Esther 9 Cross References - Matthew

¹ In the twelueth moneth, that is the moneth Adar, vpon the thirtenth day, which the kinges word & commaundement had appointed that it should be done, euen vpon the same day that the enemies should haue destroyed the Iewes to haue oppressed them, it turned contrary wise, euen that the Iewes should subdue their enemies. ² Then gathered the Iewes together in their cytyes within al the landes of kinge Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as woulde do them euill, & noman could withstand them: for the feare of them was come ouer all people. ³ And all the rulers in the landes, & prynces and Debites, & officers of the kinge promoted the Iewes: for the feare of Mardocheus came vpon them. ⁴ For Mardocheus was great in the kinges house, and the reporte of him was noysed in all landes, how he encreased and grewe. ⁵ Thus the Iewes smote all their enemies with a sore slaughter, & slewe & destroyed, & dyd after their wyll vnto suche as were their aduersaries. ⁶ And at the castel of Susan slue the Iewes & destroyed fyue hundreth men: ⁷ & slewe Pharsandatha, Delphon, Asphatha, ⁸ Phoratha, Adalia, Aridatha, ⁹ Pharmastha, Arisai, Aridai, Daizatha, ¹⁰ the ten sonnes of Haman the sonne of Hamadatha the enemy of the Iewes: but on hys goodes they layed no handes. ¹¹ At the same tyme was the kynge certified of the nombre of those that were slaine at the castel of Susan. ¹² And the Kynge sayde vnto quene Esther: The Iewes haue slayne & destroyed fyue hundreth men at the castell of Susan, & the ten sonnes of Haman: What shall they do in the other landes of the kinge? What is thy peticion, that it maye be geuen the? & what requirest thou more to be done? ¹³ Esther sayde: Yf it please the kynge, let hym suffre the Iewes to morow also to do accordynge vnto thys dayes commaundemente, that they maye hange Hamans ten sonnes vpon the tree. ¹⁴ And the Kyng charged to do so, & the commaundement was deuysed at Susan, & Hamans ten sonnes were hanged. ¹⁵ And the Iewes gathered them selues together at Susan, vpon the fourtenth day of the moneth Adar, & slue thre hundreth men at Susan, but on their goodes they layed no handes. ¹⁶ And for the other Iewes in the kinges landes, they came together, & stode for their lyues & gat reste from their enemies: and slewe of their enemies fiue & seuenty thousand, how be it, they laye no handes on their goodes. ¹⁷ This was done on the thirtenth daye of the moneth Adar, & on the fourtenth daye of the same moneth rested they, whiche daye they ordeyned to be a day of feasting & gladnesse. ¹⁸ But the Iewes at Susan were come together bothe on the thirtenth daye and on the fourtenth, and on the fyftenth daye they rested, & the same daye ordeyned they to be a daye of feastynge & gladnes. ¹⁹ Therfore the Iewes that dwelt in the vyllages and vnwalled tounes ordeyned the fourtenth daye of the monethe Adar, to be a daye of feastinge and gladnes, and one sent gyftes vnto another. ²⁰ And Mardocheus wrote these actes, and sent these writtinges vnto all the Iewes that were in all the landes of Kynge Ahasuerus, both nye & farre, ²¹ that they shoulde yearly receyue & holde the fourtenth & fyftenth day of the moneth Adar, ²² as the daies wherin the Iewes came to rest from their enemies, & as a moneth wherin their payne was turned to ioye, & their sorow into prosperite: that they should obserue the same as dayes of wealth & gladnes, and one to sende gyftes vnto another, & to distribute vnto the pore. ²³ And the Iewes receyued it that they had begonne to do, and that Mardocheus wrote vnto them: ²⁴ howe that Haman the sonne of Hamadatha al the Iewes enemy, had deuysed to destroy all the Iewes, & caused to cast Phur (that is Lot) for to put them in feare, and to brynge them to naught: ²⁵ and how Hester went and spake to the king, that thorow letters his wycked deuice (which he ymagined agaynst the Iewes) myght be turned vpon his owne heade, and howe he & hys sonnes were hanged on the tree. ²⁶ For the whiche cause they called this day Phurim after the name of Phur, accordynge to all the wordes of this wryttinge and what they them selues had sene, and what had happened vnto them. ²⁷ And the Iewes set it vp, and toke it vpon them and their sede, & vpon al such as ioyned them selues vnto them, that they woulde not mysse to obserue these two dayes yearly, accordinge as they were written and appoynted, ²⁸ how that these daies are not to be forgotten, but to be kepte of childers children among all kinredes, in all landes & cytyes. They are the dayes of Phurim, whiche are not to be ouerslipte amonge the Iewes, and the memoryall of them oughte not to peryshe from their sede. ²⁹ And quene Esther the doughter of Abihail & Mardocheus the Iewe wrote wyth al auctorite, to confirme this seconde wryttinge of Phurim, ³⁰ and sent the letters vnto all the Iewes in the hundreth & seuen and twentye landes of the empyre of Ahasuerus, wyth frendly and faythfull wordes, ³¹ to confirme these dayes of Phurim, in their tyme appointed, accordinge as Mardocheus the Iew and Hester the quene had ordeyned concernynge them, lyke as they vpon their soule and vpon their sede had confirmed the actes of the fastynges and of their complaynt. ³² And Hester commaunded to stablyshe the actes of thys Phurim, and to wryte them in a boke.

²³ that I wil not take of al that is thyne so moche as a thred or shoolachet, least thou shouldest saye, I haue made Abram ryche.

⁵ And they departed. And the feare of God fel vpon the cities that were rounde aboute them, that they durste not folowe after the sonnes of Iacob.

