एस्तेर 11

1In the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who said he was a priest, and of the Levitical race, and Ptolemy his son brought this epistle of Phurim, which they said Lysimachus the son of Ptolemy had interpreted in Jerusalem.

2In the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the great, in the first day of the month Nisan, Mardochai the son of Jair, the son of Semei, the son of Cis, of the tribe of Benjamin:

3A Jew who dwelt in the city of Susan, a great man and among the first of the king’s court, had it dream.

4Now he was of the number of the captives, whom Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away from Jerusalem with Jechonias king of Juda:

5And this was his dream: Behold there were voices, and tumults, and thunders, and earthquakes, and a disturbance upon the earth.

6And behold two great dragons came forth ready to fight one against another.

7And at their cry all nations were stirred up to fight against the nation of the just.

8And that was a day of darkness and danger, of tribulation and distress, and great fear upon the earth.

9And the nation of the just was troubled fearing their own evils, and was prepared for death.

10And they cried to God: and as they were crying, a little fountain grew into a very great river, and abounded into many waters.

11The light and the sun rose up, and the humble were exalted, and they devoured the glorious.

12And when Mardochai had seen this, and arose out of his bed, he was thinking what God would do: and he kept it fixed in his mind, desirous to know what the dream should signify.

1Anno quarto regnantibus Ptolemæo et Cleopatra, attulerunt Dosithæus, qui se sacerdotem et Levitici generis ferebat, et Ptolemæus filius ejus, hanc epistolam phurim, quam dixerunt interpretatum esse Lysimachum Ptolemæi filium in Jerusalem.

2Anno secundo, regnante Artaxerxe maximo, prima die mensis Nisan, vidit somnium Mardochæus filius Jairi, filii Semei, filii Cis, de tribu Benjamin:

3homo Judæus, qui habitabat in urbe Susis, vir magnus, et inter primos aulæ regiæ.

4Erat autem de eo numero captivorum, quos transtulerat Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis de Jerusalem cum Jechonia rege Juda.

5Et hoc ejus somnium fuit: apparuerunt voces, et tumultus, et tonitrua, et terræmotus, et conturbatio super terram:

6et ecce duo dracones magni, paratique contra se in prælium.

7Ad quorum clamorem cunctæ concitatæ sunt nationes, ut pugnarent contra gentem justorum.

8Fuitque dies illa tenebrarum et discriminis, tribulationis et angustiæ, et ingens formido super terram.

9Conturbataque est gens justorum timentium mala sua, et præparata ad mortem.

10Clamaveruntque ad Deum: et illis vociferantibus, fons parvus creavit in fluvium maximum, et in aquas plurimas redundavit.

11Lux et sol ortus est, et humiles exaltati sunt, et devoraverunt inclytos.

12Quod cum vidisset Mardochæus, et surrexisset de strato, cogitabat quid Deus facere vellet: et fixum habebat in animo, scire cupiens quid significaret somnium.

1In the fourth year of the reigns of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who was himself a priest and born of the Levites, and Ptolemy his son, brought this epistle of Purim, which they said was a translation by Lysimachus the son of Ptolemy in Jerusalem.

2In the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the great, on the first day of the month of Nisan, Mordecai the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin,

3a Jewish man who lived in the city of Susa, a great gentleman, and among the first ones of the king’s court, saw a dream.

4Now he was one of a number of captives, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away from Jerusalem with Jeconiah king of Judah.

5And this was his dream: voices appeared, and confusion, and thunders, and earthquakes, and a disturbance upon the earth.

6And behold, there were two great dragons making preparations against one another for battle.

7And at their cry all peoples rushed forth to fight against the nation of the just.

8And that was a day of darkness and division, of tribulation and anguish, and there was an unnatural dread over the earth.

9And the nation of the just was disturbed, fearing their own evils, and was prepared for death.

10And they cried out to God, and from their loud crying, a little fountain grew into a very great river and overflowed into many waters.

11The light and the sun rose up, and the humble were exalted, and they devoured the illustrious.

12When Mordecai had seen this, and he arose from bed, he was considering what God might want to do, and he kept it fixed in his soul, desiring to know what the dream might signify.