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Esther 3
Maori Bible
Esther 3
Maori Bible
3 I muri i enei mea ka whakanuia e Kingi Ahahueruha a Hamana tama a Hamerata Akaki, hapainga ana ia ki runga, whakanekehia ake ana tona torona ki runga ake i o nga rangatira katoa e noho ana i a ia.
2 Na kei te tuohu, kei te koropiko ki a Hamana nga tangata katoa a te kingi i te kuwaha o te kingi; ko ta te kingi whakahau hoki tena mona. Ko Mororekai ia kihai i tuohu, kihai i piko.
3 Katahi ka mea nga tangata a te kingi i te kuwaha o te kingi ki a Mororekai, He aha koe i takahi ai i ta te kingi whakahau?
4 Korero noa ratou ki a ia i ia ra, i ia ra, heoi kihai ia i rongo ki a ratou. Na korerotia ana e ratou ki a Hamana, kia kitea ai e u ranei nga mea a Mororekai; kua whakaaturia hoki e ia ki a ratou he Hurai ia.
5 A, no te kitenga o Hamana kihai a Mororekai i tuohu, kihai i piko ki a ia, na ki tonu a Hamana i te riri.
6 Otiia i whakahawea tona whakaaro ki te whakapa ringa ki a Mororekai anake, kua oti hoki te korero ki a ia te iwi o Mororekai; na reira i whai ai a Hamana kia whakangaromia nga Hurai katoa i te kingitanga katoa o Ahahueruha, ara te iwi o Mororekai.
7 I te marama tuatahi, ara i te marama Nihana, i te tekau ma rua o nga tau o Kingi Ahahueruha, ka maka te Puri, ara te rota ki te aroaro o Hamana i tenei ra, i tenei ra, i tenei marama, i tenei marama a te tekau ma rua ra ano, ara te marama Arara.
8 Na ka mea a Hamana ki a Kingi Ahahueruha, Tenei tetahi iwi kei te tohatoha haere, kei te marara noa atu i roto i nga iwi o nga kawanatanga katoa o tou kingitanga; a ko a ratou ture he rere ke i a nga iwi katoa; kahore hoki ratou e mahi i a te kin gi ture. Na ehara i te mea pai mo te kingi kia tukua ta ratou.
9 Ki te pai te kingi, me tuhituhi kia whakangaromia ratou: a maku e pauna atu kia tekau mano taranata hiriwa ki nga ringa o te hunga mahi i ta te kingi mahi, kia kawea ki nga whare taonga o te kingi.
10 Na ka unuhia e te kingi tona mowhiti i tona ringa, a hoatu ana ki a Hamana tama a Hamerata Akaki, ki te hoariri o nga Hurai.
11 A ka mea te kingi ki a Hamana, ka hoatu te hiriwa ki a koe, te iwi ano hoki, kia meatia ki a ratou tau e pai ai.
12 Katahi ka karangatia nga karaipi a te kingi i te marama tuatahi, i te tekau ma toru o nga ra o taua marama, a ka tuhituhia nga mea katoa i whakahaua e Hamana ki nga kawana a te kingi, ratou ko nga kawana iti o tenei kawanatanga, o tenei kawanata nga, ki nga rangatira hoki o tenei iwi, o tenei iwi; ki tenei kawanatanga, ki tenei kawanatanga, he mea whakarite ki to reira reo; i tuhituhia i runga i te ingoa o Kingi Ahahueruha, hiri rawa ki te mowhiti o te kingi.
13 Na ka tukua nga pukapuka kia kawea e nga kaikawe pukapuka ki nga kawanatanga katoa a te kingi, kia whakangaromia, kia patua, kia huna nga Hurai katoa, te taitama, me te koroheke, nga kohungahunga, me nga wahine, kia kotahi tonu te ra, i te tekau ma toru o nga ra i te tekau ma rua o nga marama, ara o te marama Arara; kia pahuatia hoki o ratou taonga.
14 Ko nga korero i tuhituhia, mo te ture kia hoatu ki nga kawanatanga katoa, i whakakitea nuitia ki nga iwi katoa, kia tatanga ai ratou i taua ra.
15 Haere ana nga kaikawe pukapuka, he mea whakahohoro e te kupu a te kingi, i hoatu ano te ture i Huhana, i te whare kingi. Na noho ana te kingi raua ko Hamana ki te inu; raruraru tonu ia te pa, a Huhana.
Esther 3
New International Version
Esther 3
New International Version
Haman’s Plot to Destroy the Jews
3 After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite,(A) elevating him and giving him a seat of honor higher than that of all the other nobles. 2 All the royal officials at the king’s gate knelt down and paid honor to Haman, for the king had commanded this concerning him. But Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor.
3 Then the royal officials at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the king’s command?”(B) 4 Day after day they spoke to him but he refused to comply.(C) Therefore they told Haman about it to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would be tolerated, for he had told them he was a Jew.
5 When Haman saw that Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor, he was enraged.(D) 6 Yet having learned who Mordecai’s people were, he scorned the idea of killing only Mordecai. Instead Haman looked for a way(E) to destroy(F) all Mordecai’s people, the Jews,(G) throughout the whole kingdom of Xerxes.
7 In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the pur(H) (that is, the lot(I)) was cast in the presence of Haman to select a day and month. And the lot fell on[a] the twelfth month, the month of Adar.(J)
8 Then Haman said to King Xerxes, “There is a certain people dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom who keep themselves separate. Their customs(K) are different from those of all other people, and they do not obey(L) the king’s laws; it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.(M) 9 If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will give ten thousand talents[b] of silver to the king’s administrators for the royal treasury.”(N)
10 So the king took his signet ring(O) from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews. 11 “Keep the money,” the king said to Haman, “and do with the people as you please.”
12 Then on the thirteenth day of the first month the royal secretaries were summoned. They wrote out in the script of each province and in the language(P) of each people all Haman’s orders to the king’s satraps, the governors of the various provinces and the nobles of the various peoples. These were written in the name of King Xerxes himself and sealed(Q) with his own ring. 13 Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces with the order to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews(R)—young and old, women and children—on a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar,(S) and to plunder(T) their goods. 14 A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued as law in every province and made known to the people of every nationality so they would be ready for that day.(U)
15 The couriers went out, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa.(V) The king and Haman sat down to drink,(W) but the city of Susa was bewildered.(X)
Footnotes
- Esther 3:7 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have And the lot fell on.
- Esther 3:9 That is, about 375 tons or about 340 metric tons
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