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Rahlfs Septuagint

Esther (Greek) 3

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μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἐδόξασεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἀρταξέρξης Αμαν Αμαδαθου Βουγαῖον καὶ ὕψωσεν αὐτόν καὶ ἐπρωτοβάθρει πάντων τῶν φίλων αὐτοῦ

After these things King Artaxerxes glorified Haman son of Hamadathus the Bugaean and exalted him, and he gave him the first seat among all his friends

And all who were in the court were doing obeisance to him, for so the king had ordered it to be done; but Mordecai was not doing obeisance to him.

καὶ ἐλάλησαν οἱ ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ τοῦ βασιλέως τῷ Μαρδοχαίῳ Μαρδοχαῖε τί παρακούεις τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως λεγόμενα

And those in the king’s court spoke to Mordecai, Mordecai, why do you disregard the things being spoken by the king?

day by day they spoke to him, and he did not obey them; and they pointed out Mordecai to Haman, resisting the king’s words, and Mordecai pointed out to them that he is a Jew

καὶ ἐπιγνοὺς Αμαν ὅτι οὐ προσκυνεῖ αὐτῷ Μαρδοχαῖος ἐθυμώθη σφόδρα

And Haman, having recognized that Mordecai was not bowing down to him, was exceedingly enraged.

καὶ ἐβουλεύσατο ἀφανίσαι πάντας τοὺς ὑπὸ τὴν Ἀρταξέρξου βασιλείαν Ιουδαίους

And he planned to destroy all the Jews under the kingdom of Artaxerxes

And he made a decree in the twelfth year of the reign of Artaxerxes, and he cast lots day by day and month by month, so as to destroy in one day the race of Mordecai; and the lot fell on the fourteenth of the month, which is Adar.

And he spoke to King Artaxerxes, saying, There exists a nation scattered among the nations in all your kingdom, but their laws are different from all the nations; and they disregard the laws of the king, and it is not advantageous for the king to let them alone.

εἰ δοκεῖ τῷ βασιλεῖ δογματισάτω ἀπολέσαι αὐτούς κἀγὼ διαγράψω εἰς τὸ γαζοφυλάκιον τοῦ βασιλέως ἀργυρίου τάλαντα μύρια

If it seems good to the king, let him decree to destroy them, and I will write into the king’s treasury ten thousand talents of silver.

καὶ περιελόμενος ὁ βασιλεὺς τὸν δακτύλιον ἔδωκεν εἰς χεῖρα τῷ Αμαν σφραγίσαι κατὰ τῶν γεγραμμένων κατὰ τῶν Ιουδαίων

And the king, having taken off the ring, gave it into the hand of Haman to seal against the things written against the Jews

καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τῷ Αμαν τὸ μὲν ἀργύριον ἔχε τῷ δὲ ἔθνει χρῶ ὡς βούλει

And the king said to Haman, Keep the silver, and with the nation deal as you wish.

And the king’s scribes were called in the first month, on the thirteenth day, and they wrote as Haman commanded to the generals and to the rulers throughout every country, from India to Ethiopia, to the one hundred and twenty-seven countries, and to the rulers of the nations according to their own language, through Artaxerxes the king

And it was sent by couriers into the kingdom of Artaxerxes, to destroy the race of the Jews in one day, on the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their possessions

τὰ δὲ ἀντίγραφα τῶν ἐπιστολῶν ἐξετίθετο κατὰ χώραν καὶ προσετάγη πᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἑτοίμους εἶναι εἰς τὴν ἡμέραν ταύτην

And copies of the letters were issued in every region, and it was ordered to all the nations to be ready for this day

ἐσπεύδετο δὲ τὸ πρᾶγμα καὶ εἰς Σουσαν ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς καὶ Αμαν ἐκωθωνίζοντο ἐταράσσετο δὲ ἡ πόλις

And the matter was hurried even into Susa, and the king and Haman were drinking; but the city was troubled.

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