ASV Byzantine Text
a Now this is the copy of the letter: The great king Artaxerxes writeth these things to the princes of a hundred and seven and twenty provinces from India unto Ethiopia, and to the governors that are set under them. b After that I became lord over many nations, and had dominion over the whole world, not lifted up with presumption of my authority, but carrying myself always with equity and mildness, I purposed to settle my subjects continually in a quiet life, and making my kingdom peaceable, and open for passage to the utmost borders, to renew peace, which is desired of all men. c Now when I asked my counselors how this might be brought to pass, Haman, that excelled in wisdom among us, and was approved for his constant good will and steadfast fidelity, and had the honor of the second place in the kingdom, d declared unto us, that in all nations throughout the world there was scattered a certain malignant people, that had laws contrary to all nations, and continually set aside the commandments of kings, so as the uniting of our kingdoms, honorably intended by us, cannot go forward. e Seeing then we understand that this nation is alone continually in opposition unto all men, following perversely a life which is strange to our laws, and evil affected to our state, working all the mischief they can, that our kingdom may not be firmly established: f therefore have we commanded, that they that are signified in writing unto you by Haman, who is ordained over the affairs, and is a second father unto us, shall all, with their wives and children, be utterly destroyed by the sword of their enemies, without all mercy and pity, the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar of this present year: g that they, who of old and now also are malicious, may in one day with violence go down to Hades, and so ever hereafter cause our affairs to be well settled, and without trouble.
Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019
Oluenah dongah Artaxerxes ram kah Judah pilnam boeih tah a hla hlainit Adar hla kah khohnin vaengah boeih thup tih a koe khaw poelyoe pah ham a pat.
Brenton English Septuagint
And the message was sent by posts throughout the kingdom of Artaxerxes, to destroy utterly the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods. a [And the following is the copy of the letter; The great king Artaxerxes writes thus to the rulers and inferior governors of a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia, who hold authority under him. b Ruling over many nations, and having obtained dominion over the whole world, I was minded, (not elated by the confidence of power, but ever conducting myself with great moderation and with gentleness,) to make the lives of my subjects continually tranquil, desiring both to maintain the kingdom quiet and orderly to its utmost limits, and to restore the peace desired by all men. c But when I had enquired of my counsellors how this should be brought to pass, Aman, who excels in soundness of judgment among us, and has been manifestly well inclined without wavering and with unshaken fidelity, and has obtained the second post in the kingdom, d informed us that a certain ill-disposed people is mixed up with all the tribes throughout the world, opposed in their laws to every other nation, and continually neglecting the commands of the kings, so that the united government blamelessly administered by us is not quietly established. e Having then conceived that this nation alone of all others is continually set in opposition to every man, introducing as a change a foreign code of laws, and injuriously plotting to accomplish the worst of evils against our interests, and against the happy establishment of the monarchy; f we have accordingly appointed those who are signified to you in the letters written by Aman, who is set over the public affairs and is our second governor, to destroy them all utterly with their wives and children by the swords of the enemies, without pitying or sparing any, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar, of the present year; g that the people aforetime and now ill-disposed to us having been violently consigned to death in one day, may hereafter secure to us continually a well constituted and quiet state of affairs.]
