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OET (OET-LV) And_the_command_of ʼEştēr it_confirmed the_words/messages_of the_Purim the_these and_it_was_written in_book.
OET (OET-RV) So Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about ‘Purim’ and they were written into the official record.
Mordecai sent out letters to tell the Jews to hold a celebration each year to remember the victory of the Jews over their enemies. This annual festival was called Purim because Haman had cast lots called purim to choose the best day to kill the Jews. Jews still celebrate this festival today.
So Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim,
The orders which Esther wrote in her letter confirmed the rules that the Jews were to keep about celebrating the festival of Purim.
decree: See note on 1:19a.
these regulations about Purim: That is, the rules about how and when they were to celebrate the festival.
which were written into the record.
And Esther told the secretaries to write the orders down in the official books.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
וְנִכְתָּ֖ב בַּסֵּֽפֶר
and,[it_was]_written in,book
You can say this with an active form, and you can say who did the action. Alternate translation: [and the royal scribes made an official record of it]
OET (OET-LV) And_the_command_of ʼEştēr it_confirmed the_words/messages_of the_Purim the_these and_it_was_written in_book.
OET (OET-RV) So Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about ‘Purim’ and they were written into the official record.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.