Ester 3
1 DOPO queste cose, il re Assuero ingrandì Haman, figliuolo di Hammedata, Agageo, e l'innalzò, e pose il suo seggio disopra a tutti i principi ch'[erano] con lui.
After these things, by the order of the king, Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, was lifted up and given a position of honour and a higher place than all the other captains who were with him.
2 E tutti i servitori del re ch'erano alla porta del re s'inchinavano, e adoravano Haman; perciocchè il re avea comandato [che si facesse così] inverso lui. Ma Mardocheo non s'inchinava, e non lo adorava.
And all the king's servants who were in the king's house went down to the earth before Haman and gave him honour: for so the king had given orders. But Mordecai did not go down before him or give him honour.
3 Ed i servitori del re ch'[erano] alla porta del re, dissero a Mardocheo: Perchè trapassi il comandamento del re?
Then the king's servants who were in the king's house said to Mordecai, Why do you go against the king's order?
4 Ora, come essi glielo dicessero ogni giorno, ed egli non desse loro orecchie, essi [lo] rapportarono ad Haman, per vedere se le parole di Mardocheo sarebbero costanti; perciocchè egli avea lor dichiarato ch'egli [era] Giudeo.
Now when they had said this to him day after day and he gave no attention, they let Haman have news of it, to see if Mordecai's behaviour would be overlooked: for he had said to them that he was a Jew.
5 Haman adunque vide che Mardocheo non s'inchinava, e non l'adorava, e fu ripieno di furore.
And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not go down before him and give him honour, Haman was full of wrath.
6 Ma egli sdegnava di metter la mano sopra Mardocheo solo; anzi, perchè gli era stato dichiarato il popolo di Mardocheo, cercava di distruggere tutti i Giudei, popolo di Mardocheo, ch'[erano] in tutto il regno di Assuero.
But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
7 E nel primo mese, [che] è il mese di Nisan, nell'anno duodecimo del re Assuero, fu tirata Pur, cioè la sorte, davanti ad Haman, per ciascun giorno, e per ciascun mese; [e la sorte cadde] sul duodecimo mese [che] è il mese di Adar.
In the first month, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, from day to day and from month to month they went on looking for a sign given by Pur (that is chance) before Haman, till the sign came out for the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.
8 Ed Haman disse al re Assuero: Ei v'è un popolo sparso e diviso fra gli [altri] popoli, in tutte le provincie del tuo regno, le cui leggi son differenti da [quelle di] ogni [altro] popolo; ed esso non osserva le leggi del re; talchè non [è] spediente al re di lasciarlo [vivere].
And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain nation living here and there in small groups among the people in all the divisions of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of any other nation, and they do not keep the king's laws: for this reason it is not right for the king to let them be.
9 Se così par bene al re, scrivasi che sia distrutto; ed io pagherò, in mano di coloro che fanno le faccende del re, diecimila talenti di argento, per portarli ne' tesori del re.
If it is the king's pleasure, let a statement ordering their destruction be put in writing: and I will give to those responsible for the king's business, ten thousand talents of silver for the king's store-house.
10 Allora il re si trasse il suo anello di mano, e lo diede ad Haman, figliuolo di Hammedata, Agageo, nemico de' Giudei.
And the king took his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of the Jews.
11 E il re disse ad Haman: Quell'argento ti è rimesso in dono; e pur sia fatto a quel popolo come ti parrà bene.
And the king said to Haman, The money is yours, and the people, to do with them whatever seems right to you.
12 E nel tredicesimo giorno del primo mese, furono chiamati i segretari del re, e furono scritte [lettere], interamente come Haman comandò, a' satrapi del re, e a' governatori di ciascuna provincia, ed a' principi di ciascun popolo; a ciascuna provincia, secondo la sua maniera di scrivere, ed a ciascun popolo, secondo il suo linguaggio. [E quelle furono] scritte a nome del re Assuero, e suggellate con l'anello del re.
Then on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king's scribes were sent for, and they put in writing Haman's orders to all the king's captains and the rulers of every division of his kingdom and the chiefs of every people: for every division of the kingdom in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs; it was signed in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with the king's ring.
13 E furono mandate, per man de' corrieri, a tutte le provincie del re, per far distruggere, uccidere, e sterminare tutti i Giudei, fanciulli, vecchi, piccoli figliuoli, e femmine, in un medesimo giorno, [cioè], nel tredicesimo [giorno] del duodecimo mese, [ch]'è il mese di Adar, e per predar le loro spoglie.
And letters were sent by the runners into every division of the kingdom ordering the death and destruction of all Jews, young and old, little children and women, on the same day, even the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar, and the taking of all their goods by force.
14 Il tenore delle lettere [era], che si bandisse un decreto in ciascuna provincia, [sì che fosse] palese a tutti i popoli; acciocchè fosser presti per quel giorno.
A copy of the writing, to be made public in every part of the kingdom, was sent out to all the peoples, so that they might be ready when that day came.
15 I corrieri, sollecitati dal comandamento del re, si misero in cammino; e il decreto fu bandito in Susan, stanza reale. E il re, ed Haman, sedevano bevendo, mentre la città di Susan [era] in gran perplessità.
The runners went out quickly by the king's order, and a public statement was made in Shushan: and the king and Haman took wine together: but the town of Shushan was troubled.
