Esther 3
1 And after this king Artaxerxes highly honored Aman [son] of Amadathes, the Bugaean, and exalted him, and set his seat above all his friends.
Poslije tih događaja kralj Ahasver promaknu Hamana, Hamdatina sina, Agađanina: uzvisi ga i njegovo prijestolje postavi iznad svih ostalih dostojanstvenika koji su bili s njim.
2 And all in the palace did him obeisance, for so the king had given orders to do: but Mardochaeus did not do him obeisance.
Svi službenici kraljevi koji su se nalazili na kraljevim vratima prigibali bi koljena i padali ničice pred Hamanom, jer je tako zapovjedio kralj. Ali Mordokaj ne bi prignuo koljeno niti bi pao ničice.
3 And they in the king's palace said to Mardochaeus, Mardochaeus, why do you transgress the commands of the king?
Službenici kraljevi koji su se nalazili na vratima kraljevim rekoše Mordokaju: "Zašto prestupaš kraljevu zapovijed?"
4 [Thus] they spoke daily to him, but he listened not to them; so they represented to Aman that Mardochaeus resisted the commands of the king: and Mardochaeus had shown to them that he was a Jew.
Iako su mu oni to ponavljali svaki dan, on ih ne posluša. Onda oni to dojaviše Hamanu, da vide vrijedi li Mordokajevo opravdanje. Jer im bijaše rekao da je Židov.
5 And when Aman understood that Mardochaeus did not obeisance to him, he was greatly enraged,
Kad Haman utvrdi da Mordokaj niti prigiba koljeno niti pada ničice pred njim, jako se razljuti.
6 and took counsel to destroy utterly all the Jews who were under the rule of Artaxerxes.
A kad dozna kojemu narodu pripada, učini mu se premalo podići ruke na samog Mordokaja nego naumi s njim pobiti i sve Židove koji su živjeli u svem kraljevstvu Ahasverovu.
7 And he made a decree in the twelfth year of the reign of Artaxerxes, and cast lots daily and monthly, to kill in one day the race of Mardochaeus: and the lot fell on the fourteenth [day] of the month which is Adar.
U prvom mjesecu, to jest u mjesecu Nisanu, dvanaeste godine Ahasverova kraljevanja u nazočnosti Hamana baciše "Pur", to jest ždrijeb, da utvrde dan i mjesec. Ždrijeb pade na trinaesti dan dvanaestoga mjeseca, to jest na mjeseca Adara.
8 And he spoke to king Artaxerxes, saying, There is a nation scattered among the nations in all your kingdom, and their laws differ from [those of] all the [other] nations; and they disobey the laws of the king; and it is not expedient for the king to let them alone.
I Haman kaza kralju Ahasveru: "U svim pokrajinama tvoga kraljevstva ima jedan narod razasut među drugim narodima i od njih odvojen. Njegovi su zakoni drugačiji od zakona u svih ostalih naroda. Oni se ne drže kraljevskih odredaba. Kralj ih zato ne smije pustiti na miru.
9 If it seem good to the king, let him make a decree to destroy them: and I will remit into the king's treasury ten thousand talents of silver.
Ako je kralju po volji, neka se raspiše da se oni zatru; a ja ću izbrojiti deset tisuća srebrnih talenata na ruke povjerenika da ih pohrane u kraljevsku riznicu."
10 And the king took off his ring, and gave it into the hands of Aman, to seal the decrees against the Jews.
Nakon toga kralj skinu pečatni prsten s ruke i preda ga Hamanu, sinu Hamdatinu, Agađaninu, neprijatelju Židova,
11 And the king said to Aman, Keep the silver, and treat the nation as you will.
i kaza mu: "Neka ti bude novac i narod, pa učini s njim što bude dobro u tvojim očima."
12 So the king's recorders were called in the first month, on the thirteenth [day], and they wrote as Aman commanded to the captains and governors in every province, from India even to Ethiopia, to a hundred and twenty-seven provinces; and to the rulers of the nations according to their [several] languages, in the name of king Artaxerxes.
Trinaestoga dana prvoga mjeseca bijahu sazvani kraljevi pisari, pa o onome što je naložio Haman sastaviše pisma i upraviše ih kraljevskim namjesnicima, upraviteljima što stajahu na čelu pojedinih pokrajina, knezovima svakoga pojedinog naroda, svakoj pokrajini njezinim pismom i svakom narodu njegovim jezikom. Pisma su napisana u kraljevo ime i na njima je udaren kraljev pečat.
13 And [the message] was sent by posts throughout the kingdom of Artaxerxes, to destroy utterly the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods.
Po skorotečama razaslane su svim kraljevim pokrajinama poslanice da se svi Židovi, od dječaka do staraca, djeca i žene unište, pobiju, zatru, a njihova dobra da se zaplijene u jednom jedinom danu, i to trinaestog dana dvanaestog mjeseca, mjeseca Adara.
14 And the copies of the letters were published in every province; and an order was given to all the nations to be ready against that day.
Sadržaj ove naredbe, koja je imala postati zakonom u svakoj pokrajini, bio je objavljen svim narodima da bi bili spremni za taj dan.
15 And the business was hastened, and [that] at Susa: and the king and Aman began to drink; but the city was troubled.
Skoroteče žurno potekoše s kraljevskom naredbom. Zakon bi objavljen i u tvrđavi Suze, pa dok su kralj i Haman sjedili i častili se, grad je Suza bio uznemiren.
