1 And the king Ahasuerus layde a tribute vpon the land, and vpon the Isles of the sea.
2 And all the actes of his power, and of his might, and the declaration of the greatnesse of Mordecai, whereunto the king aduanced him, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
3 For Mordecai the Iew was next vnto King Ahasuerus, and great among the Iewes, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
4 Then Mardocheus saide, God hath done these things.
5 For I remember a dreame, which I sawe concerning these matters, and nothing thereof hath failed.
6 A little fountaine became a riuer, and there was light, & the Sunne, and much water: this riuer is Esther, whō the King married and made Queene.
7 And the two Dragons are I, and Aman.
8 And the nations were those that were assembled, to destroy the name of the Iewes.
9 And my nation is this Israel, which cryed to God and were saued: for the Lord hath saued his people, and the Lord hath deliuered vs from all those euils, and God hath wrought signes, and great wonders, which haue not bin done among the Gentiles.
10 Therefore hath hee made two lots, one for the people of God, and another for all the Gentiles.
11 And these two lots came at the houre, and time, and day of iudgement before God amongst all nations.
12 So God remembred his people, and iustified his inheritance.
13 Therefore those dayes shall be vnto them in the moneth Adar, the foureteenth and fifteenth day of the same moneth, with an assembly, and ioy, and with gladnesse, before God, according to the generations for euer among his people.
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