Esther 3

NOVA VULGATA	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
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 things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, and advanced him and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.
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 And all the king's servants who were at the king's gate bowed down and did obeisance to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down or do obeisance.
3 Cui dixerunt pueri regis, qui ad fores palatiipraesidebant: “ Cur non observas mandatum regis? ”.	3 Then the king's servants who were at the king's gate said to Mordecai, "Why do you transgress the king's command?"
4 Cumque hoc crebriusdicerent, et ille nollet audire, nuntiaverunt Aman scire cupientes utrumperseveraret in sententia; dixerat enim eis se esse Iudaeum.	4 And when they spoke to him day after day and he would not listen to them, they told Haman, in order to see whether Mordecai's words would avail; for 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 And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down or do obeisance to him, Haman was filled with fury.
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 But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone. So, as they had made known to him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of 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, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is the lot, before Haman day after day; and they cast it month after month till the twelfth month, which is the month of 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, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king's laws, so that it is not for the king's profit 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 it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who have charge of the king's business, that they may put it into the king's treasuries."
10 Tulit ergo rex anulum,quo utebatur, de manu sua et dedit eum Aman filio Amadathi de progenie Agag,hosti Iudaeorum.	10 So the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews.
11 Dixitque ad eum: “ Argentum, quod polliceris, tuum sit; depopulo age, quod tibi placet ”.	11 And the king said to Haman, "The money is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you."
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 Then the king's secretaries were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king's satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the princes of all the peoples, to every province in its own script and every people in its own language; it was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king's 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 king's provinces, to destroy, to slay, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods.
14 Exemplar autem epistularum ut lex in omnibus provinciis promulgandum erat, utscirent omnes populi et pararent se ad praedictam diem.	14 A copy of the document was to be issued as a decree in every province by proclamation to all the peoples to be ready for that day.
15 Festinabant cursores,qui missi erant, regis imperium explere; statimque in Susan pependit edictum,rege et Aman celebrante convivium, dum civitas ipsa esset conturbata.	15 The couriers went in haste by order of the king, and the decree was issued in Susa the capital. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Susa was perplexed.