¹On that night sleep fled from the king. And he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

¹Pada malam itu juga raja tidak dapat tidur. Sebab itu ia minta diambilkan buku catatan sejarah kerajaan dan menyuruh orang membacakannya.

²And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, keepers of the threshold, who had sought to lay hand on king Ahasuerus.

²Di dalamnya didapatinya catatan bahwa Mordekhai telah melaporkan usaha pembunuhan terhadap raja yang direncanakan oleh Bigtan dan Teres, kedua pejabat khusus yang menjaga kamar raja.

³And the king said, What honour and dignity has been done to Mordecai for this? And the king's servants that attended upon him said, Nothing has been done for him.

³Raja bertanya, "Penghormatan dan balas jasa apa yang telah diberikan kepada Mordekhai itu?" Pelayan-pelayan menjawab, "Dia tidak menerima apa-apa."

⁴And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman had come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak to the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

⁴Lalu 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.

⁵And the king's servants said to him, Behold, Haman is standing in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

⁵Pelayan-pelayan itu menjawab kepada raja, "Haman ada di istana dan ia ingin menghadap Baginda." "Suruh dia masuk," kata raja.

⁶So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What is to be done with the man whom the king delights to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to me?

⁶Setelah 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!"

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

⁷Sebab itu ia menjawab, "Hendaknya orang itu diambilkan pakaian kebesaran yang biasanya dipakai oleh Baginda sendiri. Lalu kuda Baginda dihias dengan lambang-lambang kerajaan.

⁸let the royal apparel be brought with which the king arrays himself, and the horse that the king rides upon, and on the head of which the royal crown is set;

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⁹and let the apparel and horse be delivered into the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, and let them array the man whom the king delights to honour, and cause him to ride on the horse through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honour!

⁹Seorang 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!'"

¹⁰And the king said to Haman, Make haste, take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast said.

¹⁰Lalu 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."

¹¹And Haman took the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honour!

¹¹Lalu 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!"

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

¹²Setelah itu Mordekhai kembali ke pintu gerbang istana. Tetapi Haman buru-buru pulang. Ia tak mau dilihat orang karena ia malu sekali, maka diselubunginya mukanya.

¹³And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and to all his friends all that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife to him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but wilt certainly fall before him.

¹³Kepada 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."

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

¹⁴Sementara mereka masih berbicara dengan Haman, para pejabat istana datang dengan tergesa-gesa hendak mengantarkan Haman ke perjamuan yang diadakan Ester.