French Free Holy Bible for the World
Le message fut envoyé par des courriers dans tout le royaume d'Assuérus, pour détruire complètement la race des Juifs le premier jour du douzième mois, qui est Adar, et pour piller leurs biens. [Le texte suivant est la copie de la lettre. « Du grand roi Assuérus aux souverains et aux gouverneurs de cent vingt-sept provinces, depuis l'Inde jusqu'à l'Éthiopie, qui sont sous son autorité : « Régnant sur de nombreuses nations et ayant obtenu la domination sur le monde entier, j'étais déterminé (non pas exalté par la confiance du pouvoir, mais me conduisant toujours avec une grande modération et douceur) à rendre la vie de mes sujets continuellement tranquille, désirant à la fois maintenir le royaume calme et ordonné jusqu'à ses limites extrêmes, et rétablir la paix désirée par tous les hommes. Lorsque j'eus demandé à mes conseillers comment cela devait se faire, Haman, qui excelle parmi nous dans la sûreté du jugement, et qui a été manifestement bien disposé sans faiblir et avec une fidélité inébranlable, et qui avait obtenu le second poste dans le royaume, nous informa qu'un certain peuple mal disposé est dispersé parmi toutes les tribus du monde, opposé dans sa loi à toute autre nation, et négligeant continuellement les ordres du roi, de sorte que le gouvernement uni administré sans faille par nous n'est pas tranquillement établi. Ayant donc conçu que cette nation est continuellement mise en opposition avec tout le monde, introduisant comme un changement un code de lois étranger, et complotant de manière nuisible pour accomplir le pire des maux contre nos intérêts, et contre l'établissement heureux de la monarchie, nous te donnons l'ordre, dans la lettre écrite par Haman, qui est chargé des affaires publiques et qui est notre second gouverneur, de les exterminer tous, avec leurs femmes et leurs enfants, par les épées des ennemis, sans pitié et sans épargner personne, le quatorzième jour du douzième mois d'Adar de cette année ; afin que le peuple autrefois et maintenant mal disposé à notre égard, ayant été violemment expédié à la mort en un seul jour, puisse nous assurer par la suite un état de choses continuellement bien constitué et tranquille. »]
Spanish BLL
El mensaje fue enviado por mensajeros a través de todo el reino de Asuero, para destruir por completo a la raza de los judíos en el primer día del duodécimo mes, que es Adar, y para saquear sus bienes. [Lo siguiente es la copia de la carta. “Del gran rey Asuero a los gobernantes y a los gobernadores bajo ellos de las ciento veintisiete provincias, desde la India hasta Etiopía, que tienen autoridad bajo él: “Gobernando sobre muchas naciones y habiendo obtenido dominio sobre todo el mundo, determiné (no exaltado por la confianza del poder, sino conduciéndome siempre con gran moderación y mansedumbre) hacer la vida de mis súbditos continuamente tranquila, deseando mantener el reino pacífico y ordenado hasta sus últimos límites, y restaurar la paz deseada por todos los hombres. Cuando pregunté a mis consejeros cómo debía llevarse a cabo esto, Amán, que sobresale en rectitud de juicio entre nosotros, y que se ha mostrado manifiestamente bien dispuesto sin vacilaciones y con inquebrantable fidelidad, y había obtenido el segundo puesto en el reino, nos informó que un cierto pueblo malintencionado está esparcido entre todas las tribus del mundo, opuesto en su ley a cualquier otra nación, y descuidando continuamente los mandatos del rey, de modo que el gobierno unido que nosotros administramos intachablemente no se establece en quietud. Habiendo concebido entonces que esta nación se opone continuamente a todo hombre, introduciendo como cambio un código extranjero de leyes, e intrigando injuriosamente para consumar el peor de los males contra nuestros intereses, y contra el feliz establecimiento de la monarquía, os instruimos en la carta escrita por Amán, que está a cargo de los asuntos públicos y es nuestro segundo gobernador, a destruirlos a todos por completo con sus mujeres y niños por las espadas de los enemigos, sin piedad ni compasión alguna, en el día catorce del duodécimo mes, Adar, del presente año; para que el pueblo antaño y ahora malintencionado hacia nosotros, habiendo sido violentamente consignado a la muerte en un solo día, pueda en adelante asegurarnos continuamente un estado de cosas bien constituido y tranquilo.”]
