Ester 3
1 Kalpasan dagitoy a banbanag, impangato ni Ari Ahasuero ti saad ni Haman a putot ni Hamedata nga Agagita, ket naisaad ti turayna a nangatngato ngem kadagiti amin nga opisial a kaduana.
After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
2 Dagiti amin nga adipen iti ari nga adda iti ruangan ti palasio ti ari ket kankanayon nga agparintumeng ken agpakleb iti sangoanan ni Haman, kas iti imbilin ti ari nga aramidenda. Ngem saan a nagparitumeng wenno nagpakleb ni Mardokeo.
All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.
3 Ket kinuna dagiti adipen ti ari nga adda iti ruangan ti palasio ti ari kenni Mardokeo, “Apay a salsalungasingem ti bilin iti ari?”
Then the royal servants at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the command of the king?”
4 Inaldaw-aldaw a katkatungtungenda isuna, ngem nagkedked isuna nga agtulnog iti kalikagumda. Isu a nakitungtongda kenni Haman tapno makita no agtalinaed latta ti banag maipanggep kenni Mardokeo, ta imbagana kadakuada nga isuna ket maysa a Judio.
Day after day they warned him, but he would not comply. So they reported it to Haman to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would be tolerated, since he had told them he was a Jew.
5 Idi nakita ni Haman a saan a nagparintumeng ken nagtamed ni Mardokeo kenkuana, nakapungtot ni Haman.
When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.
6 Kinagurana ti kapanunutan a ni Mardokeo laeng ti mapapatay, ta imbaga dagiti adipen ti ari no siasino dagiti tattao ni Mardokeo. Kayat ni Haman a mapukaw dagiti amin a Judio, dagiti tattao ni Mardokeo, nga adda iti entero a pagarian ni Ahasuero.
And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
7 Iti umuna a bulan (a bulan ti Nisan), iti maikasangapulo ket dua a tawen ni Ari Ahasuero, adda iti nangipuruak iti Pur—dayta ket nagbibinnunotda—iti sangoanan ni Haman—binnunotan para iti tunggal aldaw ken bulan, tapno makapilida ti aldaw ken bulan— agingga a napilida ti maikasangapulo ket dua a bulan (ti bulan iti Adar).
In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
8 Ket kinuna ni Haman kenni Ari Ahasuero, “Adda iti bunggoy dagiti tattao a naiwaras ken naibunong kadagiti amin a probinsia iti pagariam. Dagiti lintegda ket naidumduma kadagiti sabali a tattao, ket saanda a salsaluadan dagiti linteg ti ari, isu a saan a maiparbeng a palubosan ida iti ari nga agtalinaed.
Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
9 No makaay-ayo daytoy iti ari, mangitedka iti bilin a papatayen isuda, ket mangtimbangak iti sangapulo a ribo a talento ti pirak a maipaima kadagidiay mangay-aywan kadagiti sanikua ti ari, tapno ikabilda daytoy iti pangiduldulinan ti kinabaknang ti ari.”
If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”
10 Ket inuksot ti ari iti pagtatak a singsing manipud iti imana ket intedna daytoy kenni Haman a putot ni Hamedata nga Agagita, a kabusor dagiti Judio.
So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
11 Kinuna ti ari kenni Haman, “Kitaekto a maisubli kenka ken kadagiti tattaom ti kuarta. Aramidemto ti aniaman a kalikagummo iti daytoy.”
“Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.”
12 Ket napaayaban dagiti eskriba ti ari iti maikasangapulo ket tallo nga aldaw ti umuna a bulan, ket ti linteg a naglaon kadagiti amin nga imbilin ni Haman ket naisurat para kadagiti gobernador dagiti probinsia ti ari, dagidiay nga adda iti amin a probinsia, kadagiti gobernador iti nadumaduma a tattao, ken kadagiti opisial dagiti amin a tattao, iti tumunggal probinsia iti bukodda a pannurat, ken iti tumunggal tattao iti bukodda a pagsasao. Naisurat daytoy iti nagan ni Ari Ahasuero ken napasingkedan babaen iti singsingna.
On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.
13 Dagiti kasuratan ket naipatulod ken naiyawat kadagiti amin a probinsia iti ari, tapno pukawen, papatayen, ken dadaelen amin dagiti Judio, manipud iti kaubingan agingga iti kalakayan, ubbing ken babbai, iti maysa nga aldaw—iti maikasangapulo ket tallo nga aldaw iti maikasangapulo ket dua a bulan (a bulan ti Adar) —ken tapno samsamenda dagiti sanikuada.
And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.
14 Ti kopya ti surat ket naaramid a linteg iti tunggal probinsia. Naipakaamo kadagiti amin a tattao iti tunggal probinsia a nasken nga agsaganada para iti daytoy nga aldaw.
A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that they would be ready on that day.
15 Rimuar ken nagap-apura dagiti mensahero a nangiwaras iti bilin ti ari. Naiwaras met ti bilin iti palasio ti Susa. Nagtugaw nga agin-inum ti ari ken ni Haman, ngem mariribukan ti siudad ti Susa.
The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.
