After these things extolled the king Artaxerxes Haman the Hammedatha the Agagite, and exalted him, and seated him first above all his friends.
And all the ones in the courtyard did obeisance to him, for so assigned it the king to do. But Mordecai did not do obeisance to him.
And said the ones in the courtyard of the king to Mordecai, O Mordecai, why do you disregard the things by the king being said?
Accordingly each day they spoke to him, and he did not hearken to them; and they indicated to Haman that Mordecai the words was rebelling against the king; and indicated to them Mordecai that he is a Jew.
And Haman, realizing that did not do obeisance to him Mordecai, was enraged exceedingly.
And he took counsel to remove all the under the kingdom of Artaxerxes the Jews.
And he made a referendum in year the 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 fell the lot on the fourteenth of the month, which is Adar.
And he spoke to the 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 king's laws they disregard, and it is not advantageous to the king to allow them.
If it seems good to the king, let him decree to destroy them, and I will circumscribe for the treasury of the king of silver ten thousand talents.
And removing the king ring, gave it into the hands of Haman, to set a seal on the things being written against the Jews.
And said the king to Haman, As for the silver, you have it! and for the nation, you treat it as you want!
And were called the scribes of the king in month 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.
And it was sent by couriers unto the kingdom of Artaxerxes, to remove the race of the Jews on day one of month the twelfth, which is Adar, and to plunder their possessions.
And the copies of the letters were displayed in each place. And it was assigned to all to be prepared for that day.
was hastened And the thing, even in Shushan. And the king and Haman toasted, was disturbed but the city.