Esther 6
1 That night the king wasn't able to sleep, so he ordered the Book of Records of the King's Reign brought in so it could be read to him.
Te noći kralj ne mogaše usnuti. Zato naredi da mu donesu i čitaju knjigu znamenitih događaja, Ljetopise.
2 There he discovered the account of what Mordecai had reported about Bigthana and Teresh, the two king's eunuchs who were doorkeepers who had plotted to assassinate King Xerxes.
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 “What honor or position did Morcedai receive as a reward for doing this?” asked the king. “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king's attendants.
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 “Who's here in the court?” the king asked. Haman had just happened to arrive in the outer court of the royal palace to ask the king to have Mordecai impaled on the pole he had set up 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 The king's attendants told him, “Haman is waiting in the court.” “Tell him to come in,” the king ordered.
Službenici kraljevi odgovoriše: "Eno se u predvorju nalazi Haman." "Neka uđe!" - naredi kralj.
6 When Haman came in, the king asked him, “What should be done for a man the king wants to honor?” Haman said to himself, “Who would the king want to honor except me?”
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 So Haman said to the king, “A man whom the king wants to honor
Zato odgovori kralju: "Za čovjeka koga kralj želi počastiti
8 should be brought royal robes the king has worn, a horse the king has ridden and which has a royal headdress on its head.
treba donijeti kraljevske haljine koje kralj sam oblači i dovesti konja kojega kralj jaše i položiti mu na glavu kraljevsku krunu.
9 Have the robes and the horse handed over to one of the king's highest officials and nobles. Let him make sure the man the king wishes to honor is dressed in the royal robes and that he rides on the horse through the city streets, and have the official announce before him, ‘This is what is done for the man the king wishes to honor!’”
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 told Haman, “Right! Off you go! Quickly get the royal robes and the horse, and do just what you've said for Mordecai the Jew sitting at the palace gate. Don't leave out anything that you mentioned.”
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 Haman went and got the robes and the horse. He dressed Mordecai and placed him on the horse, and led him through the streets of the city, shouting before him, “This is what is done for the man the king wishes to honor!”
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 Mordecai went back to the palace gate, but Haman rushed home, crying and covering his head in shame.
Malo zatim Mordokaj se vrati k vratima kraljevim, a Haman, tužan i zastrte glave, ode žurno kući
13 Haman explained to his wife Zeresh and all his friends what had happened to him. These wise friends and his wife Zeresh told him, “If Mordecai is one of the Jewish people, and you have already begun to lose status before him—you won't be able to beat him! You're going to lose to him, you're going to fall!”
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 to him, the king's eunuchs arrived and quickly took Haman to the dinner which Esther had prepared.
Još su o tom razgovarali, kad eto kraljevih dvorana. Došli su tražiti Hamana da ga žurno odvedu na gozbu koju je priredila Estera.
