Esther 3

1 Et, après cela, le roi Artaxerxès glorifia Aman, fils d'Amadathe le Bugéen, et il l'exalta, et il le fit asseoir sur un siège au-dessus de tous ses amis.

After these things, by the order of the king, Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, was lifted up and given a position of honour and a higher place than all the other captains who were with him.

2 Et tous ceux qui servaient dans le parvis l'adoraient, car ainsi l'avait ordonné le roi; et Mardochée ne se prosternait pas devant lui.

And all the king's servants who were in the king's house went down to the earth before Haman and gave him honour: for so the king had given orders. But Mordecai did not go down before him or give him honour.

3 Et les serviteurs du parvis dirent à Mardochée: Mardochée, pourquoi désobéis-tu à ce qu'a dit le roi?

Then the king's servants who were in the king's house said to Mordecai, Why do you go against the king's order?

4 Chaque jour ils lui parlaient ainsi, et il ne les écoutait pas; enfin, ils informèrent Aman que Mardochée résistait aux ordres du roi; or, Mardochée leur avait déclaré qu'il était Juif.

Now when they had said this to him day after day and he gave no attention, they let Haman have news of it, to see if Mordecai's behaviour would be overlooked: for he had said to them that he was a Jew.

5 Et Aman, en apprenant que Mardochée ne se prosternait pas devant lui, fut fort courroucé.

And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not go down before him and give him honour, Haman was full of wrath.

6 Et il résolut d'effacer tous les Juifs du royaume d'Artaxerxès.

But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

7 Et, en la douzième année du règne d'Artaxerxès, il prépara un édit, et il agita les sorts pour savoir le mois et le jour où il exterminerait en même temps la race de Mardochée, et le sort tomba sur le quatorzième du mois qui est appelé adar.

In the first month, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, from day to day and from month to month they went on looking for a sign given by Pur (that is chance) before Haman, till the sign came out for the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.

8 Et il parla au roi disant: Il y a un peuple épars en toutes les provinces de ton royaume; leurs lois diffèrent de toutes les autres lois; ils n'obéissent point à celles du roi; il n'est pas à propos que le roi les laisse subsister.

And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain nation living here and there in small groups among the people in all the divisions of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of any other nation, and they do not keep the king's laws: for this reason it is not right for the king to let them be.

9 S'il plaît au roi, qu'il décrète qu'on les détruise, et moi je ferai rentrer au trésor royal dix mille talents d'argent.

If it is the king's pleasure, let a statement ordering their destruction be put in writing: and I will give to those responsible for the king's business, ten thousand talents of silver for the king's store-house.

10 Et le roi ôtant son anneau le remit à Aman pour sceller l'édit contre les Juifs.

And the king took his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of the Jews.

11 Et le roi lui dit: L'argent sera pour toi, fais de ce peuple ce qu'il te plaît.

And the king said to Haman, The money is yours, and the people, to do with them whatever seems right to you.

12 Et, le treize du premier mois, les scribes du roi furent convoqués, et ils écrivirent, selon l'ordre d'Aman, aux généraux et aux gouverneurs des cent vingt-sept provinces de l'Inde à l'Éthiopie, et aux chefs des nations chacun en sa langue, de la part du roi Artaxerxès.

Then on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king's scribes were sent for, and they put in writing Haman's orders to all the king's captains and the rulers of every division of his kingdom and the chiefs of every people: for every division of the kingdom in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs; it was signed in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with the king's ring.

13 Et des courriers portèrent dans tout le royaume le commandement de détruire en un seul jour, le premier du douzième mois, qui est adar, toute la race des Juifs, et de piller leurs biens.

And letters were sent by the runners into every division of the kingdom ordering the death and destruction of all Jews, young and old, little children and women, on the same day, even the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar, and the taking of all their goods by force.

14 Et les copies de ces lettres furent publiées en chaque province, et il fut enjoint à chaque nation de se tenir prête pour le jour indiqué.

A copy of the writing, to be made public in every part of the kingdom, was sent out to all the peoples, so that they might be ready when that day came.

15 On y avait mis de l'empressement à Suse, et le roi et Aman buvaient à pleines coupes; mais la ville était toute troublée.

The runners went out quickly by the king's order, and a public statement was made in Shushan: and the king and Haman took wine together: but the town of Shushan was troubled.