Ester 3

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Post haec rex Asuerus exaltavit Aman filium Amadathi, qui erat de stirpeAgag, et posuit solium eius super omnes principes, quos habebat.	1 After these events King Ahasuerus raised Haman, son of Hammedatha the Agagite, to high rank, seating him above all his fellow officials.
2 Cunctiqueservi regis, qui in foribus palatii versabantur, flectebant genua et adorabantAman; sic enim praeceperat rex pro illo. Solus Mardochaeus non flectebat genuneque adorabat eum.	2 All the king's servants who were at the royal gate would kneel and bow down to Haman, for that is what the king had ordered in his regard. Mordecai, however, would not kneel and bow down.
3 Cui dixerunt pueri regis, qui ad fores palatiipraesidebant: “ Cur non observas mandatum regis? ”.	3 The king's servants who were at the royal gate said to Mordecai, "Why do you disobey the king's order?"
4 Cumque hoc crebriusdicerent, et ille nollet audire, nuntiaverunt Aman scire cupientes utrumperseveraret in sententia; dixerat enim eis se esse Iudaeum.	4 When they had reminded him day after day and he would not listen to them, they informed Haman, to see whether Mordecai's explanation was acceptable, since he had told them that he was a Jew.
5 Cumque Aman experimento probasset quod Mardochaeus non sibi flecteret genu necse adoraret, iratus est valde	5 When Haman observed that Mordecai would not kneel and bow down to him, he was filled with anger.
6 et pro nihilo duxit in unum Mardochaeum mitteremanus suas — audierat enim quod esset gentis Iudaeae — magisque voluit omnemIudaeorum, qui erant in regno Asueri, perdere nationem.	6 Moreover, he thought it was not enough to lay hands on Mordecai alone. Since they had told Haman of Mordecai's nationality, he sought to destroy all the Jews, Mordecai's people, throughout the realm of King Ahasuerus.
7 Mense primo, cuius vocabulum est Nisan, anno duodecimo regni Asueri, missa estin urnam sors, quae dicitur Phur, coram Aman, quo die et quo mense gensIudaeorum deberet interfici; et exivit dies tertia decima mensis duodecimi, quivocatur Adar.	7 In the first month, Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, the pur, or lot, was cast in Haman's presence to determine the day and the month for the destruction of Mordecai's people on a single day, and the lot fell on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, Adar.
8 Dixitque Aman regi Asuero: “ Est populus per omnes provinciasregni tui dispersus, segregatus inter populos alienisque utens legibus, quasceteri non cognoscunt, insuper et regis scita contemnens; non expedit regi, utdet illis requiem.	8 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus: "Dispersed among the nations throughout the provinces of your kingdom, there is a certain people living apart, with laws differing from those of every other people. They do not obey the laws of the king, and so it is not proper for the king to tolerate them.
9 Si tibi placet, scriptis decerne, ut pereat, et decem miliatalentorum argenti appendam arcariis gazae tuae ”.	9 If it please the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them; and I will deliver to the procurators ten thousand silver talents for deposit in the royal treasury."
10 Tulit ergo rex anulum,quo utebatur, de manu sua et dedit eum Aman filio Amadathi de progenie Agag,hosti Iudaeorum.	10 The king took the signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
11 Dixitque ad eum: “ Argentum, quod polliceris, tuum sit; depopulo age, quod tibi placet ”.	11 "The silver you may keep," the king said to Haman, "but as for this people, do with them whatever you please."
12 Vocatique sunt scribae regis mense primo, tertia decima die eius, et scriptumest, ut iusserat Aman, ad omnes satrapas regis et duces provinciarum etprincipes diversarum gentium, ut quaeque gens legere poterat et audire provarietate linguarum, ex nomine regis Asueri; et litterae ipsius signatae anulo.	12 So the royal scribes were summoned; and on the thirteenth day of the first month they wrote, at the dictation of Haman, an order to the royal satraps, the governors of every province, and the officials of every people, to each province in its own script and to each people in its own language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the royal signet ring.
13 Missae sunt epistulae per cursores ad universas provincias regis, utperderent, occiderent atque delerent omnes Iudaeos, a puero usque ad senem,parvulos et mulieres uno die, hoc est tertio decimo mensis duodecimi, quivocatur Adar, et bona eorum diriperent.	13 Letters were sent by couriers to all the royal provinces, that all the Jews, young and old, including women and children, should be killed, destroyed, wiped out in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, Adar, and that their goods should be seized as spoil.
14 Exemplar autem epistularum ut lex in omnibus provinciis promulgandum erat, utscirent omnes populi et pararent se ad praedictam diem.
15 Festinabant cursores,qui missi erant, regis imperium explere; statimque in Susan pependit edictum,rege et Aman celebrante convivium, dum civitas ipsa esset conturbata.