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אַחַ֣ר ׀
הַדְּבָרִ֣ים
הָאֵ֗לֶּה
גִּדַּל֩
הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֜וֹשׁ
אֶת־
הָמָ֧ן
בֶּֽן־
הַמְּדָ֛תָא
הָאֲגָגִ֖י
וַֽיְנַשְּׂאֵ֑הוּ
וַיָּ֙שֶׂם֙
אֶת־
כִּסְא֔וֹ
מֵעַ֕ל
כָּל־
הַשָּׂרִ֖ים
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
אִתּֽוֹ׃
After
these
events,
King
Xerxes
honored
Haman
son
of Hammedatha,
the Agagite,
elevating him
to a position
above
all
the princes
who
were with him.
After
these things
did king
Ahasuerus
promote
Haman
the son
of Hammedatha
the Agagite,
and advanced
him, and set
his seat
above all the princes
that [were] with him.
2
וְכָל־
עַבְדֵ֨י
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ
אֲשֶׁר־
בְּשַׁ֣עַר
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ
כֹּרְעִ֤ים
וּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִים֙
לְהָמָ֔ן
כִּי־
כֵ֖ן
צִוָּה־
ל֣וֹ
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ
וּמָ֨רְדֳּכַ֔י
לֹ֥א
יִכְרַ֖ע
וְלֹ֥א
יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶֽה׃
All
the royal
servants
at the king’s
gate
bowed down
and paid homage
to Haman,
because
the king
had commanded
that this be done
for him.
But Mordecai
would not
bow down
or pay homage.
And all the king's
servants,
that [were] in the king's
gate,
bowed,
and reverenced
Haman:
for the king
had so commanded
concerning him. But Mordecai
bowed
not, nor did [him] reverence.
3
וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ
עַבְדֵ֥י
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ
אֲשֶׁר־
בְּשַׁ֥עַר
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑י
מַדּ֙וּעַ֙
אַתָּ֣ה
עוֹבֵ֔ר
אֵ֖ת
מִצְוַ֥ת
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
Then the royal
servants
at the king’s
gate
asked
Mordecai,
“Why
do you
disobey
the command
of the king?”
Then the king's
servants,
which [were] in the king's
gate,
said
unto Mordecai,
Why transgressest
thou the king's
commandment?
4
וַיְהִ֗י
[באמרם]
(כְּאָמְרָ֤ם)
אֵלָיו֙
י֣וֹם
וָי֔וֹם
וְלֹ֥א
שָׁמַ֖ע
אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם
וַיַּגִּ֣ידוּ
לְהָמָ֗ן
לִרְאוֹת֙
הֲיַֽעַמְדוּ֙
דִּבְרֵ֣י
מָרְדֳּכַ֔י
כִּֽי־
הִגִּ֥יד
לָהֶ֖ם
אֲשֶׁר־
ה֥וּא
יְהוּדִֽי׃
Day
after day
they warned
him,
but he would not
comply.
So they reported it
to Haman
to see
whether Mordecai’s
behavior
would be tolerated,
since
he had told
them
he
was a Jew.
Now it came to pass, when they spake
daily
unto him, and he hearkened
not unto them, that they told
Haman,
to see
whether Mordecai's
matters
would stand:
for he had told
them that he [was] a Jew.
5
וַיַּ֣רְא
הָמָ֔ן
כִּי־
אֵ֣ין
מָרְדֳּכַ֔י
כֹּרֵ֥עַ
וּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה
ל֑וֹ
וַיִּמָּלֵ֥א
הָמָ֖ן
חֵמָֽה׃
When Haman
saw
that
Mordecai
would not
bow down
or pay him homage,
he
was filled
with rage.
And when Haman
saw
that Mordecai
bowed
not, nor did him reverence,
then was Haman
full
of wrath.
6
וַיִּ֣בֶז
בְּעֵינָ֗יו
לִשְׁלֹ֤ח
יָד֙
בְּמָרְדֳּכַ֣י
לְבַדּ֔וֹ
כִּֽי־
הִגִּ֥ידוּ
ל֖וֹ
אֶת־
עַ֣ם
מָרְדֳּכָ֑י
וַיְבַקֵּ֣שׁ
הָמָ֗ן
לְהַשְׁמִ֧יד
אֶת־
כָּל־
הַיְּהוּדִ֛ים
אֲשֶׁ֛ר
בְּכָל־
מַלְכ֥וּת
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁ
עַ֥ם
מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃
And when
he learned the identity
of Mordecai’s
people,
he scorned the notion of
laying
hands
on Mordecai
alone.
Instead, he
sought
to destroy
all
of Mordecai’s
people,
the Jews,
throughout
the kingdom
of Xerxes.