¹⁷ And se that ye kepe you to vnleuended bread. For vpon that same day I wyl brynge your armyes out of the lande of Egypte, therfore ye shal obserue thys day and al your children after you, that it be a custome for euer.

³ And Moses sayd vnto the people: thyncke on thys day in whych ye came out of Egypt & out of the house of bondage: for wt a mighty hand the Lord brought you out from thence. Se therfore that ye eate no leuended bread. ⁴ This day come ye out of Egypt in the moneth of Abid. ⁵ When the Lord hath brought the into the lande of the Cananytes, Hethites, Amorites Heuytes & Iebusites, whiche he sware vnto thy fathers that he wolde geue the a lande where in mylcke & hony floweth, then se that thou kepe this seruice in thys same moneth. ⁶ Seuen dayes thou shalt eate swete brede: & the .vij. day shal be feastfull vnto the Lorde. ⁷ Therfore thou shalt eate swete bread seuen dayes, & se that there be no leuended bread sene nor yet leuen among you in al your quarters. ⁸ And thou shalt shewe thy sonne at the tyme saying: this is done, because of that whiche the Lord did vnto me when I came out of Egypt.

⁸ And thou shalt shewe thy sonne at the tyme saying: this is done, because of that whiche the Lord did vnto me when I came out of Egypt. ⁹ Therfore it shall be a sygne vnto the vpon thyne hande a remembraunce betwene thyne eyes, that the Lordes lawe maye be in thy mouth. For with a stronge hande the Lord brought the out of Egypt,

¹⁴ And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses, write thys for a remembraunce in a boke and tell it vnto Iosua, for I wyll put out the remembraunce of Amelech from vnder heauen.

¹⁶ for he sayed: the hande is on the seate of the Lorde, that the Lorde wyll haue warre wyth Amelech thorow out all generations.

⁵ Se that thou neither bowe thy self vnto them neither serue them: for I the Lord thy God, am a gelouse God, & viset the synne of the fathers vppon the chyldren vnto the thyrd and fourth generacion of them that hate me:

²⁷ I wil sende my feare before the and will kill all the people whether thou shalt go. And I will make all thyne enemies turne their backes vnto the,

⁷ And ye shal chasse youre enemyes, & they shall fall before you vpon the swerd. ⁸ And fyue of you shal chasse an hundred, & an hundred of you shall put .x. thousand to flyghte, and your enemies shall fall before you vpon the swerde.

⁴⁰ to be a remembraunce vnto the children of Israel, that no straunger which is not of the seed of Aaron, come nere to offer cense before the Lord, that he be not made lyke vnto Corah and hys companye: as the Lord sayd vnto hym by the hand of Moses.

³⁰ But Sehon the kyng of Hesbon wold not let vs passe by hym, for the Lord thy GOD had hardened hys sprite and made his herte tough because he wold delyuer him in to thy handes as it is come to passe thys day.

⁵ Al these cities were made stronge wyth hye walles gates & barres, besyde vnwalled townes a great meanye.

³ The Lord made not thys bond wyth our fathers, but wyth vs, we are they whyche are all here a lyue thys daye.

¹¹ And reioyce before the Lorde thy God, both thou, thy sonne, thy daughter, thy seruaunt and thy mayd, & the Leuite that is wythin thy gates, & the straunger, the fatherles & the wedowes that are among you, in the place which the lord thy god hath chosen to make hys name dwel there.

¹⁴ And thou shalte reioyce in that thy feast, both thou & thy sonne thy daughter, thy seruaunt, thy mayd, the Leuite, the straunger, the fatherles, & the widow that are in thy cities.

²³ let not hys body remayne al nyghte vpon the treee, but burye hym the same daye, For the curse of God is on him that is hanged. Defile not thy lande therefore, whyche the Lorde thy God geueth the to enheret.

¹⁴ Also I make not this bonde and this othe with you onlye: ¹⁵ but both with him that standeth here with vs this daye before the Lorde oure god, and also with him that is not here with vs this daye.

¹⁹ Now therfore wryte ye this song, & teach it the chyldren of Israell and putt it in theyr mouthes, that this song maye be my witnes vnto the children of Israel. ²⁰ For when I haue brought them into the lande which I sware vnto theyr fathers that runneth with milke and hony, then they wyll eate and fyll them selues and waxe fatt and turne vnto straung Gods and serue theym and rayle on me and breake my testament. ²¹ And then when much mischyefe and tribulation is come vpon them thys song shall answere before them, and be a wytnes. It shall not be forgotten out of the mouthes of theyr sede: for I know their imagination which they goo aboute euen nowe before I haue brought theym into the lande whych I sware. ²² And Moses wrought thys song the same ceason, & taught it the children of Israel.

³⁶ For the Lorde wyll do iustice vnto hys people, & haue compassion on hys seruauntes For it shalbe sene that theyr power shall fayle, & at the last they shalbe prisoned & forsaken.

⁹ and sayde vnto the men. I knowe that the Lorde hath geuen you the lande, bothe because that the feare of you is fallen vpon vs, and because that the enhabyters of the lande faynt at youre commyng.

⁷ then say vnto them, how that the water of Iordan deuyded at the presence of the arcke of the appoyntmente of the Lord: euen while it went ouer Iordan, the water of Iordan deuyded. And these stones shalbe a memoryall vnto the chyldren of Israel for euer.

²⁷ And the Lorde was wyth Iosua, and hys fame was hearde, thorowout all landes.

¹⁵ And Iosua made a peace wyth them, and made a couenaunte with them, to saue their lyues, and the Lordes of the congregacyon sware vnto them.

