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 son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and placed his seat of authority above all the officials 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 at the king's gate always knelt and prostrated themselves to Haman, as the king had ordered them to do. But Mordecai neither knelt nor prostrated himself.
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 at the king's gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the king's command?”
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.
They spoke with him day after day, but he refused to comply with their demands. So they spoke with Haman to see if the matter about Mordecai would remain like that, 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 kneel and bow down to him, Haman was filled with rage.
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.
He had contempt for the idea of killing only Mordecai, for the king's servants had told him who Mordecai's people were. Haman wanted to exterminate all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were in the entire kingdom of Ahasuerus.
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 of Nisan), in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, the Pur—that is the lot—was thrown before Haman, to select a day and month. They cast the lot over and over until the lot fell on the twelfth month (which is the month of 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.
Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and distributed among all the provinces of your kingdom. Their laws are different from those of other people, and they do not keep the king's laws, so it is not suitable for the king to let them stay.
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 please the king, give a command to kill them, and I will weigh out ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who are in charge of the king's business, for them to put it into the king's treasury.”
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.
Then the king took the signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
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, “I will see that the money is given back to you and your people. You will do with it whatever you wish.”
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 summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and a decree containing all that Haman had commanded was written to the king's provincial governors, those who were over all the provinces, to the governors of all the various peoples, and to the officials of all the people, to every province in their own writing, and to every people in their own language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and was sealed with his 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.
Documents were hand-delivered by couriers to all the king's provinces, to annihilate, kill, and destroy all Jews, from young to old, children and women, in one day—on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (which is the month of 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 was made law in every province. In every province it was made known to all the people that they should prepare for this 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 and hurried to distribute the king's order. The decree was also distributed within the fortress of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in turmoil.
