Esther 8:12 — compare Bible translations

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OET (OET-RV) This was to take place on a certain day in every province throughout the empire: the 13th of March[ref] (the same day on which Haman’s law was to take effect).

BrLXX (ESG 8:12) ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ βασιλείᾳ Ἀρταξέρξου, τῇ τρισκαιδεκάτῃ τοῦ δωδεκάτου μηνὸς, ὅς ἐστιν Ἀδάρ.
(en haʸmera mia en pasaʸ taʸ basileia Artaxerxou, taʸ triskaidekataʸ tou dōdekatou maʸnos, hos estin Adar.)

BrLXX (ESG 8:12a) Ὧν ἐστιν ἀντίγραφον τῆς ἐπιστολῆς τὰ ὑπογεγραμμένα·
(Hōn estin antigrafon taʸs epistolaʸs ta hupogegrammena;)

BrLXX (ESG 8:12b) “Βασιλεὺς μέγας Ἀρταξέρξης τοῖς ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς ἕως τῆς Αἰθιοπίας ἑκατὸν εἰκοσιεπτὰ σατραπείαις χωρῶν ἄρχουσι, καὶ τοῖς τὰ ἡμέτερα φρονοῦσι, χαίρειν.
(“Basileus megas Artaxerxaʸs tois apo taʸs Indikaʸs heōs taʸs Aithiopias hekaton eikosiepta satrapeiais ⱪōrōn arⱪousi, kai tois ta haʸmetera fronousi, ⱪairein.)

BrLXX (ESG 8:12c) Πολλοὶ τῇ πλείστῃ τῶν εὐεργετούντων χρηστότητι πυκνότερον τιμώμενοι, μεῖζον ἐφρόνησαν, καὶ οὐ μόνον τοὺς ὑποτεταγμένους ἡμῖν ζητοῦσι κακοποιεῖν, τόν τε κόρον οὐ δυνάμενοι φέρειν, καὶ τοῖς ἑαυτῶν εὐεργέταις ἐπιχειροῦσι μηχανᾶσθαι·
(Polloi taʸ pleistaʸ tōn euergetountōn ⱪraʸstotaʸti puknoteron timōmenoi, meizon efronaʸsan, kai ou monon tous hupotetagmenous haʸmin zaʸtousi kakopoiein, ton te koron ou dunamenoi ferein, kai tois heautōn euergetais epiⱪeirousi maʸⱪanasthai;)

BrLXX (ESG 8:12d) καὶ τὴν εὐχαριστίαν οὐ μόνον ἐκ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀνταναιροῦντες, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς τῶν ἀπειραγάθων κόμποις ἐπαρθέντες, τοῦ τὰ πάντα κατοπτεύοντος ἀεὶ Θεοῦ μισοπόνηρον ὑπολαμβάνουσιν ἐκφεύξεσθαι δίκην.
(kai taʸn euⱪaristian ou monon ek tōn anthrōpōn antanairountes, alla kai tois tōn apeiragathōn kompois eparthentes, tou ta panta katopteuontos aei Theou misoponaʸron hupolambanousin ekfeuxesthai dikaʸn.)

BrLXX (ESG 8:12e) Πολλάκις δὲ καὶ πολλοὺς τῶν ἐπʼ ἐξουσίαις τεταγμένεν τῶν πιστευθέντων χειρίζειν φίλων τὰ πράγματα, παραμυθία μετόχους αἱμάτων ἀθώων καταστήσασα περιέβαλε συμφοραῖς ἀνηκέστοις,
(Pollakis de kai pollous tōn epʼ exousiais tetagmenen tōn pisteuthentōn ⱪeirizein filōn ta pragmata, paramuthia metoⱪous haimatōn athōōn katastaʸsasa periebale sumforais anaʸkestois,)

BrLXX (ESG 8:12f) τῷ τῆς κακοηθείας ψευδεῖ παραλογισμῷ παραλογισαμένων τὴν τῶν ἐπικρατούντων ἀκέραιον εὐγνωμοσύνην.
(tōi taʸs kakoaʸtheias pseudei paralogismōi paralogisamenōn taʸn tōn epikratountōn akeraion eugnōmosunaʸn.)