²⁰ for it came of the Lorde to harden their hartes, that they shoulde come agaynst Israel in battell, euen to destroye them vtterlye, that they shoulde haue no mercy, but to bringe them to noughte. As the Lorde commaunded Moses.

³⁰ Wherfore the Lorde God of Israel sayth: I sayde that thyne house and the house of thy father shulde haue walked before me for euer. But now the Lorde sayth: that be farre from me: for them that worshyppe me, I wyll worshyp, & they that despyse me, shalbe despised.

²⁵ And so from that daye forward was that made a law and a custome in Israel, and dureth to thys day.

¹ There was long stryfe betwene the house of Saul and the house of Dauid. But Dauid waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker & weaker.

¹ Then there fell an hongre in the daies of Dauid thre yeares, year by yeare. And Dauid enquyred of the Lorde. And the Lorde answered it is for Sauls sake and the house of bloude, because he slue the Gabaonites. ² And the kyng called the Gabaonites, and sayde vnto them: Nowe these Gabaonites are not of the chyldren of Israell, but a remnaunt of the Ammorites, and the chyldren of Israel sware vnto them. And yet Saul sought to sley them, for a zele that he had to the children of Israel and of Iuda.

⁶ let seuen men of his sonnes be delyuered vnto vs, that we maye hang them vp vnto the Lorde, in Gabaah of Saul the Lordes electe. And Dauid sayde: I wyl geue them you.

⁹ and delyuered them vnto the handes of the Gabeonites, whiche hanged them in the hill before the Lorde. And they fell all seuen together in the fyrst dayes of heruest, euen in the begynning of Barley heruest.

⁴¹ And thou madest myne enemyes to turne their backes to me, and them that hated me, & I destroyed them.

⁹ And Dauid prospered and waxed greate, and the Lorde of Hostes was wyth hym.

¹⁷ And the fame of Dauid went out into all landes, and the Lorde made all nacyons feare hym.

¹² Remembre hys maruelles whych he dyd and his wonders, and the iudgementes of his mouthe.

³⁶ And they delyuered the kynges commission vnto the kinges offycers, and to the captaines on this side of the water. And they promoted the people and the house of God.

¹⁰ Therfore sayde he vnto them: go youre waye, and eate the fat, and dryncke the swete, and sende parte vnto them also that haue not prepared them selues: for this daye is holye vnto our Lorde, be not ye sory therfore: for the ioye of the Lorde is youre strength. ¹¹ And the Leuites stilled al the people, and sayde: holde youre peace for the daye is holye, vexe not ye youre selues. ¹² And all the people wente theyr waye to eate and drincke, and to sende parte vnto other, and to make great myrth, because they had vnderstande the wordes that were declared vnto them.

¹ In the tyme of Ahasuerus which raygned from Iudia vnto Ethiophia ouer an hundred & seuen and twentye landes,

²² Then were there letters sent forthe in all the kynges landes, into euery lande, accordynge to the wryttinge therof, & to euery people after their language, that euery man should be Lord in hys own house. And this caused he be spoken after the language of hys people.

¹⁵ Now when the tyme came of Esther the doughter of Abihail Mardocheus vncle (whom he had receyued as hys owne doughter) that she shoulde come to the kyng, she desyred nothynge but what Hagei the kinges chamberlayne the keper of the wemen sayde. And Esther founde fauoure in the syghte of all them that loked vpon her.

¹ After these actes dyd the kynge promote Haman the sonne of Amadatha the Agagite, and set him hye, & set hys seate aboue all the princes that were wt hym. ² And all the kinges seruauntes that were in the gate, bowed their knees, & dyd reuerence vnto Haman: for the kinge had so commaunded. But Mardocheus bowed not the knee, and worshipped him not. ³ Then the kinges seruauntes whiche were in the kinges gate, sayde vnto Mardocheus: why transgressest thou the kynges commaundement? ⁴ And when they spake this dayly vnto him, & he folowed them not, they tolde Haman, that they might se whether Mardocheus matters woulde endure: for he had tolde them, that he was a Iewe. ⁵ And when Haman sawe, that Mardocheus bowed not the knee vnto hym, nor worshipped him, he was full of indignacyon

⁵ And when Haman sawe, that Mardocheus bowed not the knee vnto hym, nor worshipped him, he was full of indignacyon ⁶ and thought it to littell to laye handes onely on Mardocheus: for they had shewed hym the nacyon of Mardocheus, but he soughte to destroye all the Iewes the nacion of Mardochens, that were in the whole empyre of Ahasuerus.

⁶ and thought it to littell to laye handes onely on Mardocheus: for they had shewed hym the nacyon of Mardocheus, but he soughte to destroye all the Iewes the nacion of Mardochens, that were in the whole empyre of Ahasuerus. ⁷ In the fyrste moneth (that is the monethe Nisan) in the twelueth yeare of kynge Ahasuerus they cast Phur (that is a lot) before Haman, on what day & what moneth this should be done: & it went oute the twelueth monethe that is the moneth Adar.

