° Ahasuerus° said°° unto Esther° the queen° and to Mordecai° the Jew,° Behold,° I have given°° Esther° the house° of Haman,° and him they have hanged°° upon° the gallows,° because°° he laid°° his hand° upon the Jews.°

 8:8 Write ye also in my name, as it seems good to you, and seal [it] with my ring: for whatever [orders] are written at the command of the king, and sealed with my ring, it is not lawful to gainsay them.

 8:8 Write°° ye° also for° the Jews,° as it liketh°° 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.°°

 8:9 So the scribes were called in the first-month, which is Nisan, on the three and twentieth day of the same year; and [orders] were written to the Jews, whatever [the king had] commanded to the local governors and chiefs of the satraps, from India even to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven satraps, according to the several provinces, according to their dialects.

 8:9 Then 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° Mordecai° commanded°° unto° the Jews,° and to° the lieutenants,° and the deputies° and rulers° of the provinces° which° [are] from India°° unto° Ethiopia,° an hundred° twenty° and seven° provinces,° unto every province° according to the writing° thereof, and unto every people° after their language,° and to° the Jews° according to their writing,° and according to their language.°

 8:10 And they were written by order of the king, and sealed with his ring, and they sent the letters by the posts:

 8:10 And he wrote°° in the king° Ahasuerus'° name,° and sealed°° [it] with the king's° ring,° and sent°° letters° by° posts°° on horseback,° [and] riders°° on mules,° camels,° [and] young° dromedaries:°

 8:11 wherein he charged them to use their [own] laws in every city, and to help each other, and to treat their adversaries, and those who attacked them, as they pleased,

 8:11 Wherein° the king° granted°° the Jews° 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° of them for a prey,°°

 8:12 on one day in all the kingdom of Artaxerxes, on the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is Adar.

 8:12 Upon one° day° in all° the provinces° of king° Ahasuerus,° [namely], upon the thirteenth°° [day] of the twelfth°° month,° which° [is] the month° Adar.°

 8:13 And the following is the copy of the letter of the orders. The great king Artaxerxes sends greeting to the rulers of provinces [in] a hundred and twenty-seven satrapies, from India to Ethiopia, even to those who are faithful to our interests. Many who have been frequently honoured by the most abundant kindness of their benefactors have conceived ambitious designs, and not only endeavour to hurt our subjects, but moreover, not being able to bear prosperity, they also endeavour to plot against their own benefactors. And they not only would utterly abolish gratitude from among men, but also, elated by the boastings of men who are strangers to all that is good, they suppose that they shall escape the sin-hating vengeance of the ever-seeing God. And oftentimes [evil] exhortation has made partakers of the guilt of shedding innocent blood, and has involved in irremediable calamities, many of those who were appointed to offices of authority, who had been entrusted with the management of their friends' affairs; while [men], by the false sophistry of an evil disposition, have deceived the simple candour of the ruling powers. And it is possible to see [this], not so much from more ancient traditionary accounts, as it is immediately in your power [to see it] by examining what things have been wickedly perpetrated by the baseness of men unworthily holding power. And [it is right] to take heed with regard to the future, that we may maintain the government in undisturbed peace for all men, adopting [needful] changes, and ever judging those cases which come under [our] notice, with truly equitable decision. For whereas Haman{gr.Aman}, a Macedonian, the son of Amadathes, in reality an alien from the blood of the Persians, and differing widely from our mild course of government, having been hospitably entertained by us, obtained so large a share of our universal kindness, as to be called our father, and to continue the person next to the royal throne, reverenced of all; [he, however], overcome by the pride [of his station], endeavoured to deprive us of our dominion, and our life; having by various and subtle artifices demanded for destruction both Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus} our deliverer and perpetual benefactor, and Esther the blameless consort of [our] kingdom, with their whole nation. For by these methods; the thought, having surprised us in a defenceless rate, to transfer the dominion of the Persians to the Macedonians. But we find that the Jews, who have been consigned to destruction by the most abominable of men, are not malefactors, but living according to the justest laws, and being the sons of the living God, the most high and mighty, who maintains the kingdom, to us as well as to our forefathers, in the most excellent order. Ye will therefore do well in refusing to obey the letters sent by Haman{gr.Aman} the son of Amadathes, because he that has done these things, has been hanged with his whole family at the gates of Shushan{gr.Susa}, Almighty God having swiftly returned to him a worth recompence. [We enjoin you] then, having openly published a copy of this letter in every place, to give the Jews permission to use their own lawful customs, and to strengthen them, that on the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar, on self-same day, they made defend themselves against those who attacked them in a time or affliction. For in the place of the destruction of the chosen race, Almighty God has granted them this [time of] gladness. Do ye therefore also among your [notiable] feasts, keep a distinct day with all festivity, that both now and hereafter it may be a day of deliverance to us and those who are well disposed toward the Persians, but to those that plotted against us a memorial of destruction. And every city and province collectively, which shall not do accordingly, shall be consumed with vengeance by spear and fire: it shall be made not only inaccessible to men, but also most hateful to wild beasts and birds forever. And let the copies be posted in conspicuous places throughout the kingdom, and let all the Jews be ready against this day, to fight against their enemies.

 8:13 The copy° of the writing° for a commandment° to be given°° in every° province° [was] published°° unto all° people,° and that the Jews° should be° ready°°° against that° day° to avenge°° themselves° on their enemies.°°°

 8:14 So the horsemen went forth with haste to perform the king's commands; and the ordinance was also published in Shushan{gr.Susa}.

 8:14 [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° the palace.°

 8:15 ¶ And Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus} went forth robed in the royal apparel, and wearing a golden crown, and a diadem of fine purple linen: and the people in Shushan{gr.Susa} saw [it] and rejoiced.

 8:15 ¶ And Mordecai° 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° rejoiced°° and was glad.°°

 8:16 And the Jews had light and gladness,

 8:16 The Jews° had° light,° and gladness,° and joy,° and honour.°

 8:17 in every city and province wherever the ordinance was published: wherever the proclamation took place, the Jews had joy and gladness, feasting and mirth: and many of the Gentiles were circumcised, and became Jews, for fear of the Jews.

 8:17 And in every° province,° and in every° city,° whithersoever°° the king's° commandment° and his decree° came,°° the Jews° had joy° and gladness,° a feast° and a good° day.° And many° of the people°° of the land° became Jews;°° for° the fear° of the Jews° fell°° upon° them.