Esther 3
1 Kutu pacl tok, Tokosra Ahasuerus el kilukunak mwet se pangpang Haman nu ke wal se ma fulat liki mwet leum nukewa sayal. Haman el wen natul Hammedatha, su sie mwet in fwilin tulik natul Agag.
After these things, King Ahasuerus promoted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and placed his seat of authority above all the officials who were with him.
2 Tokosra el sapkin mwet leum nukewa su kulansapwal in akfulatyal Haman, ac elos in putati ac pasrla nu sel. Elos nukewa oru sayal Mordecai, su tia wi putati ac epasr nu sel.
All the king's servants who were at the king's gate always knelt and prostrated themselves to Haman, as the king had ordered them to do. But Mordecai neither knelt nor prostrated himself.
3 Mwet leum sayal uh elos siyuk sel lah efu el ku tia akos ma sap lun tokosra.
Then the king's servants who were at the king's gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the king's command?”
4 Len nu ke len elos kwafel elan sroang wi, tuh el tiana porongelos. El fahk mu, “Nga sie mwet Jew, ac nga tia ku in epasr nu sel Haman.” Ke ma inge elos fahkang nu sel Haman ma se inge, in suk lah el ac ku in muteng ouiya se lal Mordecai inge.
They spoke with him day after day, but he refused to comply with their demands. So they spoke with Haman to see if the matter about Mordecai would remain like that, for he had told them that he was a Jew.
5 Haman el foloyak ke el etauk lah Mordecai el tia wi putati ac epasr nu sel,
When Haman saw that Mordecai did not kneel and bow down to him, Haman was filled with rage.
6 ac ke el lohng lah Mordecai el sie mwet Jew, el nunkauk elan oru sie kai na yohk, tia nu sel Mordecai mukena, a el lumahla in sukela mwet Jew nukewa in tokosrai lun Persia.
He had contempt for the idea of killing only Mordecai, for the king's servants had told him who Mordecai's people were. Haman wanted to exterminate all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were in the entire kingdom of Ahasuerus.
7 In yac aksingoul luo wacl Tokosra Ahasuerus, in malem se meet, malem in Nisan, Haman el sapkin in orek susfa (elos pangon “purim”) in konauk len su in malem su el ac oru pwapa sulallal se lal inge. Len aksingoul tolu in malem aksingoul luo, malem Adar, pa sikyak.
In the first month (which is the month of Nisan), in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, the Pur—that is the lot—was thrown before Haman, to select a day and month. They cast the lot over and over until the lot fell on the twelfth month (which is the month of Adar).
8 Ouinge Haman el fahk nu sel Tokosra Ahasuerus, “Oasr un mwet se fahsrelik ac muta ke mutunfacl nukewa in tokosrai lom uh. Facsin lalos uh sie liki na facsin lun mwet nukewa. Ac elos tia pac wi akos ma sap lun tokosrai se inge. Ke ma inge, ac wanginna sripa wo nu sin tokosra kom fin lela elos in mutana.
Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and distributed among all the provinces of your kingdom. Their laws are different from those of other people, and they do not keep the king's laws, so it is not suitable for the king to let them stay.
9 Fin ou lungse lun Tokosra Fulat, supwalik sie sap ku tuh elos in sikiyukla. Kom fin oru ouinge, nga ac srukak tuhn in silver tolfoko itngoul limekosr nu in nien fil mani lun tokosra, in kasru mukuikui nukewa lun tokosrai uh.”
If it please the king, give a command to kill them, and I will weigh out ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who are in charge of the king's business, for them to put it into the king's treasury.”
10 Oasr sie ring lun tokosra ma orekmakinyuk in stami kutena ma simusla ku sin tokosra. Na tokosra el eisla ring sac liki kufinpaol, ac sang nu sel Haman, mwet lokoalok lun mwet Jew, su wen natul Hammedatha, in fwilin tulik natul Agag.
Then the king took the signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
11 Tokosra el fahk nu sel Haman, “Mwet ingan ac mani lalos ma lom. Oru oana lungse lom.”
The king said to Haman, “I will see that the money is given back to you and your people. You will do with it whatever you wish.”
12 Ouinge ke len se aksingoul tolu ke malem se meet, Haman el solani mwet sim nukewa lun tokosra, ac akkalemye sie mwe fahkak nu selos, elos in lungasla nu ke kas nukewa ac in simusla ke kain in sim nukewa ma orekmakinyuk in tokosrai sac. Mwe fahkak se inge in supweyukelik nu sin mwet leum nukewa, governor nukewa, ac mwet fulat nukewa. Ma inge tuh orekla inel Tokosra Ahasuerus ac stamiyuki ke ring lal.
Then the king's scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and a decree containing all that Haman had commanded was written to the king's provincial governors, those who were over all the provinces, to the governors of all the various peoples, and to the officials of all the people, to every province in their own writing, and to every people in their own language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and was sealed with his ring.
13 Mwet utuk kas elos usalik mwe fahkak inge nu in mutunfacl nukewa lun tokosrai sac. Kas kac uh fahk mu in len sefanna, len aksingoul tolu in malem Adar, mwet Jew nukewa — mukul, mutan, ac tulik — in anwuki. Elos in tufah akmuseyuki ke wangin pakomuta, ac ma lalos nukewa in itukla in ma wap.
Documents were hand-delivered by couriers to all the king's provinces, to annihilate, kill, and destroy all Jews, from young to old, children and women, in one day—on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (which is the month of Adar)—and to plunder their possessions.
14 Mwe fahkak ke ma sap ku sac enenu in sulkakinyukelik nu in mutunfacl nukewa, tuh mwet nukewa in akola nu ke len sac.
A copy of the letter was made law in every province. In every province it was made known to all the people that they should prepare for this day.
15 Fal nu ke sap lun tokosra, mwe fahkak sac sulkakinyuk kalem nu sin mwet nukewa in siti fulat Susa, ac mwet utuk kas uh sa na in usalik nu in facl nukewa. Mwet nukewa in siti Susa elos arulana fohsak, a tokosra ac Haman mutana nimnim.
The couriers went out and hurried to distribute the king's order. The decree was also distributed within the fortress of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in turmoil.