⁷ In the fyrste moneth (that is the monethe Nisan) in the twelueth yeare of kynge Ahasuerus they cast Phur (that is a lot) before Haman, on what day & what moneth this should be done: & it went oute the twelueth monethe that is the moneth Adar. ⁸ And Haman sayde vnto kyng Ahasuerus: There is a people scatered abroade & dispersed amonge all people in all the landes of thyne empire, & their lawe is contrary vnto all people, & they do not after the kynges lawes, nether is it the kinges profet to suffre them after this maner. ⁹ Yf it please the kinge let hym wrytte, that they maye be destroyed, & so will I weye doune ten thousande talentes of siluer, vnder the handes of the workmen, to be brought into the kinges chamber. ¹⁰ Then toke the kinge his ryng from his hande, & gaue it vnto Haman the sonne of Amadatha the Agagite the Iewes enemy. ¹¹ And the kynge sayde vnto Haman: Let the syluer be geuen the, and that people also, to do with all what pleaseth the. ¹² Then were the kinges scribes called on the thirtenth daye of the fyrst moneth, and there was wrytten (accordyng as Haman commaunded) vnto the kinges princes and to the captiues euery where in the landes, and to the rulers of euery people in the countreyes on euery syde, accordynge to the wryttinge of euery nacyon, and after their language in the name of kynge Ahasuerus, and sealed wyth the kynges rynge.

¹² Then were the kinges scribes called on the thirtenth daye of the fyrst moneth, and there was wrytten (accordyng as Haman commaunded) vnto the kinges princes and to the captiues euery where in the landes, and to the rulers of euery people in the countreyes on euery syde, accordynge to the wryttinge of euery nacyon, and after their language in the name of kynge Ahasuerus, and sealed wyth the kynges rynge. ¹³ And the writtinges were sent by postes into all the kinges landes, to rote out, to kyll, and to destroye all Iewes, both younge and olde, chyldren and wemen in one daye (namely vpon the thyrtenth daye of the twelueth moneth, which is the moneth Adar) & to spoyle theyr goodes.

¹³ And the writtinges were sent by postes into all the kinges landes, to rote out, to kyll, and to destroye all Iewes, both younge and olde, chyldren and wemen in one daye (namely vpon the thyrtenth daye of the twelueth moneth, which is the moneth Adar) & to spoyle theyr goodes.

¹⁵ And the postes wente in all the hast according to the kinges commaundement. And in the castell of Susan was the commaundement deuised. And the kynge and Haman sate and drancke. But the cyty of Susan was disquyeted.

³ And in all landes and places, as farre as the kynges worde and commaundement extended there was greate lamentacyon among the Iewes, and many fasted, wepte, mourned, & laye in sacke clothes & in ashes.

¹⁶ Go thou thy waye then, and gather together all the Iewes that are founde at Susan, and fast ye for me, that ye eat not & drinke not in thre dayes, nether day nor nyght. I & my Damosels wil fast lykewise, and so wil I go into the kynge contrary to the commaundement: yf I perish I peryshe.

⁶ the kyng said vnto Esther at the bancket of wyne: Esther what is thy peticion? and it shalbe geuen the. And what requyrest thou? Yf it be euen the halfe of the empyre, it shalbe done.

¹¹ & tolde them of the glory of hys ryches, & the multitude of hys chyldren all together how the king had promoted him so greatly, and howe that he was taken aboue the princes and seruauntes of the kynge.

² the king sayde vnto Esther on the second day at the bancket of wyne: what is thy petycyon quene Esther, that it may be geuen the. And what requyrest thou? Yea, aske euen halfe of the empyre, & it shalbe done.

⁴ for we are sold I & my people bothe to be destroyed, to be slayne & to perish: & would god we were solde to be bondmen & bondwemen, then would I hold my tonge, so should not the enemye be so hye to the kynges harme. ⁵ The kinge Ahasuerus spake and sayde vnto quene Esther: what is he that? Or where is he that darre presume in hys mynd to do such a thynge after that maner? ⁶ Esther sayde: the enemy and aduersarye is this wicked Haman. As for Haman, he was exceadingly afrayed before the Kynge & the quene.

⁶ Esther sayde: the enemy and aduersarye is this wicked Haman. As for Haman, he was exceadingly afrayed before the Kynge & the quene. ⁷ And the Kyng arose from the bancket & from the wine in his dyspleasure, and wente into the palace garden. And Haman stode vp, and besought quene Esther for his life: for he sawe that there was a myschefe prepared for hym of the king all ready. ⁸ And when the Kynge came agayne oute of the palace garden into the parler, where they had eaten, Haman had layed hym vpon the bed that Esther sat vpon. Then sayde the Kynge? will he force the quene also besyde me in the house? As sone as that worde wente out of the kynges mouthe, they couered Hamans face. ⁹ And Harbonah one of the chamberlaynes that stode before the kynge, sayde: Behold, there standeth a galowes in Hamans house fyfty cubytes hye, which he had made for Mardocheus, that spake good for the king. The Kynge saide: hange him theron. ¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the galowes that he had made for Mardocheus. Then was the Kynges wrath pacyfyed.

⁵ and sayd: Yf it please the Kynge, & yf I haue found grace in his syght, & yf I be conuenient for the King, and yf it be accepted in his sight then let it be wrytten, that the letters of the deuyce of Haman the sonne of Hamadatha, the Agagite, may be called agayne: which letters he wrote, to destroy the Iewes in all the kinges landes.

⁵ and sayd: Yf it please the Kynge, & yf I haue found grace in his syght, & yf I be conuenient for the King, and yf it be accepted in his sight then let it be wrytten, that the letters of the deuyce of Haman the sonne of Hamadatha, the Agagite, may be called agayne: which letters he wrote, to destroy the Iewes in all the kinges landes. ⁶ For how can I se the euil that shal happen vnto my people? and how can I loke vpon the destruccyon of my kinred. ⁷ Then sayde kinge Ahasuerus vnto quene Esther, & to Mardocheus the Iewe: Behold, I haue geuen Esther the house of Haman, & hym haue they hanged vpon a tre, because he layed hand vpon the Iewes. ⁸ Wryte ye nowe therfore for the Iewes, as it lyketh you in the kinges name, and seale it wyth the kynges ringe (for the wryttinges that were wrytten in the kinges name, and sealed wyth the kinges ringe, durst no man dysanulle.) ⁹ Then were the kinges scribes called at the same tyme in the thirde moneth, that is the moneth Siuan, on the thre and twentyeth daye. And it was wrytten, as Mardocheus commaunded vnto the Iewes and to the princes, to the debities and captaynes in the landes from India vntil Ethiopia, namely an hundred & seuen & twenty landes, vnto euery one according to the wryttyng therof, vnto euery people after their speche, and to the Iewes accordyng to their wryttynge and language.

