ESTHER 3

استير 3

1  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.

1  بَعْدَ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ عَظَّمَ الْمَلِكُ أَحْشَوِيرُوشُ هَامَانَ بْنَ هَمَدَاثَا الأَجَاجِيَّ وَرَقَّاهُ وَجَعَلَ كُرْسِيَّهُ فَوْقَ جَمِيعِ الرُّؤَسَاءِ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ.

2  And all the king's servants who were within the king's gate bowed and paid homage to Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai would not bow or pay homage.

2  فَكَانَ كُلُّ عَبِيدِ الْمَلِكِ الَّذِينَ بِبَابِ الْمَلِكِ يَجْثُونَ وَيَسْجُدُونَ لِهَامَانَ لأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا أَوْصَى بِهِ الْمَلِكُ. وَأَمَّا مُرْدَخَايُ فَلَمْ يَجْثُ وَلَمْ يَسْجُدْ.

3  Then the king's servants who were within the king's gate said to Mordecai, "Why do you transgress the king's command?"

3  فَقَالَ عَبِيدُ الْمَلِكِ الَّذِينَ بِبَابِ الْمَلِكِ لِمُرْدَخَايَ: [لِمَاذَا تَتَعَدَّى أَمْرَ الْمَلِكِ؟]

4  Now it happened, when they spoke to him daily and he would not listen to them, that they told it to Haman, to see whether Mordecai's words would stand; for Mordecai had told them that he was a Jew.

4  وَإِذْ كَانُوا يُكَلِّمُونَهُ يَوْماً فَيَوْماً وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَسْمَعْ لَهُمْ أَخْبَرُوا هَامَانَ لِيَرُوا هَلْ يَقُومُ كَلاَمُ مُرْدَخَايَ لأَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُمْ بِأَنَّهُ يَهُودِيٌّ.

5  When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow or pay him homage, Haman was filled with wrath.

5  وَلَمَّا رَأَى هَامَانُ أَنَّ مُرْدَخَايَ لاَ يَجْثُو وَلاَ يَسْجُدُ لَهُ امْتَلَأَ هَامَانُ غَضَباً.

6  But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him of the people of Mordecai. Instead, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus--the people of Mordecai.

6  وَازْدُرِيَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ أَنْ يَمُدَّ يَدَهُ إِلَى مُرْدَخَايَ وَحْدَهُ لأَنَّهُمْ أَخْبَرُوهُ عَنْ شَعْبِ مُرْدَخَايَ. فَطَلَبَ هَامَانُ أَنْ يُهْلِكَ جَمِيعَ الْيَهُودِ الَّذِينَ فِي كُلِّ مَمْلَكَةِ أَحْشَوِيرُوشَ شَعْبَ مُرْدَخَايَ.

7  In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, the lot), before Haman to determine the day and the month, [6] until it fell on the twelfth month, [7] which is the month of Adar.

7  فِي الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ (أَيْ شَهْرِ نِيسَانَ) فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ عَشَرَةَ لِلْمَلِكِ أَحْشَوِيرُوشَ كَانُوا يُلْقُونَ فُوراً (أَيْ قُرْعَةً) أَمَامَ هَامَانَ مِنْ يَوْمٍ إِلَى يَوْمٍ وَمِنْ شَهْرٍ إِلَى شَهْرٍ إِلَى الثَّانِي عَشَرَ (أَيْ شَهْرِ أَذَارَ).

8  Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from all other people's, and they do not keep the king's laws. Therefore it is not fitting for the king to let them remain.

8  فَقَالَ هَامَانُ لِلْمَلِكِ أَحْشَوِيرُوشَ: [إِنَّهُ مَوْجُودٌ شَعْبٌ مَّا مُتَشَتِّتٌ وَمُتَفَرِّقٌ بَيْنَ الشُّعُوبِ فِي كُلِّ بِلاَدِ مَمْلَكَتِكَ وَسُنَنُهُمْ مُغَايِرَةٌ لِجَمِيعِ الشُّعُوبِ وَهُمْ لاَ يَعْمَلُونَ سُنَنَ الْمَلِكِ فَلاَ يَلِيقُ بِالْمَلِكِ تَرْكُهُمْ.

