Haman Ya Ƙulla Makirci Don Hallaka Yahudawa

Aka ɗaukaka Haman, Mordekai kuwa ya ƙi rusunawa. Da aka wulakanta shi, Haman ya ga mutuwar mutum ɗaya ta yi kaɗan, ya kuwa sayi doka daga wurin sarki don a hallaka kowane Bayahude a ranar da aka zaɓa ta wurin kuri'a. 'Yan aike suka fita da gudu yayin da sarki da Haman suka zauna suna sha.

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Bayan haka, Sarki Zerzes ya ɗaukaka Haman ɗan Hammedata mutumin Agag, ya ɗaga shi, ya kuma sa kujerarsa ta fi ta dukan hafsoshin da suke tare da shi. Dukan fadawan sarki da suke a ƙofar sarki sukan durƙusa su yi wa Haman sujada, kamar yadda sarki ya umarta. Amma Mordekai ba ya durƙusawa, ba ya kuma sujada. Sai fadawan sarki da suke a ƙofar sarki suka tambayi Mordekai, “Me ya sa kake ƙin bin umarnin sarki?” Kullum suna ƙwarin gwiwarsa, amma ya ƙi; saboda haka suka gaya wa Haman, don su ga ko matsayin Mordekai zai dāge, tun da ya gaya musu shi Bayahude ne. Da Haman ya ga Mordekai ba ya durƙusawa, ba ya kuma yin masa sujada, sai ya cika da fushi. Kashe Mordekai shi kaɗai ya zama abin reni a gare shi, tun da aka gaya masa waɗanne ne mutanen Mordekai; saboda haka Haman ya nemi yă hallaka dukan mutanen Mordekai, Yahudawa, a cikin dukan mulkin Zerzes.

A watan farko, wato watan Nisan, a shekara ta goma sha biyu ta mulkin Sarki Zerzes, aka jefa Fur (wato ƙuri'a) a gaban Haman domin kowace rana da kowane wata; ƙuri'ar kuwa ta fāɗa a kan wata na goma sha biyu, wato watan Adar. Haman ya ce wa Sarki Zerzes, “Akwai wasu mutane da suka warwatsu suka bazu a cikin mutane ko'ina a dukan larduban mulkinka. Dokokinsu sun bambanta da na kowa, ba su kuma kiyaye dokokin sarki; ba ya amfanin sarki yă ƙyale su. Idan ya gamshi sarki, bari a rubuta a hallaka su; ni kuma zan auna azurfa tan ɗari uku da saba'in da biyar ga hafsoshinsa domin baitul'malin sarauta.”

Sai sarki ya cire zoben hatiminsa ya ba Haman ɗan Hammedata mutumin Agag, maƙiyin Yahudawa. Sarki ya ce wa Haman, “Azurfar taka ce, haka ma mutanen—ka yi da su yadda ka ga dama.”

A rana ta goma sha uku ga watan farko, aka kira marubutan sarki, aka kuma rubuta umarnin Haman ga manyan shugabannin sarki, da gwamnonin da suke bisa kowane lardi, da hafsoshin kowane mutane—kowane lardi da rubutunsa, kowane mutane da harshensa. Aka rubuta da sunan Sarki Zerzes, aka kuma hatimce da zoben hatiminsa. Manzanni suka kai wasiƙu zuwa dukan larduban sarki cewa, a hallaka, a kashe, a kuma kawar da dukan Yahudawa—yara da manya, mata da ƙananan yara—a rana guda, rana ta goma sha uku ga wata na goma sha biyu, wato watan Adar, a kuma washe dukiyarsu. Za a fitar da kwafin wannan doka a kowane lardi, a kuma nuna ga dukan mutane, domin su kasance a shirye domin ranar nan. Bisa ga umarnin sarki, manzanni suka yi hanzarin fita, aka kuma yaɗa dokar a birnin Shushan mai katanga. Sarki da Haman kuwa suka zauna suna sha, amma birnin Shushan ya rikice.