¹On 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.

¹Tisto noč ni mogel kralj spati, in ukaže, naj prineso spominsko knjigo letopisov; in brali so jo pred kraljem.

²And 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.

²In najdejo zapisano, da je Mardohej ovadil Bigtana in Teresa, dva kraljevih komornikov, iz tistih, ki so čuvali vrata, kako sta hotela položiti roke na kralja Ahasvera.

³And 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.

³In kralj reče: Kaka čast in odlika se je podelila za to Mardoheju? Nato odgovore kraljevi hlapci, ki so mu stregli: Nič se mu ni podelilo.

⁴And 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.

⁴In kralj vpraša: Kdo je na dvoru? Haman pa je ravnokar prišel na zunanji dvor kraljeve palače, da ogovori kralja, naj obesijo Mardoheja na vislice, ki jih je pripravil zanj.

⁵And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

⁵In kraljevi hlapci mu reko: Glej, Haman stoji na dvoru! Kralj veli: Naj stopi sem!

⁶So 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?

⁶In ko Haman pristopi, mu kralj reče: Kaj naj se zgodi možu, ki ga kralj želi počastiti? Haman pa je mislil v srcu svojem: Koga bi sicer kralj želel počastiti nego mene?

⁷And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,

⁷In reče Haman kralju: Možu, ki ga kralj želi počastiti,

⁸Let 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:

⁸naj prineso kraljevsko oblačilo, ki ga kralj nosi, in privedo konja, na katerem jezdi kralj, in na glavo naj se mu posadi kraljev venec;

⁹And 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.

⁹in oblačilo in konj naj se dasta v roko enemu najodličnejših knezov kraljevih, da ž njim oblečejo moža, ki ga kralj želi počastiti, in ga posade na konja in vodijo po mestnih ulicah ter kličejo pred njim: Tako se godi možu, ki ga kralj želi počastiti!

¹⁰Then 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 hast spoken.

¹⁰In kralj veli: Hiti, vzemi oblačilo in konja, kakor si rekel, in tako stori Mardoheju Judu, ki sedi ob kraljevih vratih. Ne opusti ničesar, kar si govoril!

¹¹Then 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.

¹¹Tedaj vzame Haman oblačilo in konja ter obleče Mardoheja in ga spremlja, jezdečega po mestnih ulicah, in kliče pred njim: Tako se godi možu, ki ga kralj želi počastiti!

¹²And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.

¹²In Mardohej se zopet vrne k vratom kraljevim; Haman pa hiti domov žalosten in z zakrito glavo.

¹³And 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.

¹³In Haman pripoveduje Zeresi, ženi svoji, in vsem prijateljem svojim vse, kar se mu je prigodilo. Tedaj mu reko modrci njegovi in Zeresa, žena njegova: Ako je Mardohej, pred katerim si začel padati, iz semena Judov, ničesar ne premoreš zoper njega, temuč gotovo boš padel pred njim.Ko so še ž njim govorili, pridejo kraljevi komorniki, in mudi se jim, da odvedo Hamana k obedu, ki ga je Estera pripravila.

¹⁴And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.

¹⁴Ko so še ž njim govorili, pridejo kraljevi komorniki, in mudi se jim, da odvedo Hamana k obedu, ki ga je Estera pripravila.