And he thought
scorn
to lay
hands
on Mordecai
alone; for they had shewed
him the people
of Mordecai:
wherefore Haman
sought
to destroy
all the Jews
that [were] throughout the whole kingdom
of Ahasuerus,
[even] the people
of Mordecai.
7
בַּחֹ֤דֶשׁ
הָרִאשׁוֹן֙
הוּא־
חֹ֣דֶשׁ
נִיסָ֔ן
בִּשְׁנַת֙
שְׁתֵּ֣ים
עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה
לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ
הִפִּ֣יל
פּוּר֩
ה֨וּא
הַגּוֹרָ֜ל
לִפְנֵ֣י
הָמָ֗ן
מִיּ֧וֹם ׀
לְי֛וֹם
וּמֵחֹ֛דֶשׁ
לְחֹ֥דֶשׁ
שְׁנֵים־
עָשָׂ֖ר
הוּא־
חֹ֥דֶשׁ
אֲדָֽר׃
ס
In the twelfth
year
of King
Xerxes,
in the first
month,
the month
of Nisan,
the Pur
(that is,
the lot)
was cast
before
Haman
to determine a day
and month.
And the lot fell on the twelfth
month,
the month of Adar.
In the first
month,
that [is], the month
Nisan,
in the twelfth
year
of king
Ahasuerus,
they cast
Pur,
that [is], the lot,
before
Haman
from day
to day,
and from month
to month,
[to] the twelfth
[month], that [is], the month
Adar.
8
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
הָמָן֙
לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ
יֶשְׁנ֣וֹ
עַם־
אֶחָ֗ד
מְפֻזָּ֤ר
וּמְפֹרָד֙
בֵּ֣ין
הָֽעַמִּ֔ים
בְּכֹ֖ל
מְדִינ֣וֹת
מַלְכוּתֶ֑ךָ
וְדָתֵיהֶ֞ם
שֹׁנ֣וֹת
מִכָּל־
עָ֗ם
וְאֶת־
דָּתֵ֤י
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙
אֵינָ֣ם
עֹשִׂ֔ים
וְלַמֶּ֥לֶךְ
אֵין־
שֹׁוֶ֖ה
לְהַנִּיחָֽם׃
Then Haman
informed
King
Xerxes,
“There
is a certain
people
scattered
and dispersed
among
the peoples
of every
province
of your kingdom.
Their laws
are different
from everyone
else’s,
and they do not
obey
the king’s
laws.
So it is not
in the king’s
best interest
to tolerate them.
And Haman
said
unto king
Ahasuerus,
There is
a certain
people
scattered abroad
and dispersed
among the people
in all the provinces
of thy kingdom;
and their laws
[are] diverse
from all people;
neither keep
they the king's
laws:
therefore it [is] not for the king's
profit
to suffer
them.
9
אִם־
עַל־
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ
ט֔וֹב
יִכָּתֵ֖ב
לְאַבְּדָ֑ם
וַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶת
אֲלָפִ֜ים
כִּכַּר־
כֶּ֗סֶף
אֶשְׁקוֹל֙
עַל־
יְדֵי֙
עֹשֵׂ֣י
הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה
לְהָבִ֖יא
אֶל־
גִּנְזֵ֥י
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
If
it pleases
the king,
let a decree be issued
to destroy them,
and I will deposit
ten
thousand
talents
of silver
into
the royal
treasury
to pay
those who carry it out.”
If it please
the king,
let it be written
that they may be destroyed:
and I will pay
ten
thousand
talents
of silver
to the hands
of those that have the charge
of the business,
to bring
[it] into the king's
treasuries.
10
וַיָּ֧סַר
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ
אֶת־
טַבַּעְתּ֖וֹ
מֵעַ֣ל
יָד֑וֹ
וַֽיִּתְּנָ֗הּ
לְהָמָ֧ן
בֶּֽן־
הַמְּדָ֛תָא
הָאֲגָגִ֖י
צֹרֵ֥ר
הַיְּהוּדִֽים׃
So the king
removed
the signet ring
from
his finger
and gave
it to Haman
son
of Hammedatha,
the Agagite,
the enemy
of the Jews.
And the king
took
his ring
from his hand,
and gave
it unto Haman
the son
of Hammedatha
the Agagite,
the Jews'
enemy.
11
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙
לְהָמָ֔ן
הַכֶּ֖סֶף
נָת֣וּן
לָ֑ךְ
וְהָעָ֕ם
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת
בּ֖וֹ
כַּטּ֥וֹב
בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃
“Keep your money,”
said
the king
to Haman.
“These people
are given
to you
to do
with them
as you please.”
And the king
said
unto Haman,
The silver
[is] given
to thee, the people
also, to do
with them as it seemeth
good
to thee.
