Esther 3
1 after [the] word: thing [the] these to magnify [the] king Ahasuerus [obj] Haman son: child Hammedatha [the] Agagite and to lift: exalt him and to set: make [obj] throne: seat his from upon all [the] ruler which with him
And after this king Artaxerxes highly honored Aman [son] of Amadathes, the Bugaean, and exalted him, and set his seat above all his friends.
2 and all servant/slave [the] king which in/on/with gate [the] king to bow and to bow to/for Haman for so to command to/for him [the] king and Mordecai not to bow and not to bow
And all in the palace did him obeisance, for so the king had given orders to do: but Mardochaeus did not do him obeisance.
3 and to say servant/slave [the] king which in/on/with gate [the] king to/for Mordecai why? you(m. s.) to pass: trespass [obj] commandment [the] king
And they in the king's palace said to Mardochaeus, Mardochaeus, why do you transgress the commands of the king?
4 and to be (like/as to say they *Q(K)*) to(wards) him day: daily and day: daily and not to hear: hear to(wards) them and to tell to/for Haman to/for to see: see to stand: stand word Mordecai for to tell to/for them which he/she/it Jew
[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.
5 and to see: see Haman for nothing Mordecai to bow and to bow to/for him and to fill Haman rage
And when Aman understood that Mardochaeus did not obeisance to him, he was greatly enraged,
6 and to despise in/on/with eye: appearance his to/for to send: reach hand in/on/with Mordecai to/for alone him for to tell to/for him [obj] people Mordecai and to seek Haman to/for to destroy [obj] all [the] Jew which in/on/with all royalty Ahasuerus people Mordecai
and took counsel to destroy utterly all the Jews who were under the rule of Artaxerxes.
7 in/on/with month [the] first he/she/it month Nisan in/on/with year two ten to/for king Ahasuerus to fall: allot Purim he/she/it [the] allotted to/for face: before Haman from day to/for day and from month to/for month (and to fall: fall [the] allotted upon three ten day to/for month *X*) two ten he/she/it month Adar
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.
8 and to say Haman to/for king Ahasuerus there he people one to scatter and to separate between: among [the] people in/on/with all province royalty your and law their to change from all people and [obj] law [the] king nothing they to make: do and to/for king nothing be like to/for to rest them
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.
9 if upon [the] king pleasant to write to/for to perish them and ten thousand talent silver: money to weigh upon hand to make: do [the] work to/for to come (in): bring to(wards) treasury [the] king
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.
10 and to turn aside: remove [the] king [obj] ring his from upon hand his and to give: give her to/for Haman son: child Hammedatha [the] Agagite to vex [the] Jew
And the king took off his ring, and gave it into the hands of Aman, to seal the decrees against the Jews.
11 and to say [the] king to/for Haman [the] silver: money to give: give to/for you and [the] people to/for to make: do in/on/with him like/as pleasant in/on/with eye: appearance your
And the king said to Aman, Keep the silver, and treat the nation as you will.
12 and to call: call to scribe [the] king in/on/with month [the] first in/on/with three ten day in/on/with him and to write like/as all which to command Haman to(wards) satrap [the] king and to(wards) [the] governor which upon province and province and to(wards) ruler people and people province and province like/as writing her and people and people like/as tongue: language his in/on/with name [the] king Ahasuerus to write and to seal in/on/with ring [the] king
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.
13 and to send: depart scroll: document in/on/with hand: by [the] to run: run to(wards) all province [the] king to/for to destroy to/for to kill and to/for to perish [obj] all [the] Jew from youth and till old child and woman in/on/with day one in/on/with three ten to/for month two ten he/she/it month Adar and spoil their to/for to plunder
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.
14 copy [the] writing to/for to give: give law in/on/with all province and province to reveal: proclaim to/for all [the] people to/for to be ready to/for day [the] this
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.
15 [the] to run: run to come out: come to hasten in/on/with word [the] king and [the] law to give: give in/on/with Susa [the] palace and [the] king and Haman to dwell to/for to drink and [the] city Susa to perplex
And the business was hastened, and [that] at Susa: and the king and Aman began to drink; but the city was troubled.
