γράφω δέ ὁ βασιλεύς τέλος ἐπί ὁ βασιλεία ὁ τε γῆ καί ὁ θάλασσα
Andthekinglevied<b>atax</b>upon<b>his</b>kingdombothbylandandsea.
καί ὁ ἰσχύς αὐτός καί ἀνδραγαθία πλοῦτος τε καί δόξα ὁ βασιλεία αὐτός ἰδού γράφω ἐν βιβλίον βασιλεύς πέρσης καί μῆδοι εἰς μνημόσυνον
And<b>asfor</b>hisstrengthandvalour,andthewealthandgloryofhiskingdom,behold,theyarewritteninthebookofthePersiansandMedes,foramemorial.
ὁ δέ μαρδοχαῖος διαδέχομαι ὁ βασιλεύς ἀρταξέρξης καί μέγας εἰμί ἐν ὁ βασιλεία καί δοξάζω ὑπό ὁ ἰουδαῖος καί φιλέω διαἡγέομαι ὁ ἀγωγή πᾶς ὁ ἔθνος αὐτός
AndMardochaeuswasviceroytokingArtaxerxes,andwasagreatmaninthekingdom,andhonouredbytheJews,andpassedhislifebelovedofallhisnation.[AndMardocheussaid,ThesethingshavebeendoneofGod.ForIrememberthedreamwhichIhadconcerningthesematters:fornotoneparticularofthemhasfailed.<b>Therewas</b>thelittlefountainwhichbecameariver,andtherewaslight,andthesunandmuchwater.TheriverisEsther,whomthekingmarried,andmadequeen.AndthetwoserpentsareIandAman.Andthenationsarethose<b>nations</b>thatcombinedtodestroythenameoftheJews.But<b>asfor</b>mynation,thisisIsrael,<b>even</b>theythatcriedtoGodandweredelivered:fortheLorddeliveredhispeople.AndtheLordrescuedusoutofallthesecalamities;andGodwroughtsuchsignsandgreatwondersashavenotbeendoneamongthenations.Thereforedidheordaintwolots.OneforthepeopleofGod,andoneforalltheother<b>nations</b>.Andthesetwolotscameforanappointedseason,andforadayofjudgment,beforeGod,andforallthenations.AndGodrememberedhispeople,andvindicatedhisinheritance.AndtheyshallobservethesedaysinthemonthAdar,onthefourteenthandonthefifteenth<b>day</b>ofthemonth,withanassembly,andjoyandgladnessbeforeGod,throughoutthegenerationsforeveramonghispeopleIsrael.InthefourthyearofthereignofPtolemeusandCleopatra,Dositheus,whosaidhewasapriestandLevite,andPtolemeushisson,broughtthisepistleofPhurim,whichtheysaidwasthesame,andthatLysimachusthesonofPtolemeus,thatwasinJerusalem,hadinterpreted.]