Spanish Free Bible for the World
El mensaje fue enviado por mensajeros a través de todo el reino de Asuero, para destruir por completo a la raza de los judíos en el primer día del duodécimo mes, que es Adar, y para saquear sus bienes. [Lo siguiente es la copia de la carta. “Del gran rey Asuero a los gobernantes y a los gobernadores bajo ellos de las ciento veintisiete provincias, desde la India hasta Etiopía, que tienen autoridad bajo él: «Gobernando sobre muchas naciones y habiendo obtenido dominio sobre todo el mundo, determiné (no exaltado por la confianza del poder, sino conduciéndome siempre con gran moderación y mansedumbre) hacer la vida de mis súbditos continuamente tranquila, deseando mantener el reino pacífico y ordenado hasta sus últimos límites, y restaurar la paz deseada por todos los hombres. Cuando pregunté a mis consejeros cómo debía llevarse a cabo esto, Amán, que sobresale en rectitud de juicio entre nosotros, y que se ha mostrado manifiestamente bien dispuesto sin vacilaciones y con inquebrantable fidelidad, y había obtenido el segundo puesto en el reino, nos informó que un cierto pueblo malintencionado está esparcido entre todas las tribus del mundo, opuesto en su ley a cualquier otra nación, y descuidando continuamente los mandatos del rey, de modo que el gobierno unido que nosotros administramos intachablemente no se establece en quietud. Habiendo concebido entonces que esta nación se opone continuamente a todo hombre, introduciendo como cambio un código extranjero de leyes, e intrigando injuriosamente para consumar el peor de los males contra nuestros intereses, y contra el feliz establecimiento de la monarquía, os instruimos en la carta escrita por Amán, que está a cargo de los asuntos públicos y es nuestro segundo gobernador, a destruirlos a todos por completo con sus mujeres y niños por las espadas de los enemigos, sin piedad ni compasión alguna, en el día catorce del duodécimo mes, Adar, del presente año; para que el pueblo antaño y ahora malintencionado hacia nosotros, habiendo sido violentamente consignado a la muerte en un solo día, pueda en adelante asegurarnos continuamente un estado de cosas bien constituido y tranquilo.»]
Croatian Bible
Po skorotečama razaslane su svim kraljevim pokrajinama poslanice da se svi Židovi, od dječaka do staraca, djeca i žene unište, pobiju, zatru, a njihova dobra da se zaplijene u jednom jedinom danu, i to trinaestog dana dvanaestog mjeseca, mjeseca Adara. a Ovo je prijepis poslanice: “Veliki kralj Ahasver upraviteljima sto dvadeset i sedam pokrajina od Indije do Etiopije i njima podložnim mjesnim glavarima ovako piše: b Budući da imam vlast nad mnogim narodima i gospodstvo nad svim svijetom, odlučih, ne zanesen ohološću moći nego u želji da uvijek blago i čovječno vladam, dati podanicima spokojan život i pružiti kraljevstvu blagostanje i slobodu kretanja po njemu te učvrstiti mir za kojim svi ljudi žude. c Pošto sam zapitao savjetnike kako bi se moglo to ostvariti, Haman, koji se među nama izdvaja razboritošću i koji se ističe prokušanom odanošću i ustrajnom vjernošću i zauzima drugo mjesto u kraljevstvu, d prokazao je da se među ostale narode svijeta zavukao jedan neprijateljski narod, svojim zakonima protivan svim pucima, narod koji vječno prezire kraljeve odluke tako te se ne može učvrstiti zajedničko carstvo kojim inače besprijekorno upravljamo. e Ustanovili smo dakle da je samo taj narod neprekidno u sukobu sa svim ljudima, da se ističe načinom života što odstupa od zakona, da zbog neslaganja s našim naumima počinja najgora nedjela tako te se kraljevstvo ne može učvrstiti. f Stoga naređujemo da se, zajedno sa ženama i djecom, neprijateljskim mačevima bez ikakva sažaljenja i milosrđa potpuno iskorijene oni koji vam budu naznačeni u pismima Hamana, upravitelja javnih poslova i našega drugog oca, i to četrnaestoga dana dvanaestoga mjeseca, Adara, tekuće godine. a Tako će se, pošto nekadašnji i današnji neprijatelji u jednom danu budu silovito strovaljeni u Podzemlje, ubuduće za sva vremena naši poslovi moći odvijati postojano i nesmetano.”
