斯3:1 这事以后，亚哈随鲁王使亚甲族哈米大他的儿子晋升；王提拔他，使他的地位高过所有与他在一起的大臣。
斯3:1 After these things, by the order of the king, Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, was lifted up and given a position of honour and a higher place than all the other captains who were with him.
斯3:2 在朝门那里，王的所有臣仆，都向哈曼屈身下拜，因为王曾经这样吩咐；只有末底改不跪，也不拜。
斯3:2 And all the king's servants who were in the king's house went down to the earth before Haman and gave him honour: for so the king had given orders. But Mordecai did not go down before him or give him honour.
斯3:3 于是在朝门的臣仆问末底改：“你为什么违背王的命令呢？”
斯3:3 Then the king's servants who were in the king's house said to Mordecai, Why do you go against the king's order?
斯3:4 他们天天劝他，他还是不听，他们就告诉哈曼，要看看末底改的话是不是坚持到底，因为他已经告诉他们，他自己是犹大人。
斯3:4 Now when they had said this to him day after day and he gave no attention, they let Haman have news of it, to see if Mordecai's behaviour would be overlooked: for he had said to them that he was a Jew.
斯3:5 哈曼见末底改不向他屈身下拜，就非常忿怒。
斯3:5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not go down before him and give him honour, Haman was full of wrath.
斯3:6 他以为只下手对付末底改一人还是小事，因为有人把末底改的本族告诉了哈曼；所以哈曼设法要把亚哈随鲁王全国所有的犹大人，与末底改一起消灭。
斯3:6 But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
斯3:7 亚哈随鲁王十二年正月，就是尼散月，有人在哈曼面前弄卜“普珥”，就是抽签，逐日逐月地抽，结果抽出了十二月，就是亚达月。
斯3:7 In the first month, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, from day to day and from month to month they went on looking for a sign given by Pur (that is chance) before Haman, till the sign came out for the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.
斯3:8 哈曼对亚哈随鲁王说：“有一个种族，散居在王国各省各民族之中；他们的法例与各族的法例不同，他们也不遵守王的法规；所以留下他们，对王实在无益。
斯3:8 And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain nation living here and there in small groups among the people in all the divisions of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of any other nation, and they do not keep the king's laws: for this reason it is not right for the king to let them be.
斯3:9 王若是赞成，请王降旨消灭他们；我愿捐出三万四千公斤银子，交在管理国务的人手中，纳入王库。”
斯3:9 If it is the king's pleasure, let a statement ordering their destruction be put in writing: and I will give to those responsible for the king's business, ten thousand talents of silver for the king's store-house.
斯3:10 于是王从自己的手中取下戒指，交给犹大人的敌人，亚甲族哈米大他的儿子哈曼。
斯3:10 And the king took his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of the Jews.
斯3:11 王对哈曼说：“这银子仍赐给你，这民也交给你，你看怎样好，就怎样待他们吧。”
斯3:11 And the king said to Haman, The money is yours, and the people, to do with them whatever seems right to you.
斯3:12 正月十三日，王的书记都召了来，照着哈曼的一切吩咐，用各省的文字，各族的方言，奉亚哈随鲁王的名下旨，又用王的戒指盖上印，颁给总督、各省的省长和各族的领袖。
斯3:12 Then on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king's scribes were sent for, and they put in writing Haman's orders to all the king's captains and the rulers of every division of his kingdom and the chiefs of every people: for every division of the kingdom in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs; it was signed in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with the king's ring.
斯3:13 王旨交给众驿使传到王的各省，吩咐要在一日之内，在十二月，就是亚达月十三日，把所有的犹大人，无论老少妇孺，都全部毁灭、杀绝、除尽，并且抢夺他们的财产。
斯3:13 And letters were sent by the runners into every division of the kingdom ordering the death and destruction of all Jews, young and old, little children and women, on the same day, even the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar, and the taking of all their goods by force.
斯3:14 谕文抄本颁行各省，通告各族，使他们准备好这一天。
斯3:14 A copy of the writing, to be made public in every part of the kingdom, was sent out to all the peoples, so that they might be ready when that day came.
斯3:15 驿使奉王命急忙出发，御旨从书珊城颁布出去。那时王与哈曼又同坐共饮，书珊城的居民却非常慌乱。
斯3:15 The runners went out quickly by the king's order, and a public statement was made in Shushan: and the king and Haman took wine together: but the town of Shushan was troubled.