Esther 11:2–12:6
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Latin
2In the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the Great, on the first day of Nisan, Mordecai the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, had a dream. 3He was a Jew, dwelling in the city of Susa, a great man, serving in the court of the king. 4He was one of the captives whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had brought from Jerusalem with Jeconiah king of Judea. And this was his dream: 5Behold, noisea and confusion, thunders and earthquake, tumult upon the earth! 6And behold, two great dragons came forward, both ready to fight, and they roared terribly. 7And at their roaring every nation prepared for war, to fight against the nation of the righteous. 8And behold, a day of darkness and gloom, tribulation and distress, affliction and great tumult upon the earth! 9And the whole righteous nation was troubled; they feared the evils that threatened them, and were ready to perish. 10Then they cried to God; and from their cry, as though from a tiny spring, there came a great river, with abundant water; 11light came, and the sun rose, and the lowly were exalted and consumed those held in honor.
12Mordecai saw in this dream what God had determined to do, and after he awoke he had it on his mind and sought all day to understand it in every detail.
Chapter 12
1Now Mordecai took his rest in the courtyard with Gabatha and Tharra, the two eunuchs of the king who kept watch in the courtyard. 2He overheard their conversation and inquired into their purposes, and learned that they were preparing to lay hands upon Artaxerxes the king; and he informed the king concerning them. 3Then the king examined the two eunuchs, and when they confessed they were led to execution. 4The king made a permanent record of these things, and Mordecai wrote an account of them. 5And the king ordered Mordecai to serve in the court and rewarded him for these things. 6But Haman, the son of Hammedatha, a Bougaean, was in great honor with the king, and he sought to injure Mordecai and his people because of the two eunuchs of the king.
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Copyright 1965, 1966 Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America.