Ester 3
1 Depois d'estas coisas o rei Assuero engrandeceu a Haman, filho d'Hammedatha, agagita, e o exaltou: e poz o seu assento acima de todos os principes que estavam com elle.
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 E todos os servos do rei, que estavam á porta do rei, se inclinavam e se prostravam perante Haman; porque assim tinha ordenado o rei ácerca d'elle: porém Mardoqueo não se inclinava nem se prostrava.
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 Então os servos do rei, que estavam á porta do rei, disseram a Mardoqueo: Porque traspassas o mandado do rei?
The [other] officials [saw that, and they] asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey what the king commanded?”
4 Succedeu pois que, dizendo-lhe elles isto de dia em dia, e não lhes dando elle ouvidos, o fizeram saber a Haman, para verem se as palavras de Mardoqueo se sustentariam, porque elle lhes tinha declarado que era judeo.
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 Vendo pois Haman que Mardoqueo se não inclinava nem se prostrava diante d'elle, Haman se encheu de furor.
When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down to him, he became extremely angry.
6 Porém em seus olhos teve em pouco de pôr as mãos só em Mardoqueo (porque lhe haviam declarado o povo de Mardoqueo); Haman pois procurou destruir a todos os judeos que havia em todo o reino d'Assuero, ao povo de Mardoqueo.
[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 No primeiro mez (que é o mez de nisan), no anno duodecimo do rei Assuero, se lançou pur, isto é, sorte, perante Haman, de dia em dia, e de mez em mez, até ao duodecimo mez, que é o mez d'adar.
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 E Haman disse ao rei Assuero: Ha um povo espargido e dividido entre os povos em todas as provincias do teu reino, cujas leis são differentes das leis de todos os povos, e tão pouco fazem as leis do rei; pelo que não convém ao rei deixal-os ficar.
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 Se bem parecer ao rei, escreva-se que os matem: e eu porei nas mãos dos que fizerem a obra dez mil talentos de prata, para que se mettam nos thesouros do rei.
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 Então tirou o rei o seu annel da sua mão, e o deu a Haman, filho d'Hammedatha, agagita, adversario dos judeos.
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 E disse o rei a Haman: Essa prata te é dada, como tambem esse povo, para fazeres d'elle o que bem parecer aos teus olhos.
The king told Haman, “Keep your money, but do what you want to with those people [whom you talked about]!”
12 Então chamaram os escrivães do rei no primeiro mez, no dia treze do mesmo, e conforme a tudo quanto Haman mandou se escreveu aos principes do rei, e aos governadores que havia sobre cada provincia, e aos principaes de cada povo; a cada provincia segundo a sua escriptura, e a cada povo segundo a sua lingua; em nome do rei Assuero se escreveu, e com o annel do rei se sellou.
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 E as cartas se enviaram pela mão dos correios a todas as provincias do rei, que destruissem, matassem, e lançassem a perder a todos os judeos desde o moço até ao velho, creanças e mulheres, em um mesmo dia, a treze do duodecimo mez (que é o mez d'adar), e que saqueassem o seu despojo.
14 Uma copia do escripto que se proclamasse lei em cada provincia era publicada a todos os povos, para que estivessem preparados para aquelle dia.
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 Os correios, pois, impellidos pela palavra do rei, sairam, e a lei se proclamou na fortaleza de Susan: e o rei e Haman se assentaram a beber; porém a cidade de Susan estava confusa.
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].
