Ester 6
1 Samme Nat veg Søvnen fra Kongen. Da bød han, at man skulde hente Krøniken, i hvilken mindeværdige Tildragelser var optegnet, og man læste op for Kongen af den.
That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
2 Man fandt da optegnet, hvorledes Mordokaj havde meldt, at Bigtana og Teresj, to kongelige Hofmænd, der hørte til Dørvogterne, havde søgt Lejlighed til at lægge Haand paa Kong Ahasverus.
And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
3 Kongen spurgte da: »Hvilken Ære og Udmærkelse er der vist Mordokaj til Gengæld?« Kongens Folk, som gik ham til Haande, svarede: »Der er ingen Ære vist ham.«
The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.
4 Saa spurgte Kongen: Hvem er ude i Gaarden? Haman var netop kommet ind i den ydre Gaard til Kongens Palads for at bede Kongen om, at Mordokaj maatte blive hængt i den Galge, han havde rejst til ham.
“Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.
5 Kongens Folk svarede ham: »Det er Haman, der staar ude i Gaarden.« Da sagde Kongen: »Lad ham komme ind!«
So the king’s attendants answered him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” “Bring him in,” ordered the king.
6 Da Haman var kommet ind; sagde Kongen til ham: »Hvad gør man ved den Mand, Kongen ønsker at hædre?« Haman tænkte ved sig selv: »Hvem andre end mig skulde Kongen ønske at hædre?«
Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”
7 Derfor svarede Haman Kongen: »Hvis Kongen ønsker at hædre en Mand,
And Haman told the king, “For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,
8 skal man lade hente en kongelig Klædning, som Kongen selv har baaret, og en Hest, som Kongen selv har redet, og paa hvis Hoved der er sat en kongelig Krone,
have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.
9 og man skal overgive Klædningen og Hesten til en af Kongens ypperste Fyrster og give den Mand, Kongen ønsker at hædre, Klædningen paa og føre ham paa Hesten over Byens Torv og raabe foran ham: Saaledes gør man ved den Mand, Kongen ønsker at hædre!«
Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”
10 Da sagde Kongen til Haman: »Skynd dig at hente Klædningen og Hesten, som du sagde, og gør saaledes ved Jøden Mordokaj, som sidder i den kongelige Port! Undlad intet af, hvad du sagde!«
“Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”
11 Saa hentede Haman Klædningen og Hesten, gav Mordokaj Klædningen paa og førte ham paa Hesten over Byens Torv og raabte foran ham: »Saaledes gør man ved den Mand, Kongen ønsker at hædre!«
So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”
12 Derefter gik Mordokaj tilbage til Kongens Port. Men Haman skyndte sig hjem, nedslaaet og med tilhyllet Hoved.
Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
13 Og Haman fortalte sin Hustru Zeresj og alle sine Venner alt, hvad der var hændet ham. Da sagde hans Venner og hans Hustru Zeresj til ham: Hvis Mordokaj, over for hvem du nu for første Gang er kommet til kort, er af jødisk Æt, saa kan du intet udrette imod ham, men det bliver dit Fald til sidst!
Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”
14 Medens de endnu talte med ham, indtraf de kongelige Hofmænd for hurtigt at hente Haman til det Gæstebud, Ester havde gjort rede.
While they were still speaking with Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed him to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
