24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
24 kwa sababu Hamani bin Hamedatha, Mwagagi, adui ya Wayahudi wote, alikuwa amefanya shauri juu ya Wayahudi ili kuwaangamiza, akapiga Puri, yaani kura, ili kuwakomesha na kuwaangamiza pia;