1After these things did king Achashverosh [I will be silent and poor] promote Haman [magnificent] the son of Hamdata [double] the Agagi [I will overtop], and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that [were] with him. 2And all the king's servants, that [were] in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman [magnificent]: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordekhai [little man] bowed not, nor did [him] reverence. 3Then the king's servants, which [were] in the king's gate, said unto Mordekhai [little man], Why transgress youⁱ the king's commandment? 4Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily unto him, and he listened not unto them, that they told Haman [magnificent], to see whether Mordekhai [little man]'s matters would stand: for he had told them that he [was] a Jew. 5And when Haman [magnificent] saw that Mordekhai [little man] bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman [magnificent] full of wrath. 6And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordekhai [little man] alone; for they had showed him the people of Mordekhai [little man]: wherefore Haman [magnificent] sought to destroy all the Y’hudim (Judeans) that [were] throughout the whole kingdom of Achashverosh [I will be silent and poor], [even] the people of Mordekhai [little man].

7In the first month, that [is], the month Nisan [their flight], in the twelfth year of king Achashverosh [I will be silent and poor], they cast Pur [lot], that [is], the lot, before Haman [magnificent] from day to day, and from month to month, [to] the twelfth [month], that [is], the month Adar. 8And Haman [magnificent] said unto king Achashverosh [I will be silent and poor], There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of youⁱ kingdom; and their laws [are] diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it [is] not for the king's profit to suffer them. 9If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring [it] into the king's treasuries. 10And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman [magnificent] the son of Hamdata [double] the Agagi [I will overtop], the Y’hudit (Y’hudim (Judeans)’) enemy. 11And the king said unto Haman [magnificent], The silver [is] given to youⁱ, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to youⁱ.

12Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman [magnificent] had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that [were] over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and [to] every people after their language; in the name of king Achashverosh [I will be silent and poor] was it written, and sealed with the king's ring. 13And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Y’hudim (Judeans), both young and old, little children and women, in one day, [even] upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and [to take] the spoil (plunder; prey; booty) of them for a prey. 14The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day. 15The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan [lily] the palace. And the king and Haman [magnificent] sat down to drink; but the city Shushan [lily] was perplexed.