Ester 6
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 couldn’t sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to 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 written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who were doorkeepers, who had tried to lay hands on the 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.
The king said, “What honor and dignity has been given to Mordecai for this?” Then the king’s servants who attended him said, “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 come into 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!
The king’s servants said to him, “Behold, Haman stands in the court.” The king said, “Let him come in.”
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 came in. The king said to him, “What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?” Now Haman said in his heart, “Who would the king delight to honor more than myself?”
7 Derfor sagde Haman til Kongen: Er der en Mand, som Kongen har Lyst til at ære,
Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor,
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 royal clothing be brought which the king uses to wear, and the horse that the king rides on, and on the head of which a royal crown is set.
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.
Let the clothing and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man whom the king delights to honor with them, and have him ride on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, ‘Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!’”
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, “Hurry and take the clothing and the horse, as you have said, and do this for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.”
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!
Then Haman took the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and had him ride through the city square, and proclaimed before him, “Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!”
12 Og Mardokaj kom tilbage til Kongens Port; men Haman skyndte sig tilbage til sit Hus, sørgende og med tilhyllet Hoved.
Mordecai came back to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having 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 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 begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you 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 yet talking with him, the king’s eunuchs came, and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
