Esther 3
1 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.
Po teh stvareh je Kralj Ahasvér povišal Hamána, Hamedátovega sina, Agágovca in ga napredoval in njegov sedež postavil nad vse prince, ki so bili z njim.
2 And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bowed down, and did reverence to Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence.
Vsi kraljevi služabniki, ki so bili pri kraljevih velikih vratih, so se priklonili in častili Hamána, kajti kralj je glede njega tako zapovedal. Mordohaj pa se ni priklonil niti ga ni častil.
3 Then the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment?
Potem so kraljevi služabniki, ki so bili pri kraljevih velikih vratih, Mordohaju rekli: »Zakaj prestopaš kraljevo zapoved?«
4 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.
Pripetilo se je torej, ko so mu dnevno govorili in jim ni prisluhnil, da so povedali Hamánu, da vidijo, ali bodo Mordohajeve zadeve obstale, kajti povedal jim je, da je bil Jud.
5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
Ko je Hamán videl, da se Mordohaj ni priklonil niti ga ni častil, potem je bil Hamán poln besa.
6 But 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.
Zdelo se mu je v posmeh, da položi roke samo na Mordohaja, kajti pokazali so mu Mordohajevo ljudstvo. Zato je Hamán iskal, da uniči vse Jude, ki so bili po celotnem Ahasvérjevem kraljestvu, torej Mordohajevo ljudstvo.
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, [to] the twelfth [month], which is the month Adar.
V prvem mesecu, ki je mesec nisán, v dvanajstem letu kralja Ahasvérja, so metali pur, kar je žreb, pred Hamánom iz dneva v dan in iz meseca v mesec, do dvanajstega meseca, ki je mesec adár.
8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from [those of] every people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.
Hamán je rekel Kralju Ahasvérju: »Tam je neko ljudstvo, razkropljeno naokoli in razpršeno med ljudstvom po vseh provincah tvojega kraljestva. Njihove postave so različne od vsega ljudstva niti se ne držijo kraljevih postav. Zatorej to ni za kraljevo korist, da jih trpi.
9 If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have the charge of the [king’s] business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.
Če to ugaja kralju, naj bo to zapisano, da bodo lahko uničeni, jaz pa bom plačal deset tisoč talentov srebra rokam tistih, ki so zadolženi za to delo, da to prinesejo v kraljeve zakladnice.«
10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
Kralj je iz svoje roke snel svoj prstan ter ga dal Hamedátovemu sinu Hamánu, Agágovcu, sovražniku Judov.
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.
Kralj je rekel Hamánu: »Srebro ti je dano, tudi ljudstvo, da storiš z njimi, kakor se ti zdi dobro.«
12 Then were the king’s scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day thereof, and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the king’s satraps, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the princes of every people; to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and it was sealed with the king’s ring.
Potem so bili na trinajsti dan prvega meseca poklicani kraljevi pisarji in bilo je napisano glede na vse, kar je Hamán ukazal kraljevim poročnikom in voditeljem, ki so bili nad vsako provinco in vladarjem vsakega ljudstva vsake province, glede na njihovo pisavo in vsakemu ljudstvu glede na njihov jezik. V imenu kralja Ahasvérja je bilo napisano in zapečateno s kraljevim prstanom.
13 And letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to slay, 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.
Pisma so bila po slih poslana v vse kraljeve province, da uničijo, ubijejo in pogubijo vse Jude, tako mlade kakor stare, majhne otroke in ženske, na en dan, torej na trinajsti dan dvanajstega meseca, ki je mesec adár in da si njihov dobiček vzamejo za plen.
14 A copy of the writing, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published unto all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day.
Prepis pisanja za zapoved, ki naj bo predana v vsako provinco, je bilo razglašeno vsem ljudstvom, da bodo pripravljeni za ta dan.
15 The posts went forth in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace: and the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.
Sli so odšli ven, podvizani s kraljevo zapovedjo in odlok je bil izdan v palači Suze. Kralj in Hamán pa sta se usedla, da pijeta, mesto Suze pa je bilo zbegano.
