Nagplano si Haman sa Paglaglag sa mga Judio
1Human niadtong hitaboa, gipatas-an ni Haring Ahasuerus ang ranggo ni Haman nga anak ni Hamedata nga Agagnon.3:1 Agagnon: Kaliwat ni Agag. Si Agag usa ka hari nga nahimong kaaway sa mga Judio. (Tan-awa ang 1 Sam. 15:1-33.) Gihatagan sa hari si Haman sa labing taas nga katungdanan sa iyang gingharian. 2Ang tanang opisyal sa hari nga nagaalagad sa pultahan sa palasyo miyukbo kang Haman agig pagtahod kaniya, sumala sa sugo sa hari. Apan si Mordecai wala moyukbo. 3Gipangutana siya sa ubang mga opisyal kon nganong wala siya motuman sa sugo sa hari. 4Miingon siya nga usa siya ka Judio.3:4 Tingali wala moyukbo si Mordecai kang Haman tungod kay naghunahuna siya nga usa siya ka Judio ug ang paghimo niini maoy pagsupak sa ikaduhang sugo sa Dios. Adlaw-adlaw gipakigsultihan siya sa iyang kaubang mga opisyal bahin niini. Busa gisumbong nila siya kang Haman aron mahibaloan kon pasagdan lang ba siya ni Haman, labina kay miingon siya nga usa siya ka Judio.
5Sa dihang nakita ni Haman nga dili moyukbo si Mordecai agig pagtahod kaniya, nasuko siya pag-ayo. 6Ug pagkahibalo niya nga usa ka Judio si Mordecai, nagplano siya nga dili lang si Mordecai ang iyang ipapatay kondili apil usab ang tanang mga Judio sa tibuok gingharian ni Haring Ahasuerus.
7Sa unang bulan (nga mao ang bulan sa Nisan), sa ika-12 nga tuig sa paghari ni Ahasuerus, nagsugo si Haman nga ripahon pinaagi sa pur (usa ka klase sa pagripa) kon unsa nga adlaw ug bulan buhaton ang iyang plano. Ug ang napilian mao ang ika-13 nga adlaw3:7 ika-13 nga adlaw: Tan-awa sa bersikulo 13. sa ika-12 nga bulan, nga mao ang bulan sa Adar.
8Unya, miingon si Haman kang Haring Ahasuerus, “May grupo sa katawhan nga nagapuyo sa nagkalain-laing probinsya sa imong gingharian nga may kaugalingong kasugoan nga lahi kay sa ubang mga katawhan. Wala sila magtuman sa imong mga kasugoan ug dili maayo alang kanimo, Mahal nga Hari, nga pasagdan lang sila. 9Kon gusto mo, Mahal nga Hari, pagmando nga pamatyon sila. Mohatag ako ug 350 ka toneladang pilak sa mga administrador sa imong gingharian, aron ibutang nila sa panudlanan sa gingharian.”
10Unya gihubo sa hari ang iyang singsing nga pangselyo3:10 singsing nga pangselyo: Gihatag kini sa hari kang Haman aron maselyohan ni Haman ang mando nga ipasulat niya ug ipadala sa mga tawo (tan-awa sa bersikulo 12). ug gihatag kang Haman nga anak ni Hamedata nga Agagnon, nga kaaway sa mga Judio. 11Miingon ang hari kaniya, “Imo na kanang kuwarta, ug buhata ang buot mong buhaton sa mga Judio.”
12Busa sa ika-13 nga adlaw sa unang bulan, gipatawag ni Haman ang mga sekretaryo sa hari. Gipahimo niya sila ug sulat alang sa mga gobernador, mga pangulo, ug mga opisyal sa kada probinsya sa gingharian sumala sa ilang mga pinulongan. Gisulat kini sa ngalan ni Haring Ahasuerus, giselyohan sa iyang singsing, 13ug gipadala pinaagi sa mga mensahero ngadto sa tanang probinsya sa gingharian. Nakasulat didto nga hutdon gayod ug patay sa usa lang ka adlaw ang tanang mga Judio, bata man o tigulang, mga babaye ug mga kabataan, ug kuhaon ang tanan nilang kabtangan. Himuon kini sa ika-13 nga adlaw sa ika-12 nga bulan, nga mao ang bulan sa Adar.
14-15Gihatagan ug kopya sa maong mando ang matag probinsya aron ipatuman kini ingon nga balaod. Gipahibalo kini sa mga tawo aron makapangandam sila alang nianang adlawa. Gipahibalo usab kini nga mando didto sa pinarilan nga lungsod sa Susa. Nanglingkod ang hari ug si Haman sa pag-inom samtang nagkagubot ang mga tawo sa Susa tungod sa hitabo.
Haman Plans to Destroy the Jews
1After those events, King Xerxes honored Haman. Haman was the son of Hammedatha. He was from the family line of Agag. The king gave Haman a higher position than he had before. He gave him a seat of honor. It was higher than the positions any of the other nobles had. 2All the royal officials at the palace gate got down on their knees. They gave honor to Haman. That’s because the king had commanded them to do it. But Mordecai refused to get down on his knees. He wouldn’t give Haman any honor at all.
3The royal officials at the palace gate asked Mordecai a question. They said, “Why don’t you obey the king’s command?” 4Day after day they spoke to him. But he still refused to obey. So they told Haman about it. They wanted to see whether he would let Mordecai get away with what he was doing. Mordecai had told them he was a Jew.
5Haman noticed that Mordecai wouldn’t get down on his knees. He wouldn’t give Haman any honor. So Haman was very angry. 6But he had found out who Mordecai’s people were. So he didn’t want to kill only Mordecai. He also looked for a way to destroy all Mordecai’s people. They were Jews. He wanted to kill all of them everywhere in the kingdom of Xerxes.
7The lot was cast in front of Haman. The lot was called Pur. It was cast in the first month of the 12th year that Xerxes was king. That month was called Nisan. The lot was cast to choose a day and a month. The month chosen was the 12th month. That month was called Adar.
8Then Haman said to King Xerxes, “Certain people are scattered among the nations. They live in all the territories in your kingdom. They keep themselves separate from everyone else. Their practices are different from the practices of all other people. They don’t obey your laws. It really isn’t good for you to put up with them. 9If it pleases you, give the order to destroy them. I’ll even add 375 tons of silver to the king’s officials for the royal treasures.”
10So the king took his ring off his finger. The ring had his royal seal on it. He gave the ring to Haman. Haman was the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite. Haman was the enemy of the Jews. 11“Keep the money,” the king said to Haman. “Do what you want to with those people.”
12The king sent for the royal secretaries. It was the 13th day of the first month. The secretaries wrote down all Haman’s orders. They wrote them down in the writing of each territory in the kingdom. They also wrote them in the language of each nation. The orders were sent to the royal officials and to the governors of the territories. And the orders were also sent to the nobles of the nations. The orders were written in the name of King Xerxes himself. And they were stamped with his own official mark. 13They were carried by messengers. They were sent to all the king’s territories. The orders commanded people to destroy, kill and wipe out all the Jews. That included young people and old people alike. It included women and children. All the Jews were supposed to be killed on a single day. That day was the 13th day of the 12th month. It was the month of Adar. The orders also commanded people to take everything that belonged to the Jews. 14A copy of the order had to be sent out as law. It had to be sent to every territory in the kingdom. It had to be announced to the people of every nation. Then they would be ready for that day.
15The king commanded the messengers to go out. So they did. The order was sent out from the fort of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink wine. But the people in the city were bewildered.
