Estera 3
1 Rehefa afaka izany zavatra izany, dia nasandratr’ i Ahasoerosy mpanjaka Hamana, zanak’ i Hamedota Agagita, ka nomeny voninahitra, ary ny sezany nataony teo alohan’ ny an’ ny mpanapaka rehetra izay teo aminy.
After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.
2 Ary ny mpanompon’ ny mpanjaka rehetra izay teo am-bavahadin’ ny mpanjaka dia nandohalika sy niankohoka teo anatrehan’ i Hamana; fa izany no didin’ ny mpanjaka. Fa Mordekay kosa tsy mba nety nandohalika na niankohoka.
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 didn’t bow down or pay him homage.
3 Dia hoy ny mpanompon’ ny mpanjaka izay teo am-bavahadin’ ny mpanjaka tamin’ i Mordekay: Nahoana ianao no mandika ny didin’ ny mpanjaka?
Then the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the king’s commandment?”
4 Nefa na dia niteny taminy isan’ andro aza ireo, dia tsy mba nihaino azy izy, ka nolazain’ Ireo tamin’ i Hamana, mba hizahany na haharitra amin’ ny teniny ihany Mordekay, na tsia; fa efa nilaza tamin’ ireo izy fa Jiosy.
Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he didn’t 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.
5 Ary rehefa hitan’ i Hamana fa Mordekay tsy mba nety nandohalika na niankohoka teo anatrehany, dia tezitra loatra izy.
When Haman saw that Mordecai didn’t bow down nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.
6 Ary nataon’ i Hamana ho zavatra kely loatra ny haninji-tanana hamely an’ i Mordekay irery ihany (fa efa nambara azy ny firenen’ i Mordekay), ka dia nitady handringana ny Jiosy rehetra eran’ ny fanjakan’ i Ahasoerosy koa izy, dia ny firenen’ i Mordekay.
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 Ahasuerus, even Mordecai’s people.
7 Tamin’ ny volana voalohany (volana Nisana izany) tamin’ ny taona faharoa ambin’ ny folo nanjakan’ i Ahasoerosy mpanjaka, nisy nanao pora (filokana izany) teo anatrehan’ i Hamana ny amin’ ny isan’ andro isan’ andro sy ny isam-bolana isam-bolana hatramin’ ny volana faharoa ambin’ ny folo (volana Adara izany)
In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, 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.
8 Ary hoy Hamana tamin’ i Ahasoerosy mpanjaka: tsisy firenena iray efa miely sy mihahaka eny amin’ ny firenena samy hafa isan-tokony eran’ ny fanjakanao; ary hafa lalàna noho ny firenena rehetra ireny sady tsy mba mankatò ny lalàn’ ny mpanjaka; ary tsy mendrika amin’ ny mpanjaka ny hamela azy ho eny;
Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed amongst the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different from other people’s. They don’t keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not for the king’s profit to allow them to remain.
9 koa raha sitraky ny mpanjaka, aoka hosoratana mba haringana ireny, dia handoa talenta volafotsy iray alina ho eo an-tànan’ ny mpanao raharaha aho ho entina ao an-trano firaketan’ ny mpanjaka.
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.”
10 Dia nesorin’ ny mpanjaka tamin’ ny tànany ny peratra fanombohany ka nomeny an’ i Hamana, zanak’ i Hamedota Agagita, fahavalon’ ny Jiosy.
The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
11 Ary hoy ny mpanjaka tamin’ i Hamana: Homena anao ihany ny volafotsy sy ny olona koa hanaovanao azy araka izay sitrakao.
The king said to Haman, “The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.”
12 Dia nantsoina ny mpanoratry ny mpanjaka tamin’ ny andro fahatelo ambin’ ny folo tamin’ ny volana voalohany, ka nosoratana izany araka izay rehetra nandidian’ i Hamana ho an’ ny solo-mpanjaka sy ny governora tamin’ ny isan-tokony ary ny mpanapaka ny firenena rehetra, ho any amin’ ny isan-tokony araka ny sorany avy, ary ho amin’ ny isam-pirenena araka ny fiteniny avy; dia tamin’ ny anaran’ i Ahasoerosy mpanjaka no nanoratany azy ka notombohiny tamin’ ny peratra fanombohan’ ny mpanjaka.
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 local governors, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus, and it was sealed with the king’s ring.
13 Ary ny taratasy dia nampitondrainy ny tsimandoa ho any amin’ ny isan-tokony amin’ ny fanjakan’ ny mpanjaka mba hampandringana sy hampamono ary hampandripaka ny Jiosy rehetra, na tanora na antitra hatramin’ ny zaza amim-behivavy aza, amin’ ny indray andro monja, dia tamin’ ny andro fahatelo ambin’ ny folo tamin’ ny volana faharoa ambin’ ny folo (volana Adara izany), ary handroba ny fananany.
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.
14 Ny kopen’ ny teny izay natao didy ho amin’ ny isan-tokony amin’ ny fanjakana dia nisokatra mba ho hitan’ ny olona rehetra hampiomana azy ho amin’ izany andro izany.
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.
15 Dia nivoaka ny tsimandoa, ka nododonan’ ny tenin’ ny mpanjaka; ary nantsoina tany Sosana renivohitra koa ny lalàna. Ary ny mpanjaka sy Hamana nipetraka hisotro; fa ny tao an-tanàna Sosana kosa dia very hevitra.
The couriers went out in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Susa was perplexed.
