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OET (OET-RV) So that’s why every Jewish family in every generation since has celebrated these days as holidays, wherever they live. The Jewish community and its descendants will always faithfully observe this festival of ‘Purim’.
OET-LV And_the_days the_these [were]_remembered and_kept in_all generation and_generation clan and_family province and_province and_city and_city and_days the_purim the_these not they_will_pass_away from_among the_Jews and_memory_their not it_will_come_to_an_end among_descendants_their.
UHB וְהַיָּמִ֣ים הָ֠אֵלֶּה נִזְכָּרִ֨ים וְנַעֲשִׂ֜ים בְּכָל־דּ֣וֹר וָד֗וֹר מִשְׁפָּחָה֙ וּמִשְׁפָּחָ֔ה מְדִינָ֥ה וּמְדִינָ֖ה וְעִ֣יר וָעִ֑יר וִימֵ֞י הַפּוּרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה לֹ֤א יַֽעַבְרוּ֙ מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים וְזִכְרָ֖ם לֹא־יָס֥וּף מִזַּרְעָֽם׃ס ‡
(vəhayyāmiym hāʼēlleh nizⱪāriym vənaˊₐsiym bəkāl-ddōr vādōr mishəpāḩāh ūmishəpāḩāh mədīnāh ūmədīnāh vəˊiyr vāˊiyr viymēy hapūriym hāʼēlleh loʼ yaˊaⱱrū mittōk hayyəhūdiym vəzikrām loʼ-yāşūf mizzarˊām.ş)
Key: yellow:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT And these days are remembered and are made in every generation by generation, family by family, province by province, and city by city. And these days of Purim will not pass away from the midst of the Jews, and their remembrance will not come to an end from their seed.
UST So that is why every Jewish family in every generation since has celebrated these days as holidays, everywhere they have lived. The Jewish community and its descendants will always faithfully observe this festival of Purim.
BSB These days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.
OEB and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city. And these days of Purim should not pass away from among the Jews nor the remembrance of them disappear among their descendants.
WEB and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor their memory perish from their offspring.[fn]
9:28 or, seed
NET These days were to be remembered and to be celebrated in every generation and in every family, every province, and every city. The Jews were not to fail to observe these days of Purim; the remembrance of them was not to cease among their descendants.
LSV and these days are remembered and kept in every generation and generation, family and family, province and province, and city and city, and these days of Purim do not pass away from the midst of the Jews, and their memorial is not ended from their seed.
FBV These days were to be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim would always be observed among the Jews, and they would not be forgotten by their descendants.
T4T They said that they would remember and celebrate on those two days every year, in each family, in every city, and in every province. They solemnly declared that they and their descendants would never stop remembering and celebrating those days called Purim.
LEB These days are to be remembered and are to be kept in every generation, and in family, province, and city; and these days of Purim are not to be neglected among the Jews, and their memory shall not come to an end among their offspring.
BBE And that those days were to be kept in memory through every generation and every family, in every division of the kingdom and every town, that there might never be a time when these days of Purim would not be kept among the Jews, or when the memory of them would go from the minds of their seed.
MOF No MOF EST book available
JPS and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
ASV and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the remembrance of them perish from their seed.
DRA These are the days which shall never be forgot: and which all provinces in the whole world shall celebrate throughout all generations: neither is there any city wherein the days of Phurim, that is, of lots, must not be observed by the Jews, and by their posterity, which is bound to these ceremonies.
YLT and these days are remembered and kept in every generation and generation, family and family, province and province, and city and city, and these days of Purim do not pass away from the midst of the Jews, and their memorial is not ended from their seed.
DBY and that these days should be remembered and observed throughout every generation, in every family, every province, and every city, and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them cease from among their seed.
RV and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
WBS And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
KJB And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.[fn][fn]
(And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.)
BB And that these dayes are to be remembred and to be kept of childers children among al kinredes in all landes and cities: In these dayes of Phurim which are not to be ouerslipt among ye Iewes, and the memoriall of them ought not to perishe from their seede.
(And that these days are to be remembred and to be kept of childers children among all kinredes in all landes and cities: In these days of Phurim which are not to be ouerslipt among ye/you_all Yewes, and the memoriall of them ought not to perish from their seede.)
GNV And that these dayes shoulde be remembred, and kept throughout euery generation and euery familie, and euery prouince, and euery citie: euen these daies of Purim should not faile among the Iewes, and the memoriall of them should not perish from their seede.