BrLXX (ESG 8:12g) Σκοπεῖν δὲ ἔξεστιν, οὐ τοσοῦτον ἐκ τῶν παλαιοτέρων ὡς παρεδώκαμεν ἱστοριῶν, ὅσα ἐστὶ παρὰ πόδας ὑμᾶς ἐκζητοῦντας ἀνοσίως συντετελεσμένα τῇ τῶν ἀναξίᾳ δυναστευόντων λοιμότητι·
(Skopein de exestin, ou tosouton ek tōn palaioterōn hōs paredōkamen historiōn, hosa esti para podas humas ekzaʸtountas anosiōs suntetelesmena taʸ tōn anaxia dunasteuontōn loimotaʸti;)

BrLXX (ESG 8:12h) καὶ προσέχειν εἰς τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα, εἰς τὸ τὴν βασιλείαν ἀτάραχον τοῖς πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις μετʼ εἰρήνης παρεξόμεθα
(kai proseⱪein eis ta meta tauta, eis to taʸn basileian ataraⱪon tois pasin anthrōpois metʼ eiraʸnaʸs parexometha)

BrLXX (ESG 8:12i) χρώμενοι ταῖς μεταβολαῖς, τὰ δὲ ὑπὸ τὴν ὄψιν ἐρχόμενα διακρίνοντες ἀεὶ μετʼ ἐπιεικεστέρας ἀπαντήσεως.
(ⱪrōmenoi tais metabolais, ta de hupo taʸn opsin erⱪomena diakrinontes aei metʼ epieikesteras apantaʸseōs.)

BrLXX (ESG 8:12k) “Ὡς γὰρ Ἀμὰν Ἀμαδαθοῦ Μακεδὼν ταῖς ἀληθείαις ἀλλότριος τοῦ τῶν Περσῶν αἵματος, καὶ πολὺ διεστηκὼς τῆς ἡμετέρας χρηστότητος ἐπιξενωθεὶς ἡμῖν,
(“Hōs gar Aman Amadathou Makedōn tais alaʸtheiais allotrios tou tōn Persōn haimatos, kai polu diestaʸkōs taʸs haʸmeteras ⱪraʸstotaʸtos epixenōtheis haʸmin,)

BrLXX (ESG 8:12l) ἔτυχεν ἧς ἔχομεν πρὸς πᾶν ἔθνος φιλανθρωπίας ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον, ὥστε ἀναγορεύεσθαι ἡμῶν πατερα, καὶ προσκυνούμενον ὑπὸ πάντων τὸ δεύτερον τοῦ βασιλικοῦ θρόνου πρόσωπον διατελεῖν.
(etuⱪen haʸs eⱪomen pros pan ethnos filanthrōpias epi tosouton, hōste anagoreuesthai haʸmōn patera, kai proskunoumenon hupo pantōn to deuteron tou basilikou thronou prosōpon diatelein.)

BrLXX (ESG 8:12m) Οὐκ ἐνέγκας δὲ τὴν ὑπερηφανίαν, ἐπετήδευσε τῆς ἀρχῆς στερῆσαι ἡμᾶς, καὶ τοῦ πνεύματος,
(Ouk enegkas de taʸn huperaʸfanian, epetaʸdeuse taʸs arⱪaʸs steraʸsai haʸmas, kai tou pneumatos,)

BrLXX (ESG 8:12n) τόν τε ἡμέτερον σωτῆρα καὶ διαπαντὸς εὐεργέτην Μαρδοχαῖον, καὶ τὴν ἄμεμπτον τῆς βασιλείας κοινωνὸν Ἐσθὴρ σὺν παντὶ τῷ τούτων ἔθνει, πολυπλόκοις μεθόδων παραλογισμοῖς αἰτησάμενος εἰς ἀπώλειαν.
(ton te haʸmeteron sōtaʸra kai diapantos euergetaʸn Mardoⱪaion, kai taʸn amempton taʸs basileias koinōnon Esthaʸr sun panti tōi toutōn ethnei, poluplokois methodōn paralogismois aitaʸsamenos eis apōleian.)

BrLXX (ESG 8:12o) Διὰ γὰρ τῶν τρόπων τούτων ᾠήθη λαβὼν ἡμᾶς ἐρήμους, τὴν τῶν Περσῶν ἐπικράτησιν εἰς τοὺς Μακεδόνας μετάξαι.
(Dia gar tōn tropōn toutōn ōaʸthaʸ labōn haʸmas eraʸmous, taʸn tōn Persōn epikrataʸsin eis tous Makedonas metaxai.)

