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.
| آن شب پادشاه خوابش نبرد، پس فرمود کتاب «تاریخ پادشاهان» را بیاورند و وقایع سلطنت او را برایش بخوانند. |
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].
| در آن کتاب، گزارشی را به این مضمون یافت که بغتان و تارش که دو نفر از خواجه‌سرایان پادشاه بودند و جلوی در کاخ سلطنتی نگهبانی می‌دادند، قصد کشتن پادشاه را داشتند؛ ولی مردخای از سوء قصد آنها آگاه شد و به پادشاه خبر داد. |
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.”
| پادشاه پرسید: «در ازای این خدمت چه پاداشی به مردخای داده شد؟» خدمتگزاران پادشاه گفتند: «پاداشی به او داده نشد.» |
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?”
| پادشاه گفت: «آیا کسی از درباریان در کاخ هست؟» برحسب اتفاق هامان تازه وارد کاخ شده بود تا از پادشاه اجازه بگیرد که مردخای را دار بزند. |
5 His servants replied, “That is Haman standing there in the courtyard.” The king said, “Bring him in [here]!”
| پس خدمتگزاران جواب دادند: «بله، هامان اینجاست.» پادشاه دستور داد: «بگویید بیاید.» |
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]
| وقتی هامان آمد، پادشاه به او گفت: «شخصی هست که مایلم به او عزت ببخشم. به نظر تو برای او چه باید کرد؟» هامان با خود فکر کرد: «غیر از من چه کسی مورد عزت و احترام پادشاه است.» |
7 So he replied to the king, “If there is someone you wish to honor,
| پس جواب داد: «برای چنین شخصی باید ردای پادشاه و اسب سلطنتی او را که با زیورآلات تزیین شده است بیاورند. |
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.
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!’”
| آنگاه یکی از امیران عالی رتبهٔ پادشاه آن ردا را به او بپوشاند و او را بر اسب پادشاه سوار کند و در شهر بگرداند و جار بزند: به شخص مورد عزت پادشاه اینچنین پاداش داده می‌شود.» |
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!”
| پادشاه به هامان فرمود: «ردا و اسب را هر چه زودتر آماده کن و هر چه گفتی با تمام جزئیاتش برای مردخای یهودی که در دربار خدمت می‌کند انجام بده.» |
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!”
| پس هامان ردای پادشاه را به مردخای پوشانید و او را بر اسب مخصوص پادشاه سوار کرد و در شهر گرداند و جار زد: «به شخص مورد عزت پادشاه اینچنین پاداش داده می‌شود.» |
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.
| سپس مردخای به دربار بازگشت، ولی هامان با سرافکندگی زیاد به خانه‌اش شتافت |
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!”
| و موضوع را برای زن خود و همهٔ دوستانش تعریف کرد. زنش و دوستان خردمند او گفتند: «مردخای یک یهودی است و تو نمی‌توانی در مقابلش بایستی. اگر وضع به این منوال ادامه یابد شکست تو حتمی است.» |
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.
| در این گفتگو بودند که خواجه‌سرایان دربار به دنبال هامان آمدند تا او را فوری به ضیافت استر ببرند. |
