Ester 3
Magandang Balita Biblia
Binalak ni Haman na Lipulin ang mga Judio
3 Pagkatapos ng mga pangyayaring ito, itinaas ni Haring Xerxes sa tungkulin si Haman na anak ni Hamedata, isang Agagita. Ginawa niya itong punong ministro. 2 Lahat ng tauhan sa bulwagan ng palasyo ay yumuyukod at lumuluhod sa harap ni Haman bilang pagsunod sa utos ng hari. Ngunit si Mordecai ay hindi yumuyukod at lumuluhod. 3 Tinanong siya ng mga tauhan sa pintuan ng palasyo, “Bakit ayaw mong sundin ang utos ng hari?” 4 Araw-araw ay sinasabi nila ito sa kanya ngunit ayaw pa rin niyang sumunod. Kaya isinumbong nila si Mordecai kay Haman para malaman kung pagbibigyan siya ni Haman, sapagkat sinasabi ni Mordecai na siya'y isang Judio. 5 Nang mapatunayan ni Haman na hindi nga yumuyukod at lumuluhod si Mordecai, sumiklab ang galit nito. 6 Nang malaman niyang Judio si Mordecai, umisip siya ng paraan upang malipol ang lahat ng Judio sa buong kaharian ni Haring Xerxes.
7 Nang unang buwan ng ikalabindalawang taon ng paghahari ni Xerxes, ginawa sa harapan ni Haman ang palabunutang tinatawag na Pur upang malaman kung anong araw nararapat isagawa ang balak niya. Tumama ito sa ikalabintatlong araw ng ikalabindalawang buwan na kung tawagi'y Adar.
8 Pagkatapos nito, sinabi ni Haman kay Haring Xerxes, “Sa lahat pong panig ng inyong kaharian ay may isang lahi ng mga tao na may sariling batas na iba sa alinmang lahi. Hindi po sila sumusunod sa inyong utos at makakasama po kung pababayaan ninyo silang ganito. 9 Kung inyong mamarapatin, ipag-utos po ninyo na lipulin ang mga taong yaon. Magbibigay po ako ng 350,000 kilong pilak sa mga pinuno at ito'y ilalagak sa kabang-yaman ng hari.”
10 Hinubad ng hari ang kanyang singsing na pantatak at ibinigay kay Haman na anak ni Hamedata, ang Agagitang kaaway ng mga Judio. 11 At sinabi sa kanya ng hari, “Ikaw na ang bahala sa salapi at gawin mo ang gusto mong gawin sa mga taong iyon.”
12 Nang ikalabintatlong araw ng unang buwan, ipinatawag ni Haman ang mga kalihim ng hari. Pinagawa niya sila ng liham para sa mga gobernador ng lahat ng lalawigan at sa mga pinuno ng bayan, sa wikang ginagamit sa lugar na padadalhan. Ang liham ay ginawa sa pangalan ni Haring Xerxes at tinatakan ng singsing nito. 13 Ipinadala sa pamamagitan ng mga sugo ang mga liham sa mga lalawigan ng kaharian, na nag-uutos na patayin ang lahat ng Judio, maging bata man o matanda, lalaki man o babae, at samsamin ang lahat ng kanilang ari-arian. Isasagawa ito sa ikalabintatlong araw ng ikalabindalawang buwan. 14 Bawat lalawiga'y padadalhan ng sipi ng utos upang makapaghanda ang lahat sa araw na nabanggit. 15 At ipinahayag nga sa lunsod ng Susa, ang kapitolyo ng Persia, ang utos ng hari. Ang mga lalawigan naman ay kaagad pinadalhan ng mga sipi nito. Kaya't samantalang masayang nag-iinuman ang hari at si Haman, ang lunsod naman ng Susa ay gulung-gulo.
Esther 3
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Haman’s Plan to Kill the Jews
3 After all this took place, King Ahasuerus honored Haman, son of Hammedatha the Agagite.(A) He promoted him in rank and gave him a higher position than all the other officials.(B) 2 The entire royal staff at the King’s Gate(C) bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded this to be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.(D) 3 The members of the royal staff at the King’s Gate asked Mordecai, “Why are you disobeying the king’s command?” 4 When they had warned him day after day(E) and he still would not listen to them, they told Haman to see if Mordecai’s actions would be tolerated, since he had told them he was a Jew.
5 When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing down or paying him homage, he was filled with rage.(F) 6 And when he learned of Mordecai’s ethnic identity, Haman decided not to do away with[a] Mordecai alone. He planned to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews,(G) throughout Ahasuerus’s kingdom.(H)
7 In the first month, the month of Nisan,[b] in King Ahasuerus’s twelfth year,[c](I) Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman for each day in each month, and it fell on the twelfth month,(J) the month Adar.[d](K) 8 Then Haman informed King Ahasuerus, “There is one ethnic group, scattered throughout the peoples in every province of your kingdom,(L) yet living in isolation. Their laws are different from everyone else’s and they do not obey the king’s laws.(M) It is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.(N) 9 If the king approves, let an order be drawn up authorizing their destruction, and I will pay 375 tons of silver to[e] the accountants for deposit in the royal treasury.”(O)
10 The king removed his signet ring(P) from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jewish people.(Q) 11 Then the king told Haman, “The money and people are given to you to do with as you see fit.”
12 The royal scribes were summoned(R) on the thirteenth day of the first month, and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded. It was intended for the royal satraps,(S) the governors of each of the provinces, and the officials of each ethnic group and written for each province in its own script and to each ethnic group in its own language.(T) It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus(U) and sealed with the royal signet ring.(V) 13 Letters were sent by couriers(W) to each of the royal provinces telling the officials to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jewish people—young and old, women and children—and plunder their possessions on a single day,(X) the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.[f]
14 A copy of the text, issued as law throughout every province, was distributed to all the peoples so that they might get ready for that day. 15 The couriers left, spurred on by royal command, and the law was issued in the fortress of Susa.(Y) The king and Haman sat down to drink, while the city of Susa was in confusion.(Z)
Footnotes
- Esther 3:6 Lit to stretch out a hand against
- Esther 3:7 = March–April; called Abib in the pre-exilic period; Ex 13:4; Dt 16:1
- Esther 3:7 474 b.c.
- Esther 3:7 = February–March
- Esther 3:9 Lit will weigh 10,000 silver talents on the hands of
- Esther 3:13 LXX adds the text of Ahasuerus’s letter here.
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