1 A fter these things hath the king Ahasuerus exalted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and lifteth him up, and setteth his throne above all the heads who with him,

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

2 a nd all servants of the king, who in the gate of the king, are bowing and doing obeisance to Haman, for so hath the king commanded for him; and Mordecai doth not bow nor do obeisance.

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

3 A nd the servants of the king, who in the gate of the king, say to Mordecai, `Wherefore thou transgressing the command of the king?'

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

4 A nd it cometh to pass, in their speaking unto him, day by day, and he hath not hearkened unto them, that they declare to Haman, to see whether the words of Mordecai do stand, for he hath declared to them that he 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 Haman seeth that Mordecai is not bowing and doing obeisance to him, and Haman is full of fury,

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

6 a nd it is contemptible in his eyes to put forth a hand on Mordecai by himself, for they have declared to him the people of Mordecai, and Haman seeketh to destroy all the Jews who in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus -- the people of Mordecai.

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 -- it the month of Nisan -- in the twelfth year of the king Ahasuerus, hath one caused to fall Pur (that the lot) before Haman, from day to day, and from month to month, the twelfth, it 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 A nd Haman saith to the king Ahasuerus, `There is one people scattered and separated among the peoples, in all provinces of thy kingdom, and their laws diverse from all people, and the laws of the king they are not doing, and for the king it is not profitable to suffer 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 to the king good, let it be written to destroy them, and ten thousand talents of silver I weigh into the hands of those doing the work, to bring in unto the treasuries of the king.'

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

10 A nd the king turneth aside his signet from off his hand, and giveth it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, adversary of the Jews;

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

11 a nd the king saith to Haman, `The silver is given to thee, and the people, to do with it as good in thine eyes.'

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

12 A nd scribes of the king are called, on the first month, on the thirteenth day of it, and it is written according to all that Haman hath commanded, unto lieutenants of the king, and unto the governors who over province and province, and unto the heads of people and people, province and province, according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, in the name of the king Ahasuerus it hath been written and sealed with the signet of the king,

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 to be sent by the hand of the runners unto all provinces of the king, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy all the Jews, from young even unto old, infant and women, on one day, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month -- it the month of Adar -- and their spoil to seize,

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 to be made law in every province and province is revealed to all the peoples, to be ready for this day.

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

15 T he runners have gone forth, hastened by the word of the king, and the law hath been given in Shushan the palace, and the king and Haman have sat down to drink, and the city Shushan is perplexed.

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