Updated Brenton English Septuagint
And the message was sent by posts throughout the kingdom of Artaxerxes, to destroy utterly the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods. a And the following is the copy of the letter; The great King Artaxerxes writes thus to the rulers and inferior governors of a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia, who hold authority under him. b Ruling over many nations, and having obtained dominion over the whole world, I was minded (not elated by the confidence of power, but ever conducting myself with great moderation and with gentleness), to make the lives of my subjects continually tranquil, desiring both to maintain the kingdom quiet and orderly to its utmost limits, and to restore the peace desired by all men. c But when I had inquired of my counselors how this should be brought to pass, Haman, who excels in soundness of judgment among us, and has been manifestly well inclined without wavering and with unshaken fidelity, and has obtained the second post in the kingdom, d informed us that a certain ill-disposed people is mixed up with all the tribes throughout the world, opposed in their laws to every other nation, and continually neglecting the commands of the kings, so that the united government blamelessly administered by us is not quietly established. e Having then conceived that this nation alone of all others is continually set in opposition to every man, introducing as a change a foreign code of laws, and injuriously plotting to accomplish the worst of evils against our interests, and against the happy establishment of the monarchy; f we have accordingly appointed those who are signified to you in the letters written by Haman, who is set over the public affairs and is our second governor, to destroy them all utterly with their wives and children by the swords of the enemies, without pitying or sparing any, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar, of the present year; g that the people aforetime and now ill-disposed to us having been violently consigned to death in one day, may hereafter secure to us continually a well constituted and quiet state of affairs.
World English Bible (Catholic)
The message was sent by couriers throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus, to utterly destroy the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods. [The following is the copy of the letter. “From the great King Ahasuerus to the rulers and the governors under them of one hundred twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia, who hold authority under him: “Ruling over many nations and having obtained dominion over the whole world, I was determined (not elated by the confidence of power, but ever conducting myself with great moderation and gentleness) to make the lives of my subjects continually tranquil, desiring both to maintain the kingdom quiet and orderly to its utmost limits, and to restore the peace desired by all men. When I had asked my counselors how this should be brought to pass, Haman, who excels in soundness of judgment among us, and has been manifestly well inclined without wavering and with unshaken fidelity, and had obtained the second post in the kingdom, informed us that a certain ill-disposed people is scattered among all the tribes throughout the world, opposed in their law to every other nation, and continually neglecting the commands of the king, so that the united government blamelessly administered by us is not quietly established. Having then conceived that this nation is continually set in opposition to every man, introducing as a change a foreign code of laws, and injuriously plotting to accomplish the worst of evils against our interests, and against the happy establishment of the monarchy, we instruct you in the letter written by Haman, who is set over the public affairs and is our second governor, to destroy them all utterly with their wives and children by the swords of the enemies, without pitying or sparing any, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar, of the present year; that the people aforetime and now ill-disposed to us having been violently consigned to death in one day, may hereafter secure to us continually a well constituted and quiet state of affairs.”]
