אֱמֹר֙ אֶל־כָּל־עַ֣ם הָאָ֔רֶץ וְאֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים לֵאמֹ֑ר כִּֽי־צַמְתֶּ֨ם וְסָפ֜וֹד בַּחֲמִישִׁ֣י וּבַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י וְזֶה֙ שִׁבְעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה הֲצ֥וֹם צַמְתֻּ֖נִי אָֽנִי׃
'Parla con tutto il popolo del paese e con i sacerdoti, dicendo: Quando digiunasti e piansisti nel quinto e nel settimo mese, anche in questi settant'anni, hai digiunato per me, anche per me?
Zechariah
Au huitième mois, dans la seconde année de Darius, la parole de l’Éternel fut adressée au prophète Zacharie, fils de Bérékhia, fils d’Iddo, en ces termes:
Esther
To fulfill these days of Purim in their times, as instituted for them by Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther, and as they fulfilled in themselves and in their seed, the words of the fasts and their outcries.