⁹ Then were the kinges scribes called at the same tyme in the thirde moneth, that is the moneth Siuan, on the thre and twentyeth daye. And it was wrytten, as Mardocheus commaunded vnto the Iewes and to the princes, to the debities and captaynes in the landes from India vntil Ethiopia, namely an hundred & seuen & twenty landes, vnto euery one according to the wryttyng therof, vnto euery people after their speche, and to the Iewes accordyng to their wryttynge and language. ¹⁰ And it was written in the king Ahasuerus name, and sealed with the kinges ringe. And by postes that rode vpon swyft yong mules sent he the writtinges,

¹⁰ And it was written in the king Ahasuerus name, and sealed with the kinges ringe. And by postes that rode vpon swyft yong mules sent he the writtinges, ¹¹ wherin the king graunted the Iewes (in what cities soeuer they were) to gather them selues together, & to stand for their lyfe, and for to rote oute, to slaye, and to destroy all the power of the people & land that woulde trouble them, with children and wemen, & to spoyle their good

¹¹ wherin the king graunted the Iewes (in what cities soeuer they were) to gather them selues together, & to stand for their lyfe, and for to rote oute, to slaye, and to destroy all the power of the people & land that woulde trouble them, with children and wemen, & to spoyle their good ¹² vpon one day in all the landes of king Ahasuerus namely vpon the thyrtenth daye of the twelueth moneth whiche is the moneth Adar.

¹² vpon one day in all the landes of king Ahasuerus namely vpon the thyrtenth daye of the twelueth moneth whiche is the moneth Adar. ¹³ The summe of the writting was, how there was a commaundement geuen in al landes to be publyshed vnto al the people, that the Iewes shoulde be ready against that day to auenge them selues on their enemies: ¹⁴ & the postes that rode vpon the mules, made haste with al spede according to the kinges word: & the commaundement was deuysed in the castel of Susan.

¹⁷ And in all landes & cyties, into what places soeuer the kinges worde & commaundement reached, there was ioy & myrth prosperite & good dayes amonge the Iewes, in so muche that many of the people in the land became of the Iewes belefe, for the feare of the Iewes came vpon them.

¹ In the twelueth moneth, that is the moneth Adar, vpon the thirtenth day, which the kinges word & commaundement had appointed that it should be done, euen vpon the same day that the enemies should haue destroyed the Iewes to haue oppressed them, it turned contrary wise, euen that the Iewes should subdue their enemies. ² Then gathered the Iewes together in their cytyes within al the landes of kinge Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as woulde do them euill, & noman could withstand them: for the feare of them was come ouer all people.

¹⁰ the ten sonnes of Haman the sonne of Hamadatha the enemy of the Iewes: but on hys goodes they layed no handes. ¹¹ At the same tyme was the kynge certified of the nombre of those that were slaine at the castel of Susan.

¹³ Esther sayde: Yf it please the kynge, let hym suffre the Iewes to morow also to do accordynge vnto thys dayes commaundemente, that they maye hange Hamans ten sonnes vpon the tree.

¹³ Esther sayde: Yf it please the kynge, let hym suffre the Iewes to morow also to do accordynge vnto thys dayes commaundemente, that they maye hange Hamans ten sonnes vpon the tree. ¹⁴ And the Kyng charged to do so, & the commaundement was deuysed at Susan, & Hamans ten sonnes were hanged. ¹⁵ And the Iewes gathered them selues together at Susan, vpon the fourtenth day of the moneth Adar, & slue thre hundreth men at Susan, but on their goodes they layed no handes.

¹⁵ And the Iewes gathered them selues together at Susan, vpon the fourtenth day of the moneth Adar, & slue thre hundreth men at Susan, but on their goodes they layed no handes.

¹⁵ And the Iewes gathered them selues together at Susan, vpon the fourtenth day of the moneth Adar, & slue thre hundreth men at Susan, but on their goodes they layed no handes. ¹⁶ And for the other Iewes in the kinges landes, they came together, & stode for their lyues & gat reste from their enemies: and slewe of their enemies fiue & seuenty thousand, how be it, they laye no handes on their goodes.

¹⁶ And for the other Iewes in the kinges landes, they came together, & stode for their lyues & gat reste from their enemies: and slewe of their enemies fiue & seuenty thousand, how be it, they laye no handes on their goodes.

¹⁶ And for the other Iewes in the kinges landes, they came together, & stode for their lyues & gat reste from their enemies: and slewe of their enemies fiue & seuenty thousand, how be it, they laye no handes on their goodes. ¹⁷ This was done on the thirtenth daye of the moneth Adar, & on the fourtenth daye of the same moneth rested they, whiche daye they ordeyned to be a day of feasting & gladnesse.

¹⁷ This was done on the thirtenth daye of the moneth Adar, & on the fourtenth daye of the same moneth rested they, whiche daye they ordeyned to be a day of feasting & gladnesse. ¹⁸ But the Iewes at Susan were come together bothe on the thirtenth daye and on the fourtenth, and on the fyftenth daye they rested, & the same daye ordeyned they to be a daye of feastynge & gladnes.