World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon
The message was sent by couriers throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus, to utterly destroy the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods. [The following is the copy of the letter. “From the great King Ahasuerus to the rulers and the governors under them of one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia, who hold authority under him: “Ruling over many nations and having obtained dominion over the whole world, I was determined (not elated by the confidence of power, but ever conducting myself with great moderation and gentleness) to make the lives of my subjects continually tranquil, desiring both to maintain the kingdom quiet and orderly to its utmost limits, and to restore the peace desired by all men. When I had asked my counsellors how this should be brought to pass, Haman, who excels in soundness of judgement amongst us, and has been manifestly well inclined without wavering and with unshaken fidelity, and had obtained the second post in the kingdom, informed us that a certain ill-disposed people is scattered amongst all the tribes throughout the world, opposed in their law to every other nation, and continually neglecting the commands of the king, so that the united government blamelessly administered by us is not quietly established. Having then conceived that this nation is continually set in opposition to every man, introducing as a change a foreign code of laws, and injuriously plotting to accomplish the worst of evils against our interests, and against the happy establishment of the monarchy, we instruct you in the letter written by Haman, who is set over the public affairs and is our second governor, to destroy them all utterly with their wives and children by the swords of the enemies, without pitying or sparing any, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar, of the present year; that the people aforetime and now ill-disposed to us having been violently consigned to death in one day, may hereafter secure to us continually a well constituted and quiet state of affairs.”]
World English Bible Classic
The message was sent by couriers throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus, to utterly destroy the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods. [The following is the copy of the letter. “From the great King Ahasuerus to the rulers and the governors under them of one hundred twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia, who hold authority under him: “Ruling over many nations and having obtained dominion over the whole world, I was determined (not elated by the confidence of power, but ever conducting myself with great moderation and gentleness) to make the lives of my subjects continually tranquil, desiring both to maintain the kingdom quiet and orderly to its utmost limits, and to restore the peace desired by all men. When I had asked my counselors how this should be brought to pass, Haman, who excels in soundness of judgment among us, and has been manifestly well inclined without wavering and with unshaken fidelity, and had obtained the second post in the kingdom, informed us that a certain ill-disposed people is scattered among all the tribes throughout the world, opposed in their law to every other nation, and continually neglecting the commands of the king, so that the united government blamelessly administered by us is not quietly established. Having then conceived that this nation is continually set in opposition to every man, introducing as a change a foreign code of laws, and injuriously plotting to accomplish the worst of evils against our interests, and against the happy establishment of the monarchy, we instruct you in the letter written by Haman, who is set over the public affairs and is our second governor, to destroy them all utterly with their wives and children by the swords of the enemies, without pitying or sparing any, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar, of the present year; that the people aforetime and now ill-disposed to us having been violently consigned to death in one day, may hereafter secure to us continually a well constituted and quiet state of affairs.”]
World English Bible Updated
The message was sent by couriers throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus, to utterly destroy the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods. [The following is the copy of the letter. “From the great King Ahasuerus to the rulers and the governors under them of one hundred twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia, who hold authority under him: “Ruling over many nations and having obtained dominion over the whole world, I was determined (not elated by the confidence of power, but ever conducting myself with great moderation and gentleness) to make the lives of my subjects continually tranquil, desiring both to maintain the kingdom quiet and orderly to its utmost limits, and to restore the peace desired by all men. When I had asked my counselors how this should be brought to pass, Haman, who excels in soundness of judgment among us, and has been manifestly well inclined without wavering and with unshaken fidelity, and had obtained the second post in the kingdom, informed us that a certain ill-disposed people is scattered among all the tribes throughout the world, opposed in their law to every other nation, and continually neglecting the commands of the king, so that the united government blamelessly administered by us is not quietly established. Having then conceived that this nation is continually set in opposition to every man, introducing as a change a foreign code of laws, and injuriously plotting to accomplish the worst of evils against our interests, and against the happy establishment of the monarchy, we instruct you in the letter written by Haman, who is set over the public affairs and is our second governor, to destroy them all utterly with their wives and children by the swords of the enemies, without pitying or sparing any, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar, of the present year; that the people aforetime and now ill-disposed to us having been violently consigned to death in one day, may hereafter secure to us continually a well constituted and quiet state of affairs.”]
