Estera 6
1 To noč kralj ni mogel spati in zapovedal je, da prinesejo knjigo kroniških zapisov in brani so bili pred kraljem.
On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
2 Najdeno je bilo zapisano, da je Mordohaj povedal o Bigtánu in Terešu, o dveh izmed glavnih dvornih upraviteljev, čuvajema vrat, ki sta iskala, da položita roko na Kralja Ahasvérja.
And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
3 Kralj je rekel: »Kakšna čast in dostojanstvo sta bila zaradi tega storjena Mordohaju?« Potem so kraljevi služabniki, ki so mu služili, rekli: »Nič ni bilo storjeno zanj.«
And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
4 Kralj je rekel: »Kdo je na dvoru?« Torej Hamán je prišel na zunanji dvor kraljeve hiše, da spregovori kralju, da Mordohaja obesi na vislice, ki jih je pripravil zanj.
And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
5 Kraljevi služabniki pa so mu rekli: »Glej, Hamán stoji na dvoru.« Kralj je rekel: »Naj vstopi.«
And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
6 Tako je Hamán vstopil. Kralj mu je rekel: »Kaj naj bo storjeno človeku, ki se ga kralj razveseljuje, da ga počasti?« Torej Hamán je v svojem srcu mislil: ›Koga bi se kralj veselil, da ga počasti, bolj kakor mene?‹
So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?
7 Hamán je odgovoril kralju: »Za človeka, ki se ga kralj razveseljuje, da ga počasti,
And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
8 naj bo prinesena kraljevska obleka, ki jo kralj uporablja za nošnjo in konj, na katerem jaha kralj in kraljeva krona, ki je postavljena na njegovi glavi.
Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
9 Ta obleka in konj naj bosta izročena roki enega izmed kraljevih najplemenitejših princev, da bodo lahko s tem oblekli človeka, ki se ga kralj razveseljuje počastiti in naj ga na konjskem hrbtu povedejo po mestni ulici in pred njim razglašajo: ›Tako bo to storjeno človeku, ki se ga kralj razveseljuje, da ga počasti.‹«
And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
10 Potem je kralj rekel Hamánu: »Podvizaj se in vzemi obleko in konja, kakor si rekel in celo tako stori Judu Mordohaju, ki sedi pri kraljevih velikih vratih. Naj ničesar ne manjka od vsega, kar si govoril.«
Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou has spoken.
11 Potem je Hamán vzel obleko in konja ter oblekel Mordohaja in ga na konjskem hrbtu povedel po mestni ulici in pred njim razglašal: »Tako bo storjeno človeku, ki se ga kralj razveseljuje, da ga počasti.«
Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
12 In Mordohaj je ponovno prišel h kraljevim velikim vratom. Hamán pa je žalujoč hitel k svoji hiši in svojo glavo je imel zakrito.
And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
13 Hamán je povedal svoji ženi Zêreši in vsem svojim prijateljem, vsako stvar, ki ga je doletela. Potem so mu njegovi modri možje in njegova žena Zêreša rekli: »Če je Mordohaj iz rodu Judov, pred katerim si začel padati, ne boš prevladal zoper njega, temveč boš zagotovo padel pred njim.«
And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
14 Medtem ko so še govorili z njim, so prišli kraljevi glavni dvorni upravitelji in hiteli, da Hamána privedejo na gostijo, ki jo je pripravila Estera.
And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
