أَسْتِير 6
| فِي تِلْكَ ٱللَّيْلَةِ طَارَ نَوْمُ ٱلْمَلِكِ، فَأَمَرَ بِأَنْ يُؤْتَى بِسِفْرِ تَذْكَارِ أَخْبَارِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ فَقُرِئَتْ أَمَامَ ٱلْمَلِكِ. | ١ 1 |
That night the king passed without sleep, and he commanded the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought him. And when they were reading them before him,
| فَوُجِدَ مَكْتُوبًا مَا أَخْبَرَ بِهِ مُرْدَخَايُ عَنْ بِغْثَانَا وَتَرَشَ خَصِيَّيِ ٱلْمَلِكِ حَارِسَيِ ٱلْبَابِ، ٱللَّذَيْنِ طَلَبَا أَنْ يَمُدَّا أَيْدِيَهُمَا إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ. | ٢ 2 |
They came to that place where it was written, how Mardochai had discovered the treason of Bagathan and Thares the eunuchs, who sought to kill king Assuerus.
| فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «أَيَّةُ كَرَامَةٍ وَعَظَمَةٍ عُمِلَتْ لِمُرْدَخَايَ لِأَجْلِ هَذَا؟» فَقَالَ غِلْمَانُ ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْدِمُونَهُ: «لَمْ يُعْمَلْ مَعَهُ شَيْءٌ». | ٣ 3 |
And when the king heard this, he said: What honour and reward hath Mardochai received for this fidelity? His servants and ministers said to him: He hath received no reward at all.
| فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «مَنْ في ٱلدَّارِ؟» وَكَانَ هَامَانُ قَدْ دَخَلَ دَارَ بَيْتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱلْخَارِجِيَّةَ لِكَيْ يَقُولَ لِلْمَلِكِ أَنْ يُصْلَبَ مُرْدَخَايُ عَلَى ٱلْخَشَبَةِ ٱلَّتِي أَعَدَّهَا لَهُ. | ٤ 4 |
And the king said immediately: Who is in the court? for Aman was coming in to the inner court of the king’s house, to speak to the king, that he might order Mardochai to be hanged upon the gibbet which was prepared for him.
| فَقَالَ غِلْمَانُ ٱلْمَلِكِ لَهُ: «هُوَذَا هَامَانُ وَاقِفٌ فِي ٱلدَّارِ». فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «لِيَدْخُلْ». | ٥ 5 |
The servants answered: Aman standeth in the court, and the king said: Let him come in.
| وَلَمَّا دَخَلَ هَامَانُ قَالَ لَهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «مَاذَا يُعْمَلُ لِرَجُلٍ يُسَرُّ ٱلْمَلِكُ بِأَنْ يُكْرِمَهُ؟» فَقَالَ هَامَانُ فِي قَلْبِهِ: «مَنْ يُسَرُّ ٱلْمَلِكُ بِأَنْ يُكْرِمَهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنِّي؟» | ٦ 6 |
And when he was come in, he said to him: What ought to be done to the man whom the king is desirous to honour? But Aman thinking in his heart, and supposing that the king would honour no other but himself,
| فَقَالَ هَامَانُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «إِنَّ ٱلرَّجُلَ ٱلَّذِي يُسَرُّ ٱلْمَلِكُ بِأَنْ يُكْرِمَهُ | ٧ 7 |
Answered: The man whom the king desireth to honour,
| يَأْتُونَ بِٱللِّبَاسِ ٱلسُّلْطَانِيِّ ٱلَّذِي يَلْبَسُهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ، وَبِالْفَرَسِ ٱلَّذِي يَرْكَبُهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ، وَبِتَاجِ ٱلْمُلْكِ ٱلَّذِي يُوضَعُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، | ٨ 8 |
Ought to be clothed with the king’s apparel, and to be set upon the horse that the king rideth upon, and to have the royal crown upon his head,
| وَيُدْفَعُ ٱللِّبَاسُ وَٱلْفَرَسُ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱلْأَشْرَافِ، وَيُلْبِسُونَ ٱلرَّجُلَ ٱلَّذِي سُرَّ ٱلْمَلِكُ بِأَنْ يُكْرِمَهُ وَيُرَكِّبُونَهُ عَلَى ٱلْفَرَسِ فِي سَاحَةِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، وَيُنَادُونَ قُدَّامَهُ: هَكَذَا يُصْنَعُ لِلرَّجُلِ ٱلَّذِي يُسَرُّ ٱلْمَلِكُ بِأَنْ يُكْرِمَهُ». | ٩ 9 |
And let the first of the king’s princes and nobles hold his horse, and going through the street of the city, proclaim before him and say: Thus shall he be honoured, whom the king hath a mind to honour.
| فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِهَامَانَ: «أَسْرِعْ وَخُذِ ٱللِّبَاسَ وَٱلْفَرَسَ كَمَا تَكَلَّمْتَ، وَٱفْعَلْ هَكَذَا لِمُرْدَخَايَ ٱلْيَهُودِيِّ ٱلْجَالِسِ فِي بَابِ ٱلْمَلِكِ. لَا يَسْقُطْ شَيْءٌ مِنْ جَمِيعِ مَا قُلْتَهُ». | ١٠ 10 |
And the king said to him: Make haste and take the robe and the horse, and do as thou hast spoken to Mardochai the Jew, who sitteth before the gates of the palace. Beware thou pass over any of those things which thou hast spoken.
| فَأَخَذَ هَامَانُ ٱللِّبَاسَ وَٱلْفَرَسَ وَأَلْبَسَ مُرْدَخَايَ وَأَرْكَبَهُ فِي سَاحَةِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، وَنَادَى قُدَّامَهُ: «هَكَذَا يُصْنَعُ لِلرَّجُلِ ٱلَّذِي يُسَرُّ ٱلْمَلِكُ بِأَنْ يُكْرِمَهُ». | ١١ 11 |
So Aman took the robe and the horse, and arraying Mardochai in the street of the city, and setting him on the horse, went before him, and proclaimed: This honour is he worthy of, whom the king hath a mind to honour.
| وَرَجَعَ مُرْدَخَايُ إِلَى بَابِ ٱلْمَلِكِ. وَأَمَّا هَامَانُ فَأَسْرَعَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ نَائِحًا وَمُغَطَّى ٱلرَّأْسِ. | ١٢ 12 |
But Mardochai returned to the palace gate: and Aman made haste to go to his house, mourning and having his head covered:
| وَقَصَّ هَامَانُ عَلَى زَرَشَ زَوْجَتِهِ وَجَمِيعِ أَحِبَّائِهِ كُلَّ مَا أَصَابَهُ. فَقَالَ لَهُ حُكَمَاؤُهُ وَزَرَشُ زَوْجَتُهُ: «إِذَا كَانَ مُرْدَخَايُ ٱلَّذِي ٱبْتَدَأْتَ تَسْقُطُ قُدَّامَهُ مِنْ نَسْلِ ٱلْيَهُودِ، فَلَا تَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ، بَلْ تَسْقُطُ قُدَّامَهُ سُقُوطًا». | ١٣ 13 |
And he told Zares his wife, and his friends, all that had befallen him. And the wise men whom he had in counsel, and his wife answered him: If Mardochai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou canst not resist him, but thou shalt fall in his sight.
| وَفِيمَا هُمْ يُكَلِّمُونَهُ وَصَلَ خِصْيَانُ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَأَسْرَعُوا لِلْإِتْيَانِ بِهَامَانَ إِلَى ٱلْوَلِيمَةِ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَتْهَا أَسْتِيرُ. | ١٤ 14 |
As they were yet speaking, the king’s eunuchs came, and compelled him to go quickly to the banquet which the queen had prepared.
