Catholic Public Domain Version
"And he said to him, “Let the silver, which you promise, be for yourself. As for the people, do with them as it pleases you.” "
— Esther 3:11, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.”
“And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee. ”
“The king said to Haman, "The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you."”
“The king replied to Haman,“Keep your money, and do with those people whatever you wish.””
“And he said to him: As to the money which thou promisest, keep it for thyself: and as to the people, do with them as seemeth good to thee.”
“And the king said to Haman, The money is yours, and the people, to do with them whatever seems right to you.”
“And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.”
And Haman said to king Artaxerxes, “There is a people dispersed throughout all the provinces of your kingdom and separated one from another, who make use of unusual laws and ceremonies, and who, in addition, show contempt for the king’s ordinances. And you know very well that it is not expedient for your kingdom that they should become insolent through independence.
If it pleases you, declare that they may be destroyed, and I will weigh out ten thousand talents to the keepers of your treasury.”
And so the king took the ring that he used, from his own hand, and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha, of Agag lineage, enemy of the Jews.
And he said to him, “Let the silver, which you promise, be for yourself. As for the people, do with them as it pleases you.”
And the scribes of the king were summoned, in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same month. And it was written, as Haman had commanded, to all the king’s governors, and to the judges of the provinces, and to various peoples, so that each people could read and hear according to their various languages, in the name of king Artaxerxes. And the letters were sealed with his ring.
These were sent by the king’s messengers to all the provinces, so as to kill and destroy all the Jews, from children all the way to the elderly, even little children and women, on one day, that is, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is called Adar, and to plunder their goods, even their necessities.
And the effect of the letters was this: that all provinces would know and prepare for the prescribed day.