Estera 3
1 Poslije tih događaja kralj Ahasver promaknu Hamana, Hamdatina sina, Agađanina: uzvisi ga i njegovo prijestolje postavi iznad svih ostalih dostojanstvenika koji su bili s njim.
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.
2 Svi službenici kraljevi koji su se nalazili na kraljevim vratima prigibali bi koljena i padali ničice pred Hamanom, jer je tako zapovjedio kralj. Ali Mordokaj ne bi prignuo koljeno niti bi pao ničice.
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.
3 Službenici kraljevi koji su se nalazili na vratima kraljevim rekoše Mordokaju: "Zašto prestupaš kraljevu zapovijed?"
Then the king’s servants, which were in the king’s gate, said to Mordecai, Why transgress you the king’s commandment?
4 Iako su mu oni to ponavljali svaki dan, on ih ne posluša. Onda oni to dojaviše Hamanu, da vide vrijedi li Mordokajevo opravdanje. Jer im bijaše rekao da je Židov.
Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he listened not to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
5 Kad Haman utvrdi da Mordokaj niti prigiba koljeno niti pada ničice pred njim, jako se razljuti.
And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
6 A kad dozna kojemu narodu pripada, učini mu se premalo podići ruke na samog Mordokaja nego naumi s njim pobiti i sve Židove koji su živjeli u svem kraljevstvu Ahasverovu.
And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had showed him the people of Mordecai: why Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
7 U prvom mjesecu, to jest u mjesecu Nisanu, dvanaeste godine Ahasverova kraljevanja u nazočnosti Hamana baciše "Pur", to jest ždrijeb, da utvrde dan i mjesec. Ždrijeb pade na trinaesti dan dvanaestoga mjeseca, to jest na mjeseca Adara.
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.
8 I Haman kaza kralju Ahasveru: "U svim pokrajinama tvoga kraljevstva ima jedan narod razasut među drugim narodima i od njih odvojen. Njegovi su zakoni drugačiji od zakona u svih ostalih naroda. Oni se ne drže kraljevskih odredaba. Kralj ih zato ne smije pustiti na miru.
And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of your 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.
9 Ako je kralju po volji, neka se raspiše da se oni zatru; a ja ću izbrojiti deset tisuća srebrnih talenata na ruke povjerenika da ih pohrane u kraljevsku riznicu."
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 Nakon toga kralj skinu pečatni prsten s ruke i preda ga Hamanu, sinu Hamdatinu, Agađaninu, neprijatelju Židova,
And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
11 i kaza mu: "Neka ti bude novac i narod, pa učini s njim što bude dobro u tvojim očima."
And 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 Trinaestoga dana prvoga mjeseca bijahu sazvani kraljevi pisari, pa o onome što je naložio Haman sastaviše pisma i upraviše ih kraljevskim namjesnicima, upraviteljima što stajahu na čelu pojedinih pokrajina, knezovima svakoga pojedinog naroda, svakoj pokrajini njezinim pismom i svakom narodu njegovim jezikom. Pisma su napisana u kraljevo ime i na njima je udaren kraljev pečat.
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 to 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 Po skorotečama razaslane su svim kraljevim pokrajinama poslanice da se svi Židovi, od dječaka do staraca, djeca i žene unište, pobiju, zatru, a njihova dobra da se zaplijene u jednom jedinom danu, i to trinaestog dana dvanaestog mjeseca, mjeseca Adara.
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 on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
14 Sadržaj ove naredbe, koja je imala postati zakonom u svakoj pokrajini, bio je objavljen svim narodima da bi bili spremni za taj dan.
The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published to all people, that they should be ready against that day.
15 Skoroteče žurno potekoše s kraljevskom naredbom. Zakon bi objavljen i u tvrđavi Suze, pa dok su kralj i Haman sjedili i častili se, grad je Suza bio uznemiren.
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.
