Esther 6
1 In that night sleep fled from the king, and he ordered to bring in the book of the memorable events of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
Te noći kralj ne mogaše usnuti. Zato naredi da mu donesu i čitaju knjigu znamenitih događaja, Ljetopise.
2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Theresh, two chamberlains of the king, of those who kept the door, who had sought to lay [their] hand on king Achashverosh.
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 honor and distinction have been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's young men, his servants, There hath nothing been done with 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 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outer court of the king's house, to say unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows which he had prepared 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 young men said unto him, Behold, Haman is standing in the court. 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 unto him, What shall be done with the man whom the king desireth to honor? And Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king desire to do honor more than to myself?
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 Haman therefore said to the king, [For] the man whom the king desireth to honor,
Zato odgovori kralju: "Za čovjeka koga kralj želi počastiti
8 Let them bring a royal apparel which the king hath worn, and a horse on which the king hath ridden, and let there be placed a royal crown 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 apparel and the horse be given into the hand of one of the king's princes, of the most noble, that they may array the man whom the king desireth to honor, and let them cause him to ride on the horse through the streets of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall be done to the man whom the king desireth 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 said the king to Haman, Make haste, take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast spoken, and do thus to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: leave out nothing of all that thou hast spoken.
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 And Haman then took the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the streets of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall be done unto the man whom the king desireth 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 And Mordecai thereupon returned to the king's gate; but Haman hastened to his house, mourning, and having his head covered.
Malo zatim Mordokaj se vrati k vratima kraljevim, a Haman, tužan i zastrte glave, ode žurno kući
13 And Haman related to Zeresh his wife and to all his friends all that had befallen him: then said unto him his wise men and Zeresh his wife, If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou wilt not prevail against him, but thou wilt surely fall 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 They were yet speaking with him, when the king's chamberlains arrived, and they hastened to bring Haman unto the banquet 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.
