Ester 3
1 Depois destas coisas o rei Assuero engrandeceu a Haman, filho de Hammedatha, agagita, e o exaltou: e pôs o seu assento acima de todos os príncipes que estavam com ele.
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 E todos os servos do rei, que estavam à porta do rei, se inclinavam e se prostravam perante Haman; porque assim tinha ordenado o rei acerca dele: porém mardoqueu não se inclinava nem se prostrava.
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 did not bow down or pay him homage.
3 Então os servos do rei, que estavam à porta do rei, disseram a mardoqueu: Porque traspassas o mandado do rei?
Then the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the king’s commandment?”
4 Sucedeu pois que, dizendo-lhe eles isto de dia em dia, e não lhes dando ele ouvidos, o fizeram saber a Haman, para verem se as palavras de mardoqueu se sustentariam, porque ele lhes tinha declarado que era judeu.
Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he did not 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 Vendo pois Haman que mardoqueu se não inclinava nem se prostrava diante dele, Haman se encheu de furor.
When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.
6 Porém em seus olhos teve em pouco de pôr as mãos só em mardoqueu (porque lhe haviam declarado o povo de mardoqueu); Haman pois procurou destruir a todos os judeus que havia em todo o reino de Assuero, ao povo de mardoqueu.
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 No primeiro mês (que é o mês de nisan), no ano duodécimo do rei Assuero, se lançou pur, isto é, sorte, perante Haman, de dia em dia, e de mês em mes, até ao duodécimo mes, que é o mês de Adar.
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 E Haman disse ao rei Assuero: há um povo espargido e dividido entre os povos em todas as províncias do teu reino, cujas leis são diferentes das leis de todos os povos, e tão pouco fazem as leis do rei; pelo que não convém ao rei deixa-los ficar.
Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different from other people’s. They do not keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not for the king’s profit to allow them to remain.
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 metam nos tesouros do rei.
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 Então tirou o rei o seu anel da sua mão, e o deu a Haman, filho de Hammedatha, agagita, adversário dos judeus.
The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
11 E disse o rei a Haman: Essa prata te é dada, como também esse povo, para fazeres dele o que bem parecer aos teus olhos.
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 Então chamaram os escrivães do rei no primeiro mes, no dia treze do mesmo, e conforme a tudo quanto Haman mandou se escreveu aos príncipes do rei, e aos governadores que havia sobre cada província, e aos principais de cada povo; a cada província segundo a sua escritura, e a cada povo segundo a sua língua; em nome do rei Assuero se escreveu, e com o anel do rei se selou.
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 E as cartas se enviaram pela mão dos correios a todas as províncias do rei, que destruíssem, matassem, e lançassem a perder a todos os judeus desde o moço até ao velho, crianças e mulheres, em um mesmo dia, a treze do duodécimo mês (que é o mês de Adar), e que saqueassem o seu despojo.
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 Uma copia do escrito que se proclamasse lei em cada província era publicada a todos os povos, para que estivessem preparados para aquele dia.
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 Os correios, pois, impelidos 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.
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.