(And that these days should be remembred, and kept throughout every generation and every familie, and every prouince, and every citie: even these days of Purim should not faile among the Yewes, and the memoriall of them should not perish from their seede. )
CB how yt these dayes are not to be forgotten, but to be kepte of childers children amoge all kynreds in all londes and cities. They are the dayes of Purim, which are not to be ouerslipte amonge the Iewes, and the memoriall of them oughte not to perishe from their sede.
(how it these days are not to be forgotten, but to be kepte of childers children among all kynreds in all londes and cities. They are the days of Purim, which are not to be ouerslipte among the Yewes, and the memoriall of them oughte not to perish from their sede.)
WYC These ben the daies, whiche neuer ony foryetyng schal do awei, and bi alle generaciouns alle prouynces, that ben in al the world, schulen halewe; nether `ony citee is, in which the daies of Phurym, that is, of lottis, schulen not be kept of Jewis, and of the generacioun of hem, which is bounden to these cerymonyes.
(These been the days, which never any foryetyng shall do away, and by all generations all provinces, that been in all the world, should halewe; neither `ony city is, in which the days of Phurym, that is, of lottis, should not be kept of Yewis, and of the generation of them, which is bounden to these cerymonyes.)
LUT daß diese Tage nicht zu vergessen, sondern zu halten seien bei Kindeskindern, bei allen Geschlechtern in allen Ländern und Städten. Es sind die Tage Purim, welche nicht sollen übergangen werden unter den Juden, und ihr Gedächtnis nicht umkommen bei ihrem Samen.
(daß diese days not to vergessen, rather to hold seien bei Kindeskindern, bei all Geschlechtern in all Ländern and Städten. It are the days Purim, welche not sollen übergangen become under the Yuden, and her Gedächtnis not umkommen bei ihrem seed/seeds.)
CLV Isti sunt dies, quos nulla umquam delebit oblivio, et per singulas generationes cunctæ in toto orbe provinciæ celebrabunt: nec est ulla civitas, in qua dies phurim, id est sortium, non observentur a Judæis, et ab eorum progenie, quæ his cæremoniis obligata est.[fn]
(Isti are dies, which nulla umquam delebit oblivio, and per singulas generationes cunctæ in toto orbe provinciæ celebrabunt: but_not it_is ulla civitas, in which dies phurim, id it_is sortium, not/no observentur a Yudæis, and away eorum progenie, which his cæremoniis obligata est.)
9.28 Isti sunt dies. Quia quies animarum et resurrectio corporum merito firmiter a fidelibus custoditur et celebratur: vel, quia quietis animarum et resurrectionis corporum merito feriatio a fidelibus custoditur et celebratur.
9.28 Isti are dies. Quia quies animarum and resurrectio corporum merito firmiter a fidelibus custoditur and celebratur: vel, because quietis animarum and resurrectionis corporum merito feriatio a fidelibus custoditur and celebratur.
BRN No BRN EST book available
BrLXX No BrLXX EST book available
9:26-28 This paragraph justifies Purim as an approved Jewish festival even though Moses did not authorize it along with other festival days.
Purim
The Festival of Purim is the only Old Testament festival not established during the time of Moses. Its name is derived from a word that means lots or dice (Hebrew purim, derived from Akkadian puru). It was a common practice in the ancient world to cast purim to determine whether God favored a particular course of action: A good number would indicate God’s approval, a bad number his disapproval. Near the king’s throne room at Susa in Persia, archaeologists found a small four-sided object with a number engraved on each side. A similar die inscribed with the word pur dates to the 800s BC. In the book of Esther, the Persian astrologers used purim to establish the best time to slaughter the Jews (Esth 3:7).
On the fateful day—March 7, 473 BC—God miraculously rescued his people from certain death, just as he had rescued the nation from Egypt at the Passover. Mordecai and Esther therefore formalized an annual celebration of God’s rescue so that all future generations would remember what God had accomplished (9:28). The festival was widely celebrated thereafter among Jews (see 2 Maccabees 15:36; Josephus, Antiquities 11.6.13; perhaps John 5:1).
