8:1 On that day did ha melekh Achashverosh give the house of Haman (המן) the Yehudim' enemy to Ester ha malkah (מלכּה). And Mordechai (מרדּכי) came before the king; for Ester had told what he [was] to her.
8:2 And ha melekh took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman (המן), and gave it to Mordechai (מרדּכי). And Ester set Mordechai (מרדּכי) over the house of Haman (המן).
8:3 And Ester spoke yet again before ha melekh, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman (המן) the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Yehudim.
8:4 Then ha melekh held out the golden sceptre toward Ester. So Ester arose, and stood before ha melekh,
8:5 And said, If it please ha melekh, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing [seem] right before ha melekh, and I [be] pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman (המן) Ben ha Medatha ha Agagi, which he wrote to destroy the Yehudim which [are] in all ha melekh's provinces:
8:6 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come to my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
8:7 Then ha melekh Achashverosh said to Ester ha malkah (מלכּה) and to Mordechai (מרדּכי) the Yehudi, Behold, I have given Ester the house of Haman (המן), and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Yehudim.
8:8 Write ye also for the Yehudim, as it liketh you, in ha melekh's name, and seal [it] with ha melekh's ring: for the writing which is written in ha melekh's name, and sealed with ha melekh's ring, may no man reverse.
8:9 Then were ha melekh'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 Mordechai (מרדּכי) commanded to the Yehudim, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which [are] from India to Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, and to the Yehudim according to their writing, and according to their language.
8:10 And he wrote in ha melekh Achashverosh ' name, and sealed [it] with ha melekh's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, [and] riders on mules, camels, [and] young dromedaries:
8:11 Wherein ha melekh granted the Yehudim 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 Upon one day in all the provinces of melekh Achashverosh , [namely], upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which [is] the month Adar.
8:13 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province [was] published to all people, and that the Yehudim should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
8:14 [So] the posts that rode upon mules [and] camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by ha melekh's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.
8:15 And Mordechai (מרדּכי) went out from the presence of ha melekh 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 The Yehudim had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
8:17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever ha melekh's commandment and his decree came, the Yehudim had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Yehudim; for the fear of the Yehudim fell upon them.
