[恢复本] 诏书由驿卒送达王的各省，吩咐要将所有的犹大人，无论老少妇女孩子，在一日之间，在十二月，就是亚达月十三日，全然歼毁，杀戮灭绝，并夺他们的财物为掠物。

[RCV] And letters were sent by couriers to all the king's provinces to destroy, to slay, and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, children and women, in one day, that is, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to plunder their spoil.