Esta 3
1 Bangʼ ka gigi nosetimore, ruoth Ahasuerus nomiyo Haman wuod Hamedatha, ja-Agag duongʼ moloyo jodongo duto.
Some time later, King Xerxes (promoted/gave his most important job/work to) Haman, the son of Hammedatha, who was a descendant of [King] Agag. Haman became more important than all his other officials. [Only the king was more important.]
2 Jotich joka ruoth duto mane ni e rangach ne goyo chonggi piny ka gimiyo Haman duongʼ gi luor, nikech ruoth noseketo chik mondo otimne kamano. To Modekai to ne odagi goyone chonge piny kamiyego duongʼ.
Then the king commanded that all the other officials had to bow down in front of Haman to honor him [when he walked by]. But Mordecai refused to bow down to Haman.
3 Eka jotich joka ruoth mane ni e rangach nopenjo Modekai niya, “Angʼo momiyo idagi timo chik ma ruoth oketo?”
The [other] officials [saw that, and they] asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey what the king commanded?”
4 Pile ka pile ne giwuoyo kode, to nodagi timo kaka chik dwaro. Omiyo neginyiso Haman wachno mondo one anena kaka tim Modekai-ni inyalo yiego nimar nosewachonegi ni en ja-Yahudi.
Mordecai told them that he was a Jew, [and that Jews would bow down only to God]. Day after day the other officials spoke to Mordecai about that, but he still refused to obey. So they told Haman about it, to see if Haman would tolerate it.
5 Kane Haman oneno ni Modekai ok nyal goyone chonge piny kata miye luor, mirima nomake.
When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down to him, he became extremely angry.
6 To kaka ne osengʼeyo oganda ma Modekai ae, ne ochayo wach nego mana Modekai kende. Kar timo mano, Haman nodwaro yo monyalo tiekogo oganda gi Modekai duto, ma gin jo-Yahudi, e pinyruodh Ahasuerus duto.
[After he found out that Mordecai was a Jew, ] he decided that it would not be enough to get rid of only Mordecai. He decided to kill all the Jews in all the area that Xerxes ruled.
7 E higa mar apar gariyo mar ruoth Ahasuerus, e dwe mokwongo, miluongo ni Nisan negigoyo ombulu (miluongo ni pur) e nyim Haman mondo giyier odiechiengʼ gi dwe. To ombulu nolwar e dwe mar apar gariyo dwe miluongo ni Adar.
So, during the twelfth year that Xerxes was ruling, during the month of April, [Haman told his advisors to] (cast lots/throw small marked stones) to determine the best month and the best day to kill the Jews. Haman’s advisors did that, and the day that was selected was March 7th [during the following/next year].
8 Eka Haman nowachone ruoth Ahasuerus niya, “Nitie oganda moro moke e kind ogendini manie pinyruodhi ma timbegi opogore gi mag ogendini duto ma ok oluoro kata mana chike mag ruoth; omiyo ok en wach maber ka ruoth oweyogi aweya.
Then Haman [went to] the king [and] said to [him], “[Your majesty, ] there is a certain group of people who live in many areas [of your empire] whose customs are different from ours. They even refuse to obey your laws. So it would be good for you to get rid of them.
9 Ka ber ne ruoth to mondo ogol chik mondo otiekgi, an to abiro golo fedha maromo kilo alufu mia angʼwen mondo okete kar keno mar joka ruoth mondo ochul joma biro tiyo tijno.”
If it pleases you, command that they should all be killed. [If you do that, ] I will give (375 tons/750,000 pounds) of silver to your administrators so that you can use it for your government.”
10 Eka ruoth nogolo terene e lwete mi omiyo Haman wuod Hamedatha, ja-Agag, ma jawasik jo-Yahudi.
The king liked [what Haman said, so, and to confirm what he decided], he gave the ring that had his official seal on it to Haman, who now hated the Jews.
11 Ruoth nowachone Haman niya, “We golo pesani, to timne jogo gima in ema ihero.”
The king told Haman, “Keep your money, but do what you want to with those people [whom you talked about]!”
12 Kane ochopo tarik apar gadek mar dwe mokwongo, noluong jogoro mag joka ruoth. Negindiko barupe madhi e piny ka piny kendo e dhok mar oganda ka oganda gik mane Haman ochiko mondo ondiki ne jotelo morito pinje mopogore opogore gi jodongo mag ogendini. Barupegi nondik gi nying ruoth Ahasuerus owuon mi ogo sei gi tere mar ruoth.
On April 17th Haman summoned the king’s secretaries, and he dictated a letter to them that they [translated and] wrote to all the governors and administrators and other officials in all the provinces. They wrote copies of the letter in every language and every kind of writing/alphabet that was used in the empire. They wrote that all the Jews, [including] young people and old people, women and children, had to be killed on one day. That day was March 7th of the following year. They also wrote that [those who killed the Jews] could take everything that belonged to the Jews. [They signed] the king’s name [at the end of] the letters. Then they sealed the letters [with wax, and stamped the wax by] using the king’s ring. Then they sent the letters swiftly to every province in the empire,
13 Joote matero barupegi noor e pinje duto manie bwo loch ruoth kogolo chik ni jo-Yahudi duto nyaka negi matiek pep, bed ni gin jomatindo, joma oti, mon gi nyithindo matindo e odiechiengʼ achiel tarik apar gadek, dwe mar apar gariyo, miluongo ni Adar, kendo mondo oyak mwandugi.
14 Nondik wechegi moketgi kaka chik e pinje duto mondo oland ne ogendini gi dhout pinje mondo obed moikore ne chiengʼno.
The king [also commanded that] copies of these letters should be [nailed up] where [all the people] could see them, in every province, so that the people would be ready to do on the day the king had set [what was written in the letter].
15 Kaluwore gi chik ruoth, jootego nowuok piyo piyo mine oket milomeno e ohinga mar dala Susa. Ruoth gi Haman nobet piny mondo omethi, to dala maduongʼ mar Susa nobwok kowinjo wachno.
Then, according to what the king commanded, men [riding horses] took those letters quickly to every province [in the empire]. And one of the letters was read [aloud to the people] in the capital city, Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down and drank [wine], but the people in Susa were very perplexed [about why this was going to happen].
