Book of Esther - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 892
The Psalms, Solomon and Sacred Writers
on the occasion to all his Nobles and Ministers;-the feast of Esther,—and made a remission to his provinces, and distributed presents from the King's hand. And when the girls were assembled again, then Mordecai was promoted to the Royal Court. Esther, however, had not disclosed
this to her relatives, or her people, as Mordecai had instructed her ;—for Esther did as Mordecai commanded her, the same as when she was brought up by him. Nurhzrui yizruhzyz ¤ Wnnzpiruzg. 2I 22 During the period when Mordecai
satin the Royal Court,two of the Royal Chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of the Guardians of the Gate, were insulted, so they conspired to assail King Khushrush. But Mordecai was informed of the affair, and reported it to the Queen Esther, and Esther told it to the King,in the name of Mordecai,. S0 he enquired into the matter and discovered it, and hung both of them on a tree, and had it recorded in the record of the daily events before the King. §¤msu make §rimz Minister. °§i¤ `i§ial¤rg. 3 After these events King Khushrush promoted Haman-ben·I—Iammedatha, the Agagite, and ennobled him, and set his chair above all the Princes he
2 had. So all the ministers of the King who were inthe Royal Gate knelt and bowed to Haman, for the King com- manded it. But Mordecai would not
3 kneel or bow. Consequently the ministers of the King, who were at the Why do you disobey the King's order?' And they repeated this to him day by day, but he would not listen to them. So they informed Haman to ascertain if Mordecai could retain his position, for he had informed them he was a ]ew. When Haman learned that Mordecai did not kneel or bow to him, llaman was filled with fury. But it was despicable in his eyes to 6 lay hand on Mordecai alone,-——for they had informed him of the race of Mordecai,»——so I-Iaman plotted to de- stroy the whole race of the jews who were in the whole empire of Khush- rush, along with Mordecai. Qnmmt Qlnuspirzs lu ®stermixmi2 il)2 §rlus. In the first month,——which is the 7 month of Nisan,-—in the twelfth year of K ing Khushrush,they threw the arrows (which are their lots,)-—-—before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, until the twelfth, which is the month of Adare-—·Then Haman said There exists a single people dispersed and scattered amongst all the provinces of your Empire, with different customs from all the people, and they do not obey the Edicts of the King. Consequently it is no advantage to the King to protect them. If, therefore, the King approves of an edict to destroy them, I will pay ten thousand talents of silver for the hands of those who execute the busi- ness, and bring it to the King’s treasury} So the King took his seal from off
his finger and gave it to I-Iaman·he·n— Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the ]ews. The King also said to I will give the money to you. But as for that People,—d0 what you like with them l ' IO II
3 Mrnrlitmittiun Ursuzh in @ wiring ily: §2l¤z. Then the Royal Trumpet was blown 12 on the thirteenth day of the first month, and it was written, exactly as Haman ordered, tothe Viceroys, and the Governors who were over Province and Province ; and to the Generals of the Forces, and the Peoples in their own languages, it was written in the name of King Khushrush, and sealed with the Royal seal. Letters were also sent by means of the post to all the To destroy, to kill, and exterminate, the whole of the ews, from youths to old men, with the infants and women in a single day, in the thirteenth day of the twelfth -·-·which is the month of Adar, ‘ and to plunder their property. A
copy of this letter to be published as a Decree in every Province, and the Provincial Authorities to distribute it 892
