Esther 3
1 After these things, king Assuerus advanced Aman, the son of Amadathi, who was of the race of Agag: and he set his throne above all the princes that were with him.
Po teh stvareh je Kralj Ahasvér povišal Hamána, Hamedátovega sina, Agágovca in ga napredoval in njegov sedež postavil nad vse prince, ki so bili z njim.
2 And all the king’s servants, that were at the doors of the palace, bent their knees, and worshipped Aman: for so the emperor had commanded them, only Mardochai did not bend his knee, nor worship him.
Vsi kraljevi služabniki, ki so bili pri kraljevih velikih vratih, so se priklonili in častili Hamána, kajti kralj je glede njega tako zapovedal. Mordohaj pa se ni priklonil niti ga ni častil.
3 And the king’s servants that were chief at the doors of the palace, said to him: Why dost thou alone not observe the king’s commandment?
Potem so kraljevi služabniki, ki so bili pri kraljevih velikih vratih, Mordohaju rekli: »Zakaj prestopaš kraljevo zapoved?«
4 And when they were saying this often, and he would not hearken to them; they told Aman, desirous to know whether he would continue in his resolution: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
Pripetilo se je torej, ko so mu dnevno govorili in jim ni prisluhnil, da so povedali Hamánu, da vidijo, ali bodo Mordohajeve zadeve obstale, kajti povedal jim je, da je bil Jud.
5 Now when Aman had heard this, and had proved by experience that Mardochai did not bend his knee to him, nor worship him, he was exceeding angry.
Ko je Hamán videl, da se Mordohaj ni priklonil niti ga ni častil, potem je bil Hamán poln besa.
6 And he counted it nothing to lay his hands upon Mardochai alone: for he had heard that he was of the nation of the Jews, and he chose rather to destroy all the nation of the Jews that were in the kingdom of Assuerus.
Zdelo se mu je v posmeh, da položi roke samo na Mordohaja, kajti pokazali so mu Mordohajevo ljudstvo. Zato je Hamán iskal, da uniči vse Jude, ki so bili po celotnem Ahasvérjevem kraljestvu, torej Mordohajevo ljudstvo.
7 In the first month (which is called Nisan) in the twelfth year a of the reign of Assuerus, the lot was cast into an urn, which in Hebrew is called Phur, before Aman, on what day and what month the nation of the Jews should be destroyed: and there came out the twelfth month, which is called Adar.
V prvem mesecu, ki je mesec nisán, v dvanajstem letu kralja Ahasvérja, so metali pur, kar je žreb, pred Hamánom iz dneva v dan in iz meseca v mesec, do dvanajstega meseca, ki je mesec adár.
8 And Aman said to king Assuerus: There is a people scattered through all the provinces of thy kingdom, and separated one from another, that use new laws and ceremonies, and moreover despise the king’s ordinances: and thou knowest very well that it is not expedient for thy kingdom that they should grow insolent by impunity.
Hamán je rekel Kralju Ahasvérju: »Tam je neko ljudstvo, razkropljeno naokoli in razpršeno med ljudstvom po vseh provincah tvojega kraljestva. Njihove postave so različne od vsega ljudstva niti se ne držijo kraljevih postav. Zatorej to ni za kraljevo korist, da jih trpi.
9 If it please thee, decree that they may he destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents to thy treasurers.
Če to ugaja kralju, naj bo to zapisano, da bodo lahko uničeni, jaz pa bom plačal deset tisoč talentov srebra rokam tistih, ki so zadolženi za to delo, da to prinesejo v kraljeve zakladnice.«
10 And the king took the ring that he used, from his own hand, and gave it to Aman, the son of Amadathi of the race of Agag, the enemy of the Jews,
Kralj je iz svoje roke snel svoj prstan ter ga dal Hamedátovemu sinu Hamánu, Agágovcu, sovražniku Judov.
11 And he said to him: As to the money which thou promisest, keep it for thyself: and as to the people, do with them as seemeth good to thee.
Kralj je rekel Hamánu: »Srebro ti je dano, tudi ljudstvo, da storiš z njimi, kakor se ti zdi dobro.«
12 And the king’s scribes were called in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same month: and they wrote, as Aman had commanded, to all the king’s lieutenants, and to the judges of the provinces, and of divers nations, as every nation could read, and hear according to their different languages, in the name of king Assuerus: and the letters, sealed with his ring,
Potem so bili na trinajsti dan prvega meseca poklicani kraljevi pisarji in bilo je napisano glede na vse, kar je Hamán ukazal kraljevim poročnikom in voditeljem, ki so bili nad vsako provinco in vladarjem vsakega ljudstva vsake province, glede na njihovo pisavo in vsakemu ljudstvu glede na njihov jezik. V imenu kralja Ahasvérja je bilo napisano in zapečateno s kraljevim prstanom.
13 Were sent by the king’s messengers to all provinces, to kill and destroy all the Jews, both young and old, little children, and women, in one day, that is, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is called Adar, and to make a spoil of their goods.
Pisma so bila po slih poslana v vse kraljeve province, da uničijo, ubijejo in pogubijo vse Jude, tako mlade kakor stare, majhne otroke in ženske, na en dan, torej na trinajsti dan dvanajstega meseca, ki je mesec adár in da si njihov dobiček vzamejo za plen.
14 And the contents of the letters were to this effect, that all provinces might know and be ready against that day.
Prepis pisanja za zapoved, ki naj bo predana v vsako provinco, je bilo razglašeno vsem ljudstvom, da bodo pripravljeni za ta dan.
15 The couriers that were sent made haste to fulfill the king’s commandment. And immediately the edict was hung up in Susan, the king and Aman feasting together, and all the Jews that were in the city weeping.
Sli so odšli ven, podvizani s kraljevo zapovedjo in odlok je bil izdan v palači Suze. Kralj in Hamán pa sta se usedla, da pijeta, mesto Suze pa je bilo zbegano.
