Esther 6
1 But the Lord removed sleep from the king that night: and he told his servant to bring in the books, the registers of daily events, to read to him.
那一夜，君王因失眠，便命人取大事錄，即年鑑來，在他面前誦讀。
2 And he found the records written concerning Mardochæus, how he had told the king concerning the two chamberlains of the king, when they were keeping guard, and sought to lay hands on Artaxerxes.
書上這樣記載：摩爾德開如何告發了君王的兩個守門太監彼革堂和特勒士，企圖殺害薛西斯王的事。
3 And the king said, What honour or favour have we done to Mardochæus? And the king’s servants said, Thou hast not done anything to him.
王問說：「摩爾德開為這事得到什尊榮和地位﹖」服侍他的僕答說：「他什麼也沒有得到。」
4 And while the king was enquiring about the kindness of Mardochæus, behold, Aman [was] in the court. And the king said, Who [is] in the court? Now Aman was come in to speak to the king, that he should hang Mardochæus on the gallows, which he had prepared.
正當君王探聽摩爾德開的賢德時，恰巧哈曼在庭院裏，於是王問說：「是誰在庭院裏﹖」原來哈曼正走到了王宮的外庭，要請求君王把摩爾德開懸在他豎起的刑架上。
5 And the king’s servants said, Behold, Aman stands in the court. And the king said, Call him.
王的僕役答應說：「是哈曼站在庭院裏。」王說：「叫他進來! 」
6 And the king said to Aman, What shall I do to the man whom I wish to honour? And Aman said within himself, Whom would the king honour but myself?
哈曼進來，王對他說：「假如君王要顯耀一個人，應該怎樣對待他﹖」哈曼心想：除我以外，君王還能顯耀誰呢﹖
7 and he said to the king, As for the man whom the king wishes to honour,
於是哈曼對君王說：「大王對願顯耀的人，
8 let the king’s servants bring the robe of fine linen which the king puts on, and the horse on which the king rides,
應拿出大王穿的龍袍和大王騎的頭戴「御馬冠」的駿馬；
9 and let him give [it] to one of the king’s noble friends, and let him array the man whom the king loves; and let him mount him on the horse, and proclaim through the street of the city, saying, Thus shall it be [done] to every man whom the king honours.
將龍袍和駿馬交給大王的一個大臣，叫他給大王所要顯耀的人穿上，領他騎著御馬在城中的廣場遊行，還要有人走在他前面喊道：看，凡皇上願意顯耀的人，就是這樣的待他。」
10 Then the king said to Aman, Thou hast well said: so do to Mardochæus the Jew, who waits in the palace, and let not a word of what thou hast spoken be neglected.
王對哈曼說：「趕快拿龍袍和駿馬來，就照你所說的，去對待坐在御門旁的那猶太人摩爾德開罷! 凡你所說的，一點也不可忽略! 」
11 So Aman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mardochæus, and mounted him on the horse, and went through the street of the city, and proclaimed, saying, Thus shall it be to every man whom the king wishes to honour.
哈曼就拿了龍袍和駿馬來，先給摩爾德開穿上龍袍，然後扶他騎上駿馬，領他在市內的廣場遊行，還走在他前面喊道：「凡皇上願意顯耀的人，就是這樣的待他。」
12 And Mardochæus returned to the palace: but Aman went home mourning, and having his head covered.
事後，摩爾德開回到御門，哈曼卻趕快回了家，蒙著頭飲泣。
13 And Aman related the events that had befallen him to Zosara his wife, and to [his] friends: and his friends and his wife said to him, If Mardochæus [be] of the race of the Jews, [and] thou hast begun to be humbled before him, thou wilt assuredly fall, and thou wilt not be able to withstand him, for the living God [is] with him.
哈曼將所遭遇的，都給他的愛妻則勒士和朋友述說了。他的謀士和愛妻則勒士對他說：「在摩爾德開前，你既開始失敗，如果他真是猶太人，你決不能得勝他，終必敗於他前。」
14 While they were yet speaking, the chamberlains arrived, to hasten Aman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.
他們正同他談論時，王的太監來催哈曼赴艾斯德爾設的盛宴。
