Ester 3
1 Efter disse Tildragelser gjorde Kong Ahasverus Haman, Ham-Medathas Søn, Agagiten, stor og ophøjede ham og satte hans Stol over alle Fyrsters, som vare hos ham.
After these events King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him to a place above all the officials who were with him.
2 Og alle Kongens Tjenere, som vare i Kongens Port, knælede og bøjede sig ned for Haman, thi Kongen havde saa budet om ham; men Mardokaj knælede ikke og nedbøjede sig ikke.
All the king’s courtiers who were in the king’s gate used to bow down before Haman, for so the king had commanded, but Mordecai did not bow down nor prostrate himself.
3 Da sagde Kongens Tjenere, som vare i Kongens Port, til Mardokaj: Hvorfor overtræder du Kongens Bud?
Then the king’s courtiers, who were in the king’s gate, said to Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the king’s command?”
4 Og det skete, der de sagde det daglig til ham, og han hørte dem ikke, da gave de Haman det til Kende for at se, om Mardokajs Ord skulde bestaa; thi han havde tilkendegivet dem, at han var en Jøde.
When they had spoken to him day after day without his listening to them, they informed Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s acts would be tolerated, for he had told them that he was a Jew.
5 Der Haman saa, at Mardokaj ikke knælede eller nedbøjede sig for ham, da blev Haman opfyldt med Harme.
When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down nor prostrate himself before him, he was furious.
6 Og han fandt det altfor lidet i sine Øjne, at lægge Haand paa Mardokaj alene (thi de havde givet ham til Kende, af hvad Folk Mardokaj var); og Haman søgte at ødelægge alle Jøderne, som vare udi Ahasverus's ganske Rige, Mardokajs Folk.
But it seemed to him beneath his dignity to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him who Mordecai’s people were. Instead Haman sought to destroy all the people of Mordecai, all the Jews throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
7 I den første Maaned, det er Nisan Maaned, i Ahasverus's tolvte Aar, kastede man Pur, det er Lod, for Hamans Ansigt, fra Dag til Dag og fra Maaned til den tolvte Maaned, det er Adar Maaned.
In the first month (the month of Nisan) in the twelfth year of the reign of King Ahasuerus, Haman had ‘pur’ (which means ‘lot’) cast before him to determine the best day and best month for his actions. The lot fell on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month – the month of Adar.
8 Og Haman sagde til Kong Ahasverus: Her er et Folk adspredt og fordelt iblandt Folkene i alle dit Riges Landskaber; og deres Love ere anderledes end alt Folkets, de gøre ikke heller efter Kongens Love, derfor er det ikke Kongen nyttigt at lade dem blive i Ro.
So Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, whose laws differ from those of every other and who do not keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not right for the king to tolerate them.
9 Dersom det synes godt for Kongen, saa lad der udstedes en Skrivelse om at udrydde dem: Saa vil jeg veje ti Tusinde Centner Sølv i Embedsmændenes Hænder, at de kunne føre dem i Kongens Skatkammer.
If it seems best to the king, let an order be given to destroy them, and I will pay ten thousand silver coins into the royal treasury.”
10 Da tog Kongen sin Ring af sin Haand og gav den til Haman, Ham-Medathas Søn, Agagiten, Jødernes Fjende.
So the king took off his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
11 Og Kongen sagde til Haman: Det Sølv skal være dig skænket, og Folket tillige, at gøre med det, som det synes godt for dine Øjne.
“The money is yours,” the king said to Haman, “and the people also to do with them as you wish.”
12 Da bleve Kongens Skrivere kaldte i den første Maaned, paa den trettende Dag i den, og der blev skrevet aldeles, som Haman havde befalet, til Kongens Statholdere og til Landshøvdingerne, som vare over hvert Landskab, og til hvert Folks Øverster, til hvert Landskab efter dets Skrift og til hvert Folk efter dets Tungemaal; i Kong Ahasverus's Navn blev der skrevet og beseglet med Kongens Ring.
And so, on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king’s secretaries were summoned and as Haman instructed an edict was issued to the king’s satraps and provincial governors and the rulers of each of the peoples in their own script and their own language. The edict was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with his ring.
13 Og Brevene bleve sendte ved Løbere til alle Kongens Landskaber om at ødelægge, at ihjelslaa og at omkomme alle Jøderne, baade unge og gamle, smaa Børn og Kvinder, paa en Dag, nemlig paa den tolvte Maaneds trettende Dag, det er Adar Maaned, og om at røve Bytte hos dem.
Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces, saying: Destroy, kill, put an end to all the Jews, young and old, little children and women, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, and plunder their possessions.
14 En Genpart af Skrivelsen var, at der skulde gives en Lov i alle og ethvert Landskab, at det skal være vitterligt for alle Folk, at de skulde være rede til den Dag.
A copy of the edict was to be published as a decree in every province – publicly displayed so that everyone might be ready for that day.
15 Løberne gik ud og skyndte sig efter Kongens Ord, og den Lov blev given i Borgen Susan; og Kongen og Haman sade for at drikke, medens Staden Susan var i Forvirring.
By command of the king the couriers raced off, and the edict was published in Susa itself. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in turmoil.
