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.
Nagplano si Haman sa Paglaglag sa mga Judio
1Sang ulihi ginpataas ni Haring Ahasuerus ang posisyon ni Haman nga anak ni Hamedata nga Agagnon.3:1 Agagnon: Kaliwat ni Agag. Si Agag isa ka hari nga nagkontra sa mga Judio sang una. (Tan-awa ang 1 Sam. 15:1-33.) Ginhimo niya siya nga pinakamataas nga opisyal sa iya ginharian. 2Ang tanan nga opisyal sang hari nga nakapuwesto sa puwertahan sang palasyo nagaluhod kay Haman bilang pagtahod sa iya, suno sa sugo sang hari. Pero si Mordecai iya wala nagaluhod. 3Ginpamangkot siya sang iban nga mga opisyal kon ngaa wala siya nagatuman sa sugo sang hari. 4Nagsabat siya nga isa siya ka Judio.3:4 Siguro indi magluhod si Mordecai kay Haman tungod kay ginakabig ni Haman ang iya kaugalingon nga dios, kag ang isa ka Judio nga matutom sa iya relihiyon indi magluhod sa tawo nga pareho sini. Adlaw-adlaw ginakombinsi siya sang iya kapareho nga mga opisyal pero indi gid siya magpamati. Gani ginsugid nila siya kay Haman agod mahibaluan nila kon bala pabay-an lang siya ni Haman.
5Sang mahibaluan ni Haman nga indi magluhod si Mordecai sa pagtahod sa iya, naakig gid siya. 6Kag sang mahibaluan pa gid niya nga isa ka Judio si Mordecai, nagplano siya nga indi lang si Mordecai ang iya ipapatay kundi pati man ang tanan nga Judio sa bug-os nga ginharian ni Haring Ahasuerus.
7Sang nahauna nga bulan, nga amo ang bulan sang Nisan, sadtong ika-12 nga tuig sang paghari ni Ahasuerus, nagsugo si Haman nga maggabot-gabot agod mahibaluan kon ano ang husto nga adlaw kag bulan sa pagtuman sang iya plano. (Ang butang nga ginagamit nila sa paggabot-gabot ginatawag nga “pur.”) Ang nagabutan amo ang ika-13 nga adlaw3:7 ika-13 nga adlaw: Tan-awa sa bersikulo 13. sang ika-12 nga bulan, nga amo ang bulan sang Adar.
8Karon, nagsiling si Haman kay Haring Ahasuerus, “May isa ka lahi sang katawhan nga nagaestar sa nagkalain-lain nga probinsya sang imo ginharian kag may kaugalingon sila nga kasuguan nga lain sang sa iban nga mga katawhan. Wala sila nagatuman sang imo mga kasuguan kag indi maayo para sa imo, Mahal nga Hari, nga pabay-an lang sila. 9Kon gusto mo, Mahal nga Hari, magmando ka nga pamatyon sila. Kag magahatag ako sing 350 ka tonelada nga pilak sa mga administrador sang imo ginharian, agod ibutang nila ini sa talaguan sang manggad sang ginharian.”
10Ginkuha dayon sang hari ang iya singsing nga pangmarka3:10 singsing nga pangmarka: Ginhatag ini sang hari kay Haman agod mamarkahan ni Haman ang mando nga ipasulat niya kag ipadala sa mga tawo. (Tan-awa sa bersikulo 12.) kag ginhatag kay Haman nga kaaway sang mga Judio, nga anak ni Hamedata nga Agagnon. 11Nagsiling ang hari sa iya, “Sa imo na lang ang imo nga kuwarta, pero himua ang gusto mo nga himuon sa mga Judio.”
12Gani sang ika-13 nga adlaw sang nahauna nga bulan, ginpatawag ni Haman ang mga sekretaryo sang hari. Ginpahimo niya sila sang sulat para sa mga gobernador, mga pangulo, kag mga opisyal sang tagsa ka probinsya sang ginharian, sa ila nga mga lingguahe. Ginpahimo ang sulat sa ngalan ni Haring Ahasuerus, kag ginmarkahan sang iya singsing. 13Ginpadala ini sa tanan nga probinsya sang ginharian paagi sa mga mensahero. Nagamando sa sini nga sulat nga pamatyon gid sa isa lang ka adlaw ang tanan nga Judio, bata man ukon tigulang, pati mga babayi kag mga kabataan, kag kuhaon ang tanan nila nga pagkabutang. Himuon ini sa ika-13 nga adlaw sang ika-12 nga bulan, nga amo ang bulan sang Adar.
14-15Sa sugo sang hari naglakat ang mga mensahero kag ginpanghatagan nila ang kada probinsya sang kopya sang amo nga mando, kag ginpahibalo ini sa mga tawo agod makahanda sila sa adlaw nga pamatyon ang tanan nga Judio. Ginpahibalo man ini nga mando sa napaderan nga siyudad sang Susa. Nagpungko ang hari kag si Haman sa pag-inom samtang ang mga tawo sa Susa nagakatingala kon ano ang nagakatabo.
