Ester 6
1 Pada malam itu juga raja tidak dapat tidur. Sebab itu ia minta diambilkan buku catatan sejarah kerajaan dan menyuruh orang membacakannya.
On that night, the king could not sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.
2 Di dalamnya didapatinya catatan bahwa Mordekhai telah melaporkan usaha pembunuhan terhadap raja yang direncanakan oleh Bigtan dan Teres, kedua pejabat khusus yang menjaga kamar raja.
It was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who were doorkeepers, who had tried to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.
3 Raja bertanya, "Penghormatan dan balas jasa apa yang telah diberikan kepada Mordekhai itu?" Pelayan-pelayan menjawab, "Dia tidak menerima apa-apa."
The king said, “What honor and dignity has been given to Mordecai for this?” Then the king’s servants who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.”
4 Lalu berkatalah raja, "Siapa dari pegawaiku yang ada di istana sekarang?" Kebetulan Haman baru saja masuk ke halaman istana; ia hendak minta izin kepada raja untuk menggantung Mordekhai pada tiang yang telah didirikan itu.
The king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had come into the outer court of the king’s house, to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
5 Pelayan-pelayan itu menjawab kepada raja, "Haman ada di istana dan ia ingin menghadap Baginda." "Suruh dia masuk," kata raja.
The king’s servants said to him, “Behold, Haman stands in the court.” The king said, “Let him come in.”
6 Setelah Haman masuk, raja berkata kepadanya, "Ada orang yang hendak kuberi penghormatan besar. Apakah yang akan kuperbuat untuknya?" Pikir Haman, "Siapa lagi yang akan diberi penghormatan begitu besar oleh raja? Pasti aku!"
So Haman came in. The king said to him, “What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?” Now Haman said in his heart, “Who would the king delight to honor more than myself?”
7 Sebab itu ia menjawab, "Hendaknya orang itu diambilkan pakaian kebesaran yang biasanya dipakai oleh Baginda sendiri. Lalu kuda Baginda dihias dengan lambang-lambang kerajaan.
Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor,
let royal clothing be brought which the king uses to wear, and the horse that the king rides on, and on the head of which a royal crown is set.
9 Seorang pembesar negara dari golongan bangsawan harus mengenakan pakaian itu kepada orang yang hendak Baginda hormati itu, lalu mengarak orang itu dengan mengendarai kuda Baginda melalui lapangan kota. Pembesar itu akan berjalan di depannya sambil berseru-seru, 'Beginilah raja memberikan penghargaan kepada orang yang dihormatinya!'"
Let the clothing and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man whom the king delights to honor with them, and have him ride on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, ‘Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!’”
10 Lalu berkatalah raja kepada Haman, "Cepat, ambillah pakaian dan kuda itu dan berikanlah segala penghormatan itu kepada Mordekhai, orang Yahudi itu. Perbuatlah seperti yang kaukatakan tadi, tanpa mengurangi satu pun. Dia dapat kaujumpai sedang duduk di depan pintu gerbang istana."
Then the king said to Haman, “Hurry and take the clothing and the horse, as you have said, and do this for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.”
11 Lalu Haman mengambil pakaian dan kuda itu dan mengenakan pakaian itu kepada Mordekhai. Setelah Mordekhai menaiki kuda itu, Haman mengaraknya melalui lapangan kota, sambil berseru-seru, "Lihat, beginilah raja memberi penghargaan kepada orang yang dihormatinya!"
Then Haman took the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and had him ride through the city square, and proclaimed before him, “Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!”
12 Setelah itu Mordekhai kembali ke pintu gerbang istana. Tetapi Haman buru-buru pulang. Ia tak mau dilihat orang karena ia malu sekali, maka diselubunginya mukanya.
Mordecai came back to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
13 Kepada istri dan semua temannya ia menceritakan apa yang telah dialaminya. Kemudian istrinya dan teman-temannya yang bijaksana itu berkata kepadanya, "Engkau mulai kalah kuat dengan Mordekhai. Dia orang Yahudi dan engkau tidak akan dapat melawannya. Dia pasti akan mengalahkan engkau."
Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him.”
14 Sementara mereka masih berbicara dengan Haman, para pejabat istana datang dengan tergesa-gesa hendak mengantarkan Haman ke perjamuan yang diadakan Ester.
While they were yet talking with him, the king’s eunuchs came, and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
