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1 Iden samme Nat kunde Kongen ikke sove, og han bød at hente Krønikebogen om de daglige Begivenheder; og de bleve læste for Kongen.
On that night the king was unable to sleep, so he gave orders to bring the books that recorded memorable deeds, and they were read before the king.
2 Og der fandtes skrevet, at Mardokaj havde gjort Angivelse om Bigtana og Theres, to af Kongens Kammertjenere, af dem, som holdt Vagt ved Dørtærskelen, og som havde søgt at lægge Haand paa Kong Ahasverus.
It was found recorded how Mordecai had furnished information regarding Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s attendants who guarded the entrance of the palace, who had attempted to kill King Ahasuerus.
3 Og Kongen sagde: Hvad Ære og Ophøjelse er der sket Mardokaj for det? Da sagde Kongens Folk, som tjente ham: Ham er ikke sket nogen Ting.
‘What honour and dignity have been conferred on Mordecai for this?’ the king asked. When the king’s pages who waited on him replied ‘Nothing has been done for him,’
4 Da sagde Kongen: Hvo er i Forgaarden? Og Haman var kommen i Kongens Hus's yderste Forgaard for at tale til Kongen om at hænge Mardokaj paa det Træ, som han havde ladet berede for ham.
the king said, ‘Who is in the court?’ Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king’s house to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
5 Og Kongens Tjenere sagde til ham: Se, Haman staar i Forgaarden; og Kongen sagde: Lader ham komme ind!
So the king’s pages said to him, ‘Haman is standing there, in the court.’ The king said, ‘Let him enter.’
6 Der Haman kom, sagde Kongen til ham: Hvad skal man gøre ved den Mand, som Kongen har Lyst til at ære? Og Haman sagde i sit Hjerte: Hvem skulde Kongen have Lyst til at gøre mere Ære end mig?
So Haman entered, and the king said to him, ‘What should be done for the man whom the king wishes to honour?’ Haman said to himself, ‘Whom besides me could the king wish to honour?’
7 Derfor sagde Haman til Kongen: Er der en Mand, som Kongen har Lyst til at ære,
So he said to the king, ‘For the man whom the king wishes to honour
8 saa bringe man et kongeligt Klædebon, som Kongen har været iført, og en Hest, som Kongen har redet paa, og paa hvis Hoved en kongelig Krone er sat;
let a royal garment be brought, which the king has worn, and the horse on which the king has ridden and on whose head a royal diadem has been placed.
9 og man give det Klædebon og den Hest i Haanden paa en Mand af Kongens fornemste Fyrster, og man iføre den Mand, som Kongen har Lyst til at ære, det, og de skulle lade ham ride paa Hesten igennem Stadens Gader, og de skulle udraabe for hans Ansigt: Saaledes skal man gøre ved den Mand, som Kongen har Lyst til at ære.
Then let the garment and the horse be placed in charge of one of the king’s noble officials. Let him clothe the man whom the king wishes to honour and let him lead that man on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king wishes to honour.”’
10 Da sagde Kongen til Haman: Skynd dig, tag Klædebonnet og Hesten, som du har talt, og gør saa med Jøden Mardokaj, som sidder ved Kongens Port; undlad ikke noget af alt det, som du har talt!
Then the king said to Haman, ‘Make haste and take the garment and the horse, as you have said, and do this to Mordecai the Jew, who sits in the king’s gate. Omit nothing of all you have said.’
11 Da tog Haman Klædebonnet og Hesten, lod Mardokaj iføre sig det og lod ham ride igennem Stadens Gader og udraabte for hans Ansigt: Saaledes skal man gøre ved den Mand, som Kongen har Lyst til at ære!
So Haman took the garment and the horse and clothed Mordecai, and made him ride through the city square and proclaimed before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king wishes to honour.’
12 Og Mardokaj kom tilbage til Kongens Port; men Haman skyndte sig tilbage til sit Hus, sørgende og med tilhyllet Hoved.
Mordecai returned to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning, with his head covered.
13 Og Haman fortalte Seres, sin Hustru og alle sine Venner alt det, som ham var vederfaret; da sagde hans Vismænd og Seres, hans Hustru, til ham: Dersom Mardokaj, for hvis Ansigt du har begyndt at falde, er af jødisk Æt, da formaar du intet imod ham, men maa aldeles falde for hans Ansigt.
Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and to all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, ‘If Mordecai before whom you have already been humiliated is of the Jewish people, you can do nothing against him but will surely fall before him.’
14 Der de endnu talte med ham, da kom Kongens Kammertjenere til, og de hastede med at føre Haman til Gæstebudet, som Esther havde beredet.
While they were still talking with him, the king’s attendants came and quickly took Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
