ABP - Esther - 3

3:1  After these things [3extolled 1king 2Artaxerxes] Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and exalted him, and seated him first above all his friends.

3:2  And all the ones in the courtyard did obeisance to him, for so [3assigned it 1the 2king] to do. But Mordecai did not do obeisance to him.

3:3  And [7said 1the ones 2in 3the 4courtyard 5of the 6king] to Mordecai, O Mordecai, why do you disregard the things [2by 3the 4king 1being said]?

3:4  Accordingly each day they spoke to him, and he did not hearken to them; and they indicated to Haman that Mordecai [2against 4of the 5king 3the words 1was rebelling]; and [2indicated 3to them 1Mordecai] that he is a Jew.

3:5  And Haman, realizing that [2did not 3do obeisance to 4him 1Mordecai], was enraged exceedingly.

3:6  And he took counsel to remove all [2under 3the 5of Artaxerxes 4kingdom 1the Jews].

3:7  And he made a referendum in [2year 1the twelfth] of the kingdom 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 [3fell 1the 2lot] on the fourteenth of the month, which is Adar.

3:8  And he spoke to king Artaxerxes, saying, There exists a nation having been disseminated among the nations in all your kingdom, but their laws are special from all the nations; and of the laws of the king they disregard, and it is not advantageous to the king to allow them.

3:9  If it seems good to the king, let him decree to destroy them, and I will circumscribe for the treasury of the king [3of silver 2talents 1ten thousand].

3:10  And [3removing 1the 2king] the ring, gave it into the hands of Haman, to set a seal on the things being written against the Jews.

3:11  And [3said 1the 2king] to Haman, As for the silver, you have it! and for the nation, you treat it as you want!

3:12  And [3were called 1the 2scribes] by the king [2month 1in the first], the thirteenth day, and they wrote as Haman gave orders to the commandants, and to the rulers in every place from India unto Ethiopia, to a hundred twenty-seven places, to the rulers of the nations according to their form of speech, through Artaxerxes the king.

3:13  And it was sent by couriers unto the kingdom of Artaxerxes, to remove the race of the Jews on day one [2month 1of the twelfth], which is Adar, and to plunder their possessions.

3:14  And the copies of the letters were displayed in each place. And it was assigned to all to be prepared for that day.

3:15  [4was hastened 1And 2the 3thing], even in Shushan. And the king and Haman toasted, [4was disturbed 1but 2the 3city].