Esther 3

1 After these things King Achashyerosh promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the officials who were with him.

١ بَعْدَ هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورِ عَظَّمَ ٱلْمَلِكُ أَحَشْوِيرُوشُ هَامَانَ بْنَ هَمَدَاثَا ٱلْأَجَاجِيَّ وَرَقَّاهُ، وَجَعَلَ كُرْسِيَّهُ فَوْقَ جَمِيعِ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ.

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.

٢ فَكَانَ كُلُّ عَبِيدِ ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱلَّذِينَ بِبَابِ ٱلْمَلِكِ يَجْثُونَ وَيَسْجُدُونَ لِهَامَانَ، لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا أَوْصَى بِهِ ٱلْمَلِكُ. وَأَمَّا مُرْدَخَايُ فَلَمْ يَجْثُ وَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ.

3 Then the king's servants, who were in the King's Gate, said to Mordecai, "Why do you disobey the king's commandment?"

٣ فَقَالَ عَبِيدُ ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱلَّذِينَ بِبَابِ ٱلْمَلِكِ لِمُرْدَخَايَ: «لِمَاذَا تَتَعَدَّى أَمْرَ ٱلْمَلِكِ؟»

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.

٤ وَإِذْ كَانُوا يُكَلِّمُونَهُ يَوْمًا فَيَوْمًا وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَسْمَعْ لَهُمْ، أَخْبَرُوا هَامَانَ لِيَرَوْا هَلْ يَقُومُ كَلَامُ مُرْدَخَايَ، لِأَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُمْ بِأَنَّهُ يَهُودِيٌّ.

5 When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down, nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.

٥ وَلَمَّا رَأَى هَامَانُ أَنَّ مُرْدَخَايَ لَا يَجْثُو وَلَا يَسْجُدُ لَهُ، ٱمْتَلَأَ هَامَانُ غَضَبًا.

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 Achashyerosh, even Mordecai's people.

٦ وَٱزْدُرِيَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ أَنْ يَمُدَّ يَدَهُ إِلَى مُرْدَخَايَ وَحْدَهُ، لِأَنَّهُمْ أَخْبَرُوهُ عَنْ شَعْبِ مُرْدَخَايَ. فَطَلَبَ هَامَانُ أَنْ يُهْلِكَ جَمِيعَ ٱلْيَهُودِ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي كُلِّ مَمْلَكَةِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ، شَعْبَ مُرْدَخَايَ.

7 In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Achashyerosh, 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.

٧ فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ، أَيْ شَهْرِ نِيسَانَ، فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلثَّانِيَةِ عَشَرَةَ لِلْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ، كَانُوا يُلْقُونَ فُورًا، أَيْ قُرْعَةً، أَمَامَ هَامَانَ، مِنْ يَوْمٍ إِلَى يَوْمٍ، وَمِنْ شَهْرٍ إِلَى شَهْرٍ، إِلَى ٱلثَّانِي عَشَرَ، أَيْ شَهْرِ أَذَارَ.

8 Haman said to King Achashyerosh, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different than 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.

٨ فَقَالَ هَامَانُ لِلْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ: «إِنَّهُ مَوْجُودٌ شَعْبٌ مَّا مُتَشَتِّتٌ وَمُتَفَرِّقٌ بَيْنَ ٱلشُّعُوبِ فِي كُلِّ بِلَادِ مَمْلَكَتِكَ، وَسُنَنُهُمْ مُغَايِرَةٌ لِجَمِيعِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ، وَهُمْ لَا يَعْمَلُونَ سُنَنَ ٱلْمَلِكِ، فَلَا يَلِيقُ بِٱلْمَلِكِ تَرْكُهُمْ.

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."

٩ فَإِذَا حَسُنَ عِنْدَ ٱلْمَلِكِ فَلْيُكْتَبْ أَنْ يُبَادُوا، وَأَنَا أَزِنُ عَشَرَةَ آلَافِ وَزْنَةٍ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ فِي أَيْدِي ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلْعَمَلَ لِيُؤْتَى بِهَا إِلَى خَزَائِنِ ٱلْمَلِكِ».

10 The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.

١٠ فَنَزَعَ ٱلْمَلِكُ خَاتَمَهُ مِنْ يَدِهِ وَأَعْطَاهُ لِهَامَانَ بْنِ هَمَدَاثَا ٱلْأَجَاجِيِّ عَدُوِّ ٱلْيَهُودِ.

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."

١١ وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِهَامَانَ: «ٱلْفِضَّةُ قَدْ أُعْطِيَتْ لَكَ، وَٱلشَّعْبُ أَيْضًا، لِتَفْعَلَ بِهِ مَا يَحْسُنُ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ».

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 satraps, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the officials of every people, to every province according its writing, and to every people in their language. It was written in the name of King Achashyerosh, and it was sealed with the king's ring.

١٢ فَدُعِيَ كُتَّابُ ٱلْمَلِكِ فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ، فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثَ عَشَرَ مِنْهُ، وَكُتِبَ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ هَامَانُ إِلَى مَرَازِبَةِ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَإِلَى وُلَاةِ بِلَادٍ فَبِلَادٍ، وَإِلَى رُؤَسَاءِ شَعْبٍ فَشَعْبٍ، كُلِّ بِلَادٍ كَكِتَابَتِهَا، وَكُلِّ شَعْبٍ كَلِسَانِهِ، كُتِبَ بِٱسْمِ ٱلْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ وَخُتِمَ بِخَاتَمِ ٱلْمَلِكِ.

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.

١٣ وَأُرْسِلَتِ ٱلْكِتَابَاتُ بِيَدِ ٱلسُّعَاةِ إِلَى كُلِّ بُلْدَانِ ٱلْمَلِكِ لِإِهْلَاكِ وَقَتْلِ وَإِبَادَةِ جَمِيعِ ٱلْيَهُودِ، مِنَ ٱلْغُلَامِ إِلَى ٱلشَّيْخِ وَٱلْأَطْفَالِ وَٱلنِّسَاءِ فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ، فِي ٱلثَّالِثَ عَشَرَ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلثَّانِي عَشَرَ، أَيْ شَهْرِ أَذَارَ، وَأَنْ يَسْلِبُوا غَنِيمَتَهُمْ.

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.

١٤ صُورَةُ ٱلْكِتَابَةِ ٱلْمُعْطَاةِ سُنَّةً فِي كُلِّ ٱلْبُلْدَانِ، أُشْهِرَتْ بَيْنَ جَمِيعِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ لِيَكُونُوا مُسْتَعِدِّينَ لِهَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ.

15 The couriers went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Shushan. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.

١٥ فَخَرَجَ ٱلسُّعَاةُ وَأَمْرُ ٱلْمَلِكِ يَحُثُّهُمْ، وَأُعْطِيَ ٱلْأَمْرُ فِي شُوشَنَ ٱلْقَصْرِ. وَجَلَسَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَهَامَانُ لِلشُّرْبِ، وَأَمَّا ٱلْمَدِينَةُ شُوشَنُ فَٱرْتَبَكَتْ.