¹⁸ But the Iewes at Susan were come together bothe on the thirtenth daye and on the fourtenth, and on the fyftenth daye they rested, & the same daye ordeyned they to be a daye of feastynge & gladnes. ¹⁹ Therfore the Iewes that dwelt in the vyllages and vnwalled tounes ordeyned the fourtenth daye of the monethe Adar, to be a daye of feastinge and gladnes, and one sent gyftes vnto another. ²⁰ And Mardocheus wrote these actes, and sent these writtinges vnto all the Iewes that were in all the landes of Kynge Ahasuerus, both nye & farre, ²¹ that they shoulde yearly receyue & holde the fourtenth & fyftenth day of the moneth Adar, ²² as the daies wherin the Iewes came to rest from their enemies, & as a moneth wherin their payne was turned to ioye, & their sorow into prosperite: that they should obserue the same as dayes of wealth & gladnes, and one to sende gyftes vnto another, & to distribute vnto the pore.

²⁶ For the whiche cause they called this day Phurim after the name of Phur, accordynge to all the wordes of this wryttinge and what they them selues had sene, and what had happened vnto them.

¹⁸ he shalbe dryuen from the lyght into darcknesse, and be cast cleane out of the world. ¹⁹ He shall nether haue chyldren nor kynsfolckes amonge his people, no, ner eny posterite in his countre:

¹³ saying: This is the porcion that the wicked shall haue of God, and the heretage that Tirauntes shall receyue of the almighty. ¹⁴ Yf he get many chyldren, they shal perishe with the swearde, and hys posterite, shal haue scarcenesse of bread. ¹⁵ Loke whom he leaueth behind him, they shall dye & be buried, and no man shall haue pite of hys wyddowes.

³ Suche a man is lyke a tree planted by the watersyde, that bringeth forthe hys frute in due season. His leaues shall not fall af, & loke whatsoeuer he doth, it shall prospere.

¹⁶ For hys vnhappinesse shall come vpon hys owne head, and hys wyckednes shal fal vpon hys owne pate.

³⁴ He teacheth myne handes to fyght, & maketh myne armes to breake euen a bowe of stele. ³⁵ Thou haste geuen me the defence of thy healthe, thy ryghte hande vpholdeth me, and thy louynge correctyon maketh me greate. ³⁶ Thou hast made roume ynough vnder me for to go, that my fote steppes shuld not slyde. ³⁷ I wyll folowe vpon myne enemyes, and take them: I wyll not turne tyll they be dyscomforted. ³⁸ I wyll smyte them, they shall not be able to stand, but fal vnder my fete. ³⁹ Thou hast gyrded me with strength vnto the battel, thou hast throwen them al downe vnder me that rose vp agaynst me. ⁴⁰ Thou hast made myne enemyes to turne heir backes vpon me, thou haste destroyed them: that hated me.

⁴³ Thou shalt delyuer me from the striuynges of the people, thou shalt make me the head of the Heathen. A people whom I haue not knowne shal serue me.

⁴⁷ Euen the God which seyth that I be auenged, and subdueth the people vnto me. ⁴⁸ It is he that delyuereth me from my cruell enemyes: thou shalt lyfte me vp from them that ryse against me, thou shalt rid me from the wycked man.

⁷ Some put their trust in charettes, & some in horses: but we will remembre the name of the Lorde oure God. ⁸ They are broughte doune and fallen, but we are rysen and stande vp right.

¹⁰ Their frute shalte thou rote oute of the earth, and their sede from amonge the chyldren of men.

¹¹ And so thou hast turned my heuynesse into ioye: thou haste put of my sacke cloth, & gyrded me with gladnesse.

¹³ Let them be confounded and perysh, that are agaynste my soule: let theym be couered with shame and dishonoure, that seke too do me euell.

²⁴ My tongue talketh of thy righteousnesse all the daye longe, for they are confounded and brought vnto shame, that soughte to do me euell.

⁵ He made a couenaunte wyth Iacob, and gaue Israel a lawe, whiche he commaunded oure forefathers to teache their chyldren. ⁶ That their posterytye myghte knowe it, and the chyldren whych were yet vnborne. To thintent that when they came vp they myghte shewe their chyldren the same. ⁷ That they also myghte put their truste in God, & not to forget what he had done, but to kepe his commaundementes,

² Prayse the Lord O my soule & forget not all his benefites.

¹² Let ther be no man to pytye, ner to haue compassyon vpon his fatherles chyldren. ¹³ Let hys ende be destruccyon, & in the next generacion let his name be cleane put oute.

¹⁷ Hys delyte was in cursynge, and therfore shall it happen vnto hym: he loued not blessynge and that shall be far from hym. ¹⁸ He clothed hym selfe wyth cursynge lyke as wyth a rayment: yea it wente into hys bowels lyke water, and lyke oile into his bone

⁷ The lord is my helper, and I shall se my desyre vpon myne enemyes. ⁸ It is better to trust in the lord, then to put any cofydence in man. ⁹ It is better to trust in the lord then to put any confydence in prynces. ¹⁰ All Heathen compassed me round about but in the name of the lorde wyll I destroye them. ¹¹ They kepe me in on euery side, but in the name of the lord, I wyll destroy them.

¹¹ They kepe me in on euery side, but in the name of the lord, I wyll destroy them. ¹² They came aboute me lyke bees, and wer as hote as the fyre in the thornes, but in the name of the Lorde I wyll destroye them.

¹² They came aboute me lyke bees, and wer as hote as the fyre in the thornes, but in the name of the Lorde I wyll destroye them. ¹³ They thrust at me, that I myght fall, but the lorde was my helpe. ¹⁴ The lorde is my strength, and my songe and is become my saluation. ¹⁵ The voice of ioy and meyth is in the dwellynges of the rightuous, for the ryght hand of the Lord hath gotten the victory. ¹⁶ The ryght hande of the Lord hath the preemynence, the ryght hande of the Lorde hath gotten the victory.