BrLXX (ESG 8:12p) Ἡμεῖς δὲ τοὺς ὑπὸ τοῦ τρισαλιτηρίου παραδεδομένους εἰς ἀφανισμὸν Ἰουδαίους, εὑρίσκομεν οὐ κακούργους ὄντας δικαιοτάτοις δὲ πολιτευομένους νόμοις,
(Haʸmeis de tous hupo tou trisalitaʸriou paradedomenous eis afanismon Youdaious, heuriskomen ou kakourgous ontas dikaiotatois de politeuomenous nomois,)

BrLXX (ESG 8:12q) ὄντας δὲ υἱοὺς τοῦ ὑψίστου μεγίστου ζῶντος Θεοῦ, τοῦ κατευθύνοντος ἡμῖν τε καὶ τοῖς προγόνοις ἡμῶν τὴν βασιλείαν ἐν τῇ καλλίστῃ διαθέσει.
(ontas de huious tou hupsistou megistou zōntos Theou, tou kateuthunontos haʸmin te kai tois progonois haʸmōn taʸn basileian en taʸ kallistaʸ diathesei.)

BrLXX (ESG 8:12r) “Καλῶς οὖν ποιήσετε μὴ προσχρησάμενοι τοῖς ὑπὸ Ἀμὰν Ἀμαδαθοῦ ἀποσταλεῖσι γράμμασι, διὰ τὸ αὐτὸν τὸν ταῦτα ἐξεργασάμενον πρὸς ταῖς Σούσων πύλαις ἐσταυρῶσθαι σὺν τῇ πανοικίᾳ, τὴν καταξίαν τοῦ τὰ πάντα ἐπικρατοῦντος Θεοῦ διατάχους ἀποδόντος αὐτῷ κρίσιν.
(“Kalōs oun poiaʸsete maʸ prosⱪraʸsamenoi tois hupo Aman Amadathou apostaleisi grammasi, dia to auton ton tauta exergasamenon pros tais Sousōn pulais estaurōsthai sun taʸ panoikia, taʸn kataxian tou ta panta epikratountos Theou diataⱪous apodontos autōi krisin.)

BrLXX (ESG 8:12s) Τὸ δὲ ἀντίγραφον τῆς ἐπιστολῆς ταύτης ἐκθέντες ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ μετὰ παῤῥησίας, ἐᾷν τοὺς Ἰουδαίους χρῆσθαι τοῖς ἑαυτῶν νομίμοις, καὶ συνεπισχύειν αὐτοῖς, ὅπως τοὺς ἐν καιρῷ θλίψεως ἐπιθεμένους αὐτοῖς, ἀμύνωνται τῇ τρισκαιδεκάτῃ τοῦ δωδεκάτου μηνὸς Ἀδὰρ τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ·
(To de antigrafon taʸs epistolaʸs tautaʸs ekthentes en panti topōi meta paɽɽaʸsias, ean tous Youdaious ⱪraʸsthai tois heautōn nomimois, kai sunepisⱪuein autois, hopōs tous en kairōi thlipseōs epithemenous autois, amunōntai taʸ triskaidekataʸ tou dōdekatou maʸnos Adar taʸ autaʸ haʸmera;)

BrLXX (ESG 8:12t) Ταύτην γὰρ ὁ τὰ πάντα δυναστεύων Θεὸς ἀντʼ ὀλεθρίας τοῦ ἐκλεκτοῦ γένους, ἐποίησεν αὐτοῖς εὐφροσύνην.
(Tautaʸn gar ho ta panta dunasteuōn Theos antʼ olethrias tou eklektou genous, epoiaʸsen autois eufrosunaʸn.)

BrLXX (ESG 8:12u) “Καὶ ὑμεῖς οὖν ἐν ταῖς ἐπωνύμοις ὑμῶν ἑορταῖς, ἐπίσημον ἡμέραν μετὰ πάσης εὐωχίας ἄγετε, ὅπως καὶ νῦν καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα σωτήρια ᾖ ἡμῖν, καὶ τοῖς εὐνοοῦσι Πέρσαις, τοῖς δὲ ἡμῖν ἐπιβουλεύουσι, μνημόσυνον τῆς ἀπωλείας.
(“Kai humeis oun en tais epōnumois humōn heortais, episaʸmon haʸmeran meta pasaʸs euōⱪias agete, hopōs kai nun kai meta tauta sōtaʸria aʸ haʸmin, kai tois eunoousi Persais, tois de haʸmin epibouleuousi, mnaʸmosunon taʸs apōleias.)

BrLXX (ESG 8:12x) Πᾶσα δὲ πόλις ἢ χώρα τὸ σύνολον, ἥτις κατὰ ταῦτα μὴ ποιήσῃ, δόρατι καὶ πυρὶ καταναλωθήσεται μετʼ ὀργῆς· οὐ μόνον ἀνθρώποις ἄβατος, ἀλλὰ καὶ θηρίοις καὶ πετεινοῖς εἰς τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον ἔχθιστος κατασταθήσεται.”
(Pasa de polis aʸ ⱪōra to sunolon, haʸtis kata tauta maʸ poiaʸsaʸ, dorati kai puri katanalōthaʸsetai metʼ orgaʸs; ou monon anthrōpois abatos, alla kai thaʸriois kai peteinois eis ton hapanta ⱪronon eⱪthistos katastathaʸsetai.”)

