< Esther 3 >

1 Some time after this, King Xerxes honored Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, giving him a position higher than all his fellow officials.
Lẹ́yìn àwọn ìṣẹ̀lẹ̀ wọ̀nyí, ọba Ahaswerusi dá Hamani ọmọ Hammedata, ará Agagi lọ́lá, ọba gbé e ga, ó si fún un ní àga ọlá tí ó ju ti gbogbo àwọn ọlọ́lá tókù lọ.
2 All the officials in royal employment bowed down and showed respect to Haman, for this is what the king had commanded. But Mordecai would not bow down and show respect to him.
Gbogbo àwọn ìjòyè ọba tí ó wà ní ẹnu-ọ̀nà ọba wọn kúnlẹ̀ wọ́n sì fi ọlá fun Hamani, nítorí ọba ti pàṣẹ èyí nípa tirẹ̀. Ṣùgbọ́n Mordekai kò ní kúnlẹ̀ tàbí bu ọlá fún un.
3 The king's officials asked Mordecai, “Why are you disobeying the king's command?”
Nígbà náà ni àwọn ìjòyè ọba tí ó wà ní ẹnu-ọ̀nà béèrè lọ́wọ́ Mordekai pé, “Èéṣe tí ìwọ kò ṣe pa àṣẹ ọba mọ́.”
4 They talked to him about it day after day, but he refused to listen. So they told Haman about it to see if he would put up with what Mordecai was doing, for Mordecai had told them he was a Jew.
Ní ojoojúmọ́ ni wọ́n máa n sọ fún un ṣùgbọ́n ó kọ̀ láti ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀. Nítorí náà, wọ́n sọ fún Hamani nípa rẹ̀ láti wò ó bóyá ó lè gba irú ìwà tí Mordekai ń hù yìí, nítorí tí ó ti sọ fún wọn pé Júù ni òun.
5 Haman was furious when he saw that Mordecai did not bow down and show respect to him.
Nígbà tí Hamani rí i pé Mordekai kò ní kúnlẹ̀ tàbí bu ọlá fún òun, ó bínú.
6 Having found out who Mordecai's people were, he dismissed the idea of just killing Mordecai. He decided to kill every Jew in the whole Persian Empire—all of Mordecai's people!
Síbẹ̀ kò mọ irú ènìyàn tí Mordekai jẹ́, ó kẹ́gàn láti pa Mordekai nìkan. Dípò bẹ́ẹ̀ Hamani ń wá láti pa gbogbo ènìyàn Mordekai run, àwọn Júù jákèjádò gbogbo ìjọba Ahaswerusi.
7 In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, “pur” (meaning a “lot”) was cast in Haman's presence to choose a day and month, taking each day and each month one at a time. The lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
Ní ọdún kejìlá ọba Ahaswerusi, ní oṣù kìn-ín-ní, èyí ni oṣù Nisani, wọ́n da puri (èyí tí í ṣe, ìbò) ní iwájú Hamani láti yan ọjọ́ kan àti oṣù, ìbò náà sì wáyé ní oṣù kejìlá, oṣù Addari.
8 Haman went to King Xerxes and said, “There's a particular people living among others in many different places throughout the provinces of your empire who cut themselves off from everybody else. They have their own laws which are different to those of any other people, and what's more, they don't obey the king's laws. So it's not a good idea for Your Majesty to ignore them.
Nígbà náà ni Hamani sọ fún ọba Ahaswerusi pé, “Àwọn ènìyàn kan wà tí wọ́n fọ́nká tí wọ́n sì túká ní ara àwọn ènìyàn ní gbogbo àgbáyé ìjọba rẹ̀ tí ìṣe wọn yàtọ̀ sí ti gbogbo àwọn tókù tí wọn kò sì pa òfin ọba mọ́; èyí kì í ṣe ìfẹ́ ọba láti gbà fún wọn bẹ́ẹ̀.
9 If it please Your Majesty, issue a decree to destroy them, and I will personally contribute 10,000 silver talents to those who carry out the king's business to be placed in the royal treasury.”
Tí ó bá tẹ́ ọba lọ́rùn, kí a gbé òfin kan jáde tí yóò pa wọ́n run, èmi yóò sì fi ẹgbẹ̀rún mẹ́wàá tálẹ́ǹtì fàdákà sínú ìṣúra ọba fún àwọn ọkùnrin tí wọn o ṣe iṣẹ́ náà.”
10 The king took off his signet ring and handed it to Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
Nítorí náà, ọba sì bọ́ òrùka èdìdì tí ó wà ní ìka rẹ̀, ó sì fi fún Hamani ọmọ Hammedata, ará Agagi, ọ̀tá àwọn Júù.
11 The king told Haman, “You can have the money, and do to the people whatever you want.”
Ọba sọ fún Hamani pé, “Pa owó náà mọ́, kí o sì ṣe ohun tí ó wù ọ́ fún àwọn ènìyàn náà.”
12 On the thirteenth day of the first month the king's secretaries were summoned. A decree was issued in accordance with everything Haman demanded and sent to the king's chief officers, the governors of the different provinces and the nobles of the various peoples in the provinces. It was sent in the script of each province and in the language of every people, with the authorization of King Xerxes and sealed with his signet ring.
Nígbà tí ó di ọjọ́ kẹtàlá oṣù kìn-ín-ní àkọ́kọ́, wọ́n pe àwọn akọ̀wé ọba jọ. Wọ́n kọ ọ́ ní ìlànà bí ìgbèríko kọ̀ọ̀kan ṣe ń kọ̀wé, ó kọ̀wé sí àwọn ènìyàn kọ̀ọ̀kan ní èdè wọn gbogbo èyí tí Hamani ti pàṣẹ sí àwọn akọ̀wé ọba, sí baálẹ̀ ìgbèríko kọ̀ọ̀kan àti àwọn ọlọ́lá àwọn onírúurú ènìyàn. A kọ èyí ní orúkọ ọba Ahaswerusi fúnra rẹ̀ ó sì fi òrùka ọba ṣe èdìdì i rẹ̀.
13 Letters were sent by messenger to all the provinces in the king's empire with orders to destroy, kill, and annihilate all Jews, young and old, women and children, and confiscate their possessions, all in one day—the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
A sì fi ìwé náà ránṣẹ́ sí gbogbo àwọn ìgbèríko ọba pẹ̀lú àṣẹ láti parun, láti pa gbogbo àwọn Júù èwe àti àgbà, obìnrin àti àwọn ọmọ wẹ́wẹ́—ní ọjọ́ kan kí wọn sì parẹ́, ní ọjọ́ kẹtàlá oṣù kejìlá, oṣù Addari kí a sì kó àwọn ohun ìní wọn.
14 A copy of the decree was to be issued as law in every province and publicized to the people so that they would be ready for the day.
Kí ẹ mú àdàkọ ìwé náà kí a tẹ̀ ẹ́ jáde bí òfin ní gbogbo ìgbèríko kí ó sì di mí mọ̀ fún àwọn ènìyàn ìlú nítorí kí wọ́n le múra fún ọjọ́ náà.
15 By order of the king the messengers hurried on their way. The decree was also issued in the fortress of Susa. The king and Haman sat down for a drink while the people in city of Susa were very disturbed.
Àwọn ìránṣẹ́ náà sì jáde, wọ́n tẹ̀síwájú nípa àṣẹ ọba, ìkéde náà sì jáde ní ilé ìṣọ́ ti Susa. Ọba àti Hamani jókòó wọ́n ń mu, ṣùgbọ́n ìlú Susa wà nínú ìdààmú.

< Esther 3 >