Ester 3
1 Pagkatapos ng mga bagay na ito, itinaas ni Haring Assuero ang tungkulin ni Haman na anak na lalaki ni Hammedatha na Agageo, at inilagay ang sentro ng kanyang kapangyarihan na mataas sa lahat ng opisyal na kasama niya.
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 Lahat ng mga lingkod ng hari na nasa tarangkahan ng hari ay palaging lumuluhod at nagpapatirapa kay Haman tulad ng inutos ng hari na gawin nila. Ngunit si Mordecai ay hindi lumuhod ni pinatirapa ang kanyang sarili.
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 Pagkatapos ang mga lingkod ng hari na nasa tarangkahan ng hari ay sinabihan si Mordecai, “Bakit mo sinusuway ang utos ng hari?”
Then the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the king’s commandment?”
4 Kinausap nila siya araw-araw, ngunit tumanggi siyang sundin ang kanilang kagustuhan. Kaya kinausap nila si Haman upang alamin kung ang usapin tungkol kay Mordecai ay mananatiling ganoon, sapagkat sinabi niya na siya ay isang Judio.
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 Nang makita ni Haman na si Mordecai ay hindi lumuhod at yumuko sa kanya, napuno si Haman ng matinding galit.
When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.
6 May paghamak na inisip niya ang pagpatay lamang kay Mordecai, sapagkat sinabi ng mga lingkod ng hari kung sino ang lahi ni Mordecai. Gustong lipulin ni Haman lahat ng mga Judio, ang lahi ni Mordecai, na nasa buong kaharian ni Assuero.
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 Sa unang buwan (iyon ay ang buwan ng Nisan), sa ikalabindalawang taon ni Haring Assuero, nagtapon sila ng Pur—iyon ay, nagpalabunutan sila—sa harapan ni Haman—palabunutan sa bawat araw matapos ang araw at buwan, upang pumili ng araw at buwan— hanggang mapili nila ang ikalabindalawang buwan (ang buwan ng 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 Pagkatapos sinabi ni Haman kay Haring Assuero, “May isang lahing nagkalat at nakatira sa lahat ng lalawigan ng iyong kaharian. Ang kanilang mga batas ay iba mula sa ibang mga tao, at hindi nila sinusunod ang mga batas ng hari, kaya hindi nararapat para sa hari na hayaan silang manatili.
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 Kung mamarapatin ng hari, magbigay ng utos upang patayin sila, at maglalagay ako ng sampung libong talentong pilak sa kamay ng namamahala sa kalakalan ng hari, upang ilagay nila ito sa kabang-yaman ng hari.”
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 Pagkatapos ay hinubad ng hari ang panselyong singsing sa kanyang kamay at ibinigay ito kay Haman na anak na lalaki ni Hammedatha ng Agageo, ang kaaway ng mga Judio.
The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
11 Sinabi ng hari kay Haman, “Sisiguraduhin kong maibalik ang pera sa iyo at sa iyong lahi. Magagawa mo anuman ang iyong naisin para dito.”
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 Pagkatapos ay pinatawag ang mga manunulat ng hari sa ikalabintatlong araw ng unang buwan, at isang utos na naglalaman ng lahat ng iniutos ni Haman ang sinulat para sa mga panlalawigang gobernador ng hari, iyong mga namumuno sa lahat ng lalawigan, sa mga gobernador ng iba't-ibang mga lahi, at sa lahat ng mga opisyal ng lahat ng tao, sa bawat lalawigan sa sarili nilang pagsulat, at sa bawat tao sa sarili nilang wika. Ito ay isinulat sa pangalan ni Haring Assuero at sinelyuhan ng kanyang singsing.
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 Ang mga kasulatan ay inihatid sa pamamagitan ng tagahatid ng liham sa lahat ng lalawigan ng hari, upang lipulin, patayin, at wasakin ang lahat ng Judio, mula bata hanggang matanda, mga bata at kababaihan, sa isang araw—sa ikalabintatlong araw ng ikalabindalawang buwan (ang buwan ng Adar) —at samsamin ang kanilang mga ari-arian.
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 Ang kopya ng liham ay ginawang batas sa bawat lalawigan. Sa bawat lalawigan ito ay ipinagbigay-alam sa lahat ng mga tao na dapat silang maghahanda para sa araw na ito.
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 Lumabas ang mga tagahatid at nagmadaling ipinamahagi ang kautusan ng hari. Ang batas ay ipinamahagi rin sa palasyo ng Susa. Ang hari at si Haman ay umupo upang uminom, ngunit ang siyudad ng Susa ay nasa kaguluhan.
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.