SEPTUAGINTA
καὶ ἀπεστάλη διὰ βιβλιοφόρων εἰς τὴν Ἀρταξέρξου βασιλείαν ἀφανίσαι τὸ γένος τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾶ μηνὸς δωδεκάτου, ὅς ἐστιν Ἀδάρ, καὶ διαρπάσαι τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτῶν. α Τῆς δὲ ἐπιστολῆς ἐστι τὸ ἀντίγραφον τόδε· ‘Βασιλεὺς μέγας Ἀρταξέρξης τοῖς ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς ἕως τῆς Αἰθιοπίας ἑκατὸν εἰκοσιεπτὰ χωρῶν ἄρχουσι καὶ τοπάρχαις ὑποτεταγμένοις τάδε γράφει· β πολλῶν ἐπάρξας ἐθνῶν καὶ πάσης ἐπικρατήσας οἰκουμένης, ἐβουλήθην μὴ τῷ θράσει τῆς ἐξουσίας ἐπαιρόμενος, ἐπιεικέστερον δὲ καὶ μετὰ ἠπιότητος ἀεὶ διεξάγων, τοὺς τῶν ὑποτεταγμένων ἀκυμάντους διαπαντὸς καταστῆσαι βίους, τήν τε βασιλείαν ἥμερον καὶ πορευτὴν μέχρι περάτων παρεξόμενος ἀνανεώσασθαί τε τὴν ποθουμένην τοῖς πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις εἰρήνην. ὕ γ πυθομένου δέ μου τῶν συμβούλων, πῶς ἂν ἀχθείη τοῦτο ἐπὶ πέρας, ὁ σωφροσύνῃ παρ᾿ ἡμῖν διενέγκας καὶ ἐν τῇ εὐνοίᾳ ἀπαραλλάκτως καὶ βεβαίᾳ πίστει ἀποδεδειγμένος καὶ δεύτερον τῶν βασιλειῶν γέρας ἀπενηνεγμένος Ἀμὰν δ ἐπέδειξεν ἡμῖν ἐν πάσαις ταῖς κατὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην φυλαῖς ἀναμεμεῖχθαι δυσμενῆ λαόν τινα τοῖς νόμοις ἀντίθετον πρὸς πᾶν ἔθνος τά τε τῶν βασιλέων παραπέμποντας διηνεκῶς διατάγματα, πρὸς τὸ μὴ κατατίθεσθαι τὴν ὑφ᾿ ἡμῶν κατευθυνομένην ἀμέμπτως συναρχίαν. ε διειληφότες οὖν τόδε τὸ ἔθνος μονώτατον ἐν ἀντιπαραγωγῇ παντὶ διαπαντὸς ἀνθρώπῳ κείμενον, διαγωγὴν νόμων ξενίζουσαν παραλλάσσον καὶ δυσνοοῦν τοῖς ἡμετέροις πράγμασι τὰ χείριστα συντελοῦν κακὰ καὶ πρὸς τὸ μὴ τὴν βασιλείαν εὐσταθείας τυγχάνειν· ζ προστετάχαμεν οὖν τοὺς σημαινομένους ὑμῖν ἐν τοῖς γεγραμμένοις ὑπὸ Ἀμὰν τοῦ τεταγμένου ἐπὶ τῶν πραγμάτων καὶ δευτέρου πατρὸς ἡμῶν πάντας σὺν συναιξὶ καὶ τέκνοις ἀπολέσαι ὁλορριζεὶ ταῖς τῶν ἐχθρῶν μαχαίραις ἄνευ παντὸς οἴκτου καὶ φειδοῦς, τῇ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῃ τοῦ δωδεκάτου μηνὸς Ἀδάρ, τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος ἔτους, η ὅπως οἱ πάλαι καὶ νῦν δυσμενεῖς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ βιαίως εἰς τὸν ᾅδην κατελθόντες, εἰς τὸν μετέπειτα χρόνον εὐσταθῆ καὶ ἀτάραχα παρέχωσιν ἡμῖν διὰ τέλους τὰ πράγματα’.
