Esther 6
1 That night the king was unable to sleep, so he [summoned] a servant [and] told [him] to bring the records of what had happened during all the time he had been king. [So the servant brought the records] and read some of them to the king.
その夜、王は眠ることができなかったので、命じて日々の事をしるした記録の書を持ってこさせ、王の前で読ませたが、
2 [The servant read about] Bigthana and Teresh, the two men who had guarded the entrance to the king’s rooms. He read the account of when Mordecai had found out that they planned to assassinate the king [and that he had told the king about it].
その中に、モルデカイがかつて王の侍従で、王のへやの戸を守る者のうちのビグタナとテレシのふたりが、アハシュエロス王を殺そうとねらっていることを告げた、としるされているのを見いだした。
3 The king asked [some of his servants], “What did we do to reward Mordecai or show that we appreciate what he did?” The servants replied, “We did not do anything for him.”
そこで王は言った、「この事のために、どんな栄誉と爵位をモルデカイに与えたか」。王に仕える侍臣たちは言った、「何も彼に与えていません」。
4 At that moment, Haman entered the outer courtyard of the palace. He wanted to talk to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had [just] set up. The king [saw him and] said, “Who is [that out there] in the courtyard?”
王は言った、「庭にいるのはだれか」。この時ハマンはモルデカイのために設けた木にモルデカイを掛けることを王に申し上げようと王宮の外庭にはいってきていた。
5 His servants replied, “That is Haman standing there in the courtyard.” The king said, “Bring him in [here]!”
王の侍臣たちが「ハマンが庭に立っています」と王に言ったので、王は「ここへ、はいらせよ」と言った。
6 When Haman came in, the king asked him, “What should I do for a man whom I want to honor?” Haman thought to himself, “(Whom would the king like to honor more than me?/I think there is no one whom the king would like to honor more than me!)” [RHQ]
やがてハマンがはいって来ると王は言った、「王が栄誉を与えようと思う人にはどうしたらよかろうか」。ハマンは心のうちに言った、「王はわたし以外にだれに栄誉を与えようと思われるだろうか」。
7 So he replied to the king, “If there is someone you wish to honor,
ハマンは王に言った、「王が栄誉を与えようと思われる人のためには、
8 you should [tell your servants to] bring him one of the robes you wear [you to show that you are] the king. Also tell them to bring one of the horses you have ridden. Tell them to put a fancy headdress on the horse’s head to show that it belongs to you, the king.
王の着られた衣服を持ってこさせ、また王の乗られた馬、すなわちその頭に王冠をいただいた馬をひいてこさせ、
9 Then tell one of your very important officials to put the robe on the man whom you want to honor, and tell that man to sit on the horse, and then lead the horse through the city streets. And tell that official to keep shouting, ‘This is what (the king does/is doing) for the man whom he wants to honor!’”
その衣服と馬とを王の最も尊い大臣のひとりの手にわたして、王が栄誉を与えようと思われる人にその衣服を着させ、またその人を馬に乗せ、町の広場を導いて通らせ、『王が栄誉を与えようと思う人にはこうするのだ』とその前に呼ばわらせなさい」。
10 The king replied to Haman, “[Fine]! Go and do what you said immediately! Get my robe and my horse, and do just what you suggested! Do it for Mordecai, the Jew, who is sitting [outside] at the gate of the palace. Do not forget anything that you suggested!”
それで王はハマンに言った、「急いであなたが言ったように、その衣服と馬とを取り寄せ、王の門に座しているユダヤ人モルデカイにそうしなさい。あなたが言ったことを一つも欠いてはならない」。
11 So Haman did what the king said. He got the robe and the horse. He put the robe on Mordecai, and as Mordecai sat on the horse, Haman led the horse through the city streets proclaiming “This is what the king (does/is doing) for the man whom the king wants to honor!”
そこでハマンは衣服と馬とを取り寄せ、モルデカイにその衣服を着せ、彼を馬に乗せて町の広場を通らせ、その前に呼ばわって、「王が栄誉を与えようと思う人にはこうするのだ」と言った。
12 Then, Mordecai returned [and sat] at the gate of the palace. But Haman hurried home, covering his face [because he felt] completely disgraced/humiliated.
こうしてモルデカイは王の門に帰ってきたが、ハマンは憂え悩み、頭をおおって急いで家に帰った。
13 He told his wife Zeresh and his friends everything that had happened to him that day. Then his wife and his friends said to him, “Mordecai, the man who has caused you to be completely disgraced/humiliated, is a Jew. [It is clear that the God whom the Jews worship is fighting for them.] So you will never be able to defeat Mordecai. He will defeat you!”
そしてハマンは自分の身に起った事をことごとくその妻ゼレシと友だちに告げた。するとその知者たちおよび妻ゼレシは彼に言った、「あのモルデカイ、すなわちあなたがその人の前に敗れ始めた者が、もしユダヤ人の子孫であるならば、あなたは彼に勝つことはできない。必ず彼の前に敗れるでしょう」。
14 And while they were still talking, some of the king’s officials arrived to take Haman quickly to the banquet/feast that Esther had prepared.
彼らがなおハマンと話している時、王の侍従たちがきてハマンを促し、エステルが設けた酒宴に臨ませた。
