Ester 6
1 Iti dayta a rabii, saan a makaturog ti ari. Impaiyegna kadagiti adipenna dagiti nakaisuratan dagiti pasamak iti panagturayna, ket naibasa dagitoy iti napigsa iti ari.
That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
2 Nasarakan a nakalanad ditoy nga imbaga ni Mardokeo ti maipanggep kada Bigtana ken Teres, dua kadagiti opisial ti ari a nangbantay iti pagserrekan, a nangpadas a mangdangran kenni Ari Ahasuero.
And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
3 Sinaludsod ti ari, “Ania ti naaramid a kas pammadayaw wenno panangbigbig kenni Mardokeo para iti panangaramid iti daytoy?” Ket kinuna dagiti adipen ti ari nga agtutubo a lallaki, “Awan ti naaramid para kenkuana.”
The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.
4 Kinuna ti ari, “Siasino ti adda iti paraangan?” Ita, nakastreken ni Haman iti akinruar a paraangan iti balay ti ari tapno makisarita kenkuana maipanggep iti panangibitin kenni Mardokeo iti pagbitayan nga insaganana para kenkuana.
“Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.
5 Kinuna dagiti adipen ti ari kenkuana, “Agtaktakder ni Haman iti paraangan.” Kinuna ti ari, “Pastrekenyo isuna.”
So the king’s attendants answered him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” “Bring him in,” ordered the king.
6 Idi nakastreken ni Haman, kinuna ti ari kenkuana, “Ania ti rumbeng a maaramid para iti tao a pakaragsakan ti ari a padayawan?” Ita, kinuna ni Haman iti pusona, “Siasino ngay ti pakaragsakan ti ari a padayawan nga ad-adda ngem siak?”
Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”
7 Kinuna ni Haman iti ari, “Para iti tao a pakaragsakan iti ari a padayawan,
And Haman told the king, “For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,
8 maiyeg koma ti kagay ti ari, kawes nga insuot ti ari, ken maysa a kabalio a naglugananen ti ari ken parabawan ti ulona iti guarnasion.
have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.
9 Ket maipaima dagiti kagay ken ti kabalio iti maysa kadagiti katataknengan nga opisial ti ari. Palubosam a kawesanda ti tao a pakaragsakan ti ari a padayawan, ken maiparada isuna a nakalugan iti kabalio kadagiti dalan ti siudad. Paiwaragawagmo kadakuada iti sangoananna, 'Daytoy ti maaramid iti siasinoman a pakaragsakan ti ari a padayawan!'”
Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”
10 Ket kinuna ti ari kenni Haman, “Darasem, alaem dagiti kagay ken ti kabalio, a kas kinunam, ket aramidem daytoy kenni Mardokeo a Judio nga agtugtugaw iti ruangan ti ari. Saanka nga agkurang iti uray maysa kadagiti aniaman nga imbagam.”
“Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”
11 Innala ngarud ni Haman ti kagay ken ti kabalio. Kinawesanna ni Mardokeo ken imparadana isuna a nakalugan iti kabalio kadagiti dalan ti siudad. Inwaragawagna iti sangoanan ni Mardokeo, “Daytoy ti maaramid iti tao a pakaragsakan ti ari a padayawan!”
So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”
12 Nagsubli ni Mardokeo iti ruangan ti balay ti ari. Ngem nagdardaras ni Haman a napan iti balayna, agladladingit, a naabbongan ti ulona.
Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
13 Imbaga ni Haman kenni Zeres nga asawana ken kadagiti amin a gagayyemna ti amin a napasamak kenkuana. Ket kinuna dagiti lallaki a mabigbigbig gapu iti kinasiribda ken ni Zeres nga asawana kenkuana, “No ni Mardokeo a nakarugiam a matnag ket Judio, saanmo isuna nga abaken, ngem awan duadua a matnagkanto iti sangoananna.
Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”
14 Kabayatan ti pannakitungtongda kenkuana, simmangpet dagiti opisial ti ari. Nagdardarasda a nangitugot kenni Haman iti padaya nga insagana ni Ester.
While they were still speaking with Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed him to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