¹ The songe of the steares. If the Lord had not bene of oure side (now may Israel say) ² If the Lord had not bene of oure syde when men rose vp against vs. ³ They had swalowed vs vp quicke when thei were so wrathfully displeased at vs.

⁹ Let the mischief of their owne lippes fall vpon the head of theym, that compase me about.

¹⁰ Let the vngodly fall into their owne nettes together, vntyll I be gone by them.

⁴ One generacion shall prayse thy workes vnto another, and declare thy power. ⁵ As for me I will be talkynge of thy worshyp, thy glory, thy prayse, and wonderous workes. ⁶ So that men shal speake of the myght of thy maruelous actes, and tell of thy greatenes. ⁷ The memorial of thyne aboundant kyndnes shalbe shewed, & men shall synge of thy righteousnesse. ⁸ The Lord is gracious and merciful, longe sufferyng, and of great goodnesse. ⁹ The Lorde is louynge vnto euery man, & hys mercy is ouer all hys workes. ¹⁰ All thy workes prayse the (O Lorde) and thy saynctes geue thankes vnto the. ¹¹ They shew the glory of the kyngdome, & talke of thy power. ¹² That thy power, thy glory & mightinesse of thy kyngedome myghte be knowen vnto men.

⁶ Let the prayses of God be in their mouth and sharpe swerdes in their handes. ⁷ To be auenged of the Heathen, and to rebuke the people. ⁸ To bynde their Kynges in cheynes, and their nobles with lynckes of yron. ⁹ That they may be auenged of them, as it is written, such honour haue all his saynctes. Prayse the euerlastynge.

¹⁸ The path of the ryghtuous shyneth as the lyghte, and is euer brighter and brighter vnto the perfecte daye.

⁹ Go together ye people, and gather you, herken to all ye of farre countreyes. Mustre you, & gather you: mustre you and gather you,

⁷ he shall make no ende to encrease the kyngedome and peace, and shall sytte vpon the seate of Dauid, and in his kyngedome, to set vp the same, to stablyshe it wyth equyte and ryghteousnesse, from thence forth for euermore. This shall the gelousy of the Lorde of hostes brynge to paste.

¹ So that then thou shalt saye: O Lord I thanke the, for thou wast displeased at me, but thou haste refrained thy wrath, & hast mercy vpon me. ² Beholde, God is my health, in whom I trust, & am not afraid. For the Lorde God is my strength and my praise, he also shalbe my refuge.

¹ Bvt the Lorde wylbe mercyfull vnto Iacob, and wil take vp Israel agayne, and set them in their owne lande. Straungers shall cleaue vnto them, and get them to the house of Iacob. ² They shall take the people, and cary them home with them. And the house of Israell shall haue them in possession for seruauntes and maydens in the lande of the Lorde. They shall take those presonners, whose captyues they had bene afore, and rule those that had oppressed them. ³ When the lord now shall bringe the to rest, from the trauail, feare, and harde boundage that thou wast laden wyth all,

⁸ Then sayde Hezekiah to Esay: Now God prosper hys owne councell, which thou hast told me. He sayde more ouer: So that there be peace and faythfulnesse in my tyme.

³ Then shall not the straunger, which cleaueth to the Lorde, saye: Alas the Lorde hath shut me cleane oute from his people. Nether shall the gelded man say: lo, I am a drye tre.

⁶ Agayne, he sayeth vnto the straungers that are dysposed to stycke to the Lorde, to serue hym, and to loue hys name: That they shalbe no bonde men. And all they whiche kepe them selues, that they vnhalowe not the Sabboth, namely that they fulfil my couenaunt.

¹⁴ Moreouer those shall come knelinge vnto the, that haue vexed the: and al they that despised the, shal fall doune at thy fote. Thou shalt be called the citie of the Lorde, the holye Sion of Israel. ¹⁵ Because thou hast bene forsaken and hated, so that noman went thorowe the: I wyl make the glorious for euer and euer, and ioyfull thorowe oute all posterities. ¹⁶ Thou shalt sucke the mylcke of the Gentiles, and kinges brestes shal fede the. And thou shalt knowe that I the Lorde am thy Sauyoure and defender, the mightie one of Iacob.

²¹ Therfore let their chyldren dye of hunger and lett them be oppressed with the swearde. Let their wyues be robbed of their chyldren, and become widdowes: let their housbandes be slayne, lett their yonge men be kylled with the swearde in the felde.

¹¹ At the same tyme wyll I geue vnto Gog, a place to be buried in, in Israel: euen the valley where thorow men go from the east to the see warde. Those that trauayle therby, shall abhorre it. There shall Gog and all hys people be buried: and it shalbe called the valleye of the people of Gog.

² and sent out to gather together the dukes, lordes and nobles, the iudges and offycers, the debytes, & shreues, with all the rulers of the lande, that they mighte come to the dedicacyon of the Image whiche Nabuchodonosor the kynge had set vp.

¹ It pleased Darius to set ouer hys kingedome an .C. and .xx. Lordes, whiche shulde be in all hys kyngdome aboute. ² Aboue these he set thre princes (of whom Daniel was one) that the Lordes myghte geue accomptes vnto them, and the Kyng to be vndiseased.

