Jestira 6
1 Onu noæ ne mogaše car spavati, i zapovjedi te mu donesoše knjigu od znamenitijeh dogaðaja, dnevnike, te je èitaše caru.
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.
2 I naðe se zapisano kako je Mardohej prokazao za Vihtana i Teresa, dva dvoranina, koji èuvahu stražu na pragu, da gledaju da dignu ruke na cara Asvira.
[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].
3 Tada reèe car: kaka je èast i kako je dobro uèinjeno Mardoheju za to? A momci carevi, sluge njegove, rekoše: nije mu uèinjeno ništa.
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.”
4 A car reèe: ko je u trijemu? A Aman bješe došao u spoljašnji trijem dvora careva da kaže caru da se objesi Mardohej na vješala koja mu je pripravio.
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?”
5 A momci carevi rekoše mu: gle, Aman stoji u trijemu. A car reèe: neka doðe.
His servants replied, “That is Haman standing there in the courtyard.” The king said, “Bring him in [here]!”
6 I Aman doðe, a car mu reèe: šta treba uèiniti èovjeku kojega car hoæe da proslavi? A Aman reèe u sebi: koga bi car htio proslaviti ako ne mene?
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]
7 I reèe Aman caru: koga car hoæe da proslavi,
So he replied to the king, “If there is someone you wish to honor,
8 Treba donijeti carsko odijelo koje car nosi, i dovesti konja na kom car jaše, i metnuti mu na glavu vijenac carski;
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 I odijelo i konja treba dati kome izmeðu najveæih knezova carevijeh da obuku èovjeka onoga kojega car hoæe da proslavi, pa da ga provedu na konju po ulicama gradskim i vièu pred njim: ovako biva èovjeku koga car hoæe da proslavi.
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!’”
10 Tada reèe car Amanu: brže uzmi odijelo i konja kao što reèe, i uèini tako Mardoheju, Judejcu koji sjedi na vratima carevijem; nemoj izostaviti ništa što si rekao.
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!”
11 I uze Aman odijelo i konja, i obuèe Mardoheja i provede ga na konju po ulicama gradskim vièuæi pred njim: ovako biva èovjeku koga car hoæe da proslavi.
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!”
12 Potom se vrati Mardohej na vrata careva, a Aman brže otide kuæi svojoj žalostan i pokrivene glave.
Then, Mordecai returned [and sat] at the gate of the palace. But Haman hurried home, covering his face [because he felt] completely disgraced/humiliated.
13 I pripovjedi Aman Seresi ženi svojoj i svijem prijateljima svojim sve što mu se dogodi. Tada mu rekoše mudarci njegovi i Seresa žena njegova: kad je od Judejskoga sjemena Mardohej pred kojim si poèeo padati, neæeš mu odoljeti, nego æeš pasti pred njim.
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!”
14 I dok oni još govorahu s njim, doðoše dvorani carevi i brže odvedoše Amana na objed koji zgotovi Jestira.
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.
