And at the fulness of these days hath the king made to all the people who are found in Shushan the palace, from great even unto small, a banquet, seven days, in the court of the garden of the house of the king --

If to the king it be good, there goeth forth a royal word from before him, and it is written with the laws of Persia and Media, and doth not pass away, that Vashti doth not come in before the king Ahasuerus, and her royalty doth the king give to her companion who is better than she;

and the sentence of the king that he maketh hath been heard in all his kingdom -- for it is great -- and all the wives give honour to their husbands, from great even unto small.'

who had been removed from Jerusalem with the removal that was removed with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed --

and the young woman is good in his eyes, and she receiveth kindness before him, and he hasteneth her purifications and her portions -- to give to her, and the seven young women who are provided -- to give to her, from the house of the king, and he changeth her and her young women to a good place in the house of the women.

In the first month -- it is the month of Nisan -- in the twelfth year of the king Ahasuerus, hath one caused to fall Pur (that is the lot) before Haman, from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth, it is the month of Adar.

And Haman saith to the king Ahasuerus, 'There is one people scattered and separated among the peoples, in all provinces of thy kingdom, and their laws are diverse from all people, and the laws of the king they are not doing, and for the king it is not profitable to suffer them;

And the king turneth aside his signet from off his hand, and giveth it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, adversary of the Jews;

and letters to be sent by the hand of the runners unto all provinces of the king, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy all the Jews, from young even unto old, infant and women, on one day, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month -- it is the month of Adar -- and their spoil to seize,

And young women of Esther come in and her eunuchs, and declare it to her, and the queen is exceedingly pained, and sendeth garments to clothe Mordecai, and to turn aside his sackcloth from off him, and he hath not received them.

and the copy of the writing of the law that had been given in Shushan to destroy them he hath given to him, to shew Esther, and to declare it to her, and to lay a charge on her to go in unto the king, to make supplication to him, and to seek from before him, for her people.

All servants of the king, and people of the provinces of the king, do know that any man and woman, who cometh in unto the king, unto the inner court, who is not called -- one law of his is to put them to death, apart from him to whom the king holdeth out the golden sceptre, then he hath lived; and I -- I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.'

but if thou keep entirely silent at this time, respite and deliverance remaineth to the Jews from another place, and thou and the house of thy fathers are destroyed; and who knoweth whether for a time like this thou hast come to the kingdom?'

And the king hath risen, in his fury, from the banquet of wine, unto the garden of the house, and Haman hath remained to seek for his life from Esther the queen, for he hath seen that evil hath been determined against him by the king.

And the king hath turned back out of the garden of the house unto the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman is falling on the couch on which Esther is, and the king saith, 'Also to subdue the queen with me in the house?' the word hath gone out from the mouth of the king, and the face of Haman they have covered.

and the king turneth aside his signet, that he hath caused to pass away from Haman, and giveth it to Mordecai, and Esther setteth Mordecai over the house of Haman.

And the scribes of the king are called, at that time, in the third month -- it is the month of Sivan -- in the three and twentieth of it, and it is written, according to all that Mordecai hath commanded, unto the Jews, and unto the lieutenants, and the governors, and the heads of the provinces, that are from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces -- province and province according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, and unto the Jews according to their writing, and according to their tongue.

And Mordecai went out from before the king, in royal clothing of blue and white, and a great crown of gold, and a garment of fine linen and purple, and the city of Shushan hath rejoiced and been glad;

And the rest of the Jews, who are in the provinces of the king, have been assembled, even to stand for their life, and to rest from their enemies, and to slay among those hating them five and seventy thousand, and on the prey they have not put forth their hand;

as days on which the Jews have rested from their enemies, and the month that hath been turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning to a good day, to make them days of banquet and of joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the needy.

and these days are remembered and kept in every generation and generation, family and family, province and province, and city and city, and these days of Purim do not pass away from the midst of the Jews, and their memorial is not ended from their seed.

A man there hath been in the land of Uz -- Job his name -- and that man hath been perfect and upright -- both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Whence comest thou?' And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down on it.'

