1 A fter 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.

بَعدَ هَذِهِ الأحداثِ، رَفَّعَ المَلِكُ أحَشْوِيرُوشُ هامانَ بْنَ هَمَداثا الأجاجِيَّ وَرَقّاهُ، وَأعطاهُ مَركَزاً أعلَى مِنْ كُلِّ الرُؤَساءِ الآخَرِينَ.

2 A nd all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate bowed down and did reverence to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down or do him reverence.

وَبِأمرٍ مِنَ المَلِكِ، كانَ عَلَى كُلِّ الخُدّامِ الَّذينَ فِي القَصْرِ أنْ يَنحَنُوا وَيَسجُدُوا لِهامانَ. وَلَكِنَّ مُرْدَخايَ رَفَضَ أنْ يَنحَنِي وَيَسجُدَ لِهامانَ.

3 T hen the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate said to Mordecai, Why do you transgress the king’s command?

فَقالَ الخُدّامُ الَّذينَ فِي القَصرِ لِمُرْدَخايَ: «لِماذا لا تُطِيعُ أمرَ المَلِكِ؟»

4 N ow when they spoke to him day after day and he paid no attention to them, they told Haman to see whether Mordecai’s conduct would stand, for he had told them that he was a Jew.

فَلَمْ يُصْغِ إلَيْهِمْ وَهُمْ يُكَلِّمُونَهُ يَوماً بَعْدَ يَومٍ، بَلْ قالَ إنَّهُ يَهُوديُّ. فَأخبَرُوا هامانَ لِيَرَوْا إنْ كانَ سَيقْبَلُ كَلامَ مُرْدَخايَ.

5 A nd when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down or do him reverence, he was very angry.

فَغَضِبَ هامانُ جَدّاً لَمَّا عَلِمَ أنَّ مُرْدَخايَ لا يَنحَنِي وَلا يَسْجُدُ لَهُ.

6 B ut he scorned laying hands only on Mordecai. So since they had told him Mordecai’s nationality, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.

لَكِنَّ هامانَ لَمْ يُرِدْ أنْ يُعاقِبَ مُرْدَخايَ وَحدَهُ، لأنَّهُ عَرَفَ أنَّ مُرْدَخايَ يَهُودِيٌّ. بَلْ أرادَ أنْ يَقتُلَ كُلَّ اليَهُودِ الَّذينَ يَعِيشُونَ فِي مَملَكَةِ أحَشْوِيرُوشَ.

7 I n the first month, the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, Haman caused Pur, that is, lots, to be cast before him day after day, month after month, until the twelfth, the month of Adar.

وَفِي الشَّهرِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنُ حُكمِ المَلِكِ أحَشْوِيرُوشَ، أُجرِيَتْ قُرعَةٌ بِحُضُورِ هامانَ لِتَعيينِ مَوعِدٍ للقَضاءِ عَلَى شَعبِ مُرْدَخايَ اليَهُودِي. وَتَمَّ اختِيارُ اليَومِ الثّالِثَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الثّانِي عَشَرَ – شَهْرِ آذارَ.

8 T hen Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from every other people, neither do they keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not for the king’s profit to tolerate them.

وَقالَ هامانُ للمَلِكِ أحَشْوِيرُوشَ: «هُناكَ شَعبٌ يَعِيشُ مُتَفَرِقاً مُشَتَّتاً بَينَ الشُّعُوبِ فِي كُلِّ مُقاطَعاتِ مَملَكَتِكَ. وَشَرائِعُ هَذا الشَّعبِ تَختَلِفُ عَنْ شَرائِعِ الشُّعُوبِ الأُخْرَى. فَهُمْ لا يُطِيعُونَ شَرائِعَ المَلِكِ! وَلَيسَ مُلائِماً للمَلِكِ أنْ يَترُكَهُمْ وَشَأنَهُمْ.

9 I f it pleases the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay 10, 000 talents of silver into the hands of those who have charge of the king’s business, that it may be brought into the king’s treasuries.

فَإنِ استَحسَنَ المَلِكُ، فَلْيُصدِرْ مَرْسُوماً بِقَتلِهِم جَمِيعاً. وَسَأدْفَعُ عَشْرَةَ آلافِ قِنْطارٍ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ للضُّبّاطِ لِيَضَعُوها فِي خَزِينَةِ المَلِكِ.»

10 A nd the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.

فَنَزَعَ المَلِكُ خاتَمَهُ، وَأعطاهُ لِعَدُوِّ اليَهودِ هامانَ بْنِ هَمَداثا الأجاجِيّ.

11 A nd the king said to Haman, The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.

وَقالَ المَلِكُ لِهامانَ: «احتَفِظْ بِالمالِ وَافْعَلْ بِهَذا الشَّعبِ ما تَراهُ مُناسِباً.»

12 T hen the king’s secretaries were called in on the thirteenth day of the first month, and all that Haman had commanded was written to the king’s chief rulers and to the governors who were over all the provinces and to the princes of each people, to every province in its own script and to each people in their own language; it was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and it was sealed with the king’s ring.

وَفِي اليَومِ الثّالِثَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الأوَّلِ، اسْتَدعَى هامانُ كَتَبَةَ المَلِكِ. فَكَتَبُوا ما أمَرَهُمْ بِهِ بِاسْمِ المَلِكِ أحَشْوِيرُوشَ وَخَتَمُوهُ بِخاتَمِهِ. وَقَدْ أرسَلُوا هَذِهِ الكُتُبَ إلَى القادَةِ وَإلَى حُكّامِ البِلادِ بِحَسَبِ أُسلُوبِ كِتابَتِهِمْ، وَبِحَسَبِ لُغَةِ كُلِّ شَعبٍ.

13 A nd letters were sent by special messengers to all the king’s provinces—to destroy, to slay, and to do away with all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to seize their belongings as spoil.

وَحَمَلَ الرُّسُلُ هَذِهِ الأوامِرَ المَكْتُوبَةَ إلَى كُلِّ بِلادِ المَلِكِ أحَشْوِيرُوشَ. حَيثُ تَقْضِي هَذِهِ الأوامِرُ بِأنْ يَتِمَّ القَضاءُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ اليَهْودِ، وَقَتلُهُمْ وَإبادَتُهُمْ كِباراً وَصِغاراً، نِساءً وَأطفالاً، وَأنْ يُؤخَذَ كُلُّ ما لَهُمْ غَنِيمَةً. وَأنْ يَتِمَّ هَذا كُلُّهُ فِي يَومٍ واحِدٍ، هُوَ اليَومُ الثّالِثَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الثّانِي عَشَرَ – شَهْرِ آذارَ.

14 A copy of the writing was to be published and given out as a decree in every province to all the peoples to be ready for that day.

وَنُشِرَتْ نُسَخٌ مِنْ هَذا القَرارِ المَكتُوبِ فِي كُلِّ البِلادِ وَالمُقاطَعاتِ، وَأُعلِنَتْ لِكُلِّ الشُّعُوبِ وَذَلِكَ ليَكُونُوا مُسْتَعِدِّينَ لِذَلِكَ اليَومِ.

15 T he special messengers went out in haste by order of the king, and the decree was given out in Shushan, the capital. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Shushan was perplexed.

وَبِأمرٍ مِنَ المَلِكِ، أسرَعَ الرُّسُلُ وَنَشَرُوا الأمرِ فِي العاصِمَةِ شُوشَنَ، حَتَّى اضَّطَرَبَ سُكّانُها. أما المَلِكُ وَهامانُ فَقَدْ جَلَسا لِيَشْرَبا الخَمرَ.