Ester 3
1 Nogen Tid efter gav Kong Ahasverus Agagiten Haman, Hammedatas Søn, en høj Stilling og udmærkede ham og gav ham Forsædet blandt alle Fyrsterne, som var hos ham.
After these things, by the order of the king, Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, was lifted up and given a position of honour and a higher place than all the other captains who were with him.
2 Og alle Kongens Tjenere, som var i Kongens Port, faldt på Knæ og kastede sig til Jorden for Haman, thi den Ære havde Kongen påbudt at vise ham. Men Mordokaj faldt ikke på Knæ og kastede sig ikke til Jorden.
And all the king's servants who were in the king's house went down to the earth before Haman and gave him honour: for so the king had given orders. But Mordecai did not go down before him or give him honour.
3 Kongens Tjenere, som var i Kongens Port, sagde da til Mordokaj: "Hvorfor overtræder du Kongens Bud?"
Then the king's servants who were in the king's house said to Mordecai, Why do you go against the king's order?
4 Og da de havde sagt det til ham flere Dage i Træk, uden at han ænsede det, meldte de Haman det for at se, om Mordokajs Ord vilde blive taget for gyldige; thi han havde gjort gældende over for dem, at han var Jøde.
Now when they had said this to him day after day and he gave no attention, they let Haman have news of it, to see if Mordecai's behaviour would be overlooked: for he had said to them that he was a Jew.
5 Da nu Haman så, at Mordokaj hverken faldt på Knæ eller kastede sig til Jorden for ham, blev han såre opbragt.
And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not go down before him and give him honour, Haman was full of wrath.
6 Og da det blev fortalt ham, hvilket Folk Mordokaj tilhørte, var han ikke tilfreds med kun at lægge Hånd på Mordokaj, men satte sig til Mål at få alle Jøderne i hele Ahasverus's Rige udryddet, fordi det var Mordokajs Folk.
But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
7 I den første Måned, det er Nisan Måned, i Kong Ahasverus's tolvte Regeringsår kastede man i Hamans Påsyn Pur, det er Lod, om hver enkelt Dag og hver enkelt Måned, og Loddet traf den trettende Dag i den tolvte Måned, det er Adar Måned.
In the first month, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, from day to day and from month to month they went on looking for a sign given by Pur (that is chance) before Haman, till the sign came out for the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.
8 Haman sagde derpå til Kong Ahasverus: Der findes et Folk, som bor spredt og lever for sig selv iblandt Folkene i alle dit Riges Dele; deres Love er anderledes end alle andre Folks, og Kongens Love holder de ikke. Derfor er det ikke Kongen værdigt at lade dem være i Fred.
And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain nation living here and there in small groups among the people in all the divisions of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of any other nation, and they do not keep the king's laws: for this reason it is not right for the king to let them be.
9 Hvis Kongen synes, lad der så udgå skriftlig Befaling til at udrydde dem; jeg vil da kunne tilveje Embedsmændene 10.000 Talenter Sølv til at lægge i Kongens Skatkamre.
If it is the king's pleasure, let a statement ordering their destruction be put in writing: and I will give to those responsible for the king's business, ten thousand talents of silver for the king's store-house.
10 Da tog Kongen Seglringen at sin Hånd og gav den til Agagiten Haman, Hammedatas Søn, Jødernes Fjende,
And the king took his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of the Jews.
11 og Kongen sagde til Haman: "Sølvet skal tilhøre dig, og med Folket kan du gøre, hvad du finder for godt!"
And the king said to Haman, The money is yours, and the people, to do with them whatever seems right to you.
12 Kongens Skrivere blev så tilkaldt den trettende Dag i den første Måned; og ganske som Haman bød, affattedes Skrivelser til de kongelige Satraper og Statholdere over hver enkelt Laodsdel og til hvert enkelt Folks Fyrster, til hver Landsdel med dens egen Skrift og til hvert Folk på dets eget Sprog. I Kong Ahasverus's Navn blev de skrevet, og de forsegledes med Kongens Seglring.
Then on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king's scribes were sent for, and they put in writing Haman's orders to all the king's captains and the rulers of every division of his kingdom and the chiefs of every people: for every division of the kingdom in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs; it was signed in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with the king's ring.
13 Skrivelser sendtes så ved Ilbud ud i alle Kongens Lande med Befaling til at udrydde, ihjelslå og tilintetgøre alle Jøder, unge og gamle, Børn og Kvinder, på een Dag, den trettende Dag i den tolvte Måned, det er Adar Måned, og at prisgive deres Ejendele.
And letters were sent by the runners into every division of the kingdom ordering the death and destruction of all Jews, young and old, little children and women, on the same day, even the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar, and the taking of all their goods by force.
14 En Afskrift af Skrivelsen, der skulde udstedes som Forordning i alle Rigets Dele, blev kundgjort for alle Folkene, for at de kunde være rede til den Dag.
A copy of the writing, to be made public in every part of the kingdom, was sent out to all the peoples, so that they might be ready when that day came.
15 Ilbudene skyndte sig af Sted på Kongens Bud, så snart Forordningen var udgået i Borgen Susan. Kongen og Haman satte sig så til at drikke; men Byen Susan var rædselsslagen.
The runners went out quickly by the king's order, and a public statement was made in Shushan: and the king and Haman took wine together: but the town of Shushan was troubled.