When God rescued his chosen people, the day for Jewish execution turned into a day of holy vengeance and was followed by a day of celebration. Today, Jewish people fast and pray to commemorate Esther’s fasting. This fast is then followed by Purim, which is celebrated on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar (occurring in February or March). On this joyous holiday Jews read Esther (with loud boos for Haman and hoorays for Mordecai) and have a time of feasting and rejoicing, with gifts for friends and for the poor. It is a celebration of how God providentially worked to care for his people so that they were not exterminated (9:1-17) and of how God continues to care for, provide for, and save his people (see also Gen 45:5; Ps 91; Prov 16:9, 33; Dan 2:21; Acts 1:6-7; 2:22-23; 4:28-30; 17:24-27; Rom 8:28; 1 Pet 3:12).
Passages for Further Study
Esth 9:1-32; Pss 37:23; 91:1-16; Prov 16:9, 33; Rom 8:28; 1 Pet 3:12
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
וְהַיָּמִ֣ים הָ֠אֵלֶּה נִזְכָּרִ֨ים וְנַעֲשִׂ֜ים
and,the,days the=these remembered and,kept
This gives the result of the reasons described in verses 26 and 27. Alternate translation: “therefore” or “that is why”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
וְהַיָּמִ֣ים הָ֠אֵלֶּה נִזְכָּרִ֨ים וְנַעֲשִׂ֜ים
and,the,days the=these remembered and,kept
Remembered and made mean basically the same thing here. The repetition is used to emphasize that the Jews have been faithful in doing this. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the general meaning by saying something like “So the Jews have celebrated these days.” Alternate translation: “therefore they said that they would remember and celebrate on those two days”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
וְהַיָּמִ֣ים הָ֠אֵלֶּה נִזְכָּרִ֨ים וְנַעֲשִׂ֜ים
and,the,days the=these remembered and,kept
This expression uses two passive forms, but you could say the same thing using active forms. Alternate translation: “so the Jews have celebrated and observed these days”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
בְּכָל־דּ֣וֹר וָד֗וֹר
in=all generation and,generation
This expression means “in each and every generation.” Alternate translation: “in every single generation”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
מִשְׁפָּחָה֙ וּמִשְׁפָּחָ֔ה
family and,family
This expression means “every family.” Alternate translation: “every Jewish family”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / merism
מְדִינָ֥ה וּמְדִינָ֖ה וְעִ֣יר וָעִ֑יר
province and,province and,city and,city
This could be a figure of speech that refers to something by speaking of two extreme parts of it in order to include everything in between those parts. Generally speaking, a province would be the largest division of the empire that would identify a person’s location, and a city would be the smallest. Particularly, since the Jews would continue to celebrate Purim after the Persian empire and its provinces no longer exist, you might choose to express the meaning of this figure of speech in a more general way. Alternate translation: “everywhere they have lived”
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
מְדִינָ֥ה וּמְדִינָ֖ה
province and,province
This expression means “every province.” Alternate translation: “in every single province”
Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וְעִ֣יר וָעִ֑יר
and,city and,city
This expression means “every city.” Alternate translation: “in every single city”
Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives
וִימֵ֞י הַפּוּרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה לֹ֤א יַֽעַבְרוּ֙ מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים וְזִכְרָ֖ם לֹא־יָס֥וּף מִזַּרְעָֽם
and,days the,purim the=these not fall_into_disuse from,among the,Jews and,memory,their not fade among,descendants,their
As in verse 27, this expression means that the Jews will never stop celebrating the feast of Purim. You can say this positively. Alternate translation: “will always observe the Festival of Purim faithfully”
Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
וִימֵ֞י הַפּוּרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה לֹ֤א יַֽעַבְרוּ֙ מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים וְזִכְרָ֖ם לֹא־יָס֥וּף מִזַּרְעָֽם
and,days the,purim the=these not fall_into_disuse from,among the,Jews and,memory,their not fade among,descendants,their
These two phrases mean similar things. The repetition is used to emphasize that the Jews will definitely not stop celebrating Purim each year. If it would be helpful in your language, you could combine the phrases and express the emphasis with a word like “definitely” or “certainly” or “always.” Alternate translation: “the Jews and their descendants will certainly always continue to celebrate this festival of Purim”
מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים
from,among the,Jews
Alternate translation: “within the Jewish community”
וְזִכְרָ֖ם לֹא־יָס֥וּף
and,memory,their not fade
Alternate translation: “will always observe”
Note 11 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
מִזַּרְעָֽם
among,descendants,their
As in verse 27, seed means "descendants." Alternate translation: “and for their descendants”