Jestira 3
1 Poslije toga podiže car Asvir Amana sina Amedatina, Agageja, i uzvisi ga, i namjesti mu prijesto više svijeh knezova što bijahu kod njega.
After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
2 I sve sluge careve što bijahu na vratima carevijem klanjahu se i padahu pred Amanom, jer tako bješe car zapovjedio za nj. Ali Mardohej ne klanjaše se niti padaše.
All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.
3 I sluge careve što bijahu na vratima carevijem govorahu Mardoheju: zašto prestupaš zapovijest carevu?
Then the royal servants at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the command of the king?”
4 I pošto mu od dana na dan govoriše a on ne posluša, javiše Amanu da vide hoæe li ostati rijeèi Mardohejeve, jer im bješe kazao da je Judejac.
Day after day they warned him, but he would not comply. So they reported it to Haman to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would be tolerated, since he had told them he was a Jew.
5 A kad vidje Aman da se Mardohej ne klanja niti pada pred njim, napuni se gnjeva Aman.
When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.
6 Ali mišljaše da nije vrijedno da digne ruku na Mardoheja samoga, jer mu kazaše kojega naroda bješe Mardohej, nego gledaše da istrijebi sve Judejce što bijahu po svemu carstvu Asvirovu, narod Mardohejev.
And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
7 Prvoga mjeseca, a to je mjesec Nisan, godine dvanaeste carovanja Asvirova, bacaše Fur, to jest ždrijeb, pred Amanom, od dana do dana i od mjeseca do mjeseca, do dvanaestoga mjeseca, a to je mjesec Adar.
In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
8 I Aman reèe caru Asviru: ima narod rasijan i rasut po narodima po svijem zemljama carstva tvojega, kojega su zakoni drukèiji od zakona svijeh naroda, i ne izvršuje zakona carevijeh, pa nije probitaèno caru da ih ostavi.
Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
9 Ako je caru ugodno, da se piše da se istrijebe; i ja æu izmjeriti deset tisuæa talanata srebra u ruke pristavima da donesu u carevu riznicu.
If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”
10 Tada car snimi prsten s ruke svoje i dade ga Amanu sinu Amedatinu Agageju neprijatelju Judejskom.
So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
11 I reèe Amanu: to srebro neka tebi, a od naroda èini što ti je drago.
“Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.”
12 Zato dozvaše pisare careve prvoga mjeseca trinaestoga dana, i napisa se sve kako zapovjedi Aman, namjesnicima carevijem i vojvodama u svakoj zemlji i knezovima svakoga naroda, svakoj zemlji pismom njezinijem i svakomu narodu jezikom njegovijem, u ime cara Asvira napisa se i prstenom carevijem zapeèati se.
On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.
13 I razaslaše se knjige po glasnicima u sve zemlje careve da potru, pobiju i istrijebe sve Judejce, staro i mlado, djecu i žene u jedan dan, trinaestoga dana dvanaestoga mjeseca, koje je mjesec Adar, i da razgrabe imanje njihovo.
And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.
14 U knjigama se govoraše da se oglasi zapovijest po svijem zemljama i da se objavi svijem narodima da budu gotovi za onaj dan.
A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that they would be ready on that day.
15 Glasnici otidoše brzo po zapovijesti carevoj, i zapovijest bi oglašena u Susanu carskom gradu. A car i Aman sjeðahu i pijahu, a grad se Susan smete.
The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.
