एस्तर 3
1 यी कुरापछि राजा अहासूरसले अगागी हम्मदाताका छोरा हामानलाई बढुवा गरे, र तिनीसित भएका सबै अधिकारीभन्दा तिनको अधिकारको पद माथि राखिदिए ।
Some time later, King Xerxes (promoted/gave his most important job/work to) Haman, the son of Hammedatha, who was a descendant of [King] Agag. Haman became more important than all his other officials. [Only the king was more important.]
2 राजाको ढोकामा भएका सबै सेवकले हामानको सामु घुँडा टेक्नु र लम्पसार परेर दण्डवत् गर्नु भन्ने आदेश राजाबाट भएको थियो । तर मोर्दकैले न घँडा टेके, न लम्पसार परे ।
Then the king commanded that all the other officials had to bow down in front of Haman to honor him [when he walked by]. But Mordecai refused to bow down to Haman.
3 तब राजाको ढोकामा बस्ने राजाका सेवकहरूले मोर्दकैलाई भने, “राजाको आज्ञालाई तपाईं किन अटेर गर्नुहुन्छ?”
The [other] officials [saw that, and they] asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey what the king commanded?”
4 तिनीहरूले दिनप्रतिदिन तिनीसित उही कुरा गरे तापनि तिनले उनीहरूका इच्छाको बेवास्ता गरे । त्यसैले मोर्दकैको बारेमा त्यस्तै रहन्छ कि रहँदैन भनी तिनीहरूले त्यो कुरा हामानलाई बताए किनकि मोर्दकै यहूदी थिए भनी उनले तिनीहरूलाई भनेका थिए ।
Mordecai told them that he was a Jew, [and that Jews would bow down only to God]. Day after day the other officials spoke to Mordecai about that, but he still refused to obey. So they told Haman about it, to see if Haman would tolerate it.
5 हामानको सामु मोर्दकैले घुँडा नटेकेको र ननिहुरेको कुरा जब हामानले देखे, तब तिनी रिसले चूर भए ।
When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down to him, he became extremely angry.
6 मोर्दकैलाई मात्र मार्नुपर्छ भन्ने विचारलाई तिनले टेरेनन् किनकि मोर्दकैका मानिसहरू को थिए भनी राजाका सेवकहरूले तिनलाई बताएका थिए । हामानले अहासूरसको सम्पूर्ण राज्यमा भएका सारा यहूदी अर्थात् मोर्दकैको जातिलाई सखाप पार्न चाहन्थे ।
[After he found out that Mordecai was a Jew, ] he decided that it would not be enough to get rid of only Mordecai. He decided to kill all the Jews in all the area that Xerxes ruled.
7 राजा अहासूरसको बाह्रौँ वर्षको पहिलो महिनामा (जुन नीसान महिना हो) दिन र महिनाको छनोट गर्न हामानको सामु पुर अर्थात् चिट्ठा हालियो । चिट्ठा बाह्रौँ महिनामा (जुन अदार महिना हो) नपरेसम्म तिनीहरूले चिट्ठा हालिरहे ।
So, during the twelfth year that Xerxes was ruling, during the month of April, [Haman told his advisors to] (cast lots/throw small marked stones) to determine the best month and the best day to kill the Jews. Haman’s advisors did that, and the day that was selected was March 7th [during the following/next year].
8 तब हामानले राजा अहासूरसलाई भने, “एउटा कोही मानिसहरू छन् जुन हजुरको राज्यका सारा प्रान्तभिर छरिएर रहेका छन् । तिनीहरूको व्यवस्था अरू मानिसहरूको भन्दा फरक छ, र तिनीहरूले राजाको व्यवस्था पालन गर्दैनन् । त्यसैले तिनीहरूलाई छोडिदिनु राजाको लागि उचित होइन ।
Then Haman [went to] the king [and] said to [him], “[Your majesty, ] there is a certain group of people who live in many areas [of your empire] whose customs are different from ours. They even refuse to obey your laws. So it would be good for you to get rid of them.
