Esther 9

9 ¹For di twelf month, wey be Adar, for di thirteenth day—wen di king order and decree suppose start to work, di very day wey di enemy of di Jew people bin dey hope say dem go conquer dem—e turn di odor way: na di Jew people conquer di people wey hate dem. ²Di Jew people gada for dia towns across all di provinces of King Xerxes, to attack di people wey dey find dia harm. Nobody fit stand against dem, becos fear of dem don fall for all di people. ³All di province officials, di satraps, di governors, and di king administrators support di Jew people, becos fear of Mordecai don fall for dem. ⁴Mordecai come strong well well for di king house; im name spread go every province, becos Mordecai imsef dey grow more and more powerful. ⁵Di Jew people take sword strike all dia enemy, dey kill and dey destroy, dey do wetin dem like to di people wey hate dem. ⁶For di citadel of Susa di Jew people kill and destroy 500 men. ⁷Dem kill Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha sef, ⁸Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, ⁹Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha. ¹⁰Di ten sons of Haman, wey be Hammedatha im pikin, di enemy of di Jew people, na dem dem kill—but dem no touch any loot.

¹¹For dat same day, dem tell di king di number of people wey dem kill for di citadel of Susa. ¹²Di king tell Queen Esther, “For di fortress of Susa di Jew people kill and destroy 500 men and Haman im ten sons. Wetin dem don do for di rest of di king provinces? Wetin be your request? Dem go give am to you. Wetin you still wan ask? Dem go do am.”

¹³Esther answer, “If e go please di king, make di Jew people wey dey Susa act again tomorrow under today decree, and make dem hang Haman im ten sons for pole.”

¹⁴Di king order say make dem do am. Dem issue decree for Susa, and dem hang Haman im ten sons. ¹⁵Di Jew people for Susa gada again for di fourteenth day of Adar, kill 300 men for there, but dem no touch di loot.

¹⁶Di rest of di Jew people for di king provinces gada to defend dia life, dem get relief from dia enemy, kill 75,000 people wey hate dem, but dem no touch any loot. ¹⁷Dis one happen for di thirteenth of Adar; for di fourteenth dem rest, dey make am day of feasting and joy.

¹⁸For Susa di Jew people gada for di thirteenth and fourteenth days, and dem rest for di fifteenth, dey make am day of feasting and joy. ¹⁹Na why di Jew people wey dey di open villages dey celebrate di fourteenth of Adar with joy, feasting, holiday, and dey send food gift give one anoda.

Dem Establish Di Feast of Purim

²⁰Mordecai write down all dis things wey happen, and e send letter give all di Jew people for di provinces of King Xerxes, di ones near and di ones far, ²¹to tell dem say make dem celebrate di fourteenth and fifteenth days of di month of Adar every year, ²²as di days wey di Jew people rest from dia enemy, and di month wey turn for dem from grief to joy, from mourning to celebration. E tell dem make dem keep dem as days of feasting and joy, dey send food gift give one anoda and gift give di poor people. ²³So di Jew people take wetin dem don start to dey do make am custom, just as Mordecai write give dem. ²⁴Haman, wey be Hammedatha di Agagite im pikin, di enemy of all di Jew people, bin plan to destroy dem, and e cast di pur—wey be di lot—to crush and destroy dem. ²⁵But wen di matter come reach di king front, di king order by letter say di evil scheme wey Haman scheme against di Jew people go fall back for im own head, and say make dem hang am and im sons for di pole dem.

²⁶Na why dem dey call dis days Purim, from di word pur, becos of all di words for dis letter, and becos of wetin dem see and wetin happen to dem. ²⁷Di Jew people bind demsef, dia pikin dem, and all di people wey join dem, to keep dis two days every year for di appointed time, without fail, just as dem write am. ²⁸Every generation, family, province, and city dey remember and dey keep dis days; dis Purim days no go ever end among di Jew people, and dia memory no go die out among dia pikin dem.

²⁹Queen Esther, wey be Abihail im pikin, and Mordecai di Jew man write with full authority to confirm dis second Purim letter. ³⁰Dem send letter give all di Jew people for di 127 provinces of Xerxes kingdom—words of peace and truth, ³¹to confirm dis Purim days for dia set times, just as Mordecai di Jew man and Queen Esther order for dem, and just as dem order for demsef and for dia pikin dem, di times of fasting and mourning. ³²Esther command confirm dis regulations about Purim, and dem write am down for di record.