Brenton Septuagint
Καὶ ἀπεστάλη διὰ βιβλιοφόρων εἰς τὴν Ἀρταξέρξου βασιλείαν, ἀφανίσαι τὸ γένος τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ μηνὸς δωδεκάτου, ὅς ἐστιν Ἀδὰρ, καὶ διαρπάσαι τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτῶν. a “Τῆς δὲ ἐπιστολῆς ἐστι τὸ ἀντίγραφον τόδε. Βασιλεὺς μέγας Ἀρταξέρξης τοῖς ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς ἕως τῆς Αἰθιοπίας ἑκατὸν εἰκοσιεπτὰ χωρῶν ἄρχουσι καὶ τοπάρχαις ὑποτεταγμένοις τάδε γράφει. b Πολλῶν ἐπάρξας ἐθνῶν, καὶ πάσης ἐπικρατήσας οἰκουμένης, ἐβουλήθην, μὴ τῷ θράσει τῆς ἐξουσίας ἐπαιρόμενος, ἐπιεικέστερον δὲ καὶ μετὰ ἠπιότητος ἀεὶ διεξάγων τοὺς τῶν ὑποτεταγμένων ἀκυμάντους διαπαντὸς καταστῆσαι βίους, τήν τε βασιλείαν ἥμερον καὶ πορευτὴν μέχρι περάτων παρεξόμενος, ἀνανεώσασθαί τε τὴν ποθουμένην τοῖς πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις εἰρήνην. c Πυθομένου δέ μου τῶν συμβούλων, πῶς ἂν ἀχθείη τοῦτο ἐπὶ πέρας, ὁ σωφροσύνῃ παρʼ ἡμῖν διενέγκας, καὶ ἐν τῇ εὐνοίᾳ ἀπαραλλάκτως καὶ βεβαίᾳ πίστει ἀποδεδειγμένος, καὶ δεύτερον τῶν βασιλειῶν γέρας ἀπενηνεγμένος Ἀμὰν, d ἐπέδειξεν ἡμῖν ἐν πάσαις ταῖς κατὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην φυλαῖς ἀναμεμίχθαι δυσμενῆ λαόν τινα, τοῖς νόμοις ἀντίθετον πρὸς πᾶν ἔθνος, τά τε τῶν βασιλέων παραπέμποντας διηνεκῶς διατάγματα, πρὸς τὸ μὴ κατατίθεσθαι τὴν ὑφʼ ἡμῶν κατευθυνομένην ἀμέμπτως συναρχίαν. e Διειληφότες οὖν τόδε τὸ ἔθνος μονώτατον ἐν ἀντιπαραγωγῇ παντὶ διαπαντὸς ἀνθρώπῳ κείμενον, διαγωγὴν νόμων ξενίζουσαν παραλλάσσον, καὶ δυσνοοῦν τοῖς ἡμετέροις πράγμασι τὰ χείριστα συντελοῦν κακὰ, καὶ πρὸς τὸ μὴ τὴν βασιλείαν εὐσταθείας τυγχάνειν· f προστετάχαμεν οὖν τοὺς σημαινομένους ὑμῖν ἐν τοῖς γεγραμμένοις ὑπὸ Ἀμὰν τοῦ τεταγμένου ἐπὶ τῶν πραγμάτων, καὶ δευτέρου πατρὸς ἡμῶν, πάντας σὺν γυναιξὶ καὶ τέκνοις ἀπολέσαι ὁλοριζὶ, ταῖς τῶν ἐχθρῶν μαχαίραις, ἄνευ παντὸς οἴκτου καὶ φειδοῦς, τῇ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῃ τοῦ δωδεκάτου μηνὸς Ἄδαρ, τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος ἔτους, g ὅπως οἱ πάλαι καὶ νῦν δυσμενεῖς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ βιαίως εἰς τὸν ᾅδην κατελθόντες, εἰς τὸν μετέπειτα χρόνον εὐσταθῆ καὶ ἀτάραχα παρέχωσιν ἡμῖν διὰ τέλους τὰ πράγματα.”