Translations
Dispatches were carried by swift riders to every province of the kingdom — orders to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate every last Jew — young and old, women and children — on a single appointed day: the thirteenth of the twelfth month, the month of Adar. And to seize everything they owned as plunder.
Letters were sent by couriers to all the king's provinces to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Yehudim — young and old, children and women — on a single day: the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, that is the month of Adar, and to plunder their possessions.
And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.