BrTr (ESG 8:12) on one day in all the kingdom of Artaxerxes, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is Adar.

BrTr (ESG 8:12b) [The great king Artaxerxes sends greeting to the rulers of provinces in a hundred and twenty-seven satrapies, from India to Ethiopia, even to those who are faithful to our interests.

BrTr (ESG 8:12c) Many who have been frequently honoured by the most abundant kindness of their benefactors have conceived ambitious designs, and not only endeavour to hurt our subjects, but moreover, not being able to bear prosperity, they also endeavour to plot against their own benefactors.

BrTr (ESG 8:12d) And they not only would utterly abolish gratitude from among men, but also, elated by the boastings of men who are strangers to all that is good, they suppose that they shall escape the sin-hating vengeance of the ever-seeing God.

BrTr (ESG 8:12e) And oftentimes evil exhortation has made partakers of the guilt of shedding innocent blood, and has involved in irremediable calamities, many of those who were appointed to offices of authority, who had been entrusted with the management of their friends' affairs;

BrTr (ESG 8:12f) while men, by the false sophistry of an evil disposition, have deceived the simple candour of the ruling powers.

BrTr (ESG 8:12g) And it is possible to see this, not so much from more ancient traditionary accounts, as it is immediately in your power to see it by examining what things have been wickedly perpetrated by the baseness of men unworthily holding power.

BrTr (ESG 8:12h) And it is right to take heed with regard to the future, that we may maintain the government in undisturbed peace for all men,

BrTr (ESG 8:12i) adopting needful changes, and ever judging those cases which come under our notice, with truly equitable decision.

BrTr (ESG 8:12k) For whereas Aman, a Macedonian, the son of Amadathes, in reality an alien from the blood of the Persians, and differing widely from our mild course of government, having been hospitably entertained by us,

BrTr (ESG 8:12l) obtained so large a share of our universal kindness, as to be called our father, and to continue the person next to the royal throne, reverenced of all;

BrTr (ESG 8:12m) he, however, overcome by the pride of his station, endeavoured to deprive us of our dominion, and our life;

BrTr (ESG 8:12n) having by various and subtle artifices demanded for destruction both Mardochæus our deliverer and perpetual benefactor, and Esther the blameless consort of our kingdom, with their whole nation.

BrTr (ESG 8:12o) For by these methods he thought, having surprised us in a defenceless state, to transfer the dominion of the Persians to the Macedonians.

BrTr (ESG 8:12p) But we find that the Jews, who have been consigned to destruction by the most abominable of men, are not malefactors, but living according to the justest laws,

BrTr (ESG 8:12q) and being the sons of the living God, the most high and mighty, who maintains the kingdom, to us as well as to our forefathers, in the most excellent order.

BrTr (ESG 8:12r) Ye will therefore do well in refusing to obey the letters sent by Aman the son of Amadathes, because he that has done these things, has been hanged with his whole family at the gates of Susa, Almighty God having swiftly returned to him a worthy recompence.

BrTr (ESG 8:12s) We enjoin you then, having openly published a copy of this letter in every place, to give the Jews permission to use their own lawful customs, and to strengthen them, that on the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar, on the self-same day, they may defend themselves against those who attacked them in a time of affliction.

BrTr (ESG 8:12t) For in the place of the destruction of the chosen race, Almighty God has granted them this time of gladness.

BrTr (ESG 8:12u) Do ye therefore also, among your notable feasts, keep a distinct day with all festivity, that both now and hereafter it may be a day of deliverance to us and those who are well disposed toward the Persians, but to those that plotted against us a memorial of destruction.

BrTr (ESG 8:12x) And every city and province collectively, which shall not do accordingly, shall be consumed with vengeance by spear and fire: it shall be made not only inaccessible to men, but also most hateful to wild beasts and birds for ever.]

ULT on one day in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth of month 12, which is the month of Adar.

UST The letter permitted all the Jews in every province throughout the empire to do this on a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, in that same year.

BSB The single day [appointed] throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes [was] the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.[fn]

8:12 Adar is the twelfth month of the Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurring within the months of February and March.

OEB throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus on that thirteenth day of the twelfth month (which is called Adar).

WEBBE on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

NET This was to take place on a certain day throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus – namely, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar).

LSV In one day, in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month—it [is] the month of Adar—

FBV This was to happen on one day throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.[fn]

8:12 The same date as the original decree. See 3:13.

