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

After these events King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him and established his authority over all the princes who were with him.

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

All the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman; for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai neither bowed down nor paid homage.

3 ف َقالَ الخُدّامُ الَّذينَ فِي القَصرِ لِمُرْدَخايَ: «لِماذا لا تُطِيعُ أمرَ المَلِكِ؟»

Then the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “ Why are you transgressing the king’s command?”

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

Now it was when they had spoken daily to him and he would not 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.

5 ف َغَضِبَ هامانُ جَدّاً لَمَّا عَلِمَ أنَّ مُرْدَخايَ لا يَنحَنِي وَلا يَسْجُدُ لَهُ.

When Haman saw that Mordecai neither bowed down nor paid homage to him, Haman was filled with rage.

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

But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him who the people of Mordecai were; therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.

7 و َفِي 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.

In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, Pur, that is the lot, was cast before Haman from day to day and from month to month, until the twelfth month, that is the month Adar.

8 و َقالَ 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.

Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of all other people and they do not observe the king’s laws, so it is not in the king’s interest to let them remain.

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

If it is pleasing to the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry on the king’s business, to put into the king’s treasuries.”

10 ف َنَزَعَ المَلِكُ خاتَمَهُ، وَأعطاهُ لِعَدُوِّ اليَهودِ هامانَ بْنِ هَمَداثا الأجاجِيّ.

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

11 و َقالَ المَلِكُ لِهامانَ: «احتَفِظْ بِالمالِ وَافْعَلْ بِهَذا الشَّعبِ ما تَراهُ مُناسِباً.»

The king said to Haman, “The silver is yours, and the people also, to do with them as you please.”

12 و َفِي 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.

Then the king’s scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and it was written just as Haman commanded to the king’s satraps, to the governors who were over each province and to the princes of each people, each province according to its script, each people according to its language, being written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king’s signet ring.

13 و َحَمَلَ 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.

Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces to destroy, to kill and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to seize their possessions as plunder.

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

A copy of the edict to be issued as law in every province was published to all the peoples so that they should be ready for this day.

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

The couriers went out impelled by the king’s command while the decree was issued at the citadel in Susa; and while the king and Haman sat down to drink, the city of Susa was in confusion.