Esther 3
1 After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.
यी कुरापछि राजा अहासूरसले अगागी हम्मदाताका छोरा हामानलाई बढुवा गरे, र तिनीसित भएका सबै अधिकारीभन्दा तिनको अधिकारको पद माथि राखिदिए ।
2 All the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down or pay him homage.
राजाको ढोकामा भएका सबै सेवकले हामानको सामु घुँडा टेक्नु र लम्पसार परेर दण्डवत् गर्नु भन्ने आदेश राजाबाट भएको थियो । तर मोर्दकैले न घँडा टेके, न लम्पसार परे ।
3 Then the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the king’s commandment?”
तब राजाको ढोकामा बस्ने राजाका सेवकहरूले मोर्दकैलाई भने, “राजाको आज्ञालाई तपाईं किन अटेर गर्नुहुन्छ?”
4 Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he did not listen to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s reason would stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew.
तिनीहरूले दिनप्रतिदिन तिनीसित उही कुरा गरे तापनि तिनले उनीहरूका इच्छाको बेवास्ता गरे । त्यसैले मोर्दकैको बारेमा त्यस्तै रहन्छ कि रहँदैन भनी तिनीहरूले त्यो कुरा हामानलाई बताए किनकि मोर्दकै यहूदी थिए भनी उनले तिनीहरूलाई भनेका थिए ।
5 When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.
हामानको सामु मोर्दकैले घुँडा नटेकेको र ननिहुरेको कुरा जब हामानले देखे, तब तिनी रिसले चूर भए ।
6 But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him Mordecai’s people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even Mordecai’s people.
मोर्दकैलाई मात्र मार्नुपर्छ भन्ने विचारलाई तिनले टेरेनन् किनकि मोर्दकैका मानिसहरू को थिए भनी राजाका सेवकहरूले तिनलाई बताएका थिए । हामानले अहासूरसको सम्पूर्ण राज्यमा भएका सारा यहूदी अर्थात् मोर्दकैको जातिलाई सखाप पार्न चाहन्थे ।
7 In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, and chose the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
राजा अहासूरसको बाह्रौँ वर्षको पहिलो महिनामा (जुन नीसान महिना हो) दिन र महिनाको छनोट गर्न हामानको सामु पुर अर्थात् चिट्ठा हालियो । चिट्ठा बाह्रौँ महिनामा (जुन अदार महिना हो) नपरेसम्म तिनीहरूले चिट्ठा हालिरहे ।
8 Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different from other people’s. They do not keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not for the king’s profit to allow them to remain.
तब हामानले राजा अहासूरसलाई भने, “एउटा कोही मानिसहरू छन् जुन हजुरको राज्यका सारा प्रान्तभिर छरिएर रहेका छन् । तिनीहरूको व्यवस्था अरू मानिसहरूको भन्दा फरक छ, र तिनीहरूले राजाको व्यवस्था पालन गर्दैनन् । त्यसैले तिनीहरूलाई छोडिदिनु राजाको लागि उचित होइन ।
9 If it pleases the king, let it be written that they be destroyed; and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who are in charge of the king’s business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.”
राजालाई खुसी लागेमा तिनीहरूलाई मार्ने आदेश दिनुहोस्, र यो काम गर्ने राजाका कर्मचारीहरूका निम्ति म राजकोषमा जम्मा गर्न तिन लाख किलो चाँदी दिनेछु ।”
10 The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
तब राजाले आफ्नो हातबाट छाप-औँठी निकाले र यहूदीहरूका शत्रु अगागी हम्मदाताका छोरा हामानलाई त्यो दिए ।
11 The king said to Haman, “The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.”
राजाले हामानलाई भने, “तिमी र तिम्रा मानिसहरूलाई रुपियाँ-पैसा फिर्ता दिइएको म हेर्नेछु । तिमीलाई इच्छा छ त्यही त्यसले गर ।”
12 Then the king’s scribes were called in on the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month; and all that Haman commanded was written to the king’s local governors, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus, and it was sealed with the king’s ring.
तब पहिलो महिनाको तेह्रौँ दिनमा राजाका सचिवहरूलाई बोलाइयो, र हामानको आदेश समावेश गर्ने गरी एउटा उर्दी लेखेर राजा प्रान्तीय गभर्नरहरू, सबै प्रान्तका अधिकारीहरू, विभिन्न जातिका सबै गभर्नरहरू, सबैजातिका अधिकारीहरूलाई हरेक प्रान्तमा तिनीहरूको आफ्नै लिपि र हरेक जातिको आफ्नै भाषामा पठाइयो । यसलाई राजा अहासूरसको नाउँमा लेखिएको र त्यसलाई तिनको औँठीद्वारा छाप लगाइएको थियो ।
13 Letters were sent by couriers into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to plunder their possessions.
बाह्रौँ महिना (जुन अदार महिना हो) को तेह्रौँ दिनमा युवादेखि वृद्धसम्म, बालबालिका र महिला सबै यहूदीलाई एकै दिनमा नामेट पार्न, मार्न र नाश गर्न अनि तिनीहरूका धन-सम्पत्ति खोस्न राजाका सारा प्रान्तमा पत्रवाहकहरूद्वारा चिठ्ठीहरू पठाइए ।
14 A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day.
हरेक प्रान्तमा उक्त चिट्ठीको एकप्रतिलाई कानुन बनाइयो । तिनीहरू त्यही दिन तयार हुनुपर्छ भनेर हरेक प्रान्तमा सबै मानिसलाई जानकारी गराइयो ।
15 The couriers went out in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Susa was perplexed.
राजाको आदेशलाई वितरण गर्न पत्रवाहकहरू हतारिए गए । शूशनको किल्लाभित्र पनि उर्दी बाँडियो । राजा र हामान पिउनलाई बसे, तर शूशन सहरमा भने हलचल मच्चियो ।
