Книга Есфири 3
1 И по сих прослави царь Артаксеркс Амана сына Амадафуина Вугеанина и вознесе его, и председяше вышше всех другов его:
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 и вси, иже во дворе (цареве), покланяхуся Аману: сице бо повеле царь творити. Мардохей же не кланяшеся ему.
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 И глаголаша сущии во дворе цареве Мардохею: мардохее, чесо ради не слушаеши глаголемых от царя?
Then the royal servants at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the command of the king?”
4 По вся же дни глаголаху ему, и не послушаше их. И возвестиша Аману, яко Мардохей сопротивляется повелению цареву, и поведа им Мардохей, яко Иудеанин есть.
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 И уведав Аман, яко не кланяется ему Мардохеи, разгневася зело
When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.
6 и умысли погубити вся Иудеи, иже в царстве Артаксерксове:
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 и сотвори совет в лето второенадесять царства Артаксерксова, и меташе жребия день от дне и месяц от месяца, яко погубити во един день род Мардохеев: и паде жребий на четвертыйнадесять день месяца, иже есть Адар.
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 И рече (Аман) ко царю Артаксерксу, глаголя: есть язык разсеянный во языцех во всем царстве твоем: законы же их странни паче всех язык, и законов царских не слушают, и не пользует царю оставити их:
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 и аще годе есть цареви, да повелит погубити я: аз же запишу в сокровище царево десять тысящ талант сребра.
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 И снем царь перстень (с руки своея), даде в руце Аману, да запечатает писания написанная на Иудей.
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 И рече царь Аману: сребро убо имей ты себе, людем же твори, якоже хощеши.
“Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.”
12 И призвани быша писцы царевы в третийнадесять день месяца перваго, и написаша, якоже повеле Аман, к воеводам и началником по всем странам, от Индийския области даже и до Ефиопии, сто двадесяти седми странам, началствующым над языки по их языку, именем Артаксеркса царя.
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 И посла с писмоносцы писания в царство Артаксерксово, да побиют род Жидовский в день един месяца вторагонадесять, иже есть Адар, и да расхитят имения их.
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 Списания же епистолии посылахуся по странам, и повелено бысть всем языком готовым быти в нареченный день.
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 Приспе же дело и в Сусы: и царь убо и Аман пирующа наслаждастася, град же (Сусы) мятяшеся.
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.