9  If it pleases the king, let a decree be written that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who do the work, to bring it into the king's treasuries."

9  فَإِذَا حَسُنَ عِنْدَ الْمَلِكِ فَلْيُكْتَبْ أَنْ يُبَادُوا وَأَنَا أَزِنُ عَشَرَةَ آلاَفِ وَزْنَةٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ فِي أَيْدِي الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ الْعَمَلَ لِيُؤْتَى بِهَا إِلَى خَزَائِنِ الْمَلِكِ.

10  So the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.

10  فَنَزَعَ الْمَلِكُ خَاتِمَهُ مِنْ يَدِهِ وَأَعْطَاهُ لِهَامَانَ بْنِ هَمَدَاثَا الأَجَاجِيِّ عَدُوِّ الْيَهُودِ.

11  And the king said to Haman, "The money and the people are given to you, to do with them as seems good to you."

11  وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لِهَامَانَ: [الْفِضَّةُ قَدْ أُعْطِيَتْ لَكَ وَالشَّعْبُ أَيْضاً لِتَفْعَلَ بِهِ مَا يَحْسُنُ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ].

12  Then the king's scribes were called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and a decree was written according to all that Haman commanded--to the king's satraps, to the governors who were over each province, to the officials of all people, to every province according to its script, and to every people in their language. In the name of King Ahasuerus it was written, and sealed with the king's signet ring.

12  فَدُعِيَ كُتَّابُ الْمَلِكِ فِي الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثَ عَشَرَ مِنْهُ وَكُتِبَ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ هَامَانُ إِلَى مَرَازِبَةِ الْمَلِكِ وَإِلَى وُلاَةِ بِلاَدٍ فَبِلاَدٍ وَإِلَى رُؤَسَاءِ شَعْبٍ فَشَعْبٍ كُلِّ بِلاَدٍ كَكِتَابَتِهَا وَكُلِّ شَعْبٍ كَلِسَانِهِ كُتِبَ بِاسْمِ الْمَلِكِ أَحْشَوِيرُوشَ وَخُتِمَ بِخَاتِمِ الْمَلِكِ

13  And the letters were sent by couriers into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, little 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. [8]

13  وَأُرْسِلَتِ الْكِتَابَاتُ بِيَدِ السُّعَاةِ إِلَى كُلِّ بُلْدَانِ الْمَلِكِ لإِهْلاَكِ وَقَتْلِ وَإِبَادَةِ جَمِيعِ الْيَهُودِ مِنَ الْغُلاَمِ إِلَى الشَّيْخِ وَالأَطْفَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ فِي الثَّالِثَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الثَّانِي عَشَرَ (أَيْ شَهْرِ أَذَارَ) وَأَنْ يَسْلِبُوا غَنِيمَتَهُمْ.

14  A copy of the document was to be issued as law in every province, being published for all people, that they should be ready for that day.

14  صُورَةُ الْكِتَابَةِ الْمُعْطَاةِ سُنَّةً فِي كُلِّ الْبُلْدَانِ أُشْهِرَتْ بَيْنَ جَمِيعِ الشُّعُوبِ لِيَكُونُوا مُسْتَعِدِّينَ لِهَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

15  The couriers went out, hastened by the king's command; and the decree was proclaimed in Shushan the citadel. So the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Shushan was perplexed.

15  فَخَرَجَ السُّعَاةُ وَأَمْرُ الْمَلِكِ يَحِثُّهُمْ وَأُعْطِيَ الأَمْرُ فِي شُوشَنَ الْقَصْرِ. وَجَلَسَ الْمَلِكُ وَهَامَانُ لِلشُّرْبِ وَأَمَّا الْمَدِينَةُ شُوشَنُ فَارْتَبَكَتْ.