9 राजालाई खुसी लागेमा तिनीहरूलाई मार्ने आदेश दिनुहोस्, र यो काम गर्ने राजाका कर्मचारीहरूका निम्ति म राजकोषमा जम्मा गर्न तिन लाख किलो चाँदी दिनेछु ।”
If it pleases you, command that they should all be killed. [If you do that, ] I will give (375 tons/750,000 pounds) of silver to your administrators so that you can use it for your government.”
10 तब राजाले आफ्नो हातबाट छाप-औँठी निकाले र यहूदीहरूका शत्रु अगागी हम्मदाताका छोरा हामानलाई त्यो दिए ।
The king liked [what Haman said, so, and to confirm what he decided], he gave the ring that had his official seal on it to Haman, who now hated the Jews.
11 राजाले हामानलाई भने, “तिमी र तिम्रा मानिसहरूलाई रुपियाँ-पैसा फिर्ता दिइएको म हेर्नेछु । तिमीलाई इच्छा छ त्यही त्यसले गर ।”
The king told Haman, “Keep your money, but do what you want to with those people [whom you talked about]!”
12 तब पहिलो महिनाको तेह्रौँ दिनमा राजाका सचिवहरूलाई बोलाइयो, र हामानको आदेश समावेश गर्ने गरी एउटा उर्दी लेखेर राजा प्रान्तीय गभर्नरहरू, सबै प्रान्तका अधिकारीहरू, विभिन्न जातिका सबै गभर्नरहरू, सबैजातिका अधिकारीहरूलाई हरेक प्रान्तमा तिनीहरूको आफ्नै लिपि र हरेक जातिको आफ्नै भाषामा पठाइयो । यसलाई राजा अहासूरसको नाउँमा लेखिएको र त्यसलाई तिनको औँठीद्वारा छाप लगाइएको थियो ।
On April 17th Haman summoned the king’s secretaries, and he dictated a letter to them that they [translated and] wrote to all the governors and administrators and other officials in all the provinces. They wrote copies of the letter in every language and every kind of writing/alphabet that was used in the empire. They wrote that all the Jews, [including] young people and old people, women and children, had to be killed on one day. That day was March 7th of the following year. They also wrote that [those who killed the Jews] could take everything that belonged to the Jews. [They signed] the king’s name [at the end of] the letters. Then they sealed the letters [with wax, and stamped the wax by] using the king’s ring. Then they sent the letters swiftly to every province in the empire,
13 बाह्रौँ महिना (जुन अदार महिना हो) को तेह्रौँ दिनमा युवादेखि वृद्धसम्म, बालबालिका र महिला सबै यहूदीलाई एकै दिनमा नामेट पार्न, मार्न र नाश गर्न अनि तिनीहरूका धन-सम्पत्ति खोस्न राजाका सारा प्रान्तमा पत्रवाहकहरूद्वारा चिठ्ठीहरू पठाइए ।
14 हरेक प्रान्तमा उक्त चिट्ठीको एकप्रतिलाई कानुन बनाइयो । तिनीहरू त्यही दिन तयार हुनुपर्छ भनेर हरेक प्रान्तमा सबै मानिसलाई जानकारी गराइयो ।
The king [also commanded that] copies of these letters should be [nailed up] where [all the people] could see them, in every province, so that the people would be ready to do on the day the king had set [what was written in the letter].
15 राजाको आदेशलाई वितरण गर्न पत्रवाहकहरू हतारिए गए । शूशनको किल्लाभित्र पनि उर्दी बाँडियो । राजा र हामान पिउनलाई बसे, तर शूशन सहरमा भने हलचल मच्चियो ।
Then, according to what the king commanded, men [riding horses] took those letters quickly to every province [in the empire]. And one of the letters was read [aloud to the people] in the capital city, Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down and drank [wine], but the people in Susa were very perplexed [about why this was going to happen].
