Esther 3
1 After these events King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him to a place above all the officials who were with him.
Nogen Tid efter gav Kong Ahasverus Agagiten Haman, Hammedatas Søn, en høj Stilling og udmærkede ham og gav ham Forsædet blandt alle Fyrsterne, som var hos ham.
2 All the king’s courtiers who were in the king’s gate used to bow down before Haman, for so the king had commanded, but Mordecai did not bow down nor prostrate himself.
Og alle Kongens Tjenere, som var i Kongens Port, faldt paa Knæ og kastede sig til Jorden for Haman, thi den Ære havde Kongen paabudt at vise ham. Men Mordokaj faldt ikke paa Knæ og kastede sig ikke til Jorden.
3 Then the king’s courtiers, who were in the king’s gate, said to Mordecai, ‘Why do you disobey the king’s command?’
Kongens Tjenere, som var i Kongens Port, sagde da til Mordokaj: »Hvorfor overtræder du Kongens Bud?«
4 When they had spoken to him day after day without his listening to them, they informed Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s acts would be tolerated, for he had told them that he was a Jew.
Og da de havde sagt det til ham flere Dage i Træk, uden at han ænsede det, meldte de Haman det for at se, om Mordokajs Ord vilde blive taget for gyldige; thi han havde gjort gældende over for dem, at han var Jøde.
5 When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down nor prostrate himself before him, he was furious.
Da nu Haman saa, at Mordokaj hverken faldt paa Knæ eller kastede sig til Jorden for ham, blev han saare opbragt.
6 But it seemed to him beneath his dignity to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him who Mordecai’s people were. Instead Haman sought to destroy all the people of Mordecai, all the Jews throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
Og da det blev fortalt ham, hvilket Folk Mordokaj tilhørte, var han ikke tilfreds med kun at lægge Haand paa Mordokaj, men satte sig til Maal at faa alle Jøderne i hele Ahasverus's Rige udryddet, fordi det var Mordokajs Folk.
7 In the first month (the month of Nisan) in the twelfth year of the reign of King Ahasuerus, Haman had “pur” (which means “lot”) cast before him to determine the best day and best month for his actions. The lot fell on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month – the month of Adar.
I den første Maaned, det er Nisan Maaned, i Kong Ahasverus's tolvte Regeringsaar kastede man i Hamans Paasyn Pur, det er Lod, om hver enkelt Dag og hver enkelt Maaned, og Loddet traf den trettende Dag i den tolvte Maaned, det er Adar Maaned.
8 So Haman said to King Ahasuerus, ‘There is a certain people scattered among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, whose laws differ from those of every other and who do not keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not right for the king to tolerate them.
Haman sagde derpaa til Kong Ahasverus: »Der findes et Folk, som bor spredt og lever for sig selv iblandt Folkene i alle dit Riges Dele; deres Love er anderledes end alle andre Folks, og Kongens Love holder de ikke. Derfor er det ikke Kongen værdigt at lade dem være i Fred.
9 If it seems best to the king, let an order be given to destroy them, and I will pay ten thousand silver coins into the royal treasury.’
Hvis Kongen synes, lad der saa udgaa skriftlig Befaling til at udrydde dem; jeg vil da kunne tilveje Embedsmændene 10 000 Talenter Sølv til at lægge i Kongens Skatkamre.«
10 So the king took off his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
Da tog Kongen Seglringen af sin Haand og gav den til Agagiten Haman, Hammedatas Søn, Jødernes Fjende,
11 ‘The money is yours,’ the king said to Haman, ‘and the people also to do with them as you wish.’
og Kongen sagde til Haman: »Sølvet skal tilhøre dig, og med Folket kan du gøre, hvad du finder for godt!«
12 And so, on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king’s secretaries were summoned and as Haman instructed an edict was issued to the king’s satraps and provincial governors and the rulers of each of the peoples in their own script and their own language. The edict was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with his ring.
Kongens Skrivere blev saa tilkaldt den trettende Dag i den første Maaned; og ganske som Haman bød, affattedes Skrivelser til de kongelige Satraper og Statholdere over hver enkelt Landsdel og til hvert enkelt Folks Fyrster, til hver Landsdel med dens egen Skrift og til hvert Folk paa dets eget Sprog. I Kong Ahasverus's Navn blev de skrevet, og de forsegledes med Kongens Seglring.
13 Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces, saying: Destroy, kill, put an end to all the Jews, young and old, little children and women, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, and plunder their possessions.
Skrivelser sendtes saa ved Ilbud ud i alle Kongens Lande med Befaling til at udrydde, ihjelslaa og tilintetgøre alle Jøder, unge og gamle, Børn og Kvinder, paa een Dag, den trettende Dag i den tolvte Maaned, det er Adar Maaned, og at prisgive deres Ejendele.
14 A copy of the edict was to be published as a decree in every province – publicly displayed so that everyone might be ready for that day.
En Afskrift af Skrivelsen, der skulde udstedes som Forordning i alle Rigets Dele, blev kundgjort for alle Folkene, for at de kunde være rede til den Dag.
15 By command of the king the couriers raced off, and the edict was published in Susa itself. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in turmoil.
Ilbudene skyndte sig af Sted paa Kongens Bud, saa snart Forordningen var udgaaet i Borgen Susan. Kongen og Haman satte sig saa til at drikke; men Byen Susan var rædselsslagen.
