ΕΣΘΗΡ 10
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second editionOriginal language
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
King James Version with Apocrypha
1ΕΓΡΑΨΕ δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλείαν τῆς τε γῆς καὶ τῆς θαλάσσης,
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2καὶ τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνδραγαθίαν πλοῦτόν τε καὶ δόξαν τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ, ἰδοὺ γέγραπται ἐν βιβλίῳ βασιλέων Περσῶν καὶ Μήδων εἰς μνημόσυνον.
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3ὁ δὲ Μαρδοχαῖος διεδέχετο τὸν βασιλέα Ἀρταξέρξην καὶ μέγας ἦν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ καὶ δεδοξασμένος ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων· καὶ φιλούμενος, διηγεῖτο τὴν ἀγωγὴν παντὶ τῷ ἔθνει αὐτοῦ. α Καὶ εἶπε Μαρδοχαῖος· παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐγένετο ταῦτα. 3β ἐμνήσθη γὰρ περὶ τοῦ ἐνυπνίου, οὗ εἶδον περὶ τῶν λόγων τούτων· οὐδὲ γὰρ παρῆλθεν ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν λόγος. γ ἡ μικρὰ πηγή, ἣ ἐγένετο ποταμὸς καὶ ἦν φῶς καὶ ἥλιος καὶ ὕδωρ πολύ· Ἐσθήρ ἐστιν ὁ ποταμός, ἣν ἐγάμησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ἐποίησε βασίλισσαν. δ οἱ δὲ δύο δράκοντες, ἐγώ εἰμι καὶ Ἀμάν. ε τὰ δὲ ἔθνη τὰ ἐπισυναχθέντα ἀπολέσαι τὸ ὄνομα τῶν Ἰουδαίων. ζ τὸ δὲ ἔθνος τὸ ἐμόν, οὗτός ἐστιν Ἰσραήλ, οἱ βοήσαντες πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν καὶ σωθέντες· καὶ ἔσωσε Κύριος τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐρύσατο Κύριος ἡμᾶς ἐκ πάντων τῶν κακῶν τούτων. καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὰ σημεῖα καὶ τὰ τέρατα τὰ μεγάλα, ἃ οὐ γέγονεν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι. η διὰ τοῦτο ἐποίησε κλήρους δύο, ἕνα τῷ λαῷ τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ ἕνα πᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσι· θ καὶ ἦλθον οἱ δύο κλῆροι οὗτοι εἰς ὥραν καὶ καιρὸν καὶ εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, ι καὶ ἐμνήσθη ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐδικαίωσε τὴν κληρονομίαν αὐτοῦ· κ καὶ ἔσονται αὐτοῖς αἱ ἡμέραι αὗται ἐν μηνὶ Ἀδὰρ τῇ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῃ καὶ τῇ πεντεκαιδεκάτῃ τοῦ μηνὸς μετὰ συναγωγῆς καὶ χαρᾶς καὶ εὐφροσύνης ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ κατὰ γενεὰς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἐν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ Ἰσραήλ. λ Ἔτους τετάρτου βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου καὶ Κλεοπάτρας εἰσήνεγκε Δοσίθεος, ὃς ἔφη εἶναι ἱερεὺς καὶ Λευίτης, καὶ Πτολεμαῖος ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ τὴν προκειμένην ἐπιστολὴν τῶν Φρουραί, ἣν ἔφασαν εἶναι καὶ ἡρμηνευκέναι Λυσίμαχον Πτολεμαίου τῶν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ.
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4Then Mardocheus said, God hath done these things.
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5For I remember a dream which I saw concerning these matters, and nothing thereof hath failed.
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6A little fountain became a river, and there was light, and the sun, and much water: this river is Esther, whom the king married, and made queen:
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7And the two dragons are I and Aman.
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8And the nations were those that were assembled to destroy the name of the Jews:
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9And my nation is this Israel, which cried to God, and were saved: for the Lord hath saved his people, and the Lord hath delivered us from all those evils, and God hath wrought signs and great wonders, which have not been done among the Gentiles.
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10Therefore hath he made two lots, one for the people of God, and another for all the Gentiles.
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11And these two lots came at the hour, and time, and day of judgment, before God among all nations.
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12So God remembered his people, and justified his inheritance.
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13Therefore those days shall be unto them in the month Adar, the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the same month, with an assembly, and joy, and with gladness before God, according to the generations for ever among his people.
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