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And letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey. |
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And the letters ª
were sent ª°
by ª
posts ª°
into ¹
all ¹
the king's ª
provinces, ª
to destroy, ª°
to kill, ª°
and to cause to perish, ª°¹
all ¹
Jews, ª
both young ª¹
and ¹
old, ª
little children ª
and women, ª
in one ª
day, ª
[ even] upon the thirteenth ªª
[ day] of the twelfth ªª
month, ª
which ¹
is the month ª
Adar, ª
and [ to take] the spoil ª
of them for a prey. ª° |
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And the letters ª
were sent ª°
by ª
posts ª°
into ¹
all ¹
the kings ª
prouinces, ª
to destroy, ª°
to kill, ª°
and to cause to perish ª°¹
all ¹
Iewes, ª
both yong ª¹
and ¹
olde, ª
litle children ª
and women, ª
in one ª
day, ª
[ euen] vpon the thirteenth ªª
[ day] of the twelfth ªª
moneth ª
(which ¹
[ is] the moneth ª
Adar) ª
and [ to take] the spoile ª
of them for a pray. ª° |
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And [the message] was sent by posts throughout the kingdom of Artaxerxes, to destroy utterly the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods. And the following is the copy of the letter; The great king Artaxerxes writes thus to the rulers and inferior governors of a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia, who hold authority under [him]. Ruling over many nations, and having obtained dominion over the whole world, I was minded, (not elated by the confidence of power but ever conducting [myself] with great moderation and with gentleness,) to make the lives of [my] subjects continually tranquil, desiring both to maintain the kingdom quite and orderly to [its] utmost limits, and to restore the peace desired by all men. But when I had enquired of my counsellors how this should be brought to pass, Haman{gr.Aman}, who excels in soundness of judgment among us, and has been manifestly well inclined without wavering and with unshaken fidelity, and has obtained the second post in the kingdom, informed us that a certain ill-disposed people is mixed up with all the tribes throughout the world, opposed in their laws to every [other] nation, and continually neglecting the commands of the kings, so that the united government blamelessly administered by us is not quietly established. Having then conceived that this nation alone [of all others] is continually set in opposition to every man, introducing as a change a foreign code of laws, and injuriously plotting to accomplish the worst of evils against our interests, and against the happy establishment of the monarchy; we have accordingly appointed those who are signified to you the letters written by Haman{gr.Aman}, who is set over [the public] affairs and is our second governor, to destroy them all utterly with their wives and children by the swords of the enemies, without pitying or sparing any, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar, of the present year; that the people aforetime and now ill-disposed [to us] having been violently consigned to death in one day, may hereafter secure to us continually a well constituted and quiet [state of] affairs. |
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And the letters ª
were sent ª°
by ª
posts ª°
into ¹
all ¹
the king's ª
provinces, ª
to destroy, ª°
to kill, ª°
and to cause to perish, ª°¹
all ¹
Yæhûđîm
יְהוּדִים, ª
both young ª¹
and ¹
old, ª
little children ª
and women, ª
in one ª
day, ª
[ even] upon the thirteenth ªª
[ day] of the twelfth ªª
month, ª
which ¹
is the month ª
´Áđär
אֲדָר, ª
and [ to take] the spoil ª
of them for a prey. ª° |
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{Esther 3:13} 
American Standard Version (ASV 1901)