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Hast thou set thy heart against My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God, and turning aside from evil?'

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Lo, all that he hath is in thy hand, only unto him put not forth thy hand.' And the Adversary goeth out from the presence of Jehovah.

While this one is speaking another also hath come and saith, 'Fire of God hath fallen from the heavens, and burneth among the flock, and among the young men, and consumeth them, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare it to thee.'

And lo, a great wind hath come from over the wilderness, and striketh against the four corners of the house, and it falleth on the young men, and they are dead, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare it to thee.'

and he saith, 'Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken: let the name of Jehovah be blessed.'

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Whence camest thou?' And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down in it.'

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!'

And the Adversary goeth forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smiteth Job with a sore ulcer from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

And he saith unto her, 'As one of the foolish women speaketh, thou speakest; yea, the good we receive from God, and the evil we do not receive.' In all this Job hath not sinned with his lips.

And three of the friends of Job hear of all this evil that hath come upon him, and they come in each from his place -- Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite -- and they are met together to come in to bemoan him, and to comfort him;

and they lift up their eyes from afar and have not discerned him, and they lift up their voice and weep, and rend each his robe, and sprinkle dust on their heads -- heavenward.

That day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.

Because it hath not shut the doors Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from mine eyes.

Why from the womb do I not die? From the belly I have come forth and gasp!

Small and great are there the same. And a servant is free from his lord.

From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed.

In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,

From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish.

Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.

Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.

For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.

And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,

In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.

Is not my help with me, And substance driven from me?

By the time they are warm they have been cut off, By its being hot they have been Extinguished from their place.

And, Deliver me from the hand of an adversary? And, From the hand of terrible ones ransom me?

How powerful have been upright sayings, And what doth reproof from you reprove?

And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me,

I have wasted away -- not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days are vanity.

How long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle.

Do they not shew thee -- speak to thee, And from their heart bring forth words?

If one doth destroy him from his place, Then it hath feigned concerning him, I have not seen thee!

Lo, this is the joy of his way, And from the dust others spring up.'

Who is shaking earth from its place, And its pillars move themselves.

He doth turn aside from off me his rod, And His terror doth not make me afraid,

For Thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is no deliverer from Thy hand.

If I sinned, then Thou hast observed me, And from mine iniquity dost not acquit me,

And why from the womb Hast Thou brought me forth? I expire, and the eye doth not see me.

As I had not been, I am, From the belly to the grave I am brought,

Are not my days few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little,

For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not.

And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope is a breathing out of soul!

Keep silent from me, and I speak, And pass over me doth what?

Only two things, O God, do with me: Then from Thy face I am not hidden.

Thy hand put far off from me, And Thy terror let not terrify me.

Look away from off him that he may cease, Till he enjoy as an hireling his day.

From the fragrance of water it doth flourish, And hath made a crop as a plant.

Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry.

And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep.

And yet, a falling mountain wasteth away, And a rock is removed from its place.

For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:

Which the wise declare -- And have not hid -- from their fathers.

He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched is he for the sword.

He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!

If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease -- what goeth from me?

For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.

And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.

(He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place?

Drawn from his tent is his confidence, And it causeth him to step to the king of terrors.

From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.

His memorial hath perished from the land, And he hath no name on the street.

They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.

Mine honour from off me He hath stripped, And He turneth the crown from my head.

My brethren from me He hath put far off, And mine acquaintances surely Have been estranged from me.

And after my skin hath compassed this body, Then from my flesh I see God:

This hast thou known from antiquity? Since the placing of man on earth?

Wealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out.

He fleeth from an iron weapon, Pass through him doth a bow of brass.

One hath drawn, And it cometh out from the body, And a glittering weapon from his gall proceedeth. On him are terrors.

This is the portion of a wicked man from God. And an inheritance appointed him by God.

And they say to God, 'Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.

Lo, not in their hand is their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.

Those saying to God, 'Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?

And he hath filled their houses with good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.

If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.