12
וַיִּקָּרְאוּ֩
סֹפְרֵ֨י
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ
בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ
הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן
בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֨ה
עָשָׂ֣ר
יוֹם֮
בּוֹ֒
וַיִּכָּתֵ֣ב
כְּֽכָל־
אֲשֶׁר־
צִוָּ֣ה
הָמָ֡ן
אֶ֣ל
אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנֵֽי־
הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ
וְֽאֶל־
הַפַּח֞וֹת
אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀
עַל־
מְדִינָ֣ה
וּמְדִינָ֗ה
וְאֶל־
שָׂ֤רֵי
עַם֙
וָעָ֔ם
מְדִינָ֤ה
וּמְדִינָה֙
כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ
וְעַ֥ם
וָעָ֖ם
כִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹ
בְּשֵׁ֨ם
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ
אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁ֙
נִכְתָּ֔ב
וְנֶחְתָּ֖ם
בְּטַבַּ֥עַת
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
On the thirteenth
day
of the first
month,
the royal
scribes
were summoned
and the order was written
exactly as
Haman
commanded
the royal
satraps,
the governors
of each province,
and the officials
of each
people,
in the script
of each province
and the language
of every people.
It was written
in the name
of King
Xerxes
and sealed
with the royal
signet ring.
Then were the king's
scribes
called
on the thirteenth
day
of the first
month,
and there was written
according to all that Haman
had commanded
unto the king's
lieutenants,
and to the governors
that [were] over every province,
and to the rulers
of every people
of every province
according to the writing
thereof, and [to] every people
after their language;
in the name
of king
Ahasuerus
was it written,
and sealed
with the king's
ring.
13
וְנִשְׁל֨וֹחַ
סְפָרִ֜ים
בְּיַ֣ד
הָרָצִים֮
אֶל־
כָּל־
מְדִינ֣וֹת
הַמֶּלֶךְ֒
לְהַשְׁמִ֡יד
לַהֲרֹ֣ג
וּלְאַבֵּ֣ד
אֶת־
כָּל־
הַ֠יְּהוּדִים
מִנַּ֨עַר
וְעַד־
זָקֵ֜ן
טַ֤ף
וְנָשִׁים֙
בְּי֣וֹם
אֶחָ֔ד
בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֥ה
עָשָׂ֛ר
לְחֹ֥דֶשׁ
שְׁנֵים־
עָשָׂ֖ר
הוּא־
חֹ֣דֶשׁ
אֲדָ֑ר
וּשְׁלָלָ֖ם
לָבֽוֹז׃
And the letters
were sent
by
couriers
to
each
of the royal
provinces
with the order to destroy,
kill,
and annihilate
all
the Jews—
young
and
old,
women
and children—
and to plunder
their possessions
on a single
day,
the thirteenth
day of Adar,
the twelfth
month.
And the letters
were sent
by
posts
into all the king's
provinces,
to destroy,
to kill,
and to cause to perish,
all Jews,
both young
and old,
little children
and women,
in one
day,
[even] upon the thirteenth
[day] of the twelfth
month,
which is the month
Adar,
and [to take] the spoil
of them for a prey.
14
פַּתְשֶׁ֣גֶן
הַכְּתָ֗ב
לְהִנָּ֤תֵֽן
דָּת֙
בְּכָל־
מְדִינָ֣ה
וּמְדִינָ֔ה
גָּל֖וּי
לְכָל־
הָֽעַמִּ֑ים
לִהְי֥וֹת
עֲתִדִ֖ים
לַיּ֥וֹם
הַזֶּֽה׃
A copy
of the text
of the edict
was to be issued
in every
province
and published
to all
the people,
so that they would be ready
on that
day.
The copy
of the writing
for a commandment
to be given
in every province
was published
unto all people,
that they should be ready
against that day.
15
הָֽרָצִ֞ים
יָצְא֤וּ
דְחוּפִים֙
בִּדְבַ֣ר
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
וְהַדָּ֥ת
נִתְּנָ֖ה
בְּשׁוּשַׁ֣ן
הַבִּירָ֑ה
וְהַמֶּ֤לֶךְ
וְהָמָן֙
יָשְׁב֣וּ
לִשְׁתּ֔וֹת
וְהָעִ֥יר
שׁוּשָׁ֖ן
נָבֽוֹכָה׃
פ
The couriers
left,
spurred on
by the king’s
command,
and the edict
was issued
in the citadel
of Susa.
Then the king
and Haman
sat down
to drink,
but the city
of Susa
was in confusion.
The posts
went out,
being hastened
by the king's
commandment,
and the decree
was given
in Shushan
the palace.
And the king
and Haman
sat down
to drink;
but the city
Shushan
was perplexed.
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