Talmai — Addition E 14: God turns this day from destruction into joy for the chosen people.
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Source edition: H. B. Swete, The Old Testament in Greek, 19.8.1a-24a

GREEK: ταύτην γὰρ ὁ πάντα δυναστεύων θεὸς ἀντʼ ὀλεθρίας τοῦ ἐκλεκτοῦ γένους ἐποίησεν αὐτοῖς εὐφροσύνην.
ENGLISH (draft-awaiting-approval): for this day God, who rules over all things, has made for them a day of joy instead of destruction for the chosen race.

PARALLELS:
- [Verbatim] Tosefet le-Esther, צו המלך השני (Tosefet le-Esther (he.wikisource editorial page: Additions to Esther in Hebrew)) — conduit: medieval retranslation. 'זה היום יום בכי ומספד יהפך מיגון לשמחה' directly renders Addition E's day turned from destruction to joy.
- [Motif] Megillah 13b:12 (Bavli Megillah 9a-17a) — conduit: oral. 'God created the remedy for the wound' before it fell -- divine foresight behind the reversal -- matches the plus's 'God, who rules over all things, has made for them a day of joy instead of destruction.'
- [Motif] Rashi on Megillah 16b:8:2 (Rashi on Bavli Megillah 9a-17a) — conduit: oral. 'This is a festival -- they took festival days upon themselves' is the specific institution of joy in place of destruction Addition E describes.
- [Flagged] Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 1054:12 (Yalkut Shimoni on Esther (Remez 1046-1061)) — conduit: lost intermediary. God's own answer to Haman's calendar-counting — 'תרין יומין דאתון להון שמחה במפלתו של אותו האיש' — explicitly makes the appointed days joy at Haman's own downfall, matching the plus's theological claim that God turned this day from destruction into joy; goes beyond MT's mere fixing of dates.
- [Motif] Targum Sheni on Esther 9:22:1 (Targum Sheni on Esther) — conduit: Aramaic. 'The month turned for them from mourning to gladness and from distress to a good day' closely matches Addition E's 'a day of joy instead of destruction.'