² vp, and get the to Niniue that great cytye, & preache vnto them the preachinge whyche I bade the. ³ So Ionas arose, and wente to Niniue at the Lordes commaundement. Niniue was a greate cyte vnto God, namely, of thre dayes iourney. ⁴ And Ionas wente to, and entred in to the cytie: euen a dayes iourney, & cryed, sayenge: There are yet .xl. dayes and then shall Niniue be ouerthrowen. ⁵ And the people of Niniue beleued God, and proclamed fastynge, and arayed them selues in sack cloth, as wel the greate as the small of them. ⁶ And the tydinges came vnto the kynge of Niniue, whyche arose out of hys seate, and dyd hys apparell of, and put on sack cloth, & sate hym downe in asshes. ⁷ And it was cryed and commaunded in Niniue, by the auctorite of the king and hys lordes, sayenge: se that nether man or beast, oxe or shepe taste ought at all: and that they nether fede ner drinke water: ⁸ but put on sack cloth both man and beast, and crye myghtely vnto God: yee se that euery man turne from hys euell waye, and from the wyckednesse, that he hath in hande. ⁹ Who can tell? God maye turne, & repente & cease from his fearce wrath, that we perish not.

¹⁹ And lo, in that tyme wyll I destroye all those that vexe the: I wyl helpe the lame, and gather vp the caste awaye: yea I wil get them prayse and honoure in all landes, where they haue bene put to shame,

⁴ and sayde vnto hym: Runne, speake to thys younge man, and saye: Ierusalem shall be inhabyted wythoute anye wall, for the verye multytude of people and catell, that shal be therein

¹¹ At the same tyme there shall manye Heathen cleue to the Lorde, and shall be my people. Thus wyll I dwell in the myddest of the, & thou shalte knowe, that the Lorde of hostes hathe sente me vnto the.

¹⁴ And the crounes shalbe in the temple of the Lorde, for a remembraunce vnto Helem, Tobiah, Idaia, and Hen the sonne of Sophony. And suche as be farre of, shal come and buylde the temple of the Lorde,

¹⁹ Thus sayeth the lord of Hostes: The fast of the fourth moueth, the fast of the fyfth, the fast of the seuenthe, & the faste of the tenth, shalbe ioye and gladnesse, and prosperous hye feastes vnto the house of Iuda: Only loue the treuth and peace.

²³ Thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes: In that tyme shal ten men (out of al maner of languages of the Gentiles) take one Iew by the hemme of his garment, and saye: we wyl go with you, for we haue hearde, that God is amonge you.

²⁴ And his fame sprede abrode through out all Siria. And they brought vnto him all sycke people that were taken with diuers diseases & gripinges, and them that were possessed with deuils and those which were lunatike, & those that had the palsie: & he healed them,

⁴ Blessed are they that morne, for they shalbe comforted.

⁴⁴ And whosoeuer shall fall ou thys stone, he shalbe broken, but on whosoeuer it shall fall vpon, it wyll grynde hym to powder.

⁴¹ Neuerthelesse geue almose of that ye haue, and beholde all is cleane to you.

²⁰ Verely verely I say vnto you: ye shall wepe and lament, & the world shall reioyce. Ye shall sorowe, but your sorow shalbe turned into ioye. ²¹ A woman when she trauayleth, hathe sorowe, because her houre is come: but assone as she is deliuered of the child she remembreth no more the anguish, for ioye that a man is borne into the worlde. ²² And ye now are in sorow: but I wyll se you agayne, and youre hertes shall reioyce, and youre ioye shall no man take from you.

⁴⁴ And all that beleued kept them selues together, and had all thinges commen, ⁴⁵ and solde their possessions and goodes, and departed them to all men as euery man had nede. ⁴⁶ And they contynued dayly wyth one accorde in the temple and brake bread in euerye house, and dyd eate their meate together, with gladnes and singlenes of her

¹¹ And when Peter was come to hym selfe, he sayde. Nowe I knowe of a suretye, that the Lorde hath sent hys aungell, and hath delyuered me out of the hande of Herode, and from all the waytyng for of the people of the Iewes.

¹⁷ Recompence to no man euyll for euyll. Prouyde afore hande thynges honest in the syght of all men.

¹⁰ & which delyuered vs from so greate a death, and doth delyuer. On whom we truste that yet here after he will delyuer, ¹¹ by the helpe of your prayer for vs: that by the meanes of manye occasions, thankes maye be geuen of manye on our behalfe, for the grace geuen vnto vs.

¹⁰ warnyng onely, that we should remembre the pore. Whiche thyng also I was dylygently to do.

¹³ But Christ hath delyuered vs from the curse of the lawe, and was made accursed for vs. For it is wrytten: cursed is euery one that hangeth on tre,

⁸ Furthermore brethren, whatsoeuer thynges are true, whatsoeuer thinges are honest, whatsoeuer thinges are iuste, whatsoeuer thinges are pure, whatsoeuer thinges pertaine to loue, whatsoeuer thinges are of honeste report: yf there be anie vertuous thinge yf there be anye laudable thinge,

²² Absteyne from all suspicious thinges.

⁶ It is verely a ryghteous thing with God to recompence trybulacyon to them that trouble you:

⁵ Let your conuersacyon be wythoute couetuousnes, and be content wyth that ye haue alreadye. For he verelye sayed: I wyll not fayle the, neyther forsake the:

¹⁰ And they that dwell vpon the earth, shall reioyse ouer them and be glad, and shal sende gyftes one to another for these two prophetes vexed them that dwelt on the earth.

¹⁸ And the nacyons were angrye, and thy wrath is come, and the tyme of the dead that they shoulde be iudged and that thou shouldeste geue rewarde vnto thy seruauntes the Prophetes and saynctes, and to them that feare thy name small and greate, and shouldeste destroye them, whyche destroye the earth.