Esther 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.
DOPO queste cose, il re Assuero ingrandì Haman, figliuolo di Hammedata, Agageo, e l'innalzò, e pose il suo seggio disopra a tutti i principi ch'[erano] con lui.
2 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 didn’t bow down or pay him homage.
E tutti i servitori del re ch'erano alla porta del re s'inchinavano, e adoravano Haman; perciocchè il re avea comandato [che si facesse così] inverso lui. Ma Mardocheo non s'inchinava, e non lo adorava.
3 Then the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the king’s commandment?”
Ed i servitori del re ch'[erano] alla porta del re, dissero a Mardocheo: Perchè trapassi il comandamento del re?
4 Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he didn’t 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.
Ora, come essi glielo dicessero ogni giorno, ed egli non desse loro orecchie, essi [lo] rapportarono ad Haman, per vedere se le parole di Mardocheo sarebbero costanti; perciocchè egli avea lor dichiarato ch'egli [era] Giudeo.
5 When Haman saw that Mordecai didn’t bow down nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.
Haman adunque vide che Mardocheo non s'inchinava, e non l'adorava, e fu ripieno di furore.
6 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.
Ma egli sdegnava di metter la mano sopra Mardocheo solo; anzi, perchè gli era stato dichiarato il popolo di Mardocheo, cercava di distruggere tutti i Giudei, popolo di Mardocheo, ch'[erano] in tutto il regno di Assuero.
7 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.
E nel primo mese, [che] è il mese di Nisan, nell'anno duodecimo del re Assuero, fu tirata Pur, cioè la sorte, davanti ad Haman, per ciascun giorno, e per ciascun mese; [e la sorte cadde] sul duodecimo mese [che] è il mese di Adar.
8 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 don’t keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not for the king’s profit to allow them to remain.
Ed Haman disse al re Assuero: Ei v'è un popolo sparso e diviso fra gli [altri] popoli, in tutte le provincie del tuo regno, le cui leggi son differenti da [quelle di] ogni [altro] popolo; ed esso non osserva le leggi del re; talchè non [è] spediente al re di lasciarlo [vivere].
9 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.”
Se così par bene al re, scrivasi che sia distrutto; ed io pagherò, in mano di coloro che fanno le faccende del re, diecimila talenti di argento, per portarli ne' tesori del re.
10 The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
Allora il re si trasse il suo anello di mano, e lo diede ad Haman, figliuolo di Hammedata, Agageo, nemico de' Giudei.
11 The king said to Haman, “The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.”
E il re disse ad Haman: Quell'argento ti è rimesso in dono; e pur sia fatto a quel popolo come ti parrà bene.
12 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.
E nel tredicesimo giorno del primo mese, furono chiamati i segretari del re, e furono scritte [lettere], interamente come Haman comandò, a' satrapi del re, e a' governatori di ciascuna provincia, ed a' principi di ciascun popolo; a ciascuna provincia, secondo la sua maniera di scrivere, ed a ciascun popolo, secondo il suo linguaggio. [E quelle furono] scritte a nome del re Assuero, e suggellate con l'anello del re.
13 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.
E furono mandate, per man de' corrieri, a tutte le provincie del re, per far distruggere, uccidere, e sterminare tutti i Giudei, fanciulli, vecchi, piccoli figliuoli, e femmine, in un medesimo giorno, [cioè], nel tredicesimo [giorno] del duodecimo mese, [ch]'è il mese di Adar, e per predar le loro spoglie.
14 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.
Il tenore delle lettere [era], che si bandisse un decreto in ciascuna provincia, [sì che fosse] palese a tutti i popoli; acciocchè fosser presti per quel giorno.
15 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.
I corrieri, sollecitati dal comandamento del re, si misero in cammino; e il decreto fu bandito in Susan, stanza reale. E il re, ed Haman, sedevano bevendo, mentre la città di Susan [era] in gran perplessità.