T4T All this was to be done on March 7th of the following year. Mordecai signed the king’s name on the letters, and sealed them with the seal that was on the king’s ring. Then he gave them to messengers, who rode on fast horses that had been raised especially for the king.

LEB in one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.

BBE On one day in every division of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, that is, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.

Moff upon a given day throughout all the provinces of king Xerxes, that is, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

JPS upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

ASV upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

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YLT In one day, in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month — it [is] the month of Adar —

Drby upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, upon the thirteenth of the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.

RV upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

SLT In one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, in the thirteenth to the twelfth month, this the month Adar.

Wbstr Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely , upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar,

KJB-1769 Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

KJB-1611 Upon one day, in all the prouinces of king Ahasuerus, namely vpon the thirteenth day of the twelfth moneth, which is the moneth Adar.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Upon one day in all the prouinces of king Ahasuerus, namely vpon the thirteenth day of the twelfth moneth, which is the moneth Adar.par
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Gnva Vpon one day in all the prouinces of King Ahashuerosh, euen in the thirteenth day of the twelft moneth, which is the moneth Adar.
(Upon one day in all the provinces of King Ahashuerosh, even in the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.)

Cvdl vpon one daye in all the londes of kynge Ahasuerus, namely vpon the thirtenth daye of the twolueth moneth, which is the moneth Adar.
(upon one day in all the lands of king Ahasuerus, namely upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.)

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Luth auf einen Tag in allen Ländern des Königs Ahasveros, nämlich am dreizehnten Tage des zwölften Monden, das ist der Mond Adar.
(on/in/to a day in all/everyone countries the kings Ahasuerus, namely in/at/on_the thirteenth days the twelfth moons/months, the is the/of_the moon Adar.)

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SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 8:1–17: Xerxes allowed the Jews to protect themselves

After Haman’s death, the king gave Esther everything that had belonged to Haman and made Mordecai the chief official in the land. Esther asked the king to cancel Haman’s order to kill the Jews. The king instead permitted her and Mordecai to send letters in his name allowing the Jews to defend themselves and kill their enemies. The news of this order brought great joy to the Jews.

Paragraph 8:9–14

There are many similarities between this passage and the section about Haman’s plot to kill the Jews. You should compare this passage with 3:12–15.

8:12

The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

The day which Mordecai chose for the Jews throughout King Xerxes’ kingdom to protect themselves like this was the 13th day of the 12th month, the month called Adar.

the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar: This was the same day that Haman had chosen for the massacre. See note on 3:7d.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְּ⁠י֣וֹם אֶחָ֔ד

(Some words not found in UHB: in/on=day one(ms) in=all provinces_of the=king ʼAḩashvērōsh on_[day],thir- ten of,month two ten he/it month_of Adar )

This was the day that Haman had set for destroying the Jews in 3:13. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this explicit. Alternate translation: [on the same day that Haman had set for destroying the Jews]

בְּ⁠כָל־מְדִינ֖וֹת הַ⁠מֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ

(Some words not found in UHB: in/on=day one(ms) in=all provinces_of the=king ʼAḩashvērōsh on_[day],thir- ten of,month two ten he/it month_of Adar )

Alternate translation: [in every province of the kingdom]

Note 2 topic: translate-ordinal

בִּ⁠שְׁלוֹשָׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר

(Some words not found in UHB: in/on=day one(ms) in=all provinces_of the=king ʼAḩashvērōsh on_[day],thir- ten of,month two ten he/it month_of Adar )

Alternate translation: [on day 13] or [on the thirteenth day]

Note 3 topic: translate-ordinal

לְ⁠חֹ֥דֶשׁ שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֖ר

of,month (Some words not found in UHB: in/on=day one(ms) in=all provinces_of the=king ʼAḩashvērōsh on_[day],thir- ten of,month two ten he/it month_of Adar )

Alternate translation: [of month 12] or [of the twelfth month]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לְ⁠חֹ֥דֶשׁ שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֖ר

of,month (Some words not found in UHB: in/on=day one(ms) in=all provinces_of the=king ʼAḩashvērōsh on_[day],thir- ten of,month two ten he/it month_of Adar )

Implicitly, this means “the twelfth month of that same year.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could say that explicitly.

Note 5 topic: translate-hebrewmonths

הוּא־חֹ֥דֶשׁ אֲדָֽר

he/it month_of Adar

This is the name of the twelfth and last month of the Hebrew calendar. See how you translated this in 3:7 and 3:13.

Parallel EST 8:12

Section 8:1–17: Xerxes allowed the Jews to protect themselves

Paragraph 8:9–14

8:12