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Nagplano si Haman sa Paglaglag sa mga Judio

Sang ulihi ginpataas ni Haring Ahasuerus ang posisyon ni Haman nga anak ni Hamedata nga Agagnon.[a] Ginhimo niya siya nga pinakamataas nga opisyal sa iya ginharian. Ang tanan nga opisyal sang hari nga nakapuwesto sa puwertahan sang palasyo nagaluhod kay Haman bilang pagtahod sa iya, suno sa sugo sang hari. Pero si Mordecai iya wala nagaluhod. Ginpamangkot siya sang iban nga mga opisyal kon ngaa wala siya nagatuman sa sugo sang hari. Nagsabat siya nga isa siya ka Judio.[b] Adlaw-adlaw ginakombinsi siya sang iya kapareho nga mga opisyal pero indi gid siya magpamati. Gani ginsugid nila siya kay Haman agod mahibaluan nila kon bala pabay-an lang siya ni Haman.

Sang mahibaluan ni Haman nga indi magluhod si Mordecai sa pagtahod sa iya, naakig gid siya. Kag sang mahibaluan pa gid niya nga isa ka Judio si Mordecai, nagplano siya nga indi lang si Mordecai ang iya ipapatay kundi pati man ang tanan nga Judio sa bug-os nga ginharian ni Haring Ahasuerus.

Sang nahauna nga bulan, nga amo ang bulan sang Nisan, sadtong ika-12 nga tuig sang paghari ni Ahasuerus, nagsugo si Haman nga maggabot-gabot agod mahibaluan kon ano ang husto nga adlaw kag bulan sa pagtuman sang iya plano. (Ang butang nga ginagamit nila sa paggabot-gabot ginatawag nga “pur.”) Ang nagabutan amo ang ika-13 nga adlaw[c] sang ika-12 nga bulan, nga amo ang bulan sang Adar.

Karon, nagsiling si Haman kay Haring Ahasuerus, “May isa ka lahi sang katawhan nga nagaestar sa nagkalain-lain nga probinsya sang imo ginharian kag may kaugalingon sila nga kasuguan nga lain sang sa iban nga mga katawhan. Wala sila nagatuman sang imo mga kasuguan kag indi maayo para sa imo, Mahal nga Hari, nga pabay-an lang sila. Kon gusto mo, Mahal nga Hari, magmando ka nga pamatyon sila. Kag magahatag ako sing 350 ka tonelada nga pilak sa mga administrador sang imo ginharian, agod ibutang nila ini sa talaguan sang manggad sang ginharian.”

10 Ginkuha dayon sang hari ang iya singsing nga pangmarka[d] kag ginhatag kay Haman nga kaaway sang mga Judio, nga anak ni Hamedata nga Agagnon. 11 Nagsiling ang hari sa iya, “Sa imo na lang ang imo nga kuwarta, pero himua ang gusto mo nga himuon sa mga Judio.”

12 Gani sang ika-13 nga adlaw sang nahauna nga bulan, ginpatawag ni Haman ang mga sekretaryo sang hari. Ginpahimo niya sila sang sulat para sa mga gobernador, mga pangulo, kag mga opisyal sang tagsa ka probinsya sang ginharian, sa ila nga mga lingguahe. Ginpahimo ang sulat sa ngalan ni Haring Ahasuerus, kag ginmarkahan sang iya singsing. 13 Ginpadala ini sa tanan nga probinsya sang ginharian paagi sa mga mensahero. Nagamando sa sini nga sulat nga pamatyon gid sa isa lang ka adlaw ang tanan nga Judio, bata man ukon tigulang, pati mga babayi kag mga kabataan, kag kuhaon ang tanan nila nga pagkabutang. Himuon ini sa ika-13 nga adlaw sang ika-12 nga bulan, nga amo ang bulan sang Adar.

14-15 Sa sugo sang hari naglakat ang mga mensahero kag ginpanghatagan nila ang kada probinsya sang kopya sang amo nga mando, kag ginpahibalo ini sa mga tawo agod makahanda sila sa adlaw nga pamatyon ang tanan nga Judio. Ginpahibalo man ini nga mando sa napaderan nga siyudad sang Susa. Nagpungko ang hari kag si Haman sa pag-inom samtang ang mga tawo sa Susa nagakatingala kon ano ang nagakatabo.

Footnotes

  1. 3:1 Agagnon: Kaliwat ni Agag. Si Agag isa ka hari nga nagkontra sa mga Judio sang una. (Tan-awa ang 1 Sam. 15:1-33.)
  2. 3:4 Siguro indi magluhod si Mordecai kay Haman tungod kay ginakabig ni Haman ang iya kaugalingon nga dios, kag ang isa ka Judio nga matutom sa iya relihiyon indi magluhod sa tawo nga pareho sini.
  3. 3:7 ika-13 nga adlaw: Tan-awa sa bersikulo 13.
  4. 3:10 singsing nga pangmarka: Ginhatag ini sang hari kay Haman agod mamarkahan ni Haman ang mando nga ipasulat niya kag ipadala sa mga tawo. (Tan-awa sa bersikulo 12.)

Haman’s Plot to Destroy the Jews

After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite,(A) elevating him and giving him a seat of honor higher than that of all the other nobles. All the royal officials at the king’s gate knelt down and paid honor to Haman, for the king had commanded this concerning him. But Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor.

Then the royal officials at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the king’s command?”(B) Day after day they spoke to him but he refused to comply.(C) Therefore they told Haman about it to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would be tolerated, for he had told them he was a Jew.

When Haman saw that Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor, he was enraged.(D) Yet having learned who Mordecai’s people were, he scorned the idea of killing only Mordecai. Instead Haman looked for a way(E) to destroy(F) all Mordecai’s people, the Jews,(G) throughout the whole kingdom of Xerxes.

In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the pur(H) (that is, the lot(I)) was cast in the presence of Haman to select a day and month. And the lot fell on[a] the twelfth month, the month of Adar.(J)

Then Haman said to King Xerxes, “There is a certain people dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom who keep themselves separate. Their customs(K) are different from those of all other people, and they do not obey(L) the king’s laws; it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.(M) If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will give ten thousand talents[b] of silver to the king’s administrators for the royal treasury.”(N)

10 So the king took his signet ring(O) from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews. 11 “Keep the money,” the king said to Haman, “and do with the people as you please.”

12 Then on the thirteenth day of the first month the royal secretaries were summoned. They wrote out in the script of each province and in the language(P) of each people all Haman’s orders to the king’s satraps, the governors of the various provinces and the nobles of the various peoples. These were written in the name of King Xerxes himself and sealed(Q) with his own ring. 13 Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces with the order to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews(R)—young and old, women and children—on a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar,(S) and to plunder(T) their goods. 14 A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued as law in every province and made known to the people of every nationality so they would be ready for that day.(U)

15 The couriers went out, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa.(V) The king and Haman sat down to drink,(W) but the city of Susa was bewildered.(X)

Footnotes

  1. Esther 3:7 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have And the lot fell on.
  2. Esther 3:9 That is, about 375 tons or about 340 metric tons

After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.

And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.

Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?

Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.

And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

In the first month, that 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, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.

And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.

11 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.

12 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.

13 And the letters were sent by posts 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 upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

14 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.

15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.