Haman Plots to Destroy the Jews
1 Some time later King Xerxes promoted a man named Haman to the position of prime minister. Haman was the son of Hammedatha, a descendant of Agag. 2 The king ordered all the officials in his service to show their respect for Haman by kneeling and bowing to him. They all did so, except for Mordecai, who refused to do it. 3 The other officials in the royal service asked him why he was disobeying the king's command; 4 day after day they urged him to give in, but he would not listen to them. “I am a Jew,” he explained, “and I cannot bow to Haman.” So they told Haman about this, wondering if he would tolerate Mordecai's conduct. 5 Haman was furious when he realized that Mordecai was not going to kneel and bow to him, 6 and when he learned that Mordecai was a Jew, he decided to do more than punish Mordecai alone. He made plans to kill every Jew in the whole Persian Empire.
7 In the twelfth year of King Xerxes' rule, in the first month, the month of Nisan, Haman ordered the lots to be cast (“purim,” they were called) to find out the right day and month to carry out his plot. The thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, was decided on.
8 So Haman told the king, “There is a certain race of people scattered all over your empire and found in every province. They observe customs that are not like those of any other people. Moreover, they do not obey the laws of the empire, so it is not in your best interests to tolerate them. 9 If it please Your Majesty, issue a decree that they are to be put to death. If you do, I guarantee that I will be able to put 375 tons of silver into the royal treasury for the administration of the empire.”
10 The king took off his ring, which was used to stamp proclamations and make them official, and gave it to the enemy of the Jewish people, Haman son of Hammedatha, the descendant of Agag. 11 The king told him, “The people and their money are yours; do as you like with them.”
12 So on the thirteenth day of the first month Haman called the king's secretaries and dictated a proclamation to be translated into every language and system of writing used in the empire and to be sent to all the rulers, governors, and officials. It was issued in the name of King Xerxes and stamped with his ring. 13 Runners took this proclamation to every province of the empire. It contained the instructions that on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, all Jews—young and old, women and children—were to be killed. They were to be slaughtered without mercy and their belongings were to be taken. 14 The contents of the proclamation were to be made public in every province, so that everyone would be prepared when that day came.
15 At the king's command the decree was made public in the capital city of Susa, and runners carried the news to the provinces. The king and Haman sat down and had a drink while the city of Susa was being thrown into confusion.
Hamani ye feeroo siti ka Yahuudoolu kasaara
1 Kabiriŋ ñiŋ kuwolu keta, Mansa Ahasuweru naata Hamani buuñaa, Hamani meŋ mu Hammedata dinkewo ti, aduŋ a bota Akaki bonsuŋo le bala. Mansa ye ate le ke a la maralilaalu bee ñaatonkoo ti. 2 Mansa la dookuulaalu bee mennu be mansa la koridaa daa to, ka ì fammajii Hamani ye le, kaatu mansa le ye ñiŋ yaamaroo dii ì la. Bari Moridekayi buka soŋ a fammajii la a ye. 3 Bituŋ mansa la dookuulaalu mennu be a la koridaa daa to, naata a fo Moridekayi ye ko, “Muŋ ne ye a tinna i maŋ mansa la yaamaroo muta?” 4 Luŋ-wo-luŋ ì ka diyaamu a ye le, bari a buka soŋ ka ñiŋ yaamaroo ke. Bituŋ ì naata a kumoo fo Hamani ye, ka a juubee fo Moridekayi la ñiŋ kebaaroo be muña noo la le, kaatu a ko ì ye le ko, ate mu Yahuudoo le ti. 5 Kabiriŋ Hamani ye a je ko, Moridekayi buka soŋ a fammajii la a ye, wo kuwo naata a kamfaa baake. 6 Bari a maŋ lafi ka Moridekayi dammaa faa. Ì ye a fo a ye le, Moridekayi la moolu mu siyo meŋ ti, bituŋ Hamani lafita Yahuudoolu Moridekayi siyo bee kasaara la, mennu tarata Mansa Ahasuweru la bankoolu kaŋ.
7 Mansa Ahasuweru la mansayaa sanji taŋ niŋ fulanjaŋo saŋo kari foloo la ì ka a fo meŋ ye Nisani, ì ye puri fayi, wo le mu kuuriŋ fayoo ti, aduŋ a keta Hamani ñaa la le, ka luŋo tomboŋ aniŋ karoo. Kuuriŋo naata beŋ saŋo kari taŋ niŋ fulanjaŋo le fee, ì ka a fo meŋ ye Adari.
8 Bituŋ Hamani ko Mansa Ahasuweru ye ko, “Sii siifaa doo le be janjandiŋ ǹ kono, mennu tarata i la bankoo bee kaŋ, aduŋ ì la luwaalu niŋ moolu taalu maŋ kiliŋyaa, aniŋ ì buka ite mansa la yaamaroo muta. Ka soŋ ì la kuwo la, wo te ke la ite mansa ye buuñaa ti. 9 Niŋ a diyaata ite mansa ye, kankulaaroo ñanta ke la le ka ì kasaara, aduŋ m be kodiforoo kilo wuli keme saba niŋ kilo wuli taŋ naani le ke la i la kodibuŋo to ka a dii dookuulaalu la mennu marata kodibuŋo ma.”
10 Bituŋ mansa ye a la tampurilaŋ konnaa bondi a buloo to, a ye a dii Hamani la Hammedata dinkewo Akaki bonsuŋo, Yahuudoolu jawoo. 11 Mansa ko Hamani ye ko, “Kodoo maabo, meŋ diyaata i ye, i si wo ke wo moolu la.”
12 Bituŋ kari foloo tili taŋ niŋ sabanjaŋ luŋo la, ì ye mansa la safeerilaalu kumandi. Bituŋ a ye kankulaaroo dii ì la ka a yelemandi kaŋolu bee to, aniŋ ì la safeeriñaalu mennu bee be bankoo kaŋ. Ì ye ì kii maralilaalu, kumandaŋolu aniŋ siyolu bee la kuntiyolu kaŋ. A safeeta Mansa Ahasuweru le too la, aduŋ a tamputa a la mansakonnaa le la. 13 Kiilaalu ye ñiŋ kayitoolu bee janjandi mansa la kumandaŋ bankoolu bee kaŋ ne. Ñiŋ ne be safeeriŋ jee ko, Yahuudoolu ka bo dindiŋ, keebaa, musoolu aniŋ dindiŋ mereŋolu bee ñanta faa la le ka kasaara tili kiliŋ, aduŋ ì ñanta ì la feŋolu buusi la ì bulu le. Wo ñanta ke la kari taŋ niŋ fulanjaŋo tili taŋ niŋ sabanjaŋo luŋo le la, Adari karoo kono. 14 Ñiŋ kuwo kankulaari kayitoo ñanta ke la luwaa le ti ñiŋ kumandaŋ bankoolu bee kaŋ, aduŋ sii-wo-sii la moolu ñanta a loŋ na le, fo ì si tara pareeriŋ wo luŋo la.
15 Mansa la yaamaroo kaŋ, kiilaalu tariyaatoo taata. Aduŋ kankulaaroo keta Susa Tatoo fanaa kono le. Hamani niŋ mansa siita ì be dolomiŋo la, bari Susa saatee moolu be jaakaliriŋ ne.
