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.
On that night sleep fled from the king. And he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
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 it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, keepers of the threshold, who had sought to lay hand on king Ahasuerus.
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.«
And the king said, What honour and dignity has been done to Mordecai for this? And the king's servants that attended upon him said, Nothing has been done for him.
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.
And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman had come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak to the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that 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!«
And the king's servants said to him, Behold, Haman is standing in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
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?«
So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What is to be done with the man whom the king delights to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to me?
7 Derfor svarede Haman Kongen: »Hvis Kongen ønsker at hædre en Mand,
And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights to honour,
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,
let the royal apparel be brought with which the king arrays himself, and the horse that the king rides upon, and on the head of which the royal crown is set;
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!«
and let the apparel and horse be delivered into the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, and let them array the man whom the king delights to honour, and cause him to ride on the horse through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honour!
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!«
And the king said to Haman, Make haste, take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast said.
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!«
And Haman took the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honour!
12 Derefter gik Mordokaj tilbage til Kongens Port. Men Haman skyndte sig hjem, nedslaaet og med tilhyllet Hoved.
And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
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!
And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and to all his friends all that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife to him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but wilt certainly 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 yet talking with him, the king's chamberlains came, and hasted to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
