Esther 6
1 That night the king was unable to get any sleep; and he sent for the books of the records; and while some one was reading them to the king,
Te noći kralj ne mogaše usnuti. Zato naredi da mu donesu i čitaju knjigu znamenitih događaja, Ljetopise.
2 It came out that it was recorded in the book how Mordecai had given word of the designs of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's servants, keepers of the door, by whom an attack on the king had been designed.
Tu se nađe zapisano kako je Mordokaj prokazao Bigtanu i Tereša, dva dvoranina kraljeva, čuvare praga, koji su se spremali da podignu ruke na kralja Ahasvera.
3 And the king said, What honour and reward have been given to Mordecai for this? Then the servants who were waiting on the king said, Nothing has been done for him.
Kralj upita: "Kakva je čast i kakvo je odlikovanje zapalo Mordokaja za sve to?" Kraljeve sluge, dvorani koji ga slušahu, odgovoriše: "Ništa nije učinjeno za nj."
4 Then the king said, Who is in the outer room? Now Haman had come into the outer room to get the king's authority for the hanging of Mordecai on the pillar which he had made ready for him.
Kralj onda zapita: "Tko je u predvorju?" A to u vanjsko predvorje kraljevske palače bijaše stigao Haman da traži od kralja neka objese Mordokaja na vješalima koja su već bila podignuta za nj.
5 And the king's servants said to him, See, Haman is waiting in the outer room. And the king said, Let him come in.
Službenici kraljevi odgovoriše: "Eno se u predvorju nalazi Haman." "Neka uđe!" - naredi kralj.
6 So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What is to be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring? Then the thought came into Haman's mind, Whom, more than myself, would the king have pleasure in honouring?
Kako Haman uđe, kralj ga upita: "Što treba učiniti čovjeku koga kralj hoće da počasti?" Haman reče u sebi: "Koga ako ne mene kralj želi počastiti?"
7 And Haman, answering the king, said, For the man whom the king has delight in honouring,
Zato odgovori kralju: "Za čovjeka koga kralj želi počastiti
8 Let them take the robes which the king generally puts on, and the horse on which the king goes, and the crown which is on his head:
treba donijeti kraljevske haljine koje kralj sam oblači i dovesti konja kojega kralj jaše i položiti mu na glavu kraljevsku krunu.
9 And let the robes and the horse be given to one of the king's most noble captains, so that they may put them on the man whom the king has delight in honouring, and let him go on horseback through the streets of the town, with men crying out before him, So let it be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring.
Haljine i konja neka kralj preda jednome od najuglednijih kneževa kraljevih da bi taj obukao onoga koga kralj želi počastiti i na konju ga odveo na gradski trg uzvikujući pred njim: 'Tako biva onome koga kralj hoće da počasti!'"
10 Then the king said to Haman, Go quickly, and take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, who is seated at the king's doorway: see that you do everything as you have said.
Kralj nato naredi Hamanu: "Uzmi odmah haljine i konja, kako si rekao, pa učini tako Mordokaju Židovu koji sjedi na kraljevim vratima i ne propusti ništa od onoga što si rekao!"
11 Then Haman took the robes and the horse, and dressing Mordecai in the robes, he made him go on horseback through the streets of the town, crying out before him, So let it be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring.
Haman uze haljine i konja: obuče u haljine Mordokaja i provede ga na konju po trgu grada vičući pred njim: "Tako biva onome koga kralj hoće da počasti!"
12 And Mordecai came back to the king's doorway. But Haman went quickly back to his house, sad and with his head covered.
Malo zatim Mordokaj se vrati k vratima kraljevim, a Haman, tužan i zastrte glave, ode žurno kući
13 And Haman gave his wife Zeresh and all his friends an account of what had taken place. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, If Mordecai, who is starting to get the better of you, is of the seed of the Jews, you will not be able to do anything against him, but you will certainly go down before him.
te ispriča Zareši, ženi svojoj, i svima prijateljima svojim što se dogodilo. Njegovi mu savjetnici i žena Zareša rekoše: "Ako Mordokaj, pred kojim si počeo posrtati, pripada židovskom rodu, nećeš ga nadjačati, nego će te on zacijelo oboriti."
14 While they were still talking, the king's servants came to take Haman to the feast which Esther had made ready.
Još su o tom razgovarali, kad eto kraljevih dvorana. Došli su tražiti Hamana da ga žurno odvedu na gozbu